Berk's Grapevine

New dragon toys confirmed!

Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2013 by IcelandicEel

Back in August, we found several dragon toy models made for Spinmaster, and now it looks like these toys will soon be on the market! In addition to this Toothless toy, it looks like there will be Skrill, Thunderdrum, and Scauldron toys as well.

The source also confirmed that there will be a third season in 2015 called Dragons: Masters.

UPDATE: However, according to a commenter, "there has been no confirmation from DreamWorks Animation or Cartoon Network regarding a third season."

Thanks, Serimon!

 UPDATE 3/1: Check below for some new pictures and descriptions.

Episode 117 - Breakneck Bog

Posted on Monday, February 25, 2013 by IcelandicEel

Writer(s): Art Brown & Douglas Sloan
Director: John Sanford
Air Date: 27 Feb, 2013
Episode List

When Trader Johann loses a gift to Hiccup from his late mother, Hiccup and the teens travel to a mysterious bog to retrieve it but run into some trouble when the bog appears to be "haunted by a fog monster".

More Info | Transcript | Screenshots | Review



Episode 116 - Defiant One / Third Season!

Posted on Monday, February 18, 2013 by IcelandicEel

This week's episode will be called "Defiant One" and came with this description on the Cartoon Network database: Hiccup and Snotlout struggle to find their way back from Outcast Island.

Check below for the ten screenshots.

Also, even more exciting, it looks like we got a third season! Check out this article, which calls the third season "Dragon Masters" and mentions some new dragon toys! However, no one has been able to find a source to back this up, so it's still not entirely clear whether this is the truth. Thanks to Serimon and Ana!

More Info | Transcript | Screenshots | Review


Season 2 called "Defenders of Berk"

Posted on Thursday, February 14, 2013 by IcelandicEel

We've been speculating for a while that the second season of Riders of Berk would be called Defenders of Berk, but finally here's some confirmation. We are also expecting a two-part season finale, which may explain why suddenly the Riders are becoming Defenders.

Thanks Serimon!

Episode 115 - Twinsanity

Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 by IcelandicEel

Writer(s): FM de Marco, Mark Hoffmeier, Jack Thomas, Art Brown & Douglas Sloan
Director: Louie del Carmen
Air Date: 13 Feb, 2013
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Berk is getting it's yearly visit from the Berserker tribe and Stoick wants to make sure all the dragons are hidden just in case them being there starts another war. But when Dagur the Deranged turns out to be the Berkserker's new chief after overthrowing his father--Oswald the Agreeable--insanity ensues to get the dragons hidden. And it gets even worse when Barf and Belch are going wild around the village and Ruffnut and Tuffnut are too busy fighting to control them.

More Info | Transcript | Screenshots | Review




Heather Report storyboards

Posted on Monday, February 11, 2013 by IcelandicEel

Louie del Carmen, story artist and director of "Heather Report, Part 2," posted a couple Heather storyboards on his his site. They may not be new scenes, but they're still pretty cool. (He also directed the most recent episode, "What Flies Beneath.")

You can see the storyboards here.

Fly, dragons, fly!

Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2013 by IcelandicEel

DreamWorks posted this video today, and it is perhaps the strangest Dragon-related thing yet. It somewhat parodies this song. We've also posted the lyrics below if you want to sing along (Who wouldn't?).

Thanks avatarlover22 and ridersofderp!

Episode 114 - What Flies Beneath

Posted on Monday, February 04, 2013 by IcelandicEel

Writer(s): Jim Cooper, Art Brown & Douglas Sloan
Director: Louie del Carmen
Air Date: 6 February, 2013
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When Toothless is met by an old enemy--a Whispering Death-- and Hiccup and the others try to figure out why Toothless rather fight on his own when he can't fly than make it a fair fight with Hiccup's help.

More Info | Transcript | Screenshots | Review



Four Annies and a new Viking

Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2013 by BlackRose108

Last night was the 40th Annual Annie Awards, for which Riders of Berk was nominated 10 times and won FOUR AWARDS!

Congratulations to...
  • Outstanding Storyboarding in a Television Production: Doug Lovelace, "Portrait of Hiccup as a Buff Man."
  • Best Music in a Television Broadcast: John Paesano, "How to Pick Your Dragon."
  • Best Animated TV Production for Children: "How to Pick Your Dragon."
  • Best Directing in an Animated Production: John Eng, "Animal House."
In addition, a few seconds of new footage were show, highlighting one of the characters announced at Comic-Con, Dagur the Deranged (see the clip above)!

And if you missed it, here's a recording of the entire show.

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