<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Trollhunters is an American computer - animated fantasy television series created for Netflix by Guillermo del Toro and produced by DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You Productions . It follows the story of James Lake Jr., a teenage boy who finds a mysterious amulet and stumbles across a secret realm inhabited by trolls and other magical creatures . Soon, he and his friends are charged with protecting our world from the dangerous monsters that lurk in the shadows of his small suburban town . </P> <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 second season premiered on December 15, 2017, with a third and final season set to premiere in 2018 . </P> <P> Since its release, Trollhunters has been widely praised as an ambitious and boundary - pushing animated series, with Filmink's Travis Johnson calling it "...the best children's animation to come along since Avatar: The Last Airbender ." The series was nominated for nine Daytime Emmy Awards in 2017, winning more than any other animated or live - action television program that year . In its first two seasons, it has also received or been nominated for several Annie Awards, Kidscreen Awards, and a Saturn Award . The show has also spawned several original children's books and has been adapted into a comic book by Marc Guggenheim and Richard Hamilton, released by Dark Horse . </P>

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