Netflix Animation Movie Picker

What Is the Netflix Animation Movie Picker?

Netflix has spent years buying animation from outside the American studio system, which makes this one of the more genuinely varied wheels on the service. Anime features sit next to European independents and the studio's own family titles, and none of them look much like each other.

The Netflix animation picker spins only what the service currently carries, so whatever it lands on is something you can start straight away.

How to Use the Netflix Animation Movie Picker?

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   Open the Netflix Animation Movie Picker. The wheel loads animation titles from the Netflix catalogue, so nothing it lands on sends you to another subscription.

2. 2

   Press SPIN and take whatever comes back.

3. 3

   Find the title inside Netflix and start it.

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   Give it twenty minutes before you are allowed to bail. Most animation films have not shown their hand by then.

5. 5

   Seen it? Remove it and spin again, then save your Netflix animation shortlist under "My Wheels".

Netflix Animation Movie Picker Use Cases

It's also good after a heavy watching week, when you want something with colour and warmth. A grown up Ghibli film can sit right next to a modern children's musical. On Netflix specifically, that means leaning on whatever animation titles the service currently has licensed. That catalogue rotates more than the homepage admits, so the wheel reflects what's actually there rather than what got promoted last quarter.

Tips Before You Press Play

Most great non American animation sits on a small number of services, so combine this with a service picker to narrow further. Worth knowing on Netflix: the animation catalogue here shifts as licences turn over, so a wheel you trimmed last month is worth a second look before you rely on it.