Arcane Season 2 sets a huge animation record ahead of its premiere

Arcane Season 2 set a massive animation record before its premiere League of Legends TV series that makes history before its final episodes. Arcane Season 2 is all set to continue the story of Jinx (Ella Purnell), Vi (Hailee Steinfeld), Jayce (Kevin Alejandro) and the rest of the ensemble cast of the Netflix series after the harrowing events of the first season. The series still has a lot to offer There are a number of backstories to explore from the video game's source material. These are expected to be told over the course of nine episodes and will be released weekly in three episode blocks in November.

Now, diversity has confirmed that Arcane Season 2 helped that League of Legends The adaptation broke a massive animation record and the series became the most expensive animated series of all time. The 18 episodes cost $250 million to producesetting a major record for both streaming and linear television. Although the series was originally intended to run through the fifth season, the budget for these episodes alone exceeded any other animated series ever produced.

What Arcane's record budget means for Season 2

The new episodes will look and feel the same as Season 1

Arcane In the cliffhanger ending of season 1, Jinx used the gem to power a rocket and fired it at Piltover's council chamber during a meeting, just as they were about to grant Zaun the independence that Silco (Jason Spisak) had fought for. Since the show ended with this major event in 2021, The second season took almost three years to produce. This is only half the time it took for Season 1, as Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent previously confirmed. However, it seems that a huge budget was still spent on both seasons to ensure high quality.

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Despite the disappointment of Arcane Season 2 being the final installment, the possibility of more League of Legends shows makes it more exciting.

Apparently it's because of the huge budget the show took Season 2 will offer just as much visual quality as Season 1. The series' detailed animation combines various animation techniques and gives the characters of Arcane and their world a unique blend that is highlighted by the way everything is presented. With nine more episodes left and such a big budget reported, expectations of how captivating the new episodes will be are skyrocketing.

Our take on Arcane's massive $250 million budget

The quality of the show sets the bar high for animation

Due to its elegant, detailed animation, Arcane sets the bar high for other non-live-action shows, even if it does so with a huge budget that many others wouldn't be able to utilize. Although it is unclear whether another animated series with the same visual quality will appear in the future, it has managed to open new horizons for adult animation that other creators will likely capitalize on. Riot Games also hopes to create more shows based on it League of Legends Again, this will likely just be the beginning for quality animation in the franchise.

Source: Diversity

Set in the League of Legends universe, Arcane focuses on sisters Violet and Powder (later Jinx) who end up on opposite sides of a growing conflict between the wealthy utopia of Piltover and its dark undercity, whose citizens want to break away from their oppressors. Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell and Kevin Alejandro star in this animated adventure.

Release date

November 6, 2021

Seasons

1

writer

Christian Linke, Alex Yee

Directors

Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord

Showrunner

Christian Linke, Alex Yee

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