The Legend of Vox Machina

 is an upcoming animated series of the Vox Machina campaign, funded by a Kickstarter campaign of the same name and animated by Titmouse.

Series content
In a Kickstarter update, it was revealed that the first two episodes of the series will follow a new adventure within the canon of Vox Machina, falling in the timeline before Kraghammer. The following episodes will complete the Briarwoods arc and move "into other classic Vox Machina story arcs as well." Art director Arthur Loftis mentioned that the series would consist of 10 episodes; however, this was later changed to two seasons of twelve episodes each.

The official description for the New York Comic Con panel of The Legend of Vox Machina described the series as "an animated fantasy-adventure series for adults that follows Vox Machina, a band of misfits with a fondness for boozing and brawling. In a desperate attempt to pay off their mounting bar tab, these unlikely heroes end up on a quest to save the realm of Exandria from dark magical forces. From a sinister necromancer to a powerful curse, the group confronts a variety of obstacles that not only test their skills, but also the strength of their bond." The necromancer mentioned is likely Delilah Briarwood, while the curse may be referring to the events in Stilben that were covered in Vox Machina Origins Series I.

Production
In November 2019, Amazon Prime partnered on the project to be seen exclusively on Amazon Prime Video and expanding it to two seasons totaling 24 episodes.

In June 2020, Critical Role announced that the launch of the series would be delayed from the originally projected Fall 2020 date to an unspecified date in Summer to Fall 2021. At a panel at New York City Comic-Con, the release date was announced to be February 4, 2022. The premiere date was later moved up to January 28, 2022.

Production credits

 *      - President and founder of Titmouse, executive producer
 * Antonio Cannobio   - Senior vice president and chief creative officer of Titmouse
 * Brandon Auman     - Executive producer and showrunner
 * Laura Bailey- Executive producer
 * Taliesin Jaffe - Executive producer
 * Ashley Johnson - Executive producer
 * Ben Kalina        - Executive producer
 * Matthew Mercer - Executive producer
 * Liam O'Brien - Executive producer
 * Shannon Prynoski  - Execuive producer
 * Marisha Ray - Executive producer
 * Sam Riegel - Executive producer
 * Travis Willingham - Executive producer
 * Sung Jin Ahn       - Supervising director
 * Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Voice director
 * Young Heller       - Episodic director
 * Alicia Chan        - Episodic director
 * Rebecca Ung        - Production coordinator
 * Elizabeth Schantz  - Writer's room production assistant

Cast

 * Laura Bailey as Vex'ahlia
 * Taliesin Jaffe as Percival de Rolo
 * Ashley Johnson as Pike Trickfoot
 * Matthew Mercer as Sylas Briarwood and additional voices
 * Liam O'Brien as Vax'ildan
 * Marisha Ray as Keyleth of the Air Ashari
 * Sam Riegel as Scanlan Shorthalt
 * Travis Willingham as Grog Strongjaw

Art

 * Arthur Loftis      - Art director
 * Phil Bourassa      - Lead character designer
 * Karen Guo          - Storyboard artist
 * Cassey Kuo         - Storyboard artist
 * Marvin Britt       - Storyboard revisionist
 * Joseph Martinez    - Background designer
 * Victoria Thornberry - Color design
 * Nick Lombardo      - Character designer
 * Luke Ashworth      - Character designer
 * Bertrand Todesco   - Character designer

Script

 * Eugene Son - Story editor
 * Brandon Auman - Writer
 * Ashly Burch - Writer
 * Jennifer Muro - Writer
 * Marc Bernardin - Writer
 * Chris "Doc" Wyatt - Writer
 * Kevin Burke - Writer
 * Daniel Thomsen - Writer
 * Mae Catt - Writer
 * Meredith Kecskemety - Writer’s assistant

Music

 *  - Composer
 * Peter Habib - Songwriter
 * Sam Riegel - Songwriter
 * Nolan Markey - Orchestrator
 * Mike Bouska - Mixing
 * Budapest Scoring Orchestra - Orchestral score
 * Tina Guo - Electric cello
 * Paul Cartwright - Fiddle
 * Kristin Naigus - Woodwinds
 * Eric Rigler - Bagpipes

Crowdfunding
The Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter was launched on March 4th, 2019, lasting for 45 days (ending on April 18th, 2019 at 11:59 pm). The original animation was to be a 22 minute long special. Within the first 45 minutes of the Kickstarter going up, the $750,000 goal was surpassed, and $1,000,000 was hit in the first hour. After the first day, $3.0 million was raised, passing all the stretch goals the team had planned. Within the next few days, The Legend of Vox Machina became the most funded film/animation project across Kickstarter. It eventually raised $11,385,449, becoming the 5th most funded project on Kickstarter at the time with 88,887 backers.



Campaign end party
To celebrate the close of the Kickstarter campaign and to thank Critters for their love and support the cast was joined by special guest Joel Hodgson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 for the Kickstarter Campaign End Party.

Stretch goals and rewards

 * 1 Million
 * Free digital download of the special's soundtrack for $20+ Backers.
 * One-shot: The Search For Bob.
 * 1.5 Million
 * 22 addition minutes to the animated special.
 * Backers at the $100+ will get an exclusive crew knitted Legend of Vox Machina beanie.
 * 2 Million
 * Backers at the $20+ will get a voicemail pack voiced by the cast.
 * One-shot: Vox Machina's Summer Reunion in Dalen's Closet.
 * 2.5 Million
 * 22 addition minutes to the animated special.
 * Backers at the $100+ will get an exclusive Legend of Vox Machina d20 with their dice sets.
 * 3 Million
 * 22 addition minutes to the animated special.
 * Backers at the $200+ will get an exclusive Dagger Dagger Dagger letter opener set.
 * One-shot: Vox Machina x Mighty Nein.
 * 5.75 Million
 * The start of the Briarwoods Arc (2 episodes, 44 minutes of animation)
 * 7.5 Million
 * Continuation of the Briarwoods Arc (2 episodes, 44 minutes of animation)
 * One-shot: Vox Machina Guest Battle Royale
 * 8.8 Million
 * The Conclusion of the Briarwoods Arc (2 episodes, 44 minutes of animation)
 * Ashley Johnson will GM a one-shot.
 * 10 Million (secret goal)
 * Travis Willingham will go on a filmed journey through a haunted house.

Pre-release specials
In the time between the announcement of the Kickstarter and the series' release, several sneak peek videos were posted on Critical Role's Youtube channel. For the full list, see The Legend of Vox Machina Pre-release Specials.

Trivia

 * The name of the series is likely a callback to, a special episode summarizing Vox Machina's adventures before the start of the stream. This special also featured animation, done by Wendy Sullivan Green.
 * Only one of the stretch goal specials has not aired as of yet, the Vox Machina Guest Battle Royale.
 * A few elements from the series were hinted at in Crew & A Episode 4.
 * Greyskull Keep will likely make an appearance, as a crew member described it as an "early location" that they got to explore, where "Vox Machina get to live in and start off their journey".
 * Crew members mentioned a spell used by Scanlan to conjure up different body parts that may allude to a creative take on the spell Bigby's Hand (this was later confirmed when the spell appeared in the opening title sequence). It was also said that Scanlan uses his lute to cast spells. Other spells that were mentioned included "Keyleth's vines" (probably the Grasping Vine spell) and "fireballs".
 * The series' composer, Neal Acree, assigned certain instruments or music genres to each of the main characters. Grog's is heavy metal; Keyleth and Pike's are flute and choir; Percy's is classical opera; Vex and Vax's are strings and classical waltz. Scanlan, being a bard, sings original songs, with lute and heavy metal being mentioned.
 * The heights of several characters appear to have been modified for this series. In the past, Keyleth has been described as being 5'10", which is taller than the twins' 5'7" and 5'5"; however, in the official character lineup, she seems to be shorter than both of them. Grog appears to have been scaled down, as he was initially described as an 8'7" half-giant but seems closer in height to the others in the character lineup.