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#Defense of the ancients logo series

The action scenes are well-directed, even if the animation by Studio Mir ( The Legend of Korra) isn’t quite fluid enough to keep up with some tricks the direction wants to pull off.

#Defense of the ancients logo series

The series starts with a kinetic dragon fight where Davion gets to show off his hunting skills in front of a crowd, egged on by his squire Bram (Josh Keaton).

He isn’t the most exciting choice among DOTA’s 120 characters, but Davion’s story is one of the more relatable subplots in the fiction, so it makes sense to start with him.Įven in its first episode, though, Dragon’s Blood starts to pull on several of the DOTA games’ lingering threads, and at first, it pays off. After briefly introducing that idea, Dragon’s Blood tells the story of Davion (Yuri Lowenthal), a young member of an order of dragon knights dedicated to hunting down the beasts. The story’s premise is drawn from the game: two aspects of the same omnipotent mind use all kinds of powerful warriors to wage war against each other over the philosophical question of whether it’s better to think, or act. The Dragon’s Blood anime series, developed by Thor and X-Men: First Class co-writer Ashley Edward Miller, doesn’t hide from DOTA’s messiness, but it smartly starts off simple. The story isn’t the main draw of the game, but given that each of the game’s 120 playable heroes, demons, and godlike entities has a personal backstory, it’s easy to wonder what it would look like if they were all brought together in a narrative. It’s a messy, cobbled-together beast, but it’s a captivating concoction, and I’ve played close to 4,000 hours of its remake/sequel, DOTA 2.

It’s a game where you’re supposed to believe a trio of goblin pyrotechnics can blow up the literal embodiment of light, and for some reason, Kimahri Ronso from Final Fantasy X is there.

#Defense of the ancients logo mod

In that way, it’s true to its video game inspiration.ĭefense of the Ancients, the original WarCraft III mod that created the MOBA genre, is built out of repurposed parts that were molded into something greater over the years. Netflix’s new anime series DOTA: Dragon’s Blood packs a bunch of loose pieces together to form a series that’s a good way to kill time, but is hard to get into.