Netflix’s animated Tomb Raider show, Dragon Ball Daima, and more new TV this week

And we’re back! This column has been on a hiatus, but – as you have no doubt noticed – television has not. There have been a lot of great new releases and fall has actually only just begun. Whether you’re diving into the spooky season, the current new wave of anime, or some of the newer premieres like The legend of Vox Machinathe fall of 2024 has already given us one lot of television.

And this week it brings even more, with new offerings big (new Dragon Ball spin-off from Akira Toriyama himself!!) and small. These are the best new TV premieres to watch this week.

Genre: Treasure Hunt Adventure (Animated)
Release date: October 10
Showrunner/creator: Tasha Huo
Form: Hayley Atwell, Earl Baylon, Allen Maldonado and more

Lara Croft (Hayley Atwell) is on the hunt, but not as you’ve seen her before. No, we’re not talking about animation (she started in a video game, as you may remember); this Lara Croft is rather a treasure protectorinstead of a treasure hunter. And unfortunately, her final quest may be one that brings her in way above her head.

Genre: Dragon Ball (Shonen)
Release date: October 11, with one episode
Showrunner/creator: Akira Toriyama

Not much is known about this Dragon Ball spin-off. It’s the fourth show in the franchise (technically), it’s an original story straight from Akira Toriyama himself (and, very sadly, his last), and it’s set between the events of Dragon Balls. Z And Super. Per a message from ToriyamaThe plot is: Goku and his friends become small (as a result of some “conspiracy”) and have to go to a new, mysterious world to solve things. And “daima” is a made-up word that Toriyama translates to English as “evil.”

The tl;dr: Let’s go!

Genre: Horror sci-fi
Release date: October 10
Showrunner/creator: Ian McCulloch
Form: Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman and more

Everything is going well at the Chenoweth farm in rural Georgia until suddenly young son Arlo (Caleb Dolden) goes missing. By the time he returns, it’s clear that the family is dealing with something much bigger than just a disappearance – something they may not even be able to explain.

Genre: CW DCU
Release date: Two-hour premiere on October 7 at 8pm EDT
Showrunner/creator: Todd Helbing
Form: Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch and more

It’s the fourth and final season for Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) – and their family, of course. Season 4 comes with a shorter order of just 10 episodes. But after Inverse Superman became a monster and Clark left (“was unknowingly carried into space”) to fight him, and we last saw them rushing at each other with extreme prejudice, we’re left with the trailer’s tagline : “Superman is dead.” So maybe we don’t need more than 10 episodes to grieve! (I’m kidding; I have high hopes for Superman and his chances of returning to his family.)

Genre: Psychological thriller
Release date: October 11
Showrunner/creator: Alfonso Cuarón
Form: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and more

Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett) is more than just a woman with an incredible name and a jawline like Cate Blanchett. She is also a renowned journalist known for telling hard truths – or at least she has been. But all that threatens to change when she discovers she is a character in a prominent novel, a book that could reveal a secret she has long wanted to keep hidden.