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DOTA: Dragon's Blood is an anime-influenced animated epic fantasy streaming television series based on Dota. It was produced by Studio Mir and Kaiju Boulevard, and premiered on Netflix on march 25, 2021.
Plot
Set in the fantasy world of Dota, the story follows a Dragon Knight, Davion who along with other such knights hunts dragons to make the world a safer place. In a battle between the demon Terrorblade, and the Eldwurm Slyrak, the elder dragon merges his soul with Davion. Accompanied by Mirana, Davion starts a journey to stop Terrorblade who wants to kill the dragons and collect their souls for his own use.
Production
The series was first announced on the 17th of February 2021[1], with the teaser trailer being released two days later[2], and the main trailer on the 2nd of March[3]. On the same day, 4 promotional posters were posted by the Dota 2 Twitter account.[4] Each of these posters has a part of a QR code printed on one of their corners, which when aligned correctly, form a QR code that linked to an unlisted short teaser video revealing Terrorblade. This teaser got published on the 23rd of March.[5]. The series officially aired on the 25th of March 2021[6].
It is a joint collaboration between Valve, Netflix Animation, with Ashley Edward Miller as executive producer and Ki Hyun Ryu as co-executive.
Voice cast and characters
- Yuri Lowenthal as Davion, the Dragon Knight
- Lara Pulver as Mirana, the Princess of the Moon
- Tony Todd as Slyrak, the Ember Eldwurm
- Troy Baker as The Invoker
- Kari Wahlgren as Luna, the Moonrider
- Alix Wilton Regan as Selemene, the Goddess of the Moon
- Freya Tingley as Fymryn
- Stephany Jacobsen as Drysi
- Josh Keaton as Bram, Davion's Squire
- Anson Mount as Kaden, the Dragon Knight
- JB Blanc as Terrorblade
Episodes
Official videos
- Announcement video
- Teaser trailer on the Netflix Anime channel
- Teaser trailer on the main Netflix channel
- Full Trailer
- Terrorblade Teaser
- Meet the Heroes (feat. SirActionSlacks)
- The World of DOTA (feat. SirActionSlacks & Sheever & ODPixel)
- The Making of DOTA: Dragon's Blood
- Dota: Dragon's Blood - Show Writer Ashley Miller Shares an Inside Look