“The Legend Of Vox Machina” is FINALLY hitting Prime Video January 28th! In case you’re not familiar with how this show came to be, it’s an incredible story. Vox Machina was the first livestreamed campaign story to come from Critical Role, a media company created by a group of voice actors who had been taking part in RPG’s dating back to 2012. Their content was a major hit & in 2019, they started a Kickstarter to produce an animated project based around Vox Machina. The Kickstarter was extremely successful, raising over $11 MILLION Dollars. It broke records at Kickstarter for film & Video projects. From there, the simple idea from one animated special has now grown into a hot content property picked up by Amazon Studios, which has signed off for 2 seasons & 24 episodes in total!
Credit: Amazon Studios
The ODPH team was in attendance for this show’s panel at NYCC 2021 & this was the first time we met the characters of Vax’ildan (Voiced by Liam O'Brien), Vex’ahlia (Laura Bailey), Percy de Rolo (Taliesin Jaffe), Pike Trickfoot (Ashley Johnson), Grog Strongjaw (Travis Willingham), Keyleth (Marisha Ray), Sylas Briarwood* (Matthew Mercer - *Mercer also voices more characters on the show) & Scanlan Shorthalt (Sam Riegel). The NYCC panel did an amazing presentation & I’ve had my eye on this show since.
I was fortunate to be allowed an early screening of the show before the January 28th premiere:
*** NON SPOILER REVIEW ***
The show is an absolute must-watch! It is easily accessable for viewers who aren’t familiar with these characters. You will be hooked within minutes with fun banter & get the vibe about what’s behind this group of misfits that you can’t help but root for instantly. One thing of note going in: this is a NSFW show with dialogue and situations so keep that in mind, but it takes nothing away from what you’re seeing on screen. Viewers will also hear the friendship between the voice actors shine thru here as well. There is such a fun energy about this show that it will no doubt hit all expectations.
The animation style from Titmouse really gives this show a unique look and feel. The moments feel big and presenting such an elaborate fanatsy world with ease is something to applaud. Each character is given enough moments to capture viewers attention & lock them in on the story going on. There is no question by the end of the 2nd episode (at the latest), you’ll have your favorite member of this group picked out.
Even if RPG/fantasy isn’t your usual choice of programing, you definitely want to give “The Legend Of Vox Machina” a watch. Vox has a very likeable cast that keeps you engaged with every challenge thrown at them. At the end of the day, this “misfit family” of characters & their stories will win viewers over with excellent voice acting & superb animation. The first 3 episodes drop January 28th on Amazon Prime Video
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