As stories go, The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is one you've heard before. Which is for the best, really, because the short story it's based on is one of The Witcher books' more aimless ones and wouldn't work terribly well if a lighter hand had been taken to adapting it into a 90 minute animated romp. In this version there are deceitful humans, a «monster» society, twists, betrayal, redemption, and Geralt doing a lot of sick flips with his swords. You know, hero stuff.
What is it?: A 90 minute animated Witcher spinoff based on the short story A Little Sacrifice.
Premiere: February 11, 2025
See it on: Netflix
Produced by: Netflix, Studio MIR
Directed by: Kang Hei Chul
Sirens of the Deep opens with Geralt (Doug Cockle) and Jaskier (Joey Batey) rambling through side-story territory and strapped for cash, no thanks to Geralt's well-documented aversion to killing creatures that were actually just minding their own business. So they agree to each take on the next job offered to them, leading to a musical performance for Jaskier and another opportunity to ethically refrain from monster hunting for Geralt.
The kingdom of Bremervoord has a problem: the prince (human) is inconveniently enamored with a princess (mermaid) which is going to cause some dynastic planning problems if allowed to continue. Though the merpeople kingdom and Bremervoord have lived in a tense peace for years, it's all at risk as the human pearl-diving industry wanders further into mermaid territory and human ships keep being attacked while the merpeople claim not to be the perpetrators.
As any story of simmering tension between humans and a neighboring society of non-humans is wont to go, Geralt winds up at the center trying to prevent a war as both kingdoms find further reasons to distrust each other. He's helped along by Jaskier's childhood friend and fellow bard Essi Daven (Christina Wren) as they translate overtures of love between human and mermaid monarchs and attempt to keep their respective
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