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The Sandman (Season 1)

What Is It?

The 2022 Netflix American fantasy drama TV show The Sandman (Season 1).

The Sandman | Official Trailer | Netflix
The Sandman | The World of The Endless | Netflix

Here is how The IMDb describes this TV show:

Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.

A wizard attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother, Dream, instead. Fearful for his safety, the wizard kept him imprisoned in a glass bottle for decades. After his escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. — Neil Gaiman’s Official Site

This is how Wikipedia describes this TV show:

The Sandman is an American fantasy drama television series based on the comic book of the same name, written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. The series was developed by Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg for the streaming service Netflix, and is produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. Like the comic, The Sandman tells the story of Morpheus / Dream, the titular Sandman. The series stars Tom Sturridge as Morpheus, with Boyd Holbrook, Vivienne Acheampong, and Patton Oswalt in supporting roles.

Dream, the personification of dreams and one of the seven Endless, is captured in an occult ritual in 1916. After being held captive for 106 years, Dream escapes and sets out to restore order to his realm, The Dreaming.[4]

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American Gods (Season 3)

What is it?

The 2021 TV show American Gods (Season 3).

American Gods Season 3 – Official Trailer | NYCC 2020
American Gods Season 3 Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV

Here is how Fandom describes this TV show:

Season Three is the third season of the Starz television series American Gods. It was renewed for a third season on March 15, 2019, and will consist of ten episodes. Filming began in September 2019 and Production officially began October 9, 2019.

The season premiered on January 10, 2021.[2]

On March 29, 2021, Starz announced that the series was canceled and would not be returning for a fourth season, though the possibility of continuation through either an event series or a TV movie has not been ruled out.[3]

Season Three follows Shadow as he attempts to break away and assert himself as his own man, setting down roots in the idyllic snowy town of Lakeside, WI, where he’ll uncover a dark secret while exploring questions of his own divinity. Guided on this spiritual journey by the gods of his black ancestors, the Orishas, Shadow must decide exactly who he is: a god seeking veneration or a man in service of the “we.” [4]

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Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-Hime)

What is it?

The 1997 Japanese-animated epic fantasy movie Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-Hime).

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American Gods (Season 2)

What is it?

The 2019 television show American Gods (Season 2).

American Gods Season 2 – Official Trailer | Prime Video
American Gods Season 2 Teaser | ‘Meet Your Gods’ | Rotten Tomatoes TV

What is it about?

Here is how Fandom describes this TV show:

Season Two is the second season of the Starz television series American Gods. It consists of eight episodes and started filming April 30, 2018, at House on the Rock, Wisconsin. It premiered on March 10, 2019.

We were forged in God’s image, but the Gods are also made in ours – and in Season Two the battle moves inexorably toward crisis point as the destinies of gods and men collide. While Mr. World plots revenge for the attack against him in Season OneShadow throws in his lot with Wednesday’s attempt to convince the Old Gods of the case for full-out war, with Laura and Mad Sweeney in tow. A council at the House on the Rock explodes into chaos, sending deities both Old and New on quests across America that will converge on Cairo, Illinois: forcing Shadow to carve out a place as a believer in this strange new world of living gods – a dark world where change demands commitment, and faith requires terrible sacrifice.

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American Gods (Season 1)

What is it?

Season 1 of the 2017 Starz American television show American Gods that was developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, was based on the book American Gods by the author Neil Gaiman, and stars the actor Ian McShane (as the character Mr. Wednesday) and the actor Ricky Whittle (as the character Shadow Moon).