The Mighty Nein
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You're not imagining it - Critical Role's Mighty Nein characters have more realistic proportions than The Legend of Vox Machina's
Original Critical Roler Sam Riegel says that the (slight) difference between Legend of Vox Machina's and Mighty Nein's visuals stems out of the tone of the show
December 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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If Critical Role's Legend of Vox Machina is The Hobbit, says Marisha Ray, then Mighty Nein is Lord of the Rings
Prime Video's second Critical Role adaptation will be "a little bit darker" in tone, says Ray, who provides the voice for kickass monk Beauregard Lionett
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Spoilers!Critical Role creators were asked to pull back on the phallic imagery for the Mighty Nein Prime Video show
We get it - Prime Video has to go through the MPAA to produce Critical Role's Campaign 2 adaptation, The Mighty Nein. But if you think you're gonna stop Critters from being horny, I have news (and many, many subreddits) for you
November 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein animated series is adding to what you remember from the campaign, including an all-new opening scene never explored before
Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein will be almost twice as long as a typical episode of Vox Machina
November 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Wayne Brady being cast in Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein is one of the best things to happen in his career, according to Wayne Brady
Wayne Brady had been a longtime fan of Critical Role before he was cast as Taryon Darrington in The Mighty Nein
November 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Does Critical Role's Mighty Nein title sequence music sound familiar? It should - it's Welcome to Wildemount, released in 2022
Prime Video is using the most appropriate music they can to intro new Critical Role series The Mighty Nein, working a song written for Campaign 2 directly into the opening credits
November 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Exandria, ho! Watch the cast of Vox Machina, Mighty Nein, and Critical Role - Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham - roll for adventure at NYCC 2025
The voices of Vex/Jester (Bailey), Keyleth/Beauregard (Ray), Vax/Caleb (O’Brien), Pike/Yasha (Johnson), Percy/Mallymauk (Jaffe), Scanlon/Nott (Riegel), and Grog/Fjord (Willingham) joined GM Matthew Mercer at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there filming
October 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Need a last-minute costume? Critical Role and Spirit Halloween have you covered
Just in time for Samhain, two of the most popular characters from Critical Role's Mighty Nein are getting the Spirit Halloween treatment. Hope you like dressing as a tiefling
October 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What to Watch November 2025: Stranger Things' long-awaited season 5 comes to Netflix, Apple TV+ brings A-listers to Pluribus, Critical Role's The Mighty Nein debuts on Prime Video, and more
Plus: more Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on Hulu, Landman season 2 on Paramount+, and a new take on Les Liaisons Dangereuses coming to HBO Max
October 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Are Critical Role campaigns 1 & 2 necessary viewing before Prime Video's Vox Machina & Mighty Nein? Marisha Ray says no, but Matt Mercer has a clarification
Speaking at New York Comic Con, the pair of Ray and Mercer wanted to let you know that Vox Machina & Mighty Nein are both for the newbies and for the hardcore Critters
October 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is giving Beauregard Lionett from Mighty Nein a deeper backstory for Prime Video series, according to star Marisha Ray
OG Critical Roler Ray was giving fans of her human monk Beau at New York Comic Con reason to get excited for Prime Video's animated adaptation of campaign 2, The Mighty Nein.
October 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role was the ultimate boyfriend test for the showrunner of the Mighty Nein animated series
At New York Comic Con, Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo revealed her longtime passion for Critical Role.
October 13, 2025
Jim McDermott
Features
How 500+ hours of Critical Role liveplay was turned into the 8-episode Mighty Nein series, according to its showrunner
The Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo shares the challenges and gifts of turning the live D&D show Critical Role into a series.
October 12, 2025
Jim McDermott
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Critical Role star Travis Willingham says The Mighty Nein is different from Vox Machina because the characters will be rougher
Critical Role’s Travis Willingham explains the difference between The Mighty Nein and The Legend of Vox Machina
October 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role cast worried that animators would be too stressed by how many lands get explored by The Mighty Nein
Critical Role’s Travis Willingham says The Mighty Nein will explore lots of new and exciting places
October 10, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role creator Matthew Mercer: The Mighty Nein being longer than Vox Machina means there will be more time to cry
Critical Role fans will get more time to spend with the titular heroes in Prime Video's The Mighty Nein, which means more time to fall in love with them. Which also means it's gonna be worse when shit goes south
October 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Is Critical Role teasing a massively popular Dungeons & Dragons villain for The Legend of Vox Machina season 4? Yes and no
At New York Comic Con 2025, the OG Critical Role cast couldn't stop talking about 'The Whispered One,' who lore-knowledgeable fans remember as a thinly-veiled Vecna. And before you ask, no, it's not the Stranger Things villain
October 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role animated series The Mighty Nein adds Lucy Liu as the Bright Queen, more cast revealed at NYCC '25
Liu joins Anjelica Huston, Nathan Fillion, T'Nia Miller, Felicia Day, Graham McTavish, and Ivanna Sakhno in Prime Video's latest Critical Role adaptation, The Mighty Nein
October 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role adds Wayne Brady as Taryon Darrington for Vox Machina season 4 (and more cast revealed, too!)
Brady will play campaign 1 breakout Darrington in the latest season of Critical Role's first Prime Video collab, alongside unnamed characters played by Kevin Michaerl Richardson, Tom Cardy
October 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey reveals one of her favorite aspects of The Mighty Nein's Jester actually came from castmate Marisha Ray
As any D&D player knows, you discover core pieces of your character as the campaign goes along. And sometimes, like in the case of Critical Role pals Bailey and Ray, your fellow adventurers discover it for you
September 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey & Travis Willingham on why Prime Video's Mighty Nein episodes are longer than Vox Machina
Bailey and Willingham, who'll reprise their roles as Jester and Fjord, respectively, in Prime's Might Nein animated adaptation know it's difficult to fit hours of TTRPG liveplay into a TV show
January 01, 0001
Grant DeArmitt