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Shadow and Bone
2021–2023
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 2 seasons
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #309
- IMDb #345
- Rotten Tomatoes #149
- Metacritic #237
- RatingGraph #281
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #225
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #130
- Metacritic Critics #199
- Metacritic Audience #285
- Criticker #300
- Trakt #315
Every rating
47–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 47, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 84.
See the most agreed on TV shows →Dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world.
Details
- Created by
- Eric Heisserer
- Based on
- Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- Studio
- 21 Laps Entertainment, Chronology, Loom Studios
- Released
- 23 April 2021
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 16 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →0 wins from 4 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Emmy Awards 2023 | Outstanding Special Visual Effects | "Rusalye", Ante Dekovic, Helen Jen, Richard Macks, Gergely Galisz, Juri Stanossek, Adam Balentine, Jane Byrne, Håvard Munkejord, Angel Rico | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society Awards 2024 | Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project | José María del Fresno, Matthieu Poirey, Carlos Puigdollers, Guillermo Ramos (for No Funerals ; Nichevo'ya the Shadow Monster) | Nominee |
| Dragon Awards 2021 | Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series | Shadow and Bone | Nominee |
| IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2021 | Best VFX | Ed Bruce and Robert Hartigan | Nominee |
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Emmy Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Special Visual Effects | "Rusalye", Ante Dekovic, Helen Jen, Richard Macks, Gergely Galisz, Juri Stanossek, Adam Balentine, Jane Byrne, Håvard Munkejord, Angel Rico | Nominee |
Dragon Awards
1 nomination
| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series | Shadow and Bone | Nominee |
IFTA Film & Drama Awards
1 nomination
| Best VFX | Ed Bruce and Robert Hartigan | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project | José María del Fresno, Matthieu Poirey, Carlos Puigdollers, Guillermo Ramos (for No Funerals ; Nichevo'ya the Shadow Monster) | Nominee |