When Dungeons & Dragons premiered as a cartoon back in 1983, it was a neat fantasy cartoon that was met with a lot of fans as well as controversy. While the show ran for three seasons, it would become one of the many cartoons that was infamous for ending without a proper ending. In 2006, a DVD set release would add an audio drama called "Requiem" to serve as a finale but in 2020, 37 years after the series ended, the audio drama would be used for a fan animation that looks like an actual episode.
The plot of the episode is that Dungeon Master makes a deadly wager with Venger, as Venger would give the six kids a quest as a test of courage, with success allowing them to return home, but failure will only allow Venger to not only claim the kids' weapons, but also their lives. The one stipulation: Dungeon Master must not be allowed to help them. Once Dungeon Masters abandons them while chased by a three-headed dragon, the kids start to crumble, with Eric having enough, and when Venger gives his quest, to go to Realm's Edge and destroy a key that is hidden in a cenotaph that they must cast into the Abyss, Eric, Shiela, and Presto break from the group to accept the evil wizard's quest.
This is a neat fan-made episode that adapts what was an audio drama for how the final episode of season three would go. To make the cartoon, scenes from the cartoon were recut, and even adding in some new dialogue and events. For the voice acting, two of the VAs from the original series, Katie Leigh and Frank Welker, to repise their roles as Shiela and Uni. For the others, new voice actors take over and do a good job, including Wally Wingert as Hank and Dungeon Master and Neil Kaplan as Venger.
I have to admire the care that the creators went to making this, as it feels just like an actual episode, and the ending, which I will not spoil, is a nice way to give the series the closure it was needed for over 30 years. This is one fan film that is worth checking out if you are an 80's kid.
