Murder Drones

The series occurs in 3071 on Copper 9, an Earth analog owned by the megacorporation JC Jenson (a parody of SC Johnson). Worker Drones, autonomous robots designed to serve humans, inhabit the planet and harvest it for natural resources. The planet suddenly suffers a catastrophic core collapse, wiping out all biological life on the planet, including humans. As a result, the planet becomes a frozen wasteland, and only the Worker Drones remain. One day, three violent killing machines known as Disassembly Drones—nicknamed "Murder Drones"—invade Copper 9 to exterminate the remaining Worker Drones. The Worker Drones live in constant fear of the Murder Drones and hide behind a series of blast doors, in an attempt to protect themselves. The protagonist of the series is Uzi Doorman, an angsty teenage Worker Drone who plans to defeat the murderous disassembly drones and save her kind. In the process, she forms an unlikely partnership with two of the Murder Drones—N, a drone with a friendly and curious disposition toward Worker Drones; and V, a sadist who is purposely elusive about her history with N—and works with them to uncover the truth about their origins and purpose in the planet's harsh environment. ==Characters==

• (voiced by Elsie Lovelock), a rebellious teenage Worker Drone who seeks to end her oppressed lifestyle. • (voiced by Michael Kovach), a friendly and eager Disassembly Drone who befriends Uzi and provides her with emotional support. • (voiced by Nola Klop), a sadistic Disassembly Drone and N's teammate who secretly harbours protective feelings towards him. • (voiced by Shara Kirby), the abrasive leader of N and V's Disassembly Drone squad. • (voiced by David J. Dixon), Uzi's father, architect of the hydraulic doors protecting the Worker Drone colony, and leader of the colony's defense force. • (voiced by Sean Chiplock), Uzi's friendly jock schoolmate. • (voiced by Katie Hood in episode 1 and Caitlin Dizon from episode 2 onward), Uzi's popular classmate who bullies her and befriends V. • (voiced by Emma Breezy), Uzi's Russian-speaking classmate who harbours a vendetta against V for murdering her parents. • (voiced by Allanah Fitzgerald), a Worker Drone who serves as the Disassembly Drones' system administrator and the primary host of an evil, reality-altering computer program called the Absolute Solver (also voiced by Fitzgerald). • (voiced by Steph Crothers), a human girl who salvages N, V, J, and Cyn before the former three's remodelling into Disassembly Drones. • (voiced by Darcy Maguire), Uzi's mother and one of the Absolute Solver's hosts. ==Episodes==

Every episode is written and directed by Liam Vickers. ==Production==

Liam Vickers had previously achieved online attention for his 2D animated series CliffSide and Internecion Cube, both currently unfinished. He first pitched Murder Drones to Glitch Productions with some early concept art and story, before becoming the series' writer and director. Murder Drones is animated on Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine. Including the pilot, the series lasted 8 episodes. It pushes into darker territory while making it more photorealistic than previous shows on Glitch. The video description reveals the character seen in the teaser to be "V", one of the titular Murder Drones. By the time the series was announced, it had been worked on for one year until 18 February 2022, when Glitch Productions announced that the full series was in development now at the studio and would be released later in 2022. The show ended with the eighth and final episode released on 23 August 2024. On 16 May 2025, all eight episodes of the series were made available to watch on Amazon Prime Video. A Kickstarter for a graphic novel adaptation to be published under Oni Press was created on 8 September 2025, reaching its goal the same day. The first issue of the graphic novel released in February 2026. ==Reception==

Critical reception Prior to the release of the pilot episode, Lauren Rouse of Gizmodo Australia praised the character designs and visuals. Joel Keller of Decider praised the characters and CGI and complimented the "zooms and shaky 'camera' work" for making the action sequences more immersive. Writer GiovanH criticised the show for being hard to follow due to the fast pacing, excessive humour and poor visual language. Despite this, he praised the plot, CGI, voice acting and soundtrack, writing that "it really intentionally embraces the edgy random mid-2000s teen vibe." Awards and nominations In 2023 and 2024, the series earned a nomination for a Webby Award in the category of Best Animated Video and won it in the same category in the 2024 edition. It was also nominated for the Scripted (Series & Channels) category for the 2025 edition, later winning that category. Meanwhile, the voice actress for Uzi, Elsie Lovelock, won the 2023 edition of One Voice Awards UK in the Animation - Best Character Performance - Female category for her portrayal of the character. ==See also==