The Best Fantasy TV Shows from 2012


Below is our top ten list of the best Fantasy TV Shows which first started broadcasting in 2012.

10. The River


The%20RiverFirst Aired: 07 February, 2012

The River is a TV series starring Bruce Greenwood, Joe Anderson, and Leslie Hope. The crew of a research vessel are on a quest to find a missing TV explorer in the Amazon.


9. The Legend of Korra


The%20Legend%20of%20KorraFirst Aired: 14 April, 2012

The Legend of Korra is a TV series starring Janet Varney, P.J. Byrne, and David Faustino. Avatar Korra fights to keep Republic City safe from the evil forces of both the physical and spiritual worlds.


8. 666 Park Avenue


666%20Park%20AvenueFirst Aired: 30 September, 2012

666 Park Avenue is a TV series starring Rachael Taylor, Dave Annable, and Robert Buckley. At the 203 apartments Drake, NYC, residents are granted one wish – any wish. But beware of the price. There’s something supernatural and evil…


7. Sword Art Online


Sword%20Art%20OnlineFirst Aired: 07 July, 2012

Sword Art Online is a TV series starring Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, and Bryce Papenbrook. In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.


6. Awake


AwakeFirst Aired: 16 February, 2012

Awake is a TV series starring Jason Isaacs, Laura Allen, and Steve Harris. After a car accident takes the life of a family member, a police detective lives two alternating parallel lives, one with his wife and one with his son. Is…


5. High School DxD


High%20School%20DxDFirst Aired: 06 January, 2012

High School DxD is a TV series starring Yûki Kaji, Yôko Hikasa, and Azumi Asakura. After being killed on his first date, idiotic and perverted Issei Hyodo is resurrected as a demon by Rias Gremory only to be recruited into her club…



4. Les Revenants


Les%20RevenantsFirst Aired: 26 November, 2012

Les Revenants is a TV series starring Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, and Frédéric Pierrot. In a small French mountain town where everyone knows each other, the dead begin to inexplicably return as if their death never happened….


3. Dragons: Riders of Berk


Dragons%3A%20Riders%20of%20BerkFirst Aired: 07 August, 2012

Dragons: Riders of Berk is a TV series starring Jay Baruchel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and T.J. Miller. The further adventures of Hiccup and his friends on the Island of Berk.


2. Gravity Falls


Gravity%20FallsFirst Aired: 15 June, 2012

Gravity Falls is a TV series starring Jason Ritter, Alex Hirsch, and Kristen Schaal. Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle’s tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.


1. JoJo no kimyô-na bôken


JoJo%20no%20kimy%C3%B4-na%20b%C3%B4kenFirst Aired: 04 October, 2012

JoJo no kimyô-na bôken is a TV series starring Matthew Mercer, Unshô Ishizuka, and Daisuke Ono. The story of the Joestar family, who are possessed with intense psychic strength, and the adventures each member encounters throughout…