Editing 2022 in animation (section)

=== January ===
* '''January 1:''' 
** ''[[We Baby Bears]]'', a prequel/spin-off series to ''[[We Bare Bears]]'', premiered on [[Cartoon Network]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/we-baby-bears-season-2-cartoon-network-hbo-max-1235167282/|title=''We Baby Bears'' Picked Up for Season 2 on HBO Max and Cartoon Network (EXCLUSIVE)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
** A new anime series based on ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' was announced.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Loo|first1=Egan|title=Urusei Yatsura Manga Gets New TV Anime in 2022|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-31/urusei-yatsura-manga-gets-new-tv-anime-in-2022/.181153|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 1, 2022|archive-date=January 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101004130/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-31/urusei-yatsura-manga-gets-new-tv-anime-in-2022/.181153|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''January 10:''' ''[[Smiling Friends]]'' premiered on [[Adult Swim]] to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adult Swim Shocks Fans With Secret Smiling Friends Premiere Marathon|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/smiling-friends-premiere-marathon-adult-swim-surprise-fan-reactions/|website=[[List of assets owned by Paramount Global#Miscellaneous holdings|Comic Book]]|date=January 10, 2022|author=Valdez, Nick}}</ref>
* '''January 14:''' 
** Dark anthology stop-motion film ''[[The House (2022 film)|The House]]'' premiered on [[Netflix]].
**''[[Hotel Transylvania: Transformania]]'', the final ''[[Hotel Transylvania]]'' film, premiered on [[Amazon Prime Video]] after numerous delays due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="January2022">{{Cite web |last=Aurthur |first=Kate |date=October 6, 2021 |title='Hotel Transylvania 4' Heads To Amazon, Sets January Release Date |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/hotel-transylvania-4-amazon-sony-january-premiere-date-1235081967/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006194513/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/hotel-transylvania-4-amazon-sony-january-premiere-date-1235081967/|archive-date=October 6, 2021|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
* '''January 23:''' ''[[Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness]]'' made its world premiere at the Gaumont Champs-Élysées theater in [[Paris]], followed by its [[Netflix]] debut on June 10.
* '''January 28:'''
** [[Mitsuo Iso]]'s ''[[The Orbital Children]]'' was released simultaneously as a theatrical film in Japan and as a 6-episode miniseries on [[Netflix]] internationally, with the last 3 episodes being released on February 11.
** ''[[The Legend of Vox Machina]]'' premiered on [[Amazon Prime Video]].
* '''January 31:''' After more than 10 years on the air, the [[NickRewind]] block aired for the final time on [[TeenNick]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=nickrewind|number=1488922361202200585|title=while the block is no longer airing, you can catch your faves on @PlutoTV and @paramountplus!|author=NickRewind|date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>