20 Best Animation TV Shows on Amazon Prime Video 2026
Explore 20 animated series on Prime Video, from Over the Garden Wall and Jujutsu Kaisen to SpongeBob, Batman, and more top picks.
If you’re trying to find the best animation TV shows on Amazon Prime Video, this list is built to save you time and point you toward the good stuff. With 20 titles to browse, you’ll find a mix of family favorites, darker stories, and fast-paced adventures that cover everything from comedy to drama. That means you can jump from the cozy, eerie charm of Over the Garden Wall to the high-energy action of Jujutsu Kaisen or Batman: Caped Crusader without guessing what fits your mood. You’ll also spot long-running classics like SpongeBob SquarePants and Teen Titans, plus newer picks such as Ninjago: Dragons Rising and The Ghost in the Shell. Whether you want something short, smart, funny, or intense, there’s a strong animated series here for every kind of viewer.
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The Ghost in the Shell
animation · action · sci-fi
In the year 2029, Niihama City has become a technologically advanced metropolis. Due to great improvements in cybernetics, its citizens are able to replace their limbs with robotic parts.
Directed by Touma Kimura, Tooru Hasutani, Jun'ya IwakeCast Maaya Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yûichi Nakamura, Tomoko KanedaAmazon Prime Video -
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Over the Garden Wall
animation · short · adventure · comedy · drama · family · fantasy · horror · mystery
Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in hope of finding their way home. Join them as they encounter surprises and obstacles on their journey through the wood.
Directed by Nate CashCast Elijah Wood, Collin Dean, Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Lloyd, Samuel RameyAmazon Prime VideoHulu -
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Invincible
animation · action · adventure · drama · fantasy · sci-fi · thriller
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.
Directed by Dan Duncan, Shaun O'Neil, Jeff Allen, Sol Choi, Ian AbandoCast Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, J.K. Simmons, Gillian Jacobs, Grey DeLisleAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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SpongeBob SquarePants
animation · comedy · family · fantasy
Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.
Directed by Vincent Waller, Dave Cunningham, Sherm Cohen, Alan Smart, Stephen HillenburgCast Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Mr. LawrenceAmazon Prime VideoParamount Plus -
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Batman: The Animated Series
animation · action · adventure · crime · family · mystery · sci-fi
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
Directed by Kevin Altieri, Boyd Kirkland, Frank Paur, Dan Riba, Dick SebastCast Kevin Conroy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bob Hastings, Loren Lester, Robert CostanzoAmazon Prime VideoMax -
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Jujutsu Kaisen
animation · action · adventure · fantasy · thriller
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Directed by Shouta Goshozono, Sunghoo Park, Yôsuke Takada, Takeru Satoh, Ryôhei TakeshitaCast Jun'ya Enoki, Adam McArthur, Yuma Uchida, Yûichi Nakamura, Asami SetoNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHulu -
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Helluva Boss
animation · action · comedy · crime · drama · fantasy · horror · music · musical · romance · sci-fi
This adult animated comedy follows the misadventures, hijinks, and relationships of the Immediate Murder Professionals (or I.M.P. for short)-- a band of demon assassins from Hell who kill people on Earth for a living.
Directed by Vivienne MedranoCast Brandon Rogers, Richard Steven Horvitz, Vivian Nixon, Erica Lindbeck, Bryce PinkhamAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Death Note
animation · crime · drama · fantasy · mystery · thriller
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?
Directed by Tetsurō Araki, Kei Tsunematsu, Mitsuyuki Masuhara, Tomohiko Itô, Hiroyuki TsuchiyaCast Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô, Trevor DevallNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHuluFreevee -
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Batman: Caped Crusader
animation · action · crime · drama · mystery · sci-fi
Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear. Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the Batman. His one-man crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications.
Directed by Matt Peters, Christina Sotta, Christopher BerkeleyCast Hamish Linklater, Jason Watkins, Eric Morgan Stuart, Michelle C. Bonilla, Gary Anthony WilliamsAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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PAW Patrol
animation · adventure · comedy · family
Marshall, Rocky, Rubble, Zuma and Skye are doing their best to protect the people of their town. Led by Ryder, a tech-savvy 10-year-old boy, each of them is equipped with special equipment and together they help anyone who finds themselves in trouble. No task is too big for them and no puppy is too small.
Directed by Charles E. Bastien, Paul H. Brown, Jamie Whitney, Dipesh MistryCast Ron Pardo, Lilly Noelle Bartlam, Kallan Holley, Justin Paul Kelly, Devan CohenNetflixAmazon Prime VideoParamount Plus -
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From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
comedy · animation · action & adventure · science-fiction · fantasy
Beryl Gardenant, a middle-aged swordsman running a dojo in the backwaters, lives a quiet life, until Allucia, former student and Commander of the Royal Order of Knights, appears! Beryl’s life is about to change dramatically! City life. Old students. New friends and formidable foes. It’s all too much. But after years of training, he has mad skills, and he’s been dubbed “the backwater swordmaster.”
Directed by Paulette Victor Lifton, Akio KazumiCast Hiroaki Hirata, Nao Tôyama, Arisa Nakada, Yûki Hirose, Cory YeeAmazon Prime Video -
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Naruto
animation · action · adventure · comedy · fantasy
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
Directed by Hayato Date, Harume Kosaka, Masaaki Kumagai, Rion Kujô, Masahiko MurataCast Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins, Chie Nakamura, Noriaki SugiyamaNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHuluFreevee -
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The Legend of Vox Machina
animation · action · adventure · comedy · fantasy
They're rowdy, they're ragtag, they're misfits turned mercenaries for hire. Vox Machina is more interested in easy money and cheap ale than actually protecting the realm. But when the kingdom is threatened by evil, this boisterous crew realizes that they are the only ones capable of restoring justice.
Directed by Young Heller, Sung Jin Ahn, Eugene Lee, Alicia Chan, Karen GuoCast Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Liam O'BrienAmazon Prime VideoFreevee -
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Karakuri Circus
animation · action · fantasy
Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone laugh. One day, during Narumi's part time job, a young boy with a giant suitcase fleeing from three adults runs into him. The boy introduces himself as Masaru Saiga, the new owner of the famous Saiga Enterprises following his father's recent death. However, other members of his family are trying to assassinate him and claim the fortune for themselves.
Directed by Satoshi NishimuraCast Masaaki Ihara, Masaya Fukunishi, Ryota Iwasaki, Tomoe Hanba, Mariko NagaiAmazon Prime Video -
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Ninjago: Dragons Rising
animation · action · adventure · comedy · family · fantasy · sci-fi
After Crystallized, the 16 realms have abruptly fused into a cosmic unstable dystopia. A Spinjitzu Ninja Master trains a new generation of heroes to find Elemental Dragons before the forces of evil exploit that energy to destroy the world.
Directed by Rich Johnson, Daniel Ife, Shane Poettcker, Allan PhanCast Sam Vincent, Brian Drummond, Deven Christian Mack, Sabrina Pitre, Vincent TongNetflixAmazon Prime VideoPeacock Premium -
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy · sci-fi
When Adam, Prince of the planet Eternia, raises his magic sword he transforms into He-Man (the most powerful man in the universe). With his allies and friends, he battles the evil Skeletor and his minions to protect the secrets of Castle Greyskull.
Directed by Gwen Wetzler, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Steve Clark, Ed FriedmanCast John Erwin, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary, Lou Scheimer, Erika ScheimerAmazon Prime Video -
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Transformers Prime
animation · action · adventure · family · sci-fi
Roll out with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead, and the rest of the heroic Autobots as they battle the evil Decepticons. Now that big bad Megatron has returned with a mysterious and dangerous element, Team Prime must prepare for an epic battle.
Directed by David Hartman, Shaunt Nigoghossian, Vinton Heuck, Todd Waterman, Scooter TidwellCast Peter Cullen, Sumalee Montano, Jeffrey Combs, Frank Welker, Kevin Michael RichardsonAmazon Prime Video -
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Thunderbirds Are Go!
action & adventure · animation · kids & family · science-fiction · made in europe
Remake of the hit 1960s television show. In the 21st century, Jeff Tracy, a former astronaut, amasses a colossal fortune and decides that he must use it to benefit others. His answer to this desire is to create International Rescue, a unique private emergency response service equipped with customized designed vehicles and equipment that enable the organization to react to any crisis whether it be in sea, air, land, or space. Jeff's five sons volunteer to operate as the pilots and field agents, as well "Brain" who acts as the teams engineer. In addition, Jeff's friend, Kyrano and his daughter Tanusha aka Kayo (based on the original series Tin-Tin character) agree to be the support staff. In addition to the field team, IR also maintains an intelligence network with Lady Penelope and her ex-con chauffeur, Parker as the chief agents in this arm.
Directed by David Scott, Theo Baynton, Karl Essex, Ben Milsom, Tim GaulCast Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rasmus Hardiker, David Menkin, Kayvan Novak, Rosamund PikeAmazon Prime Video -
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My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
animation · adventure · comedy · family · fantasy · music · musical
Journey to the enchanted land of Equestria, where unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her pals have adventures and learn valuable lessons about friendship.
Directed by Jim Miller, Denny Lu, Jayson Thiessen, Mike Myhre, James WoottonCast Ashleigh Ball, Tabitha St. Germain, Tara Strong, Andrea Libman, Cathy WeseluckNetflixAmazon Prime Video -
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Hunter x Hunter
animation · action · adventure · comedy · fantasy
To fulfill his dreams of becoming a legendary Hunter like his dad, a young boy must pass a rigorous examination and find his missing father.
Directed by Hiroshi Kôjina, Tony Oliver, Masaki Matsumura, Seung-wook Woo, Daisuke YoshidaCast Issei Futamata, Megumi Han, Cristina Valenzuela, Mariya Ise, Michael McConnohieNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHuluFreevee
Wrapping Up
This roundup makes it easier to compare animated series on Prime Video without wasting time on filler. From kid-friendly staples like PAW Patrol to fan favorites with bigger stakes, the selection balances comfort viewing with shows that still feel fresh in 2026. If you’re building a watchlist, bookmark this page and come back whenever you want a new pick, because it’s updated regularly as the catalog changes. That way, you can keep finding the right mix of adventure, comedy, short-form episodes, and more.
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Yes — every title on this list is currently available on Amazon Prime Video. Availability can change, so we recommend checking the streaming link on each title before you start watching.
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Last updated: September 11, 2026