Into the Badlands
Ink-wash landscapes and weaponry, drawn in the style of the wuxia films the series is built from.
Into the Badlands opens with a main title sequence of 36 seconds.
At 36 seconds, it opens well under the 50-second median for drama sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on AMC in 2015, when The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Mad Men were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
36sThe first season's sequence.
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