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Amazing premise, lot of potential but i cannot get over how bad it is currently it is just so bad.

The animation is horrid and most times lip syncing doesn't Sync facial animations are Also Atrocious Cookie cutter characters (Strong dude, Shy nerd, Energetic Kid, Reasonable kid) Nothing is Explained in any way It really is a Mockery to the former Movies and other series.

This 6 part show isn't a solid stand-alone series the plot, animation, background story, ending, motive, setup, and delivery is jarring and poorly done. This diverse cast is the most substantial part of the show, and it's easy to follow along with the story are the best parts of the show. (The motive of Tom, the lead, is dumb and against the people of his new town and the dragons he kills more than he protects. Just to keep the dragons a secret.

It has the same animation as How to Train Your Dragon, so it's a guarantee of a good job.

It has an interesting story that takes dragons to the modern era, or more accurately to the future, coordinating how Toothless and Hiccup's adventure ended. The first 5 episodes introduce the protagonists and their dragons, and then a final episode. The only bad thing is that this final episode is not an ending in itself, it feels like a normal chapter of the previous series rather than a final episode.

In fact, the reason I give it a 6 as a rating is that my son looked at me with a "put the next chapter" face and I had to explain that it ended like that, which seemed strange to him too.

It promises to be a fun series, as its predecessors had been, but hopefully they will give it a season finale if they return.

Everyone talks about how bad the animation is... lets talk about the story.

It's called Project Icarus. Well that's original.

Mom says, "Poisonous gas, razor sharp rocks, rivers of lava..." So she takes her son there?!

In fact, all the adults at this facility have a child on board, each of distinct ethnic backgrounds. The big tough black guy is security, the tiny asian lady is the boss, so naturally they have a loud-mouth Black kid, a cool girl love interest, the nerdy girl, etc. Etc. (Face palm)

This is remedial writing at its worst. Nothing new or different. What made the original HTTYD movies and series so special is hard to sum up in one review, but this follow up series definitely didn't hit the mark. They're trying to hit all the diversity checkboxes but struggled to make it make sense.

My kids and I sat through all the films and the series together but I'm not even going to tell them this came out. Can't risk them damaging brain cells.

The plot is frankly boring, although the concept doesn't seem so bad.

There is no humor, there is no drama, the action scenes are terrible.

There are uninteresting characters, so much so that I didn't even remember their names.

Graphics and animation are also not pleasing.

Granted I do have nitpicks with the series, but those are small. I came into this show with low expectations and left the first season pleasantly surprised and intrigued. The stories and characters are really good here and each character gets their time to shine with their dragon companions.

While there are some things to potentially gripe about, like the animation and a few other things, it doesn't bring the show down as much as you would think. This show is worthy of future seasons and I cannot wait to see what lies ahead for this show.

I will admit that I only watched the first episode, but there doesn't seem to be anything to keep me watching. I honestly can't think of a thing I liked about it, so I'll move on to the negatives.

1. The story felt too bland 2. The characters are unlikeable (to me at least) 3. The animation looks a bit sloppy compared to the projects the HTTYD series has had in the past.

4. The style of the humans does not seem to match with the past films or series's, the human designs all look vastly different to each other. (Not in a good stylized way) 5. This last issue may be a personal gripe, but the voice actor for the the lead character does not match the body and age, it feels very off.

Overall, if you are looking for a bold new leap into the future of the HTTYD franchise, this is more of a backwards summersault leading into a face plant. Give it a try if you want, but to me, this is a disappointment.

Animation can't compare to DreamWorks Dragons 2010-2014 or Dragons: Race To The Edge 2015-2018. Also a bit more juvenile than the previous editions which were more enjoyable for adults.

The animation needs some more love and care put into it and the characters need some work.

The new dragons are fine, the underground secret dragon words etc should be expanded upon in later episodes. With creative dragon designs and new dragon bioms + better animation and character writing this could be more then just a cashgrab.

The ending credits sketch of Thunder sitting on a couch or in a box is adorabole. Such details and dragons as pets shenanigans would be welcomed in later episodes.

As others I also do not understand why Netflix did not handle this series.

Dragons Race to the Edge was very good and having the same people work on this show would have benefited it greatly.

The show was really good but the animation lets it down. I know it's a tv show so there isn't a big budget but the animation was sometimes hard to look at.

We are big fans of the How to Train your Dragon series. The animation could definitely use some work, other than that my 12 year old and I love that they are creating a new storyline. It definitely has potential!

There was an opportunity to make this show as exciting and as wonderful as The Race To The Edge. But it fell short on just about every count. Weak storyline, weak characters and the ending was just a huge let down. What exactly was the point of doing this series any way. If the point was to make sure that not another How To Train Your Dragon series ever gets written again, then mission accomplished. I doubt any network would gamble on another spin off especially with the show runner that created this monumental stinker of a show. I really hope the show runner has a back up job that isn't writing for TV.

The show Is just a poor imitation of the trilogy and amazing netflix series the characters are bland generic and just boring plus on top of that the animation is just overall poor and does not live up to the previous race to the edge it also tries to do imitation scenes of the first movie and does not do them any justice overall dont watch this trash it's short and poorly done.

My personal favorite piece of HTTYD content is Race to the Edge, I thought it was fun well developed and interesting. This show is not that. It honestly feels more akin to a bad modern AU fanfic than a proper show. It also doesn't help that the animation might be the weakest the series has had since Riders of Berk. The characters just aren't as interesting as the original Dragon Riders in RTTE and you can try so hard they're trying to emulate those dynamics but without any of the chemistry or dialogue that made it work. The issues for this show are made more frustrating by the fact that the show is only 6 episodes which prevents any interesting or real change from happening.

The only character that really works is the nerdy character who has some very good delivery and some of the only good lines in the show. They alone are keeping it from a 1/10 Even if you're a big fan of HTTYD I still wouldn't suggest checking it out honestly if you like the concept just go on a fanfic site and I guarantee there's something that does concept better.

Season 1 was actually, pretty good. Season 2 was... well, bad. The 2 episodes I had a tough time with the most, is written by someone credited for the upcoming "woke" Comix Zone film, which gives no hopes of it being enjoyable with those two episodes as a basis.

Season 2 is the point where characters stopped developing, since apparently they can only develop on their initial introduction.

Visually, it's Dragons in a more modern time (1,300 years later to be exact), but since it's a cliff and a crevice, there's little to explore. That's where the Nine Realms supposedly comes in, but we wouldn't know that without making a random guess.

There's not much of a catchy theme or melody, and while the voicework is fine, you've got the problem in the writing which reflects in the voice.

When you try too hard to diversify, the colors stand out. You've got the weird lil' bit hippy, somewhat stupid Asian girl, the shy friendless nerdy Indian girl, the awkward strong paranoid black guy, the charismatic yet rebellious white guy. "Diversity" stands out like a sore thumb because they're all archetypes.

The only thing that's been enjoyable has been the dragons themselves. On their own, they've got more personality than all the humans combined. Problem caused by Asian girl was so bad that I wanted to tap out but kept watching. The paranoia from the black guy was so damn cringy, because, why? That's the cliche you want to go with? Or the petty teenage argument that ends with the equivalent of "you don't have a dad"? What the hell was that even about? I can't even mark it as a spoiler because it feels like I'm just talking about plotholes. They have nothing to do with the character's development, it's just drama for the sake of drama.

I'm not even sure where to touch on the plotlines introduced in Season 2. There's a character, essentially a rich ass who inherited a lumber mill/farm, I'm not even sure anymore, and ends up burning it down by chance due to his ego. Of course, he'll eventually want revenge and then Season 3. This does not work for something with only 6 episode bursts per season. They haven't even been addressing the Dragon problem, and there's like two of those issues so far.

The story is supposed to be about Dragons, not humans. Focus more on the Dragons aspect. They don't care about the issues we humans face, they aren't eligible for the criterias we set. It's funny that despite saying all that, mythical creatures always have more humanity than humans themselves.

9 Realms could've spent it's time much better, but chose teenagers over the grand scheme that you'd expect from Dragons. Even as a standalone, it would've faired well, but the path and direction they chose is not a pleasant one.

I realize most people will miss Hiccup and the gang, but they are no more for whatever reason. But this new series pays respects to it's ancestors and if you give it a chance you will find all the things that made Toothless and Hiccup special. I watched with my daughter, and two other adults today all six episodes. We all want more and we're happy to see the nods to the past. Such as Pal not Bud, and some other references, but you have to watch the series.

This family is a HTTYD fan family and we watch all the series and movies monthly. This show adds to the saga, it is new and different and we are so glad to see dragons again. I am excited to see what happens. All of you that are giving it less than par are grading it against the old, instead of a continuation not a replacement.

As a sequel to the How To Train Your Dragon series, it's a let down, but as a theme successor to Rescue Riders it's quite enjoyable (and makes particular sense when you consider it's the same creators). If you think of Rescue Riders as suitable for age 5-7, I would put this as 7-10 being the target audience with higher stakes and bigger risks. At a series aimed for younger kids it was never going to live up to the HTTYD core franchise. It can't have the level of grit or stakes to support a G rating.

It takes more than 6 episodes to get the core team together which is probably longer than most peoples patience is interested in. As far as social themes, it is progressive without blasting a fanfare about it (D'Angleo's mum is in a wheelchair, Alex has two mums) but still seems to fall into character tropes. Diversity seems to be tackled as an approach to have a cultural connection to Dragon myths and legends around the world.

It's a good choice if you feel that your kids are still too young for the confrontation and strong themes of loss in the HTTYD trilogy, but too old for the simplicity of rescue riders.

I usually dont review things, but this time i felt as if it was needed. Lets start with the base-review, then explain my reasonings on why its a 1 star.

The Character Design A VERY Hard 1-10.

ALL i have to say... The main characters name is Tom, and he has Mary-Sue sickness.

Ontop of that, as a Pagan, Jun is genuinely offensive. Not even in a- "childhood show" kind of ignorant way. She is deliberately offensive and it makes my stomach lurch watching it. Misreading the tarot cards, giving them away, talking about things "not" being magic, (when deliberately talking about wicca/magick practice) and then constantly making almost- ignorant and false jabs and stereotypes with pagans. Along with her dragon, Something does NOT sit well with me about the name... ALOT of things are wrong with this part and I think ALOT of people can agree with me on that,

The Animation -100/10 Please, reference the old shows from early 2010. The animation there is SCARILY better. In this you can see literal points where the mothers hair fuses into her arm, and at some points her hair is still- some it bugs out and almost jolts. Her eyes seem to be loose in her head as at some points they seem to move awkwardly. Tom- he literally has points where his expressions are ok! Then- most of the time- im sorry but this looks like it was animated by 50 different people of different skill levels, and there was ZERO proof checking to make sure it looked consistent. It is HORRIBLE. Genuinely,

I will just say this so there isnt spoilers... The dragons, change size every scene. One scene thunder is the size of Tom, the next? 10x bigger. Its genuinely bad.

The Storytelling 0-10 When i say its too fast-pace... I mean, Toothless and hiccup bonded over 30 minutes in movie 1 and it brought tears to our eyes, TOM FED THE DRAGON SPAGHETTI AND CALLED IT A DAY-

The dragons seem to have ZERO fear of humans, and its genuinely unnerving to see..

My overall review- It saddens me to see my childhood series make this spinoff, I have heard of a prequal coming out 2024-2025 for HTTYD, which is followed by hiccup and toothless reuiniting since it was "temporary" that they split, (which is confirmed in snoggletog log which shows them all living together again) and that this is just some "test run" since Universal bought up Dreamworks- and i genuinely hope thats true, I would wait until that movie comes out and they continue onto hiccups life, Because this... Jun is offensive, and misrepresents Pagans with alot of her comments, and her carelessnes with tarot. Tom is horribly written, And the other two- are the only ones with OK design but... for a show supposed to be based around our beloved series. Its sad. Thank you though for reading my review, and I hope you all had an amazing Snoggletog! (christmas)

While it's not the HTTYD that many of us grew up with it's a nice follow up of the story. Yes, the animation could use a little tweaking but it's smooth. I am a huge fan of the show and I am very pleased to see my favorite franchise come back, especially in a modern era! I don't see why people hate it so much, the story is compelling and the characters are interesting. And many are just saying they're upset because Hiccup is gone, that's how things work, they change. I'm really hoping for more!

This might be based on "how to train your dragon" franchise however the dragons are the only thing that's from the HTYD. The movies were something that could be enjoyed by the whole family but this series targeted audience is a lot younger. DO NOT recommended anyone age 10+. Also animation is VERY cheap, characters seem shallow and boring.

TLDR: This is nothing like the movies.

There is almost nothing redeeming to this show or gives motivation for why it needed to exist. Like there are media that I feel didn't need to be made like HTTYD: Hidden World and Toy Story 4 since things seemed already wrapped up, but with respect to those movies they at least tried to be impactful and show the progress in animation.

I swear this show just feels like a copy of Trollhunters with dragons inserted, especially with some of the animation style but removing all the good from it. But where Trollhunters had better animation with the models to absorb you into the world, as well as interesting characters, Nine Realms is a husk.

I don't care for any of the characters no matter how hard they try to make you care. There is funny lines here and there but this show as well Spirit Riding Free is another Dreamworks show being a slap in the face to it's fans and the lore of these amazing films.

Please, just watch the HTTYD shows before this like Tales from Berk and Race to The Edge, they are far better.

This show was upsetting. They ditched everything that was good about HTTYD. First of all, all the woke stuff in it is ridiculous. The four main characters are 4 different races, one parent of a kid is paraplegic, and one kid has two moms. It's obvious that all they cared about when making characters was checking those boxes. Also all the dragons are weird looking. One things that was great about the series before this was every dragon looked like a dragon yet none looked like the formulaic design that is in game of thrones. The designers obviously got lazy and one one of the dragons looks like it's straight from game of thrones. And the plot is really lazy also. I predicted everything that happened. I know it's a kid show, but still. I'm really sad that this happened to the HTTYD franchise.