The Tick
The live-action Tick, whose main title is a full superhero sequence played entirely straight.
The Tick opens with a main title sequence of 31 seconds.
It arrived on Amazon in 2016, when Deutschland 83 and Transparent were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
31sFan upload from a campaign channel that formed after the cancellation.
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