Also, Ashley isn't just voicing a character, she is voicing HER player character. The one she made and played in Campaign One, all of the Vox Machina cast is, the original players are the voices, the producers, and in some cases the writers.

It's the opposite: This show is based on the characters from Critical Role, this is from their first campaign about 4-5 years ago. The first two episodes will seem very fast: It's an introductory story that took place before they started live-streaming their campaign. The main story arc for Season 1 begins on Episode 3. If you watch a lot of anime, you should recognize a LOT of these voice actors!

@TheRubberDuck77

Жыл бұрын

or if the play WoW =) Illidan Stormrage, Jaina Proudmore just to name a couple =)

The show is basically their animated dnd campaign! They're all amazing voice actors and use those voices live on stream to create the story you're watching rn! They've been friends for years

You mentioned recognising Ashley's voice from the Last of us. I believe that all of the main cast have provided voices for that franchise. There is a clip somewhere on KZread showcasing some of their dialog in the game.

Bidet and welcome to the Critter community. "We hope Ashley does some voices". Oh it goes way deeper then that.

Keyleth is OP as hell, but that means Feck all if your opponent is immune to your attack. Matt Mercer the Dungeon master for Critical role has a cameo in several episodes, in this one he's the guy Scanlan Peed on.

Wow uploaded 8hours ago and the critters are already here . Well j&c your in for a treat what a great show

OK, so quick critical role history lesson. It started as a home game with a bunch of voice actors, and then they started streaming it on twitch. After years of growing a huge loving community they decided to do a Kickstarter for a show based on their first campaign(the legend of vox machina). It raised over 11 million dollars and was enough for them to make it completely on their own without corporate oversight from a big company. Then Amazon agreed to let them release it on their platform, but it's all written and directed by the cast and their trusted friends.

@johnw8578

Жыл бұрын

Ah, so that is why it is so good.

@donkeyteethbites

11 ай бұрын

Still one of my favorite days. They were hoping to get 700k over a few days and blew past that almost immediately

Overall, Critical Role is currently in the middle of their third campaign. Both Campaigns 1 and 2 ran for significantly over 100 episodes, each one between 3-5 hours of live play DnD. In each campaign, the cast creates new characters, and it is separted in time and space from the ones before (but that doesn't mean there aren't some overlap, especially between 1 and 3). They've also produced shorter campaigns and one-shots. The whole cast are all professional voice actors, and they often have friends come play for a session or two as guest characters, many of them also professional voice actors. Because of their extensive resumes in the VO community, they were also able to get a lot of amazing talent to voice the various other characters (not Vox Machina) who were all voiced by the Dungeon Master Matt Mercer during the stream. They have several actors from Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, a former Dr. Who, a Hobbit, a Disney "princess" and many others lending their voices. The cast all love animation and they made sure that when they made an animated version of the story they told around the table, they spent the money where it was best used: the story, the voices, and the animation. Enjoy! (and after you finish all 12 episodes of Season 1, Season 2, also 12 episodes, is already out. We'll have to wait for Season 3 until, probably, next January, if it follows the patterns of the first two seasons.)

@DarksideGmss0513

Жыл бұрын

And the series for campaign 2 was announced so there's that aswell.

Bidet new Critters. (Bidet is a common greeting among Critters, the origin of which you will see in early season 2). As you have said, you know little to nothing. i will give you a little background on the origin of the show and critical role in general. Critical role got started as a one-shot game for Liam O'Brien's birthday. Everyone enjoyed themselves so much that they made it into an ongoing campaign. After playing for roughly 2 years they were asked if they would be interested in bringing their game to the Geek & Sundry studio so it could be streamed on Twitch. They agreed, although they did not expect a good reception. As they have said "no one is going to want to watch "a bunch of nerdy ass voice actors" sitting around playing d&d for hours, so we will give it a few weeks and then go back to the living room... They quickly became the most popular show on the channel. After a few years, finishing the campaign with Vox Machina and starting a new campaign called The Mighty Nein, th separated from G&S and started their own channel and company. It was at this point that they began to try to get an animated show in the works (something fans had been asking about for years). Initial response was either lack of interest due to not understanding what kind of show they were pitching or interest as long as the studio had full control over the show and rights to the property. CR wasn't willing to accept those terms, so they turned to the fans. "You want animated critical role, and we want to make it. Do you want it enough to put your money where your mouth is?" Set up a kickstarter asking for $750K in 45 days to make a 22-minute animated special. They hit their goal in 45 minutes and finished the 45 days with almost 89K backers pledging nearly $11.4 million to fund an entire 10 episode season. Once the distribution agreement was settled with Amazon, they put up the money to make two additional episodes for a total of 12 as well as agreeing to finance a second season. Season 3 has also been greenlit now, as well as announcing a deal being reached to animate their second campaign as well.

Bidet! Welcome to one of the best shows in the past several years. For Keyleth, the shock during the dragon fight was a mix of her character’s insecurities + dragons mechanically having an ability that causes fear just by being around them. She’s also like a reverse Batman: incredibly powerful as long as she doesn’t have too much time to overthink it & doubt herself. The show only gets exponentially better from here!

"Here's what I know about this show... Nothing." *settles in with popcorn * LOVE that. :D Always a delight to see new folks discover these characters. Critical Role campaigns tell genuinely wonderful stories, but they ARE a huge time commitment. I love that the animation brings at least a small part of them to a wider audience. And Campaign 2 has been greenlit too! The voice credits are definitely worth a look each episode, so many familiar names. But I would avoid the full season list because there will be some spoilers for key characters. If you watch a lot of dubbed anime, or play a lot of games, then you WILL have heard most of the main cast somewhere. And the guests are stellar. If you're interested in seeing some of the comparisons between table play and animation, there are a lot of "table to screen" comparisons for scenes on youtube, but again, tread with caution because spoilers. It's well worth not knowing anything about this story :) If you enjoy the first two episodes, then you're golden for the rest of the show, because it only gets better from here. The first two are sort of a primer (don't get me wrong, I love them, but compared to the rest they're a tiny bit bumpy, pacing-wise.) [/waffling ] ANYWAY, sorry. I get rambly.

You guys are gonna LOVE this show. It's awesome. Fun bit of world lore - the crystals you guys were talking about on the airships are called "Brumestone". They're a very rare form of mineral that is tightly regulated and controlled by various consortiums - which is why airships aren't common. Which is also why Vox Machina were so excited to be on an airship.

Vex the Ranger with the blue feather declared dragons as her preferred animal so she has like a sixth sense when she's around them. You'll love this show!!!

@ticozayas6430

Жыл бұрын

2 minor corrections, it's preferred enemy, dragons are sentient beings not animals and have thier own creature category

@smashbrandiscootch719

Жыл бұрын

@@ticozayas6430 *Favored Enemy

@ticozayas6430

Жыл бұрын

@@smashbrandiscootch719 u right, I was more correcting the animal part didn't even realize the 1st part was off too :)

@smashbrandiscootch719

Жыл бұрын

@@ticozayas6430 Honestly man, reading back that was kinda douchey of me. I had meant it in good humor but that doesn't always come through in text form. I appreciate you taking it as intended :)

This might be something you tack on to another episode, but there's a song called "Your Turn to Role" created by the person who voiced Scanlan. Depending on how far ahead you've watched, it might be worth a listen, because a lot of the music in this show has its roots in that song. It wasn't made until the Mighty Nein campaign, but it was used in the Kickstarter to create this show.

The male elf rogue is the voice of Garra and the half giant is voiced by Roy mustang from Full metal

You should also plan to watch The Mighty Nein when it comes out. Its based on Critical Role's second campaign and was greenlit with an announcement teaser a few months ago.

Always interesting to see new reaction for Vox Machina! Like, even season 2 was a few months ago, and new people react to season 1 here and there a lot! :)

U got that backwards, the show is based off of the critical roll live stream specifically the 1st campaign, they are aiming for 5 seasons up to 3 is already confirmed, but as a note thier 2nd campaign is also getting animated and they are aiming for 5 seasons with that one as well. No homework needed all the info is presented in the animated series for non CR ppl to be able to enjoy with some fun easter eggs for long time fans of the series. (They follow the streamed campaign's story pretty well only changing things for legal reasons (like god names) or to give a storyline a bit more punch... as a long time fan I have loved both seasons even knowing where the story will go. Glad to see u guys picked it up, now to add another reactor watch thru to my collection, I especially like seeing ppl unfamiliar with the property or actors react :) (Below is some of the stuff the cast has been in that u might know, this is off the top of my head so sorry if there's not much for everyone) Matt Mercer: Sylas (u haven't met this character yet) the "it's high noon" guy from overwatch, and Levi in attack on titan Marisha Ray: Keyleth, creative director of the CR brand Laura Bailey: Vex, Lust from FMAB Travis Willingham: Grog, Mustang from FMAB, and Thor in marvel animation and games Liam O'Brien: Vax, Garra from Naruto Taliesan Jaffe: Percy, The Flash in DC animation and games Sam Reigal: Scanlan, Donatello TMNT animated Ashley Johnson: Pike, and Ellie form "the last of us" series of games Edit: CR and thier stories have always been rated R, violence, revenge, retribution, sex, drugs, rock and roll... they really went hard trying to show that in the 1st 2 episodes, while it is a cartoon it's not for the little ones (kids not gnomes lol)

@ChevaliersEmeraude

Жыл бұрын

I haven't heard anything about how many seasons for either campaign they are aiming for (although 5 for Vox Machina seems about right). Where did you heard about that?

@VegetaLF7

Жыл бұрын

@@ChevaliersEmeraude It was mentioned during a livestream I believe that they're aiming for 5 seasons to tell the Campaign 1 story in animated form. They had confirmed that the current arc the show is on is a 2-season one, which will leave one season for each of the remaining major arcs following it.

@PristineTX

Жыл бұрын

Sam Riegel has talked about the possibility of a sixth season in one of the episode Q&As. The current arc wasn't confirmed for two seasons, only that it would take more than one.

@ticozayas6430

Жыл бұрын

@@ChevaliersEmeraude vegeta got it, it was sam and travis talking in one of the discussions they mentioned the ideal situation being 5 seasons for both but at that time only had up to season 3 confirmed for c1 and just one season for c2

@AAAndrew

Жыл бұрын

Officially, they've confirmed three seasons for LoVM, and that they will be making The Mighty Nein (their second campaign with all new characters, but taking place 20 years after in another part of the same world). They also signed a first-look film contract with Amazon Prime. We "Critters" (the name for fans of the show) have great hopes.

The whole cast of CR does there voices in the show and Matt mercer aka Dungeon Master does side characters. They've been in everything. Liam O'Brien aka Vax is also 90% of the npc's in Fallout New Vegas and Gaara in Naruto. They also got their fellow voice actor friend and guest player Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (who is the voice director and voice of English Dub of Julia in Cowboy Bebop) to be the voice director.

@TheRubberDuck77

Жыл бұрын

Liam O'Brian is also the voice of Illidan Stormrage in World of Warcraft, I think almost all of them have done at least some voices in WoW, probably how most of them have met, Laura Bailey does Jaina Proudmoore in Wow too

Good job noticing that the stones are what make the airship fly! Can't wait to see you guys react to the rest of the show

The cast of critical role voice all of their characters from the campaign to the animated show and you don't have to know anything I started with the Animated show and then I got pulled into the campaigns on KZread

The shared squeal of excitement over Ashley's voice and the hand-clasp sent me 😂.

Glad you guys are back with one of my favorite series. These are the voice actors who have been working as dub actors for years, so they are indeed talented. Liam O Brien(Vax) is Gaara so thats should give you some idea of how long they've been working

B’day to you both. You’re in for a ride. I know there are some really involved comments but in short, the world and story outline are Matt mercer’s brain not letting him rest even. Specific twist and turns were determined by a dice role. Like an old school choose your own adventure book. The results are fantastic. Enjoy!

in DnD there actually is a spell, Speak with Plants, and they don't show it in the show like they did in the actual play of Critical Role, but it's still in there so she is actually speaking to the tree here most likely.... in the second campaign the druid of that campagin gave the ability to the cleric Jester, and she spoke to some crabgrass and it was hilarious the way matt voiced it lol.... oh btw both in the campagin and in the show Matt is also voicing Trinket =)

It's fun to see people reacting who have not seen the sessions and who don't know the story. Liked and subscribed. It will be fun following you.

it would be more accurate to say this show is based on critical role it is their characters they breathed life into these characters and this world, and the fans responded by making the biggest kickstarter yet to finance two whole seasons it was confirmed for a season 3 when season 2 began, and they also announced the mighty nein animated show which is critical roles second DnD campaign. btw the main cast are all famous voice actor Marisha Ray, Liam O'brian, Sam Riegel, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, and Taliesen Jaffe. Cant wait for more of this. love your reactions and I love critical role perfect combination.

The cast of Critical Role are all voice actors by trade! That’s how they make their livings on top of doing their live-streamed D&D game once a week & running the Critical Role company. So, yeah, they all voice the characters they played in the campaign. Matt Mercer (the DM) voices a number of characters in the show, including some main antagonists coming later in the show.

13:14 Dragons radiate a FEAR effect. You have to roll a Wisdom Saving Throw to avoid it. Keyleth obviously failed her roll and was incapacitated by fear for the first couple of rounds of combat.

You may not know this but Matt Mercer is the Man of many voices he is throughout every Episode Can you spot him good luck like I said...... hes good.. Really good

Also just a heads up a second series has been greenlit for CR its going to be their second campaign and it will have all new characters they will still keep the core voice actors of the main party but its all new characters on a different continent and its set about 15 - 20 years after campaign 1. This party is called The Mighty Nein.

@JnEricsonx

7 ай бұрын

Im 37 eps into that and OMFG I can't wait.

You both are super fun to watch! 😊 Excited to see you go through the rest of the show!

Great reaction guys, hold on to your butts, it only gets better as you go! Sub butten clicked!!❤

"This is the show that Critical Role characters..." 'Ah, so they do know.' "...are based on." 'NOOOOO!!!!!'

@RelaxwithJC

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry! 😭😭

Vax the Rogue is Voice by Liam O’Brien or the VA for Gaara.

Loved the reaction. New to your channel, specifically because of this show. Looking forward to more. You’re in for a wild ride. The Critter community is pretty welcoming and helpful so they’ll be plenty of fans that will offer insights, point out Easter eggs and answer questions (without spoilers) in each episode.

Liam O'Brien who plays Vax is actually the voice actor of Gara from Naruto.

Its funny coming back to this video after watching all the way thru season 2 with you guys 😊 i feel like you guys got a got more subs since this started hell yeah. Looking forward to watching season 3 with yall. 😊

For context the first two episodes are widely considered the worst of the series by many. I personally enjoyed them a lot. It keeps getting better episode by episode and season 2 is even better then season 1.

@HowManyTimes234

Жыл бұрын

Where are you hearing this from?

@Fairburne69

Жыл бұрын

@@HowManyTimes234 I've read reviews. I've read comment sections. I've Listened to people reacting to the show.

@SylvaGardenia

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, being the worst episodes in a show full of bangers isn't really that bad. Also them being based on pre-stream content would definitely aid in making them less popular than episodes based on streams since fans wouldn't have as much intimacy with events or characters like Krieg (though getting Tennant of all people to voice him is fun af).

@Fairburne69

Жыл бұрын

@@SylvaGardenia I loved the first two episodes. I said, "I personally enjoyed them a lot." I was hooked right away. I also told some reactors who didn't like the first two to keep going. Because I believed they would fall in love with the show. I think you may have missed my overall point that the show gets better and better as the story develops and as the characters develop.

@theashrook6129

Жыл бұрын

i actually turned this off after the first episode when it originally aired. watched it again a few months later and was hooked!

Welcome new Critters (that's the name for fans of anything Critical Role)! I see some other people have already explained some background for the show, so I won't repeat all that. I'll just say that you're in for a hell of a ride and I can't wait to see what you think!

It's about mother truckin' time! I hope you guys enjoy the ride.

In DnD Chromatice (color) dragons are evil, and each color has different breath weapons and immunity/resistances In this Epsiode its a Blue Dragon which has lightning breath weapon and immunity, which is why when Keyleth hits it with Call Lightning spell it doesn't do anything, if it didn't have immunity call lightning actually does really good damage. and what's even cooler imho, when Marisha, Keyleth's voice actor and player from the actual play, would do spells she would act out the hand gestures, and for call lightning she actually did the hand gesture the character does in the show... also if you do end up playing DnD, a lot of the spells and god's ect are from the default DnD setting that Matt used when creating his world, like a lot of DM's do, but because of copyright they had to use generic terms for the show, like when Scanlan uses the hand, in the show he calls it Scanlan's Hand, in dnd its Bixby's hand, Pike's god is Sarenrae but in the show its the Everlight

Bidet, new Critters! I’m looking forward to watching y’all getting into this AMAZING series.

@JnEricsonx

7 ай бұрын

Hell I met most of CR in October! It was awesome.

Holding hands on the internet? *Gasp* How lewd!

I love Ashley also. Have you guys watched the live action series, Blindspot? She is in that also and it is a really good show.

@RelaxwithJC

Жыл бұрын

We have not seen blindspot

The kids are being played by children of some of the cast members.

Yessssss it’s back!!!! Woot woot!!

I would love to run a session for you guys!!! Dnd is something everyone should try

Whaaat I was do sad abt the naruto thing and how they did you dirty but I'm so glad you are staying this rabbit hole of awesomeness

Vox gets you a sub.❤

Oops, just noticed your episode title, hopefully it can be changed so searchers pick it up: "Legend," not Legened. Enjoy the ride, and a warm welcome from the Critter Community: A "Critter Hug," as folks like to say!

@RelaxwithJC

Жыл бұрын

10 hours and you are the first to notice haha

No. This is Not "the show Critical Role's characters are based on". This show is Based On Critical Role's Campaign 1.

RED WAGON! . . . that's a rhyme for "dead dragon." sorry - just thought I'd point that out.

So with an endless barrage of in jokes, backstory, six degrees etc. I bet no one pointed this out. Laura Bailey was the Grog burp in the castle. kzread.info/dash/bejne/haJoqMlxkbHZpNY.html

Subbed for LoVM ❤

YESSS!

BIG WOOOOOOOOO! ^_^

LoVM hype!

i hope u keep on watching anime tho. its one of the best formats out there, lots of beauty and profoundity

Well if you want a western show with a heavy anime influence there is alway reacting to RWBY

You don't have to know anything! :D

I’ve binge watched this entire damn series and did not realize that was fucking Ellie from the last of us… TF 😂😂😂

@RelaxwithJC

2 ай бұрын

Learn something new everyday 😅

Vax does Gaara. I see you have a gaara plush behind you. =)

The crew of Critical Role really missed the boat by not hosting a Reaction watch party when they watched their creation brought to life for the first time as a group.

First few episodes aren’t very good but it’s only upwards from here

Y'all gotta watch I want to eat your pancreas

Hello! So... I confess, the following comment is a copy and paste of one I wrote quite a while back, have tweaked several times, and so now I fall back on it to give a Critical Role explanation. Yes, it's a bit longer than average, but... there's A LOT of stuff to cover, I summarized as best I could. Welcome to the world of Critters. Once upon a time, many years ago a talented voice actor was about to have a birthday, and to celebrate he asked Matt Mercer, another well-established voice actor and talented GM (Game Master) to run a role-playing game for a group of friends... who also all happened to be voice actors. So, a group of nerdy ass voice actors sat around and played D & D. The group had so much fun they made it a regular thing, Felicia Day of 'Geek and Sundry' heard about this game and approached them with the idea of streaming it... and it became a hit in its field, eventually growing into its own company and channel known as Critical Role. Parting on good terms with their previous home, Felicia Day has a small role in the beginning of episode 2. Vox Machina was the group of characters they played in Campaign One, there has also been a Campaign Two, in which the cast plays a whole new group of adventurers. Both are set in the same world, but on different continents, and Campaign Two is set a few decades after the end of Campaign One. Each campaign ran for over a hundred episodes which are all over three hours long, and we are over 50 episodes into Campaign Three. They have also put out a bunch of other content, from talk shows to shorter games in other Role Playing worlds. They have played live shows to sold out theaters, become the number one channel on Twitch, have merch stores in multiple countries, have comics and actually published books of fan art (there are some talented as F*** Critters) they also started a nonprofit charity to... "Leave the World a Better Place." The whole cast would all tell you that they never expected any of this, that it has been a wild ride and they are just trying to hold on and be worthy of it. A few years ago they started looking into the possibility of an animation, but no one was buying, or at least not on their terms, so they went to the Critters to try and raise upwards of $700,000.00 over the course of 45 days in order to make a two-part special for themselves and their fans.... The Critters laughed, and smashed through not just the goal amount, but also ALL of their stretch goals within an hour. By day 45 they had raised nearly 11 and a half million dollars, added a bunch more stretch goals, and the two-part special became a season. Amazon took note and basically funded a second season (3rd season was green lit just before season 2 dropped) to get the streaming rights, but the show is created by Critical Role. Those Nerdy Ass Voice actors are the producers and have full creative control. Most of the people they hired, from writers to artists and composers are also fans who love and know the story and its world. It is one of the truest examples of a project of love I have ever seen. During the production of season one of the animation they put out a series of videos to keep their fans in the loop of how things were going. Interviewing the people behind the scenes and giving non spoiler info about the production. It's a good watch and will really help you understand the devotion and love that went into this project, as well as introduce the cast. Personally, how the lead composer got the job is one of my fav stories. Here is that play list. kzread.info/head/PL1tiwbzkOjQwJdoNetaNJE1zZVOE7xi8u The latest big news is that Amazon has signed off on producing a season based on the Campaign Two group, known as The Mighty Nein! And no I did not misspell Nein. They have also reached a multi year agreement that Amazon gets the first look at any new shows OR movies Critical Role wants to produce. Many a fans ears perked up at the mention of possible movies given the popularity of a particular 4 episode and done Campaign, “Exandria Unlimited Calamity” It is a separate adventure set in the same world, but way, WAY, before Vox Machina's or The Mighty Nein's Time. Once again, welcome to this new world, hope you enjoy your visit and stay for a while... it's a devoted community with a lot of heart... and dicks... so many dicks... LoL. Let Chaos Reign!

Bidet!!!

I think this is my fastest time subbing then unsubbing from a channel. Those two sounded pretty great until the very last line of the video where they mentionned streaming Terfschool Legacy.