Netflix animation returned to the main stage at Anime NYC 2026 at the Javits Convention Center, and attendees were spoiled with exclusive new info. The room was packed with fans, many in cosplay of their favorite titles.
Attendees were gifted with One Piece minifigure mystery packages containing one of six characters (I got Nami). The panel kicked off with host Juju Green/Straw Hat Goofy hyping up the crowd before diving into the first slate of anime sneak peeks, which included more than just trailers and first images.
Let’s run through all the new trailers and first looks that dropped:
Bass X Machina – November 3rd
Executive producer and star Brian Tyree Henry appeared to introduce the first official teaser for Bass X Machina, a hyper‑stylized steampunk western inspired by Bass Reeves, the first Black marshal in American history. Henry voices Bass, a kill‑first, gunslinging bounty hunter with a mechanical arm that transforms into a double‑barrel shotgun within seconds. And of course, a disturbing past that comes with that arm. The series is set in a Steampunk West with literal mechanical bulls and bots, looking like a mix between The Harder They Fall, Wild Wild West, Bionic Commando, and Mortal Engines. In it, he exacts justice across the West on his epic trek to return home to his family.
Henry described it as the first Black western anime in animation history. The show comes from Yasuke creator LeSean Thomas and Studio Mir, which animated numerous Netflix titles including Skull Island, Devil May Cry, and the Witcher films Nightmare of the Wolf and Sirens of the Deep. The series also stars Janelle Monáe (who also provides the opening theme), Tati Gabrielle, Cree Summer, Chaske Spencer, Currie Graham, and Starletta DuPois as Etta.
“It was one of the most amazing experiences I got to do because as an EP, I really wanted my hands in the sauce,” Henry shared. “I’m not interested in being an EP that doesn’t know how the sausage is made. I really want to get in there because I am a fucking geek. I’m a nerd, dog.”
We got a bunch of photos, which you can find in our updated preview for the new series, but below is the new teaser trailer.
‘Sakamoto Days’ Season 2 – January 2027
At Annecy this past June, fans got a first glimpse of TMS Entertainment’s Sakamoto Days sophomore season via a teaser trailer. The silent‑but‑deadly convenience store owner and legendary assassin returns in 2027. At Anime NYC, they unveiled a character trailer announcing several new characters from the source material now brought to screens: 14‑year‑old JCC student Amane Yotsumura; polite retired assassin turned JCC teacher Etsuko Satoda; and Amane’s deadly father Satoru Yotsumura, a founding member of the Japanese Association of Assassins group, the Order. They all look pretty damn cool and kinetic, especially in motion.
The teaser is now available online, accompanied by a new key art poster featuring Sakamoto and Shin. The series’ official Twitter account also released an alternative poster. Season 2 drops January 2027.
‘Blue Eye Samurai’ Season 2 – January 2027
Blue Eye Samurai S2. Maya Erskine as Mizu in Blue Eye Samurai S2. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX
Sakamoto Days wasn’t the only series returning at the top of the new year. Co‑creators Michael Green and Amber Noizumi’s long‑awaited ultraviolent, dazzlingly animated Blue Eye Samurai makes its bloody return in January 2027. Though no series representatives were present, fans were treated to a new teaser trailer showing Mizu continuing her vengeance quest—this time setting shore in London. We’ve extensively covered the new trailer drop along with images here.
Fans were then treated to an exclusive sneak peek: the first few minutes of the new season. It’s an extended version of the footage revealed last year at Anime NYC, with Mizu sieging a castle and using a sword‑carrying guy as a human shield. But this time, you see her make it to the top and search for someone, only to be met with a growling dog. She moves closer and falls into a trap, leaving her unconscious. As she slowly comes to, a gruff old man sings about wanting to find someone named Sarah.
It was also unveiled that season 2 is not the end of Mizu’s story as Blue Eye Samurai season 3 was officially announced, with a 2028 slot set. A title treatment video for Blue Eye Samurai 3 was shown.
The segment ended with Green doing a giveaway for a Dark Horse Direct Mizu statue to cosplayers. Unfortunately, none were found, so he shifted gears and opened the prize to anyone with blue eyes. Unsurprisingly, a white woman was chosen and won.
THE ONE PIECE – February 2027
We set sail to a One Piece juncture. First up was key art from Wit Studio’s upcoming The One Piece anime reboot. The poster is a tribute to Eiichiro Oda’s very first One Piece cover art.
LEGO ONE PIECE – September 29
The crowd was instructed to unbox their minifigures and hold them to the sky per Straw Hat member. While fans held their Usopps, Green introduced Usopp actor Jacob Romero. From there, he unveiled LEGO ONE PIECE, a colorful and vibrant special centered around the East Blue arc through Usopp’s perspective. He’s made himself to be every inch of bold and brave, to the chagrin of his fellow crewmates. With the live-action cast in the booth and delivering animation, LEGO One Piece looks to be every dose of block‑filled silliness with a spirited Princess Bride approach—live‑action Usopp reading a book to Chopper. That means LEGOs are now canonical to the live‑action One Piece universe, which is just sending me. I hope Oda makes a manga based on the LEGO iterations.
The segment ended with Green and Romero giving away a LEGO One Piece set to a few lucky fans. Romero joked that if anyone brought their baby, they’d give it to them, and indeed there were some infants in the room. Now that infant—well, mostly their parent—is the proud owner of a LEGO One Piece set.
Fool Night — November 26, 2026
Kasumi Yasuda’s manga Fool Night is soon to blossom onto Netflix this Thanksgiving. The long‑awaited adaptation from animation juggernauts Sunrise and Shaft follows a depressed guy who wants to become a flower—but the seed creates something parasitic inside him. The animation looks sublime, blending stunning vivid expressions with environmental horror fantasy elements across a gorgeous urbanized backdrop. The teaser was also accompanied by a making‑of featurette, which has since been publicly released.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 – October 20
Blue Eye Samurai S2. Maya Erskine as Mizu in Blue Eye Samurai S2. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX
Studio Trigger (Promare) and CD Projekt Red’s second installment in the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners series makes its bloody, grisly, hyper‑stylized return on October 20th. The colorful and gritty sci‑fi realm follows a new set of characters navigating the unpredictable and spirited city of Night City. The trailer introduces a new slew of characters, prominent among them a hitman (or solo) named Weak Kingsley, who blurs the line between reality and fiction as he undergoes cyberpsychosis. If you know just how over‑the‑top and pure adrenaline Trigger can get, this seems to be a rambunctiously bloody good time, with its 90s CRT‑era pastiche and comic book graphic novel aesthetic. It makes me feel like I’m watching Bionic Commando meets Jet City Radio across the Cyberpunk world.
As the final segment, fans were treated to the first ten minutes of the series, which sees Weak involved in a heist gone wrong due to his glitchy circumstances. Their opening title credit song is The Cure’s “10:15 Saturday Night,” which I think is just neat.
