The Legend of Vox Machina
American adult animated fantasy series, based on campaign one of Critical Role

The Legend of Vox Machina is an American adult animated fantasy television series produced by Metapigeon, Titmouse, Inc., and Amazon MGM Studios, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 28, 2022. The series is based on the first campaign of the Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role. It stars Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham, reprising their roles from the campaign.
The first season consists of twelve episodes, the first ten of which were funded via a Kickstarter campaign. In November 2019, ahead of the series premiere, it was renewed by Amazon for a second season which premiered on January 20, 2023. In October 2022, ahead of season two's premiere, Amazon renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on October 3, 2024. It was renewed for a fourth season the same month, which premiered on June 3, 2026. In July 2025, Amazon renewed the show for a fifth and final season.
The series received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for its animation, humor, voice acting, action sequences, writing, and faithfulness to the actual play web show. A spin-off series set twenty years later, The Mighty Nein, premiered on November 19, 2025 and adapts Critical Role's second campaign.
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