DreamWorks Dragons
Dragons, commonly referred to as DreamWorks Dragons, is an American animated television series based on the 2010 film How to Train Your Dragon. The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel.
| DreamWorks Dragons | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Dragons: Riders of Berk (season 1) Dragons: Defenders of Berk (season 2) Dragons: Race to the Edge (seasons 3–8) |
| Genre | Action Adventure Fantasy |
| Based on | How to Train Your Dragon |
| Developed by | Linda Teverbaugh Mike Teverbaugh |
| Voices of | Jay Baruchel Chris Edgerly America Ferrera Christopher Mintz-Plasse Julie Marcus T.J. Miller Nolan North Zack Pearlman Andrée Vermeulen |
| Theme music composer | John Powell |
| Composer | John Paesano |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 118 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Linda Teverbaugh Mike Teverbaugh (seasons 1 and 2) Art Brown Douglas Sloan (seasons 3–8) |
| Producers | Art Brown Douglas Sloan |
| Editors | John Laus Lynn Hobson Peter Tomaszewicz Joel Fisher Jay Fox Ernesto Matamoros |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Cartoon Network (2012–2014) Netflix (2015–2018) |
| Release | August 7, 2012 – February 16, 2018 |
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Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and David Tennant reprise their voice-acting roles from the film. Other cast members include Julie Marcus and Andree Vermeulen as Ruffnut (previously voiced by Kristen Wiig), Zack Pearlman as Snotlout (previously voiced by Jonah Hill), Chris Edgerly as Gobber the Belch (previously voiced by Craig Ferguson), and Nolan North as Stoick the Vast (previously voiced by Gerard Butler).
Dragons was announced by Cartoon Network on October 12, 2010. According to Tim Johnson, executive producer for the film, the series was planned to be much darker and deeper than DreamWorks Animation's previous television series spin-offs, with a similar tone to the film. Dragons was the first DreamWorks Animation series to air on Cartoon Network rather than Nickelodeon.
A one-hour preview consisting of two episodes aired on August 7, 2012, on Cartoon Network, with the official premiere of the series airing on September 5, 2012. A total of 40 episodes aired on Cartoon Network during the first two seasons, subtitled Riders of Berk and Defenders of Berk respectively.
Afterwards, the series was subtitled Race to the Edge, the first season of which debuted on Netflix on June 26, 2015. The second and third seasons of Dragons: Race to the Edge premiered on January 8 and June 24, 2016, respectively. The fourth season was released on February 17, 2017. The series was renewed for a fifth season, which was released on Netflix on August 25, 2017. The series (alongside the Netflix exclusive, All Hail King Julien) is syndicated as part of the newly rebranded Universal Kids on September 9, 2017. Dragons: Race to the Edge was renewed for the sixth and final season which was released on February 16, 2018.