Best German animation series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch animation shows from Germany, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for The Amazing World of Gumball

    The Amazing World of Gumball 2011

    The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.

    Hulu
    83
  • Poster for Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell

    Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell 2013

    Kurzgesagt (German for "in a nutshell") is a Munich based design studio with a distinctive perspective on design and animation within the fields of education, science and commerce. Founded in 2012 by Philipp Dettmer & Stephan Rether, the studio engages in information design projects of all kinds. We love science, minimalism, colors and music. But most of all combining them to tell stories.

    YouTube
    89
  • Poster for Master Eder and his Pumuckl

    Master Eder and his Pumuckl 1982

    Pumuckl is a Kobold from a German radio play series for children. He is a descendant of the Klabautermänner. He is invisible to people around him except for the master carpenter Eder with whom Pumuckl lives. Pumuckl was invented by Ellis Kaut for a radio play series of the Bavarian Radio in 1961. Later on it was turned into a very successful TV series. Three movies and a musical also deal with the adventures of the little kobold. Pumuckl is one of the most popular characters in children's entertainment in Germany and several generations have now grown up with the cheeky but funny little Kobold.

    ARD
    71
  • Poster for Simsala Grimm

    Simsala Grimm 1999

    SimsalaGrimm is a German television series, consisting of stories based on fairy tales by Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Anderson and other notable authors.

    KiKa
    77
  • Poster for Die Sendung mit der Maus

    Die Sendung mit der Maus 1971

    The children's show has been a fixed Sunday morning ritual in German living rooms since 1971. Not only children, but also many adults sit in front of the television every week when the clever orange mouse, his blue elephant buddy and the yellow duck lead the way with short, funny cartoon clips between the "funny and factual stories".

    ARD
    71
  • Poster for Shimmer and Shine

    Shimmer and Shine 2016

    Follows the magical adventures of fraternal twin genies, Shimmer and Shine, who unintentionally create chaos while attempting to grant wishes for their human best friend, Leah.

    Treehouse TV
    63
  • The Inspector 1973

    The DePatie-Freleng animated series. For other uses, see Inspector (disambiguation). For the 1962 feature film starring Stephen Boyd and Dolores Hart, see The Inspector (1962 film). For the 2010s Litton Entertainment live-action series, see The Inspectors. The Inspector

    Syndication
    66
  • Poster for H2O: Mermaid Adventures

    H2O: Mermaid Adventures 2015

    The lives of teenagers Emma, Cleo and Rikki are forever changed when a magical, forbidden island gives them the power to turn into mermaids.

    KiKa
    56
  • Poster for School for Little Vampires

    School for Little Vampires 2007

    A vampire boy that hates the sight of blood in love with a human named Sunshine – the odds don’t look to be in Oskar’s favor, but with the help of his friends and fellow vampires Stoker, Gothetta, Klot, and Ashley, he is sure to get through it!

    KiKa
    73
  • Poster for Nick Knatterton

    Nick Knatterton 1978

    An animated series based on the West German comic strip of the same name, which follows a private detective Nick Knatterton.

    ARD
    68
  • Poster for Jim Button

    Jim Button 1999

    Jim Button and his friends Luuk and Princess Li Si travel the world in their locomotive.

    KiKa
    62
  • Poster for Maya the Bee

    Maya the Bee 2013

    A young bee named Maya leaves her hive to discover the beauty and mysteries of nature, making new insect friends along the way.

    KiKa
    52
  • Poster for Tabaluga

    Tabaluga 1997

    Flying Bark Animation produced an animated cartoon series of Tabaluga. In this series, Tabaluga is the last of the dragons and the crown-prince of Greenland, a magical place inhabited by talking animals of many different species. Tabaluga must defend his home from two rival kingdoms on either side of Greenland; a frigid arctic tundra, ruled by the evil snowman Arktos and a searing desert, ruled by an evil sand-spirit named Humsin.

    ZDF
    54
  • Poster for Robin Hood: Mischief In Sherwood

    Robin Hood: Mischief In Sherwood 2015

    Richard the Lionheart has gone to war, leaving power in the hands of Prince John. Sherwood is in danger, but Robin Hood and his gang are on hand to save the day! Meet Maid Marian with her castle insider knowledge, charming Little John, grumpy Tuck and Robin's funny cousin Scarlett. Follow the gang who with comedy, magic and friendship will save the day.

    Disney Channel
    66
  • Poster for Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

    Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver 1977

    Jim Button is a little black boy living on the tiny island of Lummerland. When Jim grows bigger, there is simply no longer enough space for everybody. Someone has to go, decides King Alfons the Quarter-to-Twelfth. But should that someone really be Emma, the locomotive of Jim’s best friend Luke? Jim cannot allow that. Together with the engine driver and Emma he leaves the island and sets off on the great adventure: Transparent trees, stripy mountains, apparent giants and dragons cross their way. In the end, however, Jim is not only able to solve the enigma of his birth; he also manages to free the beautiful princess Li Si. And even for their return to Lummerland a solution is found.

    hr-fernsehen
    65
  • Poster for StarStarSpace

    StarStarSpace 2016

    StarStarSpace is an animated series by German YouTuber Coldmirror. The series parodies different Sci-Fi shows and movies like Star Trek, Star Wars or Alien.

    funk
    74
  • Poster for Janoschs Traumstunde

    Janoschs Traumstunde 1986

    Janoschs Traumstunde is an German animated children's television series that originally ran from 1986 to 1990. It is based on the works of German artist and children's book author Janosch.

    WDR Fernsehen
    64
  • Poster for Bibi Blocksberg

    Bibi Blocksberg 1997

    At first glance, Bibi Blocksberg is a fun loving, ordinary teenage girl. She goes to school, has friends, she wants a pet and she falls in love… There is just one little thing that makes all the difference in the world! Bibi happens to be able to perform witchcraft. However, as a witch in training, solving problems and fighting injustice with just a teensy bit of magic, leaves a lot of room for enjoyable chaos. BIBI IS A LITTLE WITCH WITH A BIG PERSONALITY!

    ZDF
    48
  • Poster for NICHTLUSTIG: The Series

    NICHTLUSTIG: The Series 2015

    Vimeo
    63
  • Poster for Karate Sheep

    Karate Sheep 2022

    Trico is an enthusiastic sheep who loves to share new objects and ideas with the rest of the flock. This causes ruckus in the mountain pastures, which all inevitably end up at Wanda’s expense, a tough ewe whose job is to keep the sheep safe. Not a small feat, especially when Wolf is always lurking, waiting to make the most of this newfound chaos.

    Super RTL
    60
  • Mr. Rossi Feature Films 1976

    Mr. Rossi feature films created by Brono Bonzzetto.

    Das Erste
    62
  • Poster for Afterworld

    Afterworld 2007

    Afterworld, a tale of a world trying to recover from a cataclysmic event that has changed life on Earth beyond all recognition. 99% of the population has vanished and all technology has been rendered useless. Russell is going to have to go through hell and back if he is going to be reunited with his family 3000 miles away.

    ProSieben
    52
  • Poster for Japanoschlampen

    Japanoschlampen 2011

    "Japanoschlampen" is about the adventures of the two friends Wake and Chao.

    EinsFestival
    64
  • Poster for JoNaLu

    JoNaLu 2010

    JoNaLu is a German animated television series for young children. The main characters are a male mouse called Jojo, a female mouse called Naya and a ladybug called Ludwig.

    KiKa
    60
  • Poster for Laura's Star

    Laura's Star 2001

    Laura is a 7-year-old girl who moves to the city. During her first night in the new house, she captures a falling star and brings it home. The star turns out to be a living being... complete with cosmic powers.

    ZDF
    54
  • Poster for The New Adventures of Peter Pan

    The New Adventures of Peter Pan 2013

    Featuring first-in-class animation, comedy and adventure, The New Adventures of Peter Pan transports Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael and the Lost Boys and Girls to wondrous places that often turn out to be far more dangerous than anyone would have ever expected! In order to keep Neverland safe from Captain Hook, Peter and his friends fly head on into adventure to protect their right to never grow up.

    Discovery Family
    51
  • Bernd das Brot 2007

    KiKa
    55
  • Poster for Gummy Bear & Friends

    Gummy Bear & Friends 2016

    The silly adventures of everyone's favorite gummy bear character and his friends Kala the cat and Harry the chameleon.

    YouTube
    60
  • Poster for Broadcast My Ass

    Broadcast My Ass 2019

    funk
    60
  • Poster for Pettersson and Findus

    Pettersson and Findus 2000

    Old Petterson lives on the edge of a small village somewhere in Sweden. Together with his cat Findus and his ten white hens he always experiences wonderfully funny and exciting adventures. The stories are about friendship, travel and the crazy and loving everyday life of Pettersson and Findus.

    KiKa
    52
  • Poster for Zorro: Generation Z

    Zorro: Generation Z 2006

    Pop
    50
  • Poster for coldmirror

    coldmirror 2010

    EinsFestival
    52
  • Poster for Klump

    Klump 2018

    KIKA
    53
  • Poster for Käpt'n Blaubärs Seemannsgarn

    Käpt'n Blaubärs Seemannsgarn 1991

    ARD
    50
  • Poster for Novelmore

    Novelmore 2020

    Super RTL
    50
  • Poster for Four and a Half Friends

    Four and a Half Friends 2015

    Charly and his friends love solving mysteries while facing the challenges of growing up. This unlikely group of junior detectives – and their dog – will stop at nothing to find and solve cases they uncover in and around their hometown. And between the excitement, action and laughs, they'll find out a bit about themselves and each other along the way. They don't have superpowers, they aren't geniuses and they don't even look like TV stars, but these normal, unexceptional kids and their funny-looking dog achieve amazing things when they get together as the Charly & Co. Detective Agency.

    ZDF
    44
  • Poster for Momo

    Momo 2003

    There is a little girl in a cargo train driving through the night: The orphan Momo, who is looking for a new home. As a conductor become suspicious and stops the train, Momo has to jump off. She meets the little turtle Cassiopeia, who is accompanying Momo from now on. Together, the two find a small cozy town in which they immediately make the acquaintance of Beppo The Sweeper. Beppo takes care of Momo and realizes that she has a special gift: Simply her presence enchants people and brings out the best in them. Only the mysterious gray gentlemen, who appear increasingly in the town, are unimpressed by Momo's gift and continue their dark business.

    KiKa
    44
  • Marsupilami Hoobah Hoobah Hop! 2010

    Houba Houba Hop is the German cartoon of Marsupilami and his family, and their adventures with a couple of humans that are living in the Polombian Jungles with them for a year to study the local wild life: Hector, a young pre-teen boy with intelegence that'll envy the great inventors before him, and his Aunt Diane, who's a female "absent-minded proffesor" who prides her studies on the local plants. Mars and Hector are best friends, and there enemies are Felicia (though nothing like the Disney version, she'd be soulmates with Norman, especially with their common goal of turning the jungle sanctuary into an overcrowded city... if one can get the marsupilami out of the way) and her henchmen Blu Print (a short know-it-all who panics when his creations are tampered with) and Ollie Stroy (a former military demolitionist who hasn't retired from his weapons). They also have to deal with Bring M. Backalive, with his usual goal of smuggling a baby marsu out of the jungle.

    KIKA
    44
  • Clever & Smart 2003

    Tele 5
    40
  • Poster for Der kleine Ritter Trenk

    Der kleine Ritter Trenk 2011

    Der kleine Ritter Trenk is a German television series.

    KiKa
    42
  • Poster for Mummy Nanny

    Mummy Nanny 2001

    Nile, an Egyptian woman, after one of her spells goes wrong, winds up trapping herself in a tomb as a mummy and waking up thousands of years in the future, where she befriends siblings Alex and Samantha and gets a job as their nanny.

    Super RTL
    45
  • Tolle Sachen 2000

    KiKa
    45
  • Poster for Benjamin the Elephant

    Benjamin the Elephant 1989

    On the show, the eponymous main character resides at the Newtown Zoo, with friends Otto and Stella. The adventures Benjamin gets involved in often require slipping into various roles, learning new jobs, or discovering new and distant places.

    ZDF
    37
  • Deutsches Fleisch 2014

    ZDFneo
    38
  • Poster for TOM & das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig

    TOM & das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig 2005

    Tom und das Erdbeermarmeladebrot mit Honig is a German television series.

    KiKa
    38
  • Poster for Sherazade: The Untold Stories

    Sherazade: The Untold Stories 2017

    The true story of the classic Arabian Nights tales. We follow Sherazade, the real hero of the famous stories, on her quest to find the Tree of Life and save the Prince of the Golden City, who has been turned into a blue-haired monster.

    RBB Fernsehen
    40
  • Poster for Kika & Bob

    Kika & Bob 0

    Kika, 9 ans, essaie de sauver son chat Tigre avec l'aide d'un pompier, Bob. Mais une tornade aspire et rejette Kika et Bob de l'autre côté de la planète. Depuis lors ils cherchent à rentrer chez eux et sauver Tigre avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.

    Télétoon
    40
  • Poster for Albert Says... Nature Knows Best

    Albert Says... Nature Knows Best 1995

    ZDF
    40
  • Poster for PETE

    PETE 2008

    40
  • Poster for Friedefeld

    Friedefeld 2024

    The focus is on the life and everyday life of the “half triplets”: On the one hand, there is Paul, a king of procrastinating, who resolves every day to change his life... but unfortunately something is constantly interfering with him. Be it budding feelings for his ex Berthe, the constant best buddy advances of her new lover Jan or an urgent series episode - Paul always has an excuse ready. But luckily there is his half-sister Barbie, a determined top manager with significantly more balls in her pants, and his half-brother Ludwig, a bon vivant who avoids work like the devil avoids holy water. He constantly intrudes on Paul and drives him crazy. The “half triplets” are inextricably linked to one another through father Gerd's involuntary, perfectly timed contraceptive failures, who were born by three different women on the same day and are welded together by their family neuroses.

    BR Fernsehen
    37
  • Poster for Little Amadeus – Die Abenteuer des jungen Mozart

    Little Amadeus – Die Abenteuer des jungen Mozart 2006

    Little Amadeus is an animated television series which is intended to promote the interest in music and musical instrument playing in young viewers. The series consists of 26 episodes, each of which tell a fictional story of a young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    ABC Comedy
    35
  • Poster for Cosmic Quantum Ray

    Cosmic Quantum Ray 2010

    "Cosmic Quantum Ray" is a zany comedy-action-adventure series that brings the strange corners of the universe to the world of Earth teenager Robbie Shipton. Robbie represents Earth as a member of Team Quantum - an elite, eccentric team of heroes that saves the Universe almost every day, and hopefully in time for Robbie to get to his third-period Science class!

    Hub Network
    35
  • Poster for Ferdy

    Ferdy 1984

    SWR
    34
  • Poster for Prinzessin Lillifee

    Prinzessin Lillifee 2012

    KiKa
    34
  • Poster for The Little Polar Bear

    The Little Polar Bear 1991

    AVRO
    34
  • Poster for Phungus & Mowld

    Phungus & Mowld 2020

    Hired gun and loudmouth Mowld repeatedly drags Phungus, an anxious little alien, from his cushy life as bartender into countless outlandish adventures. Accompanied by ALIS, their hacked robot, they travel in a decrepit spaceship with an experimental Framistan Drive.

    Pzaz TV
    33
  • Poster for Space Night

    Space Night 1994

    Space Night is a mixture of chill-out-music and records of the earth seen from space intermitted by informative broadcasts.

    ARD
    33
  • Poster for Timm Thaler

    Timm Thaler 2002

    KiKa
    30
  • Talk Talk Talk 0

    Sonya Kraus presents the best of talk shows.

    ProSieben
    30
  • Poster for Nick Knatterton

    Nick Knatterton 1978

    Nick Knatterton's adventures were translated into many languages, and a television cartoon show based on them was shown in the 1980s. Episodes of the show are available on DVD. The show is narrated, and the narrator is in fact the only voice actor. Characters merely squeak when they are shown talking, and the narrator then explains what was said. Knatterton himself often voices out the conclusions of his deductions by saying "Conclusion" (German: "(Ich) kombiniere!", literally: "I conclude!"), followed by the conclusion itself. This has become a kind of catch phrase for him.

    ARD
    30
  • Poster for Urmel

    Urmel 1996

    30
  • Poster for Mofy

    Mofy 2013

    Follow the many adventures of Mofy, a shy and tender rabbit who lives in a cotton ball, as she learns to understand and deal with different feelings, such as loneliness, jealousy, joy, and empathy.

    EBS 1
    30
  • Poster for Augsburger Puppenkiste - Katze mit Hut

    Augsburger Puppenkiste - Katze mit Hut 1982

    Show of the Augsburger Puppenkiste

    ARD
    30
  • Poster for Meine Freundin Conni

    Meine Freundin Conni 2012

    KiKa
    28
  • Poster for Molly Monster

    Molly Monster 2009

    KiKa
    30
  • Poster for Die Ketchup-Vampire

    Die Ketchup-Vampire 1991

    ZDF
    30