The Legend of Vox Machina
2022–Prime VideoAnimation
The first Critical Role campaign animated as a series, with a proper broadcast title sequence to go with it.
The Legend of Vox Machina opens with a main title sequence of 89 seconds.
At 89 seconds, it opens well above the 58-second median for animation sequences in this catalogue.
It arrived on Prime Video in 2022, when The Grand Tour, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Jack Ryan were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
89sPosted by Prime Video. Worth watching next to the Mighty Nein intro on Critical Role's own channel — the same table, two productions apart.
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1 sequence
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- Season 1
1 sequence
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