First Episode of The Mighty Nein Available Now on YouTube

The first episode of The Mighty Nein, a new animated series based on Critical Role's second campaign, is available for free on YouTube. Prime Video posted the episode on YouTube in the early morning today, providing fans and newcomers alike with a free preview of its series ahead of its launch next week.

While set in the same world as The Legend of Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein is a standalone series and requires no previous knowledge of either Critical Role or The Legend of Vox Machina to enjoy. The first few episodes of the new show serve as a prequel to the events of Campaign 2, providing more concrete origin stories and what the characters were up to ahead of the events of the first episode of the campaign.

You can check out the new episode below:

After an explosion at the border, Wildemount is on the brink of War. Beauregard Lionett investigates the scene of an explosion, uncovering a sinister scheme lurking in the shadows. Meanwhile, Caleb Widogast teams up with an unlikely ally to break into a magical pet shop.

 

[Amphytrion]

I thought this was a blast.

The animation is an improvement from Vox Machina, the voice acting is top notch, and every character is captivating on its own.

There are some points in which the script is very heavy handed, and that seems to clash with the evidently adult audience this is meant to target, but for the most part it’s competent. Great visuals and some fun storyboarding went into this as well.

The opening theme is awful. It doesn’t even match the animation put to it. I fully agree with the poster above that preferred the Your Turn To Roll rendition.