Annecy Festival 2025: Netflix Announces Big Presence

A number of work-in-progress and finished projects from Netflix will be showcased and you can see what’s coming to Annecy down below.

Blue Eye Samurai

Release date: Season Two Coming Soon

A master of the sword lives life in disguise while seeking revenge in Edo-period Japan.

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FIXED

Release date: 13 August 2025

Synopsis: From visionary director Genndy Tartakovsky comes Fixed, an adult animated comedy about Bull, an average, all-around good dog who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning! As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends as these are the last 24 hours with his balls! What could go wrong…?

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MONONOKE THE MOVIE: CHAPTER II – THE ASHES OF RAGE

Release date: Coming this year

Synopsis: Shortly after the intense showdown in “Mononoke: The Phantom in the Rain”, the Medicine Seller (Hiroshi Kamiya) appears once again, this time in the inner chambers of Ooku. Inside, things are shifting in the wake of the previous incident. Otomo Botan (Haruka Tomatsu), a woman from a distinguished family, succeeds Utayama as the new director and begins enforcing a strict leadership style rooted in discipline and balance. This creates growing tension between her and Fuki (Yoko Hikasa), a seasoned courtesan who once enjoyed the exclusive favor of the emperor (Miyu Irino). Their rift deepens with each passing day.As the selection process begins for a guardian to look after the newborn child of the emperor’s wife,Empress Sachiko (Atsumi Tanezaki), an unexpected event suddenly turns Fuki’s situation upside down.Having given birth to an“unwanted child”seen as a threat by the elder councilor Ootomo (Kenyu Horiuti),Fuki becomes the target of a web of conspiracies spun by the men in power.Conflicting motives and desperate attempts to“put out the fire”quickly spiral out of control. At the same time, a strange series of incidents begin, with people spontaneously combusting and being reduced to ashes. The Medicine Seller suspects the work of a Mononoke and sets out to contain it, but what he faces is a mysterious and ever-shifting threat that seems to move as a group.Therealidentity of this mysterious phenomenon is the children of the Fire Rat (Hinezumi). Not only do they attack humans, but they also appear to be looking for their mother. However, she does not reveal herself easily. Why does the Fire Rat target those who would harm newborns? What tragedy drives her relentless sorrow as she sets herself ablaze?The Medicine Seller delves into the darkness lurking within the Ooku to solve the mystery, in search of the three requirements to ultimately cut down the Mononoke: “Shape”, “Truth”, and “Reason”.

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Devil May Cry

Season Two: In Progress

In this animated adaptation of the popular Capcom game and from the vision of Adi Shankar, sinister forces are at play to open the portal between the human and demon realms. In the middle of it all is Dante, an orphaned demon-hunter-for-hire, unaware that the fate of both worlds hangs around his neck.

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Long Story Short

Release Date: Coming this year

Long Story Short is an animated comedy from the creator of BoJack Horseman about one family, over time. Jumping through the years, we follow the Schwooper siblings from childhood to adulthood and back again, chronicling their triumphs, disappointments, joys, and compromises.

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SPLINTER CELL: DEATHWATCH

Release Date: Fall 2025

Synopsis:

In this first-ever adaptation of the acclaimed stealth video game Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, legendary agent Sam Fisher is drawn back into the field when a wounded young operative seeks out his help. Produced by Ubisoft, in partnership with Derek Kolstad (John Wick), Sun Creature and Fost.