Shadowhunters
Runes burning into skin, and a New York rendered as a warded city.
Shadowhunters rebuilt its titles: two distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1 and 3.
It arrived on Freeform in 2016, when Pretty Little Liars, Switched at Birth and The Fosters were also on the network.
Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Shadowhunters did so once.
All 2 opening title sequences
Season 1
No clean upload of the first season's opening is listed here. The one that was was a fan edit, watermarked with the editor's handle.
Season 3
Blades drawn and runes lit, the cast turning to camera one at a time out of the dark.
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