Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Review

 Wizards is the third series in the Tales of Arcadia Universe and it focuses on specifically the magical 

side of the world. Specifically, this series has Merlin's apprentice Hisirdoux otherwise known as 

Douxie as the main character. This series takes place right after the events of the second series in the 

Tales of Arcadia Universe: 3Below thus all events in the previous two series are connected. A majority 

of the series is a time travel story where Douxie, Claire, Steve, and Jim find themselves sent 900 years 

into the past where Camelot once was which coincidentally is where Arcadia is in the present. It was 

very interesting to see the strained relationship that humans and trolls found themselves in where 

Arthur was on a crusade to kill all trolls. But ultimately, the most important relationships are between 

Douxie & Merlin, Merlin & Morgana, and Morgana & Arthur. They are the most engaging and 

prominent driving factors for the story. Despite all the Tales of Arcadia basically following the same 

formula of a coming of age story, I thought that this was well done and the elements that make up the 

story was very interesting and fresh. One major concern for me was that the pacing felt weird because 

7 of the 10 episodes are dedicated to the time travel portion in Camelot and the conclusion for that arc 

felt like a season end for me. But it wasn't and the remaining 3 episodes were even a bigger conclusion 

for the overall plot that was set up in the first episode, with the fate of the world at stake again. The 

Camelot story and the main story are both connected but also have different goals and objectives that 

the good guys have to accomplish making the two portions of the series feel disjointed and not part of 

the same season. Honestly, I felt that this season was at least 2 seasons worth of story but it got 

crammed into 1. The Camelot portion of this season gave a lot of backstory to Merlin, the first troll 

hunter, Morgana and various other things in the Tales of Arcadia Universe. One of the biggest 

highlights for me was the battle for Killahead bridge, which was my favorite action sequence in the 

entire series, this sequence also gave one of the darkest scenes in the series with Sir Lancelot getting 

butchered by Bular in front Steve. 

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Overall I thought Douxie's character arc was one of the best out of all of the series in the universe and 

the story was pretty good despite it feeling disjointed in terms of pacing after the Camelot arc. The 

animation is better than ever compared to the first series in the universe and in comparison to the other 

Dreamworks series, I would say it is around the upper half in terms of quality. I would give this series 

an 8 out of 10 in terms of enjoyment, I do have to say though the first season of Trollhunters is still my 

favorite out of all the Tales of Arcadia series. If you have been following the Tales of Arcadia series, 

you will definitely enjoy this series, but if you haven't please watch Trollhunters and 3Below first 

before watching this series. 

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