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Arcane is really where I want to see more western animation go, along with something like into the spiderverse.

This is clickbait, arcane has no bad animated scenes

Some of the best female leads I've seen on screen in so long. Strong but flawed characters, powerful but realistic. Absolutely loved watching this with my daughter.

It's insane that arcane spends less than half as much as disney but looks so much better.

Arcane is a flat out masterpiece, from its soundtracks, to the animation and to the story.

This dude is probably one of the most intelligent and best observers, you've had on this show. In my humble opinion. The way he sees and reflect on the world thru animation. Is fucking immaculate

arcane is not a movie,, it's an art masterpiece every second...

I cannot believe they said NOTHING about the coolest and most uniquely animated moment in the entire show. The Jinx vs Ekko moment....

I watched the entire show in 1 sitting 2 days ago. Then I did it again the next day. Its such a rare gem... never played LOL either, complete standalone masterpiece.

When they talk about the simplicity about the mechanical arm, I think that's a huge plus. Because my brain can understand every movement and piece going on, so it looks interesting and functional. When I see something like a transformation on the Michael Bay transformers movies I just see a blob of nonsense, it's too complex so I just see visual noise and it's less interesting than this thing that I can read and understand how it works.

"it's part of the performance." THANK YOU for mentioning that. Animation, once it all comes together, it's so much more....IN DEPTH than any live action anything ever. EVERYTHING goes into animation, even a characters pose cause it will say so much about the scene, the character, the tone. Your mind can connect to the body language of what's going on really easily with animation vs live action. You can see Jinx scream and slam her hand against the machine and go "oh she's kinda losing it." or see Powder crouched low on the ground, huddled in on herself and go "she's distraught." a character widening their eyes and their pupils constricting is so much more impactful than a human widening their eyes cause you can REALLY get up close and personal with it. Animation is an art, and the art is putting on a show. More people need to understand this.

I’m a beginning 2D animator and watching this show makes me cry - everything from character design to lighting just blows my mind and is pure perfection. Truly a masterpiece.

When watching Arcane, every few minutes my brain had to just step back and marvel in awe at how well presented the visuals were-in artistic rendering, pacing, timing, readability (Alex's "antic" and follow-through).... Normally, this would disrupt my immersion in the story, but in the case of Arcane, it didn't matter because it was so frakkin' good.

Arcane was such an incredible series.

My favourite part about the boxing scene that they didn't really touch on it how it sells that Jinx COULD have beaten Vi's score if she was more controlled. Between the braids, the follow-through and pose variety they're showing a *lot* of wasted movement, whereas Vi is always tight, controlled and in a centered posture. But of course that's central to both their characters: Vi is typically very controlled, whereas Jinx is right on the edge of losing it at any given time, and this is yet another fantastic example of how that's demonstrated via their respective fighting styles.

Speaking about tiny details in the animations, I just noticed an interesting micro-movement in a minor cut: In episode 9, at about 35:50, where the camera moves over Sevika sitting on the couch, she moves around a little, and the tension in one of her legs when pushing against the floor makes the muscles in her thigh shiver just slightly. All those tiny details...

This show was sooo good. And news is that no matter what happens between Riot and Netflix, they're sticking with their animation partner so strong, they went and invested in the crew for future productions, including the next season of Arcane.

Surprised that no one mentioned how spectacular was the fighting choreography, in special Vi's boxing. It was really on another level imo, how it really feels like real boxing and a real fight, the weight, the speed, the cleanness, it just feels right. Really like how they contrast her with others (most blatant example being in the Enemy music video).

Whenever I watch animation I tend to forget that everything is intentional. Unlike with live action, where things can happen incidentally, every pixel in animation has the thought of its creator behind it.

Honestly the artwork is amazing. But it's not just that. ARCANE was this one rare moment, where everything aligns. The story, the characters, the suspense, the art, the music, the voice actors... It was perfection, honestly by far the best TV show I've ever watched.

Nice. Also: I really liked how in-depth the discussion went while still feeling accessible. Alex is a great guest and a wonderful insightful dude who's not afraid to share and point out what others did great or well they fell short. I really really loved this episode, thank you!

Arcane has only been out for like almost 6 months but it already feels nostalgic

What really kept getting me when I watched Arcane was the amount of emotion the characters could express with their facial animation.

So last weekend i went to a animation/art event called Create Festival in Denmark. Two of the things on the program for that saturday and sunday was a QnA and a Masterclass lecture with animation supervisor Martial Andre from Fortiche on Arcane. Even though i dont work in animation and likely wont, it was really fascinating getting a deeper look into the production of the show directly from Fortiche´s animation team.

the word to mouth made me watch Arcane and my god, never have I been this FLOORED by an animated show. I recommended it to EVERYONE I knew ,cause it's a show worth experiencing at least once in your life.

0:14 Yes Wren, yes you have to. This show has everything from great storytelling, cinematography, direction, character development, great action and a LOT of heart. Best show of 2021 IMO.

I think Alexander is my favorite guest. The pool of knowledge this guy has is insane, you can see how much passion he has for animation as he speaks

Dann, super interesting interview and explanations. And seeing clips from arcane again ... I think I have to see the series again.

This show was one of the most beautifully animated show I had ever seen. And the story that complemented it was perfect. I can't wait for the next show from this studio.

When he talked about the importance of anticipation, he made me realize why the scene in The Phantom Menace where Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon use force speed looks so bad. It's such a big and fast movement, yet there is barely any anticipation for it. Great video!

I swear, this animator is doing an Adam Sandler impression the entire time.

amazing how anticipation is a big topic in the video and there you have jake way out in the back which goes against the anticipation of seeing him immediately in usual videos. ahh i love it so much. great work as always

This was, by far, the most interesting react yet. SO much information in such a short time and so perfectly explained. Technique and talent always amazes me but being able to actual share it all so well is a skill in itself.

As a casual animator, this show visually floored me every episode. It is WILDLY inspirational from an artistic standpoint, and this doesn't even touch on the story

I would love to hear more of this guy's thoughts on this level of work from a smaller team, especially coming from his perspective working on massive Disney projects. I feel there are probably loads of benefits to cutting out chunks of red tape and management from a big company production. We already see tons of this with indie game studios with lots of them being run by people who used to work at big corporate places. I'm excited to see where film and animation is headed with smaller powerful teams.

Welp, Im off to go watch Arcane again because it was so god damn good.

God I missed this guy! Its such a treat to have him and its kinda sad we rarely see him given theres so much animation out there

Would have been a crime NOT to do an Animators React on this!

fascinating to have Alex snow explain what he things and consequently show us the mind of how a animator works. Really awesome to get a sense of how he sees a scene and the work .

I love that little section on anticipation, because that’s exactly my favourite way to catch people off guard in video games, especially in VR. Set them up so they think you’re doing one thing, then do something entirely different. My fave variation on this is to just not even leave spawn

Nice But also, this is without a doubt my favorite episode of the experts react series. This video is just the perfect blend of informative, goofy, and gorgeous

You need to check out Klaus It’s kind of like a reverse arcane as far as visuals and execution It’s a 2d movie that used new techniques to almost appear 3d Everything was 2d animated but it was lit three dimensionally

Had to watch the show twice cuz my bf & I were just mesmerized by the art & animation. We just kept staring at EVERYTHING in awe. I'm a digital artist & this show is something I'll always come back to to study.

Thank you so much Alex for more great insight! Wren, I didn't know you were playing Horizon Forbidden West! I'm OBSESSED with that game! I did notice that Aloy's hair was a little too crazy sometimes, slapping her face🤣. I'll tell the community managers about Alex's solution. But the devs did an incredible job with the machines, weapons, & outfits! Which big machine, outfit, and weapon is your favorite? (My favorite big machine is the Slitherfang because the animations are so fluid, my favorite outfits are the Nora Anointed with the tiara, Tenakth Recon, & the Carja Stalker Elite from the Arena, & my favorite weapon is the Spikethrower!)🤩

Wow the fights in this look amazing... i am going to go watch it now.

ARCANE?!?!? LET’S GO!!!!! I’ve seen many people say that the reason it took roughly 6 years to make was because the developers were trying to use the animation software that they thought was best for the show, and many said it was Houdini

The topic about antics was really good. I'm a junior graphics designer/artist and that really was a huge advice. Thank you guys

I've trained my dogs to understand anticipation movement... by doing that same looney toons movement before I dash across a space so now my dog barks and bolts forward just by doing that antic sometime even just doing slow motion movements makes them think i'm gonna run or dash! This further supports that dogs understand that reality has rules this was supported by a study that if a dog was shown a physics engine of a ball then they would be uncomfortable and confused when the creator animated the ball to move in a way that it wouldn't in real life! so I have been applying this methodology since one if my dogs is particularly smart in this area to see how far I could push it and train new rules to build anticipation that it's simply how that works... only to break those expectations by doing something completely different to see if he can understand that the rules I built originally never existed to begin with and can understand that there are rule of unpredictability... it's my hope to train him to think smarter with adaptive thinking by allowing him to understand that some rules aren't set in stone! and that new rules can be made!... I understand in this process if I could succeed i'd be making a monster who will manipulate you to get his own way... but as long as I get him to compartmentalise that to specific situations not situations dealing with humans it would be best... incidentally in this process i've found him slowly become more well behaved i've already trained him to give me his paw instead of barking loudly to say please and when I have a treat he does this now without command putting his paw on my leg or on any surface he can find pre-emptively to say please in advance! the older dog she I still have to say "paw" to... he however just gives me his paw without asking... often resulting in a hand shake because he has learned that if he does this he not only gets the treat but gets praised for being a such good boy! So there have been benefits to teaching my dogs critical thinking, with the older dog it doesn't work so much but due to the younger dog having the mentality of a puppy still... he is curious and fascinated always watching and listening to what family members do... he's studying us and is eager to learn more from us... which means he has untapped potential in intelligence that others could see due to his child like nature... but due to my autism I can relate in that regard used to being underestimated myself i'm developing a strong bond like an older brother! and I perhaps am the only one in the family capable of training and teaching him due to my unique position and my ability to understand emotive behaviour in both humans and animals just by looking and analyzing them there and then! I dunno how the studies of Milo and my training him may bare fruit for society but who knows what the future brings really anyways i'm gonna continue watching and stop tangenting

Really love Alex's nuanced and very clearly explained observations in all his reacts with you guys. Kudos!

Nice. Also, yes, Arcane is definitely one of the best shows out there.

Love this! ❤️ Keep up the great content

Nice. Definitely hope you guys went and finished the series now. Absolute masterpiece. props to fortiche.

nice

Ok, he pointed out what made arcane feel so different than other shows for me, and it's the masterful use of depth on top of this unique art style

What an amazing show. You don't really think about the details they point out like the anticipation of a punch or the flowing of hair, but because the animators did so well with the principle the show just flows so dang well. Also, nice.

You guys were so fun to watch haha, thanks for this video! Hope you all watched Arcane by now haha! 😆 Keep up the good work 👌🔥❤

Another specific thing I like about Arcane is the work with expressions. I'd imagine the storyboards are heavy on covering that and what ends up on the screen is just gorgeous.

This show really held up to all of the hype it got- it was a beautiful masterpiece both in animation and story- all the way to the acting

I never played the game but when I got to jayce and his mom dieing the wizard came up that entire scene was so visually gorgeous it's had me hooked soooo much I've watched the series atleast 5-8 times now

I love this show so much. So much emotion, such a good soundtrack, the world building, the charas (my female heart cries tears of joy), the animation (my artist heart cries so much joy). Best show ever

This show is as close to a masterpiece as it gets, critics and game fans for ONCE both agreed this show slaps

Love the insight - the thing about Arcane is, as amazing as the animation is, it's not even the strongest element of the show. The writing, voice acting, music - all of it. All the parts are great, and the show is even better than the sum of its parts. Truly a must-watch.

Im sad that they did’nt cover the Ekko vs Jinx scene. I always thought it was the most impressive scene of the show, both from a visual and storytelling perspective.

keep up the good work And make sure you get a good laptop so that you can render caustics faster

ARCANE is literally a masterpiece!

Arcane is the best animated show I've seen. A masterpiece in terms of animation, sound, story. Just an all out 10/10.

I would love to see a breakdown of Tetsuro Araki's camera work or Makoto Shinkai's use of light and water

Nice. Man, watching arcane made me want to learn more about animation and story telling. This video has been great seeing y’all dive into it all

Hey guys! I really think you guys should look into the "Love, Death & Robots" anthology from Netflix, some of the best, most high-quality animation and CGI i've seen in a long time! I rewatched both volumes recently and after watching your 'React' series I have a new-found appreciation for it. A LOT of the episodes use more realistic CGI (some episodes also seem to incorporate comping, mo-cap, or real footage), but many of the episodes use more stylised 3D-animation, I think you guy could give some really interesting criticism and/or feedback. But regardless of whether you see this or not, I love Corridor content and i'm glad to support you. Keep up the fantastic work!

For anyone who doesnt know Arcane, really recommend you guys to give it a try, wont disappoint your time.

Haven't seen much, but I have seen theory videos, and I do hope they start introducing the other regions of Runeterra, they seem to be foreshadowing something about Noxus, and if so, I would like to see how they would begin to introduce the Noxian invasion of Ionia, possibly introducing the Ionian champions aswell, of course I doubt this will all haplen in the next season, as they seem to be planning to put in Warwick and maybe Urgot into the story, but I do wish they would get to it in the future.

When I first watch Arcane I was like "holy crap this art style looks incredible" and I also felt the same with Spider-Man into the spider-verse and that was a completely different style.

I can't believe Wren hasn't seen Arcane!! Easily the best animated show I've seen in a loooong time. I don't even play the game!

Arcane is one of the most impressive work I've seen recently. Everything is just so polished visually, they took the best of the 2D and 3D world and havn't been lazy on the hand-made animations, the hand-drawn VFX, the dynamic "camera" movement, the compositing and post-production... They raised the industry standard.

Even as a VFX artist Arcane blew me away. The story isn't ground breaking but it's just such an incredibly well made show.

Just realized as a photographer how it is that I get a lot of my candid shots because I look at the world more closely I have more incite into anticipation and know what comes next. I just didn’t have the vocabulary to explain it. Thank you for this lesson

I'd also like to point out 6:29 at the end of the spinning back kick: They do the old Jackie Chan editing technique of showing you the hit twice to sell the impact, but then your brain turns it into one big hit. If you go frame by frame (press "," or ".") they show the leg extended in the last frame of the closeup, but then the leg is still chambered in the first frame of the wide shot and re-extends in the next frame.

I love the animation of it it's just so... full and whole with so many details and satisfying movements. And I love the look of it with it having so many muted colors accented by bright glows. However the 2D effects I am not the biggest fan of. They're not of poor quality and they are very smooth, but you can tell they were composited in. In some parts it feels natural like the smoke or steam coming out the gauntlet vents, but say when they clash weapons, it feels like the effect is just on top of everything like a sticker as opposed to a natural part of the scene. I think the issue is that it doesn't correspond and commit fully to the perspective and focal length and all these different factors you need to keep track of in 3D. I think it'd be better if they had these 2D effects in the 3D software to align them better and make them feel more like they're happening within the scene as opposed to on top. There's just a lot of other productions, both high budget and indie, that managed to do 2D effects in 3D a lot better, I feel. And I think here it'd be better if they just did a lot more 3D VFX in the mix with 2D.

i love that anticipation video; was really surprised when it popped up. lol those guys are so funny in that

Absolutely phenomenal series. Takes me back to Spiderverse, it’d been a while since the visuals of 3D animation wowed and surprised me.

This NEEDS to be the future of 3D-Animation. It looks so good, not just from a "oooh, this is so clean" perspective (like let's say Frozen 2, or Encanto), but from an artwork perspective. This is just beautiful art

This looks like Clone War's painting/CGI world, but fully realized. I love how paint strokes give it a hand crafted feel to it.

Reminds me of how the original TRON stood out with the scenes inside the computer world being filmed in black-and-white on a black set, then printed on large format Kodalith high-contrast film and hand-colored with photographic and rotoscopic techniques

I knew literally nothing about Arcane or League of Legends. Had no interest in League lore or gameplay either. But the absolutely incredible animation plus everyone saying it was a fantastic story as well completely sold me and I was not disappointed. Really shows you that the quality of the animation can really sell the project for you. Whether it’s really shitty so you can laugh at it with friends or absolutely incredible to where you have to see the story they took the time to put all of this incredible artwork in.

This is such a great show, a masterclass in animation. It makes me really excited to see how much they can push the animation in the next season.

"There was five people on the team.." Guy on left: *instant panic*

The fact that I have never thought about "Anticipation" as a concept in animation

I never watch animated stuff, like, ever. Started watching Arcane cold, no background on the "league" story or anything. I can say it's the best show i've seen in years. Absolutely shattering. Better to go in without any spoilers but even if you watched this, you should give it a go.

Another call for a "Voice Actors React" segment. There are many great stories out there about how these women and men elevate the experience we get both in animated shows and video games. It's very likely Mark Hamill would sit on the couch if it's about voice actors.

This episode convinced me to watch Arcane and I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly. I’d like to see them talk about The Prince of Egypt. The crossing of the Red Sea in particular

I'd love to see you talk about Wallace and Grommit's Train Chase scene, or just the show in general, with it being stop motion and all

I'd really want to see more talked about Tartakovsky. Past being of a lot of Cartoon Network fame (Dexter's Lab/Samurai Jack), he recently did Primal which is a phenomenal show for a masterclass in storytelling in animation.

God I hope Wren watches the show immediately when he cans, it's just so good

Silco: "I care for both of my top henchwomen. Jinx and *looks at smudged writing on hand* the cyborg arm soldier."

After seeing the first two episodes of the behind of the scenes, it definitely is a matter of passion vs job. The budget is nowhere near those of large studios like Disney and such, yet the final result is beyond exceptional. If you look at the behind the scenes, you can see they really wanted to hire people who had the same passion for the actual lore and characters, not just people who wanted to work on a large production.

I remember loving Gobelins at university - a French animation school full of top tier students, a lot of the style/techniques they used are finally making the big time. They're really often inspired by anime combined with their own comic book heritage to make these bold simple designs with really dynamic movement. I implore people to check out their student films on UKposts.

You need to do a part 2 !!!! Please !!! This is one of my favorite animated show ever and it's always nice to learn more about the animation !!! Especially the emotion that the animation team had to create ! It have blow my mind !

Nice We need more stuff like this. it is beautiful, and almost like Invincible in that it's almost R rated. I almost prefer animation to live action bc you're not constrained by what's physically possible, some stories just can't be told through live action. THis and SPiderverse are good examples. film and tv is so focused on making it look photoreal, when that was never the point. the point was to make art, and art doesn't have to look photoreal. From a writing standpoint, this show is just a masterpiece. there's like over 80 analysis videos on this one show, each one covering a diffferent aspect of the show. that's really saying something. truly an inspiration to all artists out there

Arcane is probably the prettiest animated art i've seen. The idea that it's 9hours and half the price of a movie which is 1 1/2 hour is amazing. I wish the story was just as spectacular but they earned their emmys.