Critical Role’s Mighty Nein animated series coming to Amazon Video

Amazon Prime Video is set to bring The Mighty Nein, an animated series about the Mighty Nein, to its platform. On Wednesday, the announcement was made about a second television show that will be based upon the adventures of Critical Role’s actual-play troupe. That’s the same team behind Legend of Vox MachinaThe Mighty Nein will feature animation by the same studio as handles. Legend of Vox Machina, Titmouse. And that’s not all: Amazon has also locked in a multiyear exclusive TV and first-look film deal.

The Mighty Nein is the name of the adventuring party in Critical Role’s second Dungeons & Dragons actual-play series, which ran for 141 episodes on Twitch and YouTube from January 2018 to June 2021, totaling roughly 560 hours of streaming content. It tells the story of a group of less-than-upright would-be heroes — Caleb Widogast, Veth “Nott the Brave” Brenatto, Jester Lavorre, Fjord, Beauregard Lionett, Mollymauk Tealeaf, and Yasha Nydoorin, among others.

“Mighty Nein follows a group of criminals and misfits,” Amazon said in a news release, “who are the only ones that can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands.”

A unique twist is the fact that Critical Role will produce its own content through Metapigeon. It is a fun in-joke about characters talking at tables that will be familiar to fans. Fans should expect to hear the voice talents of all their favorite cast members, including Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham.

It isn’t the first time The Mighty Nein used an expression that wasn’t the one in the actual-play series. Wizards of the Coast released a book in 2020 about the setting. Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount. Dark Horse also has a number of comics and novelizations. If a movie deal comes through, it also won’t be its first time in theaters. Since years, Critical Role offers a series live-action sessions that can be simulcast at movie theatres.