Mortal Kombat: Legacy is an American web series anthology that currently airs on Machinima.com's YouTube channel. The first episode was uploaded on April 11, 2011, with subsequent episodes uploaded each following week until the final episode, which premiered two months later at Comic Con 2011. The series was created by Kevin Tancharoen, based upon the Mortal Kombat video game series created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. One season of the show has aired, with a second written.
The show came about following the positive reaction from fans to a short film Tancharoen made with his own money entitled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth that took a small part of the franchise's story and told it in a real-world scenario without the supernatural elements common to the series. After submitting the film to Warner Bros., Tancharoen received the green light to produce the web series, written by himself and Spartacus writers Todd and Aaron Helbing, with Tancharoen directing.
The series is set before the events of the first game and tells the background stories of the characters who featured in its story, focusing on the relationship between each other, and revealing the reasons of some for attending the upcoming tenth Mortal Kombat tournament. There is little continuity between episodes, with some set ages before the first game, while others are set shortly before. Each episode is devoted to the story of a specific character or characters.
A total of nine episodes of Mortal Kombat: Legacy were produced for the first season, the last of which aired on July 24, 2011. At present, the entire first & second season are available on Blu-ray in all Regions.
Season one aired from April 11, 2011 to July 24, 2011. The original airdates (U.S.) are listed here for each episode.