Dragons: Riders of Berk
| DreamWorks Dragons | |
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| Genre |
Adventure Comedy-drama Fantasy Animation |
| 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 Andree Vermuelen |
| Theme music composer |
John Paesano John Powell (themes) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 92 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Linda Teverbaugh Mike Teverbaugh |
| Producer(s) | Art Brown Douglas Sloan |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | DreamWorks Animation |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Cartoon Network (2012–14) Netflix (2015–present) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | August 7, 2012 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) |
| Followed by | How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
DreamWorks Dragons is an American computer-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.
A one-hour preview consisting of two episodes aired on August 7, 2012, on Cartoon Network, with the official premiere of the series on September 4, 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 captioned as 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.
DreamWorks Dragons was announced by Cartoon Network on October 12, 2010. According to Tim Johnson, executive producer for How to Train Your Dragon, 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 movie. DreamWorks Dragons was the first DreamWorks Animation series to air on Cartoon Network rather than Nickelodeon.
The series features Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and David Tennant reprising their roles from the How to Train Your Dragon film. New cast members includes 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).
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