Critical Role
A tabletop campaign broadcast live, which by its second campaign had a fully animated title sequence of its own.
Critical Role kept one opening title sequence, 99 seconds long, across season 2.
At 99 seconds, it opens well above the 38-second median for comedy sequences in this catalogue.
The opening titles
Season 2
99sFrom Critical Role's own channel: the Mighty Nein animated open, "Your Turn to Roll". A web show commissioning a broadcast-grade title sequence is the notable thing here.
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