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."

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

 * Chris Prynoski     - President and Founder of Titmouse, Executive Producer
 * Antonio Cannobio   - Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer
 * Brandon Auman      - Executive Producer
 * Sam Riegel     - 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

Writers' room

 * 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

 * Neal Acree - 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 peak videos were posted on Critical Role's Youtube channel.


 * The Legend of Vox Machina Animated Intro: A sample intro for the series. 6 March 2019.
 * The Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter Q&A: Travis, Sam, Matt, and Marisha answer FAQs about the Kickstarter campaign. 6 March 2019.
 * Kickstarter Campaign End Party with Joel Hodgson!: Celebrating the successful completion of the Kickstarter campaign. 20 April 2019.
 * Tavern Keeper Build | The Legend of Vox Machina: Travis, Sam, Liam, and a group from Titmouse find out the results of the community-created tavern keeper build, and a Q&A. 19 September 2019.
 * Travis Willingham's Spooktacular: Fulfilled the final "secret" stretch goal. 10 October 2019.
 * The Legend of the Story of the Legend of Vox Machina: Update introducing the writing team and the process. 21 February 2020.
 * The Legend of the World of The Legend of Vox Machina: Update spotlighting the creation of the environmental art taking Exandria from concept to visual reality. 26 August 2020.
 * Animation101 with Sam Riegel | The Legend of Vox Machina: Executive Producer Sam Riegel chats through taking The Legend of Vox Machina from concept to a finished animation and the many, many steps in between. 24 November 2020.
 * Crew & A Episode 1: Getting to Know You | The Legend of Vox Machina: First episode of a series highlighting some of the production members working on the show. 24 February 2021.
 * Crew & A Episode 2: Playing Favorites | The Legend of Vox Machina: The Titmouse team shares their favorite characters and moments from the Vox Machina campaign. 24 March 2021.
 * Crew & A Episode 3: Let's Talk About RPGs! | The Legend of Vox Machina: Get to know some of the Titmouse team as they share what it takes to turn a livestreamed RPG into an animated series. 21 April 2021.
 * Crew & A Episode 4: Exploring Exandria | The Legend of Vox Machina: Get to know some of the Titmouse team and their preferred Exandrian vacation spots as well as their favorite magics and monsters. 18 May 2021.
 * The Legend of the Design of The Legend of Vox Machina: Introducing Phil Bourassa, lead character designer, and showing off Vox Machina's final character designs. 23 June 2021.
 * Crew & A Episode 5: Talkin' Bout Titmouse | The Legend of Vox Machina: What it’s like to work at a world-class animation studio from the experts in the talented crew talking about Titmouse. 4 July 2021.
 * The Legend of the Voices of The Legend of Vox Machina: In the fourth part of the behind-the-scenes documentary series, the Critical Role cast step into the recording booth to bring new life to Vox Machina with the guidance of voice director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. 28 July 2021.
 * Crew & A Episode 6: Origin Stories | The Legend of Vox Machina: Check out the origin stories of the fantastic Titmouse crew working on the Legend of Vox Machina in this final episode of the Crew & A series. 11 August 2021.
 * The Legend of the Music of The Legend of Vox Machina: Critical Role introduces the musical masterminds working on The Legend of Vox Machina: composer Neal Acree, and songwriter Peter Habib who is working alongside Sam Riegel on Scanlan's original songs. 25 August 2021.
 * The Legend of Vox Machina NYCC Live Read with Animation | Prime Video: A Live Read with Animation of the show at the New York Comic Con on 8 October 2021.
 * The Legend of Vox Machina Title Sequence | Prime Video: at the New York Comic Con 2021 the Title Sequence was released.
 * The Legend of Vox Machina - Official 'My Toothpick' Clip (2022) Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer: pre-release teaser. December 20 2021.

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 mentionned.
 * 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.