The Boys
2019–Prime VideoDrama
Superhero iconography rendered as corporate branding and then defaced — the show's whole argument, done in graphics.
The Boys opens with a main title sequence of 13 seconds.
At 13 seconds, it opens well under the 50-second median for drama sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Prime Video in 2019, when The Grand Tour, Bosch and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
13sThirteen seconds of the in-universe Vought International studio ident, which is how the show opens — a corporate logo played straight, for a series about a corporation that owns the superheroes.
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- Season 2
1 sequence
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2 sequences
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A map that rebuilds itself each week. The clockwork cities shown change with the locations the episode visits, which makes it the rare title sequence carrying actual information.
- Season 1
- Season 8
1 sequence
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Montana filmed as a land claim — cattle, mountains and fence line, with the ranch's brand doing the title card.
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The Witcher
No sequence in the usual sense. Each episode opens on its own sigil, drawn together out of liquid silver and shards over black, with the theme beneath it.
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
1 sequence
The Handmaid's Tale
Almost no titles at all — twelve seconds of black, two production cards, and the name in tall condensed capitals with HANDMAID'S picked out in red.
- Season 1