Ninjago: Dragons Rising is an animated television series produced by the Vancouver studio of WildBrain and The Lego Group, based on the Lego Ninjago brand of construction toys and the sequel to Ninjago (2011–2022). It features the original series' regular voice cast, along with new cast members as new characters.
The first season of the show premiered on Netflix on 2023, with Part 1 on June 1, while Part 2 was released on October 12.
The second season premiered in 2024, with Part 1 on April 4 on Netflix, while Part 2 was released on July 25 on Peacock, before being removed and officially released on October 3 on Netflix.
The third season premiered in 2025, with Part 1 on April 17 on Netflix, while Part 2 was released by The Roku Channel in three separate batches: episodes 11–14 on April 24, episodes 15–18 on April 25, and episodes 19–20 on August 25; all the episodes were officially released on September 4 on Netflix.
The fourth season premiered on Netflix with Part 1 on April 2, 2026, while Part 2 was released on Tubi on July 22, while it was officially released on September 3 on Netflix.
The fifth and final season, subtitled Dragons' Fury, is set to premiere in 2027.
Synopsis
Season 1 (2023) Part 1 After Crystalized, a phenomenon known as "the Merge" combines Ninjago with the rest of the sixteen realms of creation, introducing new threats, separating the ninja and causing chaotic aftershocks called MergeQuakes. Years later, Lloyd befriends two civilians: Arin, a huge fan of the Ninja, and Arin's best friend Sora, a technopath from the totalitarian kingdom of Imperium. The three are tasked with finding the rest of the scattered ninja and combating the Claws of Imperium, who hunt dragons in order to drain their life force and power their kingdom.
Part 2 The ninja, Lloyd, Nya, Kai, Zane, Sora, Arin, Riyu and the new addition, Wyldfyre (a girl who was raised by dragons), having successfully rescued the dragons trapped in Imperium, set out on a quest to find the three Dragon Cores, powerful artifacts that can stop the MergeQuakes. They split off into three teams: Lloyd and Arin; Nya, Sora and Riyu; Kai and Wyldfyre, while Zane stays in the monastery with Alfonzo Frohicky. Together, they search the Merged Lands for the cores, discovering more members of their team, new creatures, and even new elemental masters. Empress Beatrix, the oppressive ruler of Imperium, manages to steal the Dragon Cores in order to create a powerful weapon to defeat the ninja for good.
Season 2 (2024) Part 1 Lloyd begins having distressing visions of a Blood Moon and seeks help from the Source Dragons. He and the ninja are led to Egalt and Rontu, two dragon masters who can teach the ninja a special technique called "Rising Dragon." Deep in the Wyldness, Ras reassembles an ancient clan of warriors known as the Wolf Clan, and revives a dark and corrupted form of Spinjitzu known as Shatterspin. The Wolf Clan prepares for a ritual on the soon-approaching Blood Moon to free an ancient group of evil elemental masters, known as the Forbidden Five, from imprisonment.
Part 2 When three Arc Dragons are mysteriously murdered for their crowns of horns, the Source Dragon of Motion tasks the ninja to participate in the ancient and honorable Tournament of the Sources to search for the culprit. Meanwhile, as the ninja fight new Elemental Masters, Ras' Wolf Clan, Nokt of the Forbidden Five, and an amnesiac Jay, Arin begins to wonder about his position in the group after being told by Ras of Master Wu's responsibility for the Merge and the disappearance of Arin's parents.
Season 3 (2025) Part 1 The Forbidden Five are seeking out five Prismatic Blades across the Merged Lands in order to free Thunderfang, the Shatter Dragon of Chaos, from his imprisonment. Meanwhile, the ninja (along with their new member Frak) search for Jay, who lost in the Tournament of the Sources and vanished, P.I.X.A.L., who went missing after the Merge, and Arin, who left to search for his parents and help Ras in reversing the Merge.
Part 2 After Sora left with Arin and Ras to reverse the Merge, the ninja are seeking to get their teammates back and find Arin's parents, who were initially thought to be dead but are in fact alive. Meanwhile, as Thunderfang plans to destroy all the Merged Lands and become one of the Source Dragons, the ninja must summon the Arc Dragon of Focus to stop him once and for all.
Season 4 (2026) Part 1 Ras had stranded the ninja in three separate realms after sabotaging and disabling the portal gates connected to each of the Merged Lands. While the ninja seek to reunite and return home, Lloyd, Arin and Euphrasia found themselves in the Whispering Wood, where they encounter its protector, the Arc Dragon of Life, who reveals to Lloyd something he had never known about regarding his destiny as the Green Ninja. Meanwhile, a new threat arises in the form of Elemental Monsters created from a destabilization in Source Energy as a result of the withdrawal of three of the Source Dragons, putting the balance of Elemental Powers and the world at risk.
Part 2 Sometime after Beatrix's failed campaign to retake Imperium, the ninja realized the dangers of the Weapon of Desolation and seek to destroy it. Meanwhile, the Merged Lands are preparing for a summit, where each of the lands' respective delegates will gather together for talks on uniting the Merged Lands. This is put to the test, however, when the Loyalists revive General Cryptor, an old enemy of the ninja, while they plot to have Beatrix swap minds with her twin-sister Zeatrix so she could take over her body and make another attempt at taking over the Merged Lands, putting the summit's attempts of unification at risk.
Season 5: Dragons' Fury (2027)
Cast and characters
Main Old characters Sam Vincent as Master Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon, the legendary Green Ninja, the Elemental Master of Life, chosen guardian of Ninjago, and grandson of the First Spinjitzu Master, who remained in Ninjago City to prevent MergeQuakes, train Arin and Sora and rejoined with Kai, Nya, Zane, Cole, P.I.X.A.L. and Jay. He achieved the rank of Master following his successful fight against Egalt and Rontu. He later went through the Ritual of Unrooting in the Whispering Wood as every previous Green Ninja had, becoming its protector. After he stabilized the Weapon of Desolation while re-stabilizing elemental powers, this destroyed his physical body, reducing him to a ghost-like form similar to Master Wu. Vincent Tong as Kai, the Red Ninja, the hot-headed Elemental Master of Fire and Nya's brother, who ended up in the Land of Monsters following the Merge where he fought its inhabitants for months. After escaping the Land of Monsters, he later reunited with Lloyd whom he tasked with surveying the Merged Lands to look for the rest of their teammates until he caught up with him and Nya in the Land of Madness and rejoined with Zane, Cole, P.I.X.A.L. and Jay. During their hunt for the Dragon Cores, Kai decided to take Wyldfyre under his wing. Michael Adamthwaite as Jay Walker, the Blue Ninja, the Elemental Master of Lightning, and Nya's boyfriend, who ended up in the Land of Madness following the Merge where he was captured and forced to partake in illegal gladiatorial fights during which he made a promise to free the other contestants that were also captured. After scaring the Pit-Master with his elemental power, he was taken away by the Administration, who erased his memories. Now amnesiac, Jay began working for the Administration as one of its managers. He eventually left the Administration and was recruited by Ras, only to be cast away following his loss to Nya in the Tournament of the Sources. He became a bounty hunter known as Rogue but later rejoined with Lloyd, Kai, Nya, Zane, Cole and P.I.X.A.L., though still with no memory. He successfully regained his memories with Nya and Kai's help, which allowed him to fully rejoin the ninja. He later returned to the Land of Madness and freed the other gladiatorial contestants, fulfilling his earlier promise. Brent Miller as Zane Julien, a Nindroid, the Titanium Ninja and the Elemental Master of Ice, who was kept in suspension for years after the Merge. He was later awakened by Nya and Kai and rejoined with Lloyd, Cole, P.I.X.A.L. and Jay. Andrew Francis as Cole, the Black Ninja and the Elemental Master of Earth, who ended up in the Land of Lost Things, helping those who ran away from home. He later rejoined with Lloyd, Kai, Nya, Zane, P.I.X.A.L. and Jay. Kelly Metzger as Nya, the Light Blue Ninja, the Elemental Master of Water, Kai's sister, and Jay's girlfriend, who lived with the Craglings in the Land of Madness following the Merge, helping them prevent Earth Dragons from stealing the Craglings' life energy. She later rejoined with Lloyd, Kai, Zane, Cole, P.I.X.A.L. and Jay. Paul Dobson as Master Wu, the Ninja's mentor who has lived for thousands of years, Lloyd's uncle and son of the First Spinjitzu Master. He goes missing following the Merge but his teachings live on in Lloyd. While having survived, he took on a spirit form, and it was later revealed that he was responsible for the Merge. Jennifer Hayward as P.I.X.A.L., a female Nindroid created by Dr. Cyrus Borg, the head of Borg Industries, a longtime ally of the ninja and Zane's girlfriend, who was stranded in the First Land following the Merge, and like Zane, was kept in suspension for years. She was later awakened and rescued by Zane and rejoined with Lloyd, Kai, Nya, Cole and Jay.
New characters Deven Mack as Arin Nived, a civilian who idolized the Ninja in his youth. He lost his parents after the Merge and somehow managed to teach himself Spinjitzu, an impossible ability to learn without a teacher. He also inadvertently invented Object Spinjitzu. He later learned that Master Wu was responsible for the Merge, he left the Ninja and allied himself with Ras in hopes of finding his parents and reversing the Merge. He temporarily rejoined the ninja later on and aided them in stopping the Forbidden Five and Thunderfang. Following Thunderfang's demise, Arin rejoined with Ras in the hopes of finding a way to revive his parents, as he believed that they had died during the Merge but is unaware that they are in fact still alive. When Ras attempted to have him sacrifice Sora in their quest to create Source Dragon Icons, this made Arin turn against him. He eventually reunited with his parents in the Land of Lee and rejoined the ninja again. Sabrina Pitre as Sora, known in her past as Ana, a technological engineer originally from Imperium who gained recognition for creating a hard light hologram projection device called the Photac. She defected from Imperium when she found out how cruelly they treated dragons, leading to her parents and classmates shunning her. After the Merge, she befriended Arin and lived in the Crossroads, becoming a mech racer. She became the Elemental Master of Technology after discovering she has technokinetic powers, which were first amplified in the presence of Riyu until she unlocked her True Potential. She later became the winner of the Tournament of the Sources, however, her friendship with Arin crumbled after they had a falling out during the tournament. They later reconciled over the apparent death of Arin's parents. Sora joined with Arin and Ras as they seek to find a way to revive Arin's parents, unaware that they are still alive, which she eventually learned later on. After turning against Ras for attempting to sacrifice her to create Source Dragon Icons, she rejoined the ninja. After helping the ninja defeat Beatrix again, she later reunited and reconciled with her parents.