![]() ![]() They are in tune with their respective characters and with each other with a college chum-like chemistry which continues to work into season two. You can sense their real life bonds between the actors in each performance, providing a touch of authenticity to a fantasy world. The results of their voice work is quite impressive. The roles in The Legend of Vox Machina are performed by that same group who played and continue to play the D&D campaign together. ![]() The animated series derived from a very popular D&D campaign that found a life of its own online from the group known as Critical Role. Needless to say when season two screeners became available to me I did not wait to watch this time around. The taste test of the series quickly convinced me to binge several of the bite-sized (approximately 24 minute) episodes. What I found was an epic adventure, intense action, colorful characters and some hilarious, raunchy humor. One night while cooking dinner I put an episode on and within minutes I was hooked. ![]() Luckily for me, when I mentioned the series to my podcast team, some of them knew enough about the show’s history to pique my interest. That’s not to say I am an animation snob in the least, I just like what I like and based on the title graphic alone this series did not seem like a good match. My taste in animation has grown much more selective over the last few years. To be honest, I almost passed on watching them at all. As the producer of The ‘Verse! ( the geek-centric podcast featured on Awards Radar) I was sent press screeners, but unfortunately with so much other content dropping and so little time, they sat unplayed for weeks. Last year, The Legend of Vox Machina was a surprise favorite of mine one I almost completely missed out on. ![]()
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