Netflix’s 93% RT Fantasy Show Bodes Well For Its Upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Series

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A new fantasy show coming to Netflix is getting a lot of buzz, boasting a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix has had success with fantasy before – shows like Stranger Things and Wednesday are among their most popular ever, and all heavily feature fantastical elements.

This also applies to other types of shows. Netflix has become well-known for turning anime into live-action series, with varying degrees of success. Because anime often tells epic and imaginative stories, many of these adaptations are categorized as fantasy.

A popular show launched in 2023, and a second season arrived in March 2026. It was a major hit for the streaming service, earning a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and generating excitement for their next big release: a show based on Dungeons & Dragons.

Netflix’s One Piece Feels Like A Dungeons & Dragons Show

The show One Piece is a live-action series based on the popular manga. Season 2 premiered in March 2026, following the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy leads a diverse crew who came together through chance encounters and are united by their shared dreams.

Luffy wants to find the legendary treasure called the One Piece, which will make him the King of the Pirates. The series One Piece often feels like a Dungeons & Dragons game come to life, with each character on Luffy’s ship fulfilling a specific role – like a doctor, cook, navigator, or sharpshooter.

While the characters are more complex, they’re mainly remembered for these classic roles. Throughout both seasons of One Piece, the crew travels from island to island in a fantastical world, assisting others, solving puzzles, and fighting monsters and enemies.

Each adventure in the One Piece story takes the Straw Hat crew to new and challenging locations, both in terms of their journey and their feelings, as they pursue the legendary treasure, the One Piece. This structure is very similar to a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, where the story unfolds based on the players’ creativity. While One Piece is primarily a pirate anime, it shares many characteristics with the D&D format.

Netflix Is Developing An Official Dungeons & Dragons Show

In addition to its other projects, Netflix is working on a television series based on Dungeons & Dragons. The show was first announced several years ago, and Shawn Levy, the director known for Stranger Things, is a key part of the creative team. As of November 2025, Levy shared with Collider that the D&D series is progressing well and is likely to be one of his next directorial efforts.

The show was first said to be set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, a very popular fantasy setting for the Dungeons & Dragons game. This gives Netflix a potentially long-running high fantasy series, similar to One Piece.

One Piece Proves Audiences Will Like A Dungeons & Dragons Show

The success of One Piece demonstrates that a Dungeons & Dragons show would likely be popular with viewers. Both seasons of One Piece have been critically acclaimed and were among Netflix’s most-watched releases. Pairing this positive reception with the inherent appeal of fantasy could make a Dungeons & Dragons series a major success.

Even though the new Dungeons & Dragons show will be different from One Piece in some ways, it will probably share a similar basic structure: a group of charming characters, each with special abilities, adventuring through a fantasy world with both friends and foes.

Even before the popular live-action series on Netflix, One Piece was hugely successful. This suggests that a Dungeons & Dragons show made with a similar budget and style would also attract a large TV audience.

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2026-04-01 02:28