You can watch the third season of Vox Machina on Prime from today, and we’ll explain why it’s worth it.
Do you love role-playing games? Do you love TV shows? Do you also love fantasy? Of course you do! We know our target audience. I definitely love all of these things, which is why I’ve been looking forward to the third season of The Legend of Vox Machina all year.
The animated series celebrates the release of said season on Amazon Prime Video today, October 3, 2024, and I’m happy to take this as an opportunity to once again educate you about the undeniable quality of this series. Because if you often feel that there is too much money and too little heart in series or movies these days, then you’ve come to the right place.
The first series of its kind,
The Legend of Vox Machina is the dream come true for every pen and paper group After all, who wouldn’t want to see their self-created characters and stories come to life on the screen?
But that is exactly the case here. The complete story of The Legend of Vox Machina does not originate in its original form from a simple script or a novel. Everything that happens here was played out live in a real D&D round.
The group of heroes was created by a number of American voice actors, who were led by their dungeon master Matthew Mercer through a year-long adventure Although the group started out as a private evening activity, the campaign was later streamed live on Twitch.
Success was not long in coming, and Critical Role (as the channel is called) is still considered one of the biggest Twitch phenomena ever – with millions of fans, The Legend of Vox Machina was only made possible by a phenomenal crowdfunding campaign.
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The context in which this extraordinary fantasy series was created is important because it highlights its greatest strength: This show has an immense amount of heart After all, a whole lot of hearts are at stake here. Not just those of the fans, who have watched over the years as the chaotic band of heroes became true world saviors.
And even more important: The heart of the creators behind it can be felt everywhere This story was never created with the goal of making a killing someday. Matt Mercer just wanted to entertain his friends with a cool D&D story and is a role-playing nerd right out of the textbook himself.
Of course, for the series, the sometimes very wild goings-on from the original were tamed and the story was condensed to a number of episodes that were easy to digest, but in terms of content, the fascination is hardly lost.
Furthermore, The Legend of Vox Machina impresses with a grandiose animation style, in which influences of classic Saturday morning cartoons and Japanese anime stand out.
But be warned! The show is not suitable for children at all. It’s extremely bloody and overtly sexual.
