Amazon Prime launched the trailer for its new adult animated seriesThe Legend of Vox Machina. Adapted from the web seriesCritical Role, the animation features theCritical Rolecast of star voice actors as their originalDungeons and Dragonsroleplay characters.

The Legend of Vox Machinafollows a 7-member “band of misfits” on a quest to save their fantasy realm from evil forces so they can finally pay their bar tab with the reward money.Critical RoleDungeon master Matthew Mercer will voice Sylas Briarwood and various NPC roles, with some of the biggest names from the gaming and anime world returning to voice their originalDungeons and Dragonscharacters.

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Laura Bailey (The Last of Us: Part II) will voice her half-elf ranger character, Vex’ahlia “Vex” Vessar, with Liam O’Brien (Naruto) playing her rogue brother, Vax’ildan “Vax” Vessar. Travis Willingham (Fullmetal Alchemist) voices Grog Strongjaw, a goliath barbarian. Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us) returns as Pike Trickfoot, a gnome cleric, and Sam Riegel (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) as Scanlan Shorthalt, a gnome bard. Marisha Ray (Metal Gear Survive) will voice Keyleth of the Air Ashari, half-elf druid, and Taliesin Jaffe (One Piece) will voice Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, human gunslinger. Orion Acaba and his character Tiberius Stormwind will not be featured in the animated series due to his falling out with the rest of theCritical Roleteam following his departure after Campaign One.

Critical Rolebegan as a private game between friends (who also happen to be some of the best voice actors working today) of the 4th edition ofDungeons and Dragonsplayed in Mercer’s home before becoming a live-streamed, live play web series hosted by Felicia Day’s Geek and Sundry Youtube channel in 2015. Campaign One: Vox Machina lasted 115 weekly episodes across almost two years. In 2018,theCritical Rolecreatorsformed their own company, Critical Role Productions, and took their web series to their own Twitch and Youtube channels, launching several spin-off web series, podcasts, and even their own game company. Each player inCritical Roleholds an executive position in the company, making it totally creator owned.

Critical Role Productions launched a Kickstarter in March 2019 with a $750k goal to fund a 22-minute animated special titledCritical Role:The Legend of Vox Machina Animated Special. In 24 hours, fans had donated $1 million. When it closed 45 days later, the Kickstarter had raised almost $11.5 million. The animated special was subsequently reworked into a 12-episode series produced by Critical Role Productions, animation studio Titmouse, and Amazon Prime.

While most of the series will be based on campaign one from the Critical Role live-stream, the first two episodes will be a new story, a prequel to the “Briarwood arc." The group started live-streaming theirDungeons and Dragonsgame after theircharacters reachedDungeons and DragonsLevel 9, so this prequel will finally let fans see the characters interact “on their first grown-up mission” at Level 7. While giving the fans a taste of new content, the two-episode prequel arc will likely also serve to introduce viewers unfamiliar withDungeons and Dragonsto the game’s concepts, as well as the Critical Role characters.

The first three episodes ofThe Legend of Vox Machinastream Aug 01, 2025, on Amazon Prime Video.

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