Watch: All-new Nine-Tailed, The Gryphon and Cleopatra – these are the most anticipated new fantasy series in May 2023
Eternal warriors, world-devouring beasts and big news on two of everyone’s favourite fantasy shows. These are some of the most exciting new fantasy series in May streaming on Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and AppleTV. (Plus a few surprise previews you’ll probably want to see!).
Upcoming New Fantasy Series in May 2023
Star Wars: Visions Season 2
Disney Plus, 3 May 2023
The super-unique project that invites international animation studios to redo Star Wars in their style as shorts is back. And this time it’s way more international. Season 1 featured mainly Japanese anime studios, but Star Wars: Visions Season 2 features the likes of British studio Aardman (Wallace and Gromit), Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon, Korean Studio Mir and South Africa’s Triggerfish. That means there’s a collection of 9 all-new short films in unique new styles in Disney Plus’ Star Wars: Visions Season 2.
Watch: The Star Wars: Visions Season 2 Trailer
Genres Star Wars, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Anthology,
Streaming Disney Plus | Watch it
Unicorn: Warriors Eternal
HBO Max, 5 May 2023
New from Adult Swim (Cartoon Network’s YA productions), Unicorn: Warriors Eternal tells the tale of immortal heroes who are reincarnated during the Industrial Revolution in London. But something went wrong. Instead of their normal, strong adult bodies, this time they are put into weak and awkward teenage bodies. And they don’t have all their powers or their memories. Madness ensues in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal.
Watch: The Unicorn: Warriors Eternal Trailer
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adult, Animation
Streaming HBO Max | Watch it
Tale of The Nine-Tailed 1938 (Season 2)
Amazon Prime Video, 6 May 2023
A little confusing since Season 1 is on Netflix, Korean fantasy series Tale of The Nine-Tailed’s Season 2 comes to Amazon Prime in selected territories this month – but you should be able to unlock and watch anywhere through Amazon SVOD. In this season, the Fox gets taken back to the year 1938, when Japan occupied Korea and he must find a way back to the present in Tale of The Nine-Tailed 1938.
Watch: The Tale of The Nine-Tailed Trailer
Genres Fantasy, Drama, Action
Streaming Netflix | Watch it
The Gryphon
Amazon Prime, 26 May 2023
Though there’s no English trailer for it (yet), Amazon Studios press has confirmed that the Hohlbein German fantasy series, Der Grief, will be available in English as The Gryphon on 26 May. We hope that’s the case. Three slightly-troubled adolescents discover a way to a fantastic world inhabited by a fearsome gryphon creature who subjugates all and is said to devour worlds in The Gryphon.
Watch: The Gryphon Trailer (German)
Genres Fantasy, Creatures
Streaming Amazon Prime | Watch it
Fantasy Series Now in English
Alchemy of Souls Season 2
Netflix, out now
Everyone’s favourite Studio Dragon production! And, although technically released on Netflix in January, it wasn’t available in English. Until now. If you haven’t watched it yet, rejoice – Alchemy of Souls Season 2 is now in English, too. This time Jang Uk is bitter and haunted by the loss of Mu Deok (Naksu), Park Dang Gu is the leader of Songrim, Seo Yul has been away for years – and Jin family have been hiding a secret prisoner: Jin Bu-yeon is alive (and looks a lot like a certain assassin we know) in Alchemy of Souls Season 2.
Watch: The Alchemy of Souls Season 2 Trailer
Genres Fantasy, Romance, Period drama, Magic, Action
Streaming Netflix | Watch it
Not Fantasy but Worth a Look
Queen Cleopatra
Netflix 10 May 2023
We can’t call it a fantasy show, because it’s documentary-style, but it’s a Roman-Egyptian-Macedonian period piece, so might be worth taking a look at Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra.
Watch: The Queen Cleopatra Trailer
Genres Period Drama, Docuseries, Historical
Streaming Netflix | Watch it
Can’t Wait – Fantasy Shows Coming Next Month (Jun 2023)
The Witcher Season 3
Netflix, 29 June 2023
Probably everyone’s favourite fantasy series right now – and the last time we’ll see Henry Cavill as Geralt. It’s coming soon and word is that great forces gather to conspire for control of The Continent, while Geralt simply focuses on trying to keep Ciri safe and in hiding. Because if they knew her power, everyone would come after them in The Witcher Season 3.
Watch: The Witcher Season 3 Trailer
Genres Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Drama
Streaming Netflix | Watch it
Note: I try my best to get every bit of info I can about these Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books in April, and will keep updating this page all the time. If you know of a book, author, show, channel or event that should be on this list, let me know at elvorne@scifixfantasy.com and I’ll make it happen.
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