<P> The first two episodes of the series premiered on October 8, 2016, at the New York Comic Con . It was released worldwide on Netflix on December 23, 2016 . The series was nominated for nine Daytime Emmy Awards in 2017, winning six including Outstanding Directing, Writing and Casting in an Animated Program . It was also nominated for four Annie Awards in 2017, winning three in the categories of Outstanding Achievement in Character Animation, Character Design, and Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production . On February 9, 2017, Netflix renewed the series for a second season of thirteen episodes, which was released on December 15 . It will be adapted into a comic book by Marc Guggenheim and Richard Hamilton . </P> <P> Anton Yelchin continued to be part of the series in the second season, as he had recorded enough dialogue before his death . </P> <P> A third and final season was announced for 2018 . </P> <P> Beneath the fictional town of Arcadia lives a secret civilization of trolls, which humans are oblivious to . The trolls' common enemy are the Gumm - Gumms, evil trolls from the Darklands . The trolls' chosen warrior, known as the "Trollhunter", is supposed to protect them from the Gumm - Gumms among with other dark miscreants from the Darklands . </P>

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