Series synopsis
Dragons: The Nine Realms is an American animation action & adventure television series that premiered on Hulu on December 23, 2021. It was created by Henry Gilroy. It stars Jeremy Shada, Aimee Garcia, Ashley Liao and Marcus Scribner.
Set 1,300 years after the events of How to Train Your Dragon, dragons are now just a legend to the modern world. When a geological anomaly opens an immense, miles-deep fissure in the Earth’s surface, scientists from all over the world gather at a new research facility to study the mysterious phenomenon. Soon a group of misfit kids, brought to the site by their parents, uncover the truth about dragons and where they’ve been hiding -- a secret they must keep to themselves to protect what they’ve d ...
Premise
Set 1,300 years after the events of How to Train Your Dragon, dragons are now just a legend to the modern world. When a geological anomaly opens an immense, miles-deep fissure in the Earth’s surface, scientists from all over the world gather at a new research facility to study the mysterious phenomenon. Soon a group of misfit kids, brought to the site by their parents, uncover the truth about dragons and where they’ve been hiding -- a secret they must keep to themselves to protect what they’ve discovered.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jeremy Shada as Tom Kullersen (voice)
- Aimee Garcia as Alexandra 'Alex' Gonzalez (voice)
- Ashley Liao as Jun Wong (voice)
- Marcus Scribner as D'Angelo Baker (voice)
- Vincent Tong as Eugene Wong (voice)
- Julia Stiles as Olivia (voice)
- D'Arcy Carden as Linda (voice)
- Keston John as Phil (voice)
Supporting cast
- Lauren Tom as May (voice)
- Pavar Snipe as Angela (voice)
- Angelique Cabral as Hazel (voice)
- Justina Machado as Carla (voice)
- Kimberly Brooks as Wendy (voice)
- Carrie Keranen as Sledkin (voice)
- Haley Joel Osment as Leonard "Buzzsaw" Burne (voice)
- Al Rodrigo as Ford (voice)
- Christian Lanz as Winston (voice)
- Mark Mercado as Dood (voice)
- John Lavelle as Miner #2 (voice)
- Roger Craig Smith as Miner #1 (voice)
Guest cast
- Keston John as Phil (voice)
- Lauren Tom as May (voice)
- Pavar Snipe as Angela (voice)
- Angelique Cabral as Hazel (voice)
- Justina Machado as Carla (voice)
- Kimberly Brooks as Wendy (voice)
- Carrie Keranen as Sledkin (voice)
- Haley Joel Osment as Leonard "Buzzsaw" Burne (voice)
- Al Rodrigo as Ford (voice)
- Christian Lanz as Winston (voice)
- Mark Mercado as Dood (voice)
- John Lavelle as Miner #2 (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 8 seasons with 52 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6 | December 23, 2021 | December 23, 2021 |
| Season 2 | 7 | May 5, 2022 | May 5, 2022 |
| Season 3 | 7 | August 18, 2022 | August 18, 2022 |
| Season 4 | 6 | November 17, 2022 | November 17, 2022 |
| Season 5 | 6 | March 2, 2023 | March 2, 2023 |
| Season 6 | 7 | June 15, 2023 | June 15, 2023 |
| Season 7 | 7 | September 14, 2023 | September 14, 2023 |
| Season 8 | 6 | December 14, 2023 | December 14, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
First Flight (1) Moving to an exotic new home, an adventurous teenager meets a new group of kids and discovers a dragon in the fissure. |
December 23, 2021 |
| 2 |
First Flight (2) Tom forges a friendship with the dragon and discovers an entire world of dragons within the fissure. |
December 23, 2021 |
| 3 |
A Hole New World Tom and Jun encounter unexpected dangers and are separated while exploring the Hidden Realm of dragons. Tom introduces Jun to the dragon world, and Jun bonds with a dragon of her own – Wu and Wei. |
December 23, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Uniconned Jun breaks the rules by sneaking a small, adorable dragon out of the Crystal Realm and bringing it home, but finds that her older brother, Eugene, has arrived and watches her every move. |
May 5, 2022 |
| 2 |
Magma Breather Tom has to keep his mom, Olivia, distracted while Jun, Alex, and D’Angelo use a new dragon to close off a cave leading to the Crystal Realm, and prevent her from discovering the dragons. |
May 5, 2022 |
| 3 |
Dragons of the Undead When Feather is taken by a group of what appear to be zombie dragons, Alex finds her inner hero and rescues her friend. |
May 5, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Fire Escape Tom hatches an unorthodox plan to use a Monstrous Nightmare to test Alex's new fire suit, endangering the secret of dragons. |
August 18, 2022 |
| 2 |
Ride or Die After a fight with her mom, Jun joins Tom on an adventure into the Fire Realm, where her knowledge of myths saves the day. |
August 18, 2022 |
| 3 |
Empty Fireworm Nest When a tiny Fireworm dragon ends up at ICARIS, Alex must decide between her mom's excitement and keeping the dragon secret. |
August 18, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cold Open Tom and the riders discover the Ice Realm and find Buzzsaw inside. |
November 17, 2022 |
| 2 |
Uncharted Territory Alex and Eugene find themselves at odds with Tom and their fellow dragon riders when Feathers and Webmaster go missing during a blizzard in the Ice Realm. |
November 17, 2022 |
| 3 |
Journey to the Snowcano Jun struggles to convince Tom to trust her faith in myths over the Book of Dragons when they venture to a place that his book seems to say is extremely dangerous. |
November 17, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Punishment and Torcher While punished, Tom must sneak out to rescue the Riders from Buzzsaw. |
March 2, 2023 |
| 2 |
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Dragons Tom orchestrates a “safe” tour of the realms to convince Olivia that the Hidden World is safe for them to explore. |
March 2, 2023 |
| 3 |
Barrel of Vine Tails A mischievous new breed of dragons called Vine Tails steal the Book of Dragons. |
March 2, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dragons Everywhere! Tom struggles under the pressure of being the new ‘Dragon Whisperer’ for Rakke Town; Thunder rises to the occasion to help him. |
June 15, 2023 |
| 2 |
Break in Case of Emergency When the parents leave for the night and tell the riders not to bring the dragons to the surface while they’re gone, D’Angelo and Eugene get locked in the hangar (with the dragons!) after Eugene triggers a security lockdown. |
June 15, 2023 |
| 3 |
Undercover Jun forms an unlikely connection with Sledkin. |
June 15, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Hobs and Saw When Phil threatens to shut down D’Angelo’s new dragon hospital and ban dragons from ICARIS, D’Angelo and a little Hobgobbler have to change his mind. |
September 14, 2023 |
| 2 |
Hearts of Heroes While Tom struggles with admitting his feelings for Jun, the pair find themselves trapped inside a giant tree with an anxious colony of Woodchipper dragons. |
September 14, 2023 |
| 3 |
Hearts of Glass Thunder must wrangle and lead the Hero Dragons in a desperate attempt to save Tom and the riders from a dangerous new dragon, The Glass Caster. |
September 14, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
How to Train Jörmungandr Tom attempts to defeat the World Serpent by emulating Hiccup. |
December 14, 2023 |
| 2 |
The Great Foster Fake-Out Tom and the dragon riders foster displaced Hidden Realm dragons in Rakke Town but things get complicated when Mr. Rakke makes a surprise visit. |
December 14, 2023 |
| 3 |
Science Vs. Nature The Dragon riders enlist the aid of Carla and Hazel and their scientific knowledge to help them prepare for a mission to neutralize Jörmungandr so they can return him to his chamber and seal him back inside. |
December 14, 2023 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Hulu |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 23, 2021 |
| Last aired | December 14, 2023 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | continue |