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Based on | How to Train Your Dragon |
Developed by | Henry Gilroy |
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Theme music composer | Patrick Cannell |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 39 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
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Original release | December 23, 2021 present | –
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DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms is an American computer animated television series in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise produced by the DreamWorks Animation under DreamWorks Animation Television for Peacock and Hulu. The series premiered on both Peacock and Hulu on December 23, 2021; the sixth season was released on June 15, 2023.
The series is set in the modern world, 1,300 years after the events of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). It follows a group of misfit kids, brought by their parents to a huge fissure caused by a comet, who uncover the truth about dragons and where they've been hiding.[1]
Main article: List of DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms episodes |
Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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1 | 6 | December 23, 2021 | ||
2 | 7 | May 5, 2022 | ||
3 | 7 | August 18, 2022 | ||
4 | 6 | November 17, 2022 | ||
5 | 6 | March 2, 2023 | ||
6 | 7 | June 15, 2023 |
The series was released on both Peacock and Hulu on December 23, 2021, while season two was released on May 5, 2022.[3] The third season was released on August 18, 2022,[4] while the fourth season was released on November 17, 2022.[5] The fifth season was released on March 2, 2023.[6] The sixth season was released on June 15, 2023.[7]
DreamWorks announced Dragons: The Nine Realms on October 13, 2021. The series was released on Peacock and Hulu on December 23, 2021, with season one containing six episodes for 22 minutes each. The series stars Jeremy Shada. It was produced by showrunners John Tellegen, Chuck Austen and Henry Gilroy.[8]
Outside the United States, it aired on DreamWorks Channel Asia in 2022. In Canada, the series premiered on YTV on December 26, 2021. CBBC in United Kingdom, Rai Gulp in Italy, SX3[9] in Spain, Super RTL in Germany and e.tv in South Africa in 2022. It has since also aired in the UK on CBBC.[citation needed]
In May 2022, DreamWorks Animation and Universal announced that a game based on the series is in the works titled Dragons: Legend of the Nine Realms, published by Outright Games and developed by Aheartfulofgames, making this their second DreamWorks game since Spirit: Lucky Big Adventure. The game tells an original story before from the series and players get to play as Thunder, Tom's dragon, trying to find his family in the hidden world. The game was released on September 23, 2022 with Jeremy Shada reprising his role as Tom, narrating through.[citation needed]