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The Dragon Prince, later subtitled "Mystery of Aaravos" from season 4 to season 7, is a fantasy animated series created by Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond and produced by Wonderstorm as a Netflix original series. Its first season was released on September 14, 2018, followed by a second season on February 15th, 2019.[3] A third season premiered on Friday, November 22, 2019. [4] A fourth season was released on November 3rd, 2022.[5] A fifth season was released on July 22nd, 2023.

The entire saga of The Dragon Prince has been greenlit by Netflix and will contain seven seasons (referred to as "Books") in total,[6] as well as several canon books, such as "Through the Moon".

Content[]

To find specific base content relating to the series, please refer to the main articles listed below!

Released Media[]

The story of The Dragon Prince is extended past the series through various pieces of media. This includes an upcoming video game, graphic novels, written novels, various books, as well as an original soundtrack. Several games have also been published, including a tabletop roleplay game called Tales of Xadia, as well as the board game The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged.

Additionally to the physical and digitally released stories, a collection of side stories is ocassionally published through the official website of the show.

Merchandise[]

A number of other merchandise items have been released in association with The Dragon Prince. These include toys, including a plush toy of Bait, clothing, accessories, furnishing collectables, puzzles, several Funko Pop figures, and much more. On October 15th 2020, Wonderstorm has tapped Striker Entertainment to handle worldwide merchandising and licensing for The Dragon Prince, including toys, apparel and accessories.[7]

Production[]

The Dragon Prince is produced by Wonderstorm in collaboration with Bardel Entertainment. The show's unique animation style is created using cell-shaded, three-dimensional computer animation; a hybrid between CG and 2D.[8] This choice was made to allow more dynamic camera angles and lighting and to greater-detailed character modeling. To avoid the typical "floatiness" of a computer animated production, the animators emulated Japanese animation by animating the show with 8-12 frames per second.[9] The production follows several steps, including design, storyboarding, model/surfacing, rigging, environment, animation, 2D/3D FX, lighting, and compositing.[8]

Four different technologies were used before Bardel was satisfied with the end product of the model's outlines, including a completely new 2D approach in Harmony. Because toon shading required special care during surfacing, the studio output specific masks to cheat the termination line in lighting. The following rigging step required helping tool as well, and was also quite expensive. FX elements were covered by two teams. Bardel's 3D team looked after CG and figured out how to assetize FX that was hand-drawn in Harmony, while the 2D FX department enhanced compositing by delicately perfecting toonlines, and adding shapes to the shadows on a face or body. A hybrid approach was used at times where the visual was given a CG element and enhanced by 2D, and complex effects like smoke were purely CG. Multiple render engines were used to achieve the look of the show's lighting, requiring an incredible number of rendered layers to achieve maximum versatility in compositing and speed of production.[8]

Netflix provides subtitles in English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, German, and French. There are also audio descriptions available in Spanish, English, Mandarin, French, and German for people with blindness or a visual impairment.[10]

Aaron Ehasz was the head writer and co-executive producer of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and a longtime writer and story editor for Futurama. Richmond co-directed the video game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.[11] The two co-founded the multimedia production studio Wonderstorm in 2017, along with Justin Santistevan, to work both on The Dragon Prince and a related video game. Ehasz and Richmond are co-creators and writers on the series, while Giancarlo Volpe, a former director for Avatar, was an executive producer for the first three seasons.

Staff[]

Founders Aaron Ehasz • Justin Richmond • Justin Santistevan
Writers Devon Giehl • Neil Mukhopadhyay • Iain Hendry • Melanie McGanney Ehasz (Novel)
Directors Villads Spangsberg • Giancarlo Volpe
Composer Frederik Wiedmann
Executive at Netflix Jenna Boyd
Animation Directors Meruan Salim • Carlyle Wilson
Animation Coordinator Tony Power
Lead Animator Brian Ahlf • Eric Childs • Brian Kavanagh • Kevin Kyle • Jody Prouse
Other Wonderstorm Staff Robert Cogburn • Dan Liebgold • Lauren Topal
Graphic Novel Staff Peter Wartman (Author) • Xanthe Bouma (Illustrations)
Animators, Storyboard and Graphic Artists, etc. Sabrina Ali • Laura Ambrosiano • Nicki Bianchini • CT Chrysler • Frankie Franco III • Zakiah Grant • Chelsea Gratzlaff • Tim Kaminski • Erica Kim • Nasus Lee • Jessica Mahon • Katie Olson • Daniel Pira • Candice Prince • Devin Rosychuk • Alicia Schaeffer • Siggy Sigmond • Eman Thabet • Dorothy Yang • Caleb Thomas
Franchise Manager Emily Marzonie[12]


Trailers and Promotion[]

Trailers
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Awards[]

The Dragon Prince won an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Animated Series 2020, while Wonderstorm's composer Freddie Wiedmann was nominated for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition.[14] Rhona Rees was nominated for the UBCP/ACTRA awards 2020 for her role as Nyx.[15]

Trivia[]

  • The Dragon Prince was inspired by Justin Richmond and Aaron Ehasz playing Dungeons and Dragons and consuming various fantasy media as kids. However, the real inspiration was when they were discussing different types of magic.[16]
  • The title cards resemble the pattern previously used in prior projects such as Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, referring to each season as a "book" and each episode as a "chapter".
  • The social media team behind the series has also released content related to the Pokemon AU, including an alternative narrative for the series and Pokemon-style versions of the characters.
  • Due to its involvement of LGBT+ characters, The Dragon Prince saga was labeled as an 18+ show on the Russian version of Netflix, making it inaccessible for children, its main target audience.[1]

Other Language Titles[]

  • German: Der Prinz der Drachen
  • French: Le Prince des Dragons
  • Arabic: الأمير التنين
  • Spanish: El príncipe Dragón
  • Persian: شاهزاده اژدها
  • Hebrew: הנסיך הדרקון
  • Hungarian: A sárkányherceg
  • Italian: Il principe dei draghi
  • Japanese: ドラゴン王子
  • Malay: The Dragon Prince
  • Dutch: De drakenprins
  • Polish: Smoczy Książę
  • Portuguese: The Dragon Prince
  • Russian: Принц драконов
  • Ukrainian: Принц Драконів
  • Vietnamese: Hoàng tử rồng
  • Chinese: 龍太子

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