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The artists working on The Legend of Vox Machina will specifically be 'led by Art Director Arthur Loftis and Supervising Director Sung Jin Ahn.'Ĭritical Role has announced that 'the vast majority of our resources' (around 74%) would go 'into the animation budget.' The Mighty Nein animated series: could it happen?įor now, the Critical Role team is occupied with the animated series of their first campaign, Vox Machina, but the popularity of subsequent seasons could pave the way for more spin-off shows based on Critical Role's other campaigns and storylines.Ĭampaign 2: The Mighty Nein concluded in June 2021, while Campaign 3 began in October the same year, so there's no shortage of D&D adventures to translate to the small screen. Some of the studio's most notable output is for Netflix, as with the Netflix show Big Mouth (starring John Mulaney) and The Midnight Gospel. The animation studio at the heart of it all is Titmouse, an American outfit that produces a host of animated programming, including shows for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney XD, Fox, and Hulu. The Critical Role cast (Image credit: Kickstarter / Critical Role) The Kickstarter page states that, 'to round out the main cast, we’ll bring in some extra special celebrity cameos, as well as voice over industry legends.' We would expect guests to reprise their roles where relevant, though. There's been no word yet on guest appearances, with Critical Role often featuring outside players for one-off games or small plot arcs, with Will Wheaton and Joe Manganiello both appearing in Campaign 1.

It helps that the whole cast are quite seasoned voice actors in their own right: Laura Bailey having voiced both Kat from Gears 5 and Abby from The Last of Us Part 2, Ashley Johnson voicing Ellie in The Last of Us games, Matt Mercer voicing Levi in the English dub of Attack on Titan and McCree in the PvP game Overwatch, and Sam Riegel having voiced Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney games, to name but a few of the cast's immense catalogue of credits. Naturally, the original cast for Campaign 1: Vox Machina will be reprising their roles for the animated series. The Legend of Vox Machina: who's involved? However, the successful stretch goals will mean that the Briarwoods arc from the streamed campaign will also get its own batch of animated episodes. The first two episodes will act as a prequel adventure, with the original members of Vox Machina at level 7 prior to the streamed episodes – which kick off with the party's arrival at the Dwarven city of Kraghammer. The Kickstarter for the show reveals that the animated series will cover a 'brand new story' and 'in-canon adventure', created by the cast and scripted by screenwriter Jennifer Muro, who has worked on other animated series' such as Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, Spider-Man, and Justice League: Action. The Legend of Vox Machina story and charactersįor those of you expecting a retread of Campaign 1, that won't quite be the case. We're also told that 'the series will be dubbed, subtitled, and otherwise localized for our very much global audience'. The Legend of Vox Machina will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, after the streaming service stepped in to back the animated series for an additional 14 episodes on top of the 10 episodes funded through the Kickstarter.īackers will still get the entire first season as part of their pledge, and early access to the opening two episodes of the season, though the exact details and timings of this remain unclear.

(Image credit: Kickstarter / Art by Critter Hunter Bonyun The Legend of Vox Machina: where can you watch it?

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