nobody was fooled by that opening

Important detail about Arcane: Riot Games has retained full creative and financial control over the series's production, so they can veto anything Netflix tries to push into the narrative, and they have no reliance on Netflix's money. If Netflix tries to make them do something they don't want to do, there's nothing stopping Riot from taking the entire show elsewhere.

I was 99% sure this was a joke but that 1% didn't let me sleep.

He had me in the first half, I’m not gonna lie 😂😂😂

Beginning of rant: "He's clearly joking." Half way through the rant: "I'm not falling for it, he's 100% joking." 90% through rant: "Okay he's not stopping, I guess he's serious then? Is he just a contrarian? A troll? His points don't even make sense!" End of rant: "God damnit."

*”It’s not Anime, it’s just sparkling animation.”* I don’t know if this is a common joke I’ve just missed, but I’m definitely going to start using it.

“It’s as good as Squid Games, but because it’s animated people won’t watch it.” I think that is actually the perfect line I can use to get one of my friends to watch it.

23:00 Vi hit Powder in that scene, realized what she did, and gave herself some space to cool off a bit. She was standing where she could still see Powder, and when she saw Silco she started to go back towards Powder but Marcus grabs her while telling her: "If he hears you, he'll kill you". She didn't actually abandon Powder, but Powder sees it that way.

Everyone's been begging riot to make an anime for years. The madlads actually did it AND used the same animation studio who's been knocking it out the park for years. Fortiche did a great job. Also yes, League anthology or Cinimatic Universe has so much potential for great stories.

To be fair, VI was a teen at the point where she "left" powder. she just lost everything and left to clear her head. She was going to come right back but the worst case scenario with Marcus happened.

"there isn't a sing'e character I dislike" I found myself continually changing my opinions of the characters to the point of favouring almost everyone at some point. Don't remember that happening before.

Season 2 was written and planned at the same time as season 1, so you could definitely expect the same level of quality with the writing for season 2. It's created by people who love the content a LOT, so it'll get the respect it deserves.

All in all, Arcane blew me away. I play LoL very often and I can say the little nods to the players was awesome. It didn't take away from the show at all and that is what was great about it. My wife, who has never played League, loved Arcane. That's a win.

-They- He had us in the first half not gonna lie. Also, if you haven't seen the Season 2 announcement trailer, that pretty much confirms that we're staying in Piltover for at least the next season. The stories are far from done there. Maybe they will start to bring in Noxus more significantly, but the main story should stay in Piltover for now.

Just to clarify that netflix didn't make arcane, Riot did it all alone with fortiche and netflix delivered

To your point about Vi leaving Powder behind at the end of the prologue, it’s exactly *because* Vi back then was so family oriented yet still pissed off at Powder that she had to get away from her _temporarily_ . She never meant to completely abandon her, but to just compose her mind so that should could handle Powder in a calmer and more rational way. Just offering a different perspective. The show’s so f-ing amazing that way because it makes you think of different points of view.

As someone deep into the LoL lore and knowing who and what is potentially coming in Season 2, Piltover/Zaun has so much more story for all our Season 1 characters.

Honestly the closest thing I would compare arcane’s animation too is “enter the spider-verse” where if you watch it regularly it looks like it’s 3D but if you pause it looks like a comic book page, though in case more like a lol splash art page

The .00000001% of people who fell for that opening, let me tell you about this land I have for sale.

about the Vi leaving powder thing: I'm pretty sure she wasn't trying to abandon her but it was just too much in that moment. She actually kinda did the right thing when she noticed what she just had done (hit powder) she had to remove herself from the scene to cool off and be the big sister again. When she hit powder she was completely lost in the horrifying stuff that had just happened and she just snapped. staying there would have meant hurting powder even more which wasn't what she wanted so she had to go. NOT leave, just a few feet away to calm herself and think for a moment. you can even see how she wants to go back once she had a few seconds to deal with all the crap and regain her focus when Marcus stepped in to screw her over

A good friend of mine was an animator on Arcane so seeing all this great response to it makes me so fucking happy

I truly hope “Arcane” creators nail the quality aspect of future seasons. There are too many series that come out with a bang in season 1 and create lesser seasons after that. “True Detective”, “Westworld”, “LOST” “The Walking Dead”, and “Stranger Things” come to mind as examples. So many more you can bring up. Imagine if “ Arcane” is like “Breaking Bad” or “Succession” and gets better every season 😳. Certainly hope so. Quality > Quantity.

Arcane is anime. Proof: A tier waifus and husbandos

As someone who's never played League; I was shocked at how good Arcane was. The animation, writing, characters, and dialog are just incredible and I expect the show to get multiple Emmy nominations. Arcane is the new standard for video game adaptations and animated stories in general.

I don't think Vi was leaving Powder at the end of episode 3. After she hit Powder, I felt like she thought that she needed to step away for a second and cool off before talking to Powder again. Perhaps it was exaggerated a bit so that the timing with Silco worked, but I don't think Vi's intention was to leave Powder at all.

Yeah, I don't think you were seeing the scene at the end of episode 3 correctly. Vi was NOT abandoning Powder. She was stepping away to cool her head because she just punched her kid sister, and she realized that she had to step away for her sake. She immediately TRIED going back the MOMENT she saw Silco

There's so much League lore that would make fantastic shows: Swains Coup, Azir's Shurima and the Void, anything in the Freljord or Bilgewater. The whole world is rich with opportunity, and I hope that even if Arcane stays on Piltover/Zaun, there should be separate shows that cover the rest.

This is what happens when you take your time to make a series (it took them 6 years..funnily enough around the same time Jinx and VI released in LoL they started working on this show) and have good writers...Hollywood/Netflix should take some notes.

Nearly flipped my desktop in the first 2 minutes

It's interesting to see how critics get frustrated when they encounter a show or a movie that is close to perfection. It's always really easy to critique bad or mediocre work, but when something is really good, critics find it hard to talk about it, because, by definition a critic is "a person who expresses an unfavorable opinion of something". Even though a critic job is to evaluate, analyze and judge, faultfinding is at their core. So, when they are confronted with an almost perfect material, I always sense a feeling of critics being let down by the lack of faultfinding... Sometimes you have to accept the fact that there are rare occasions were there is a piece of media that is just almost perfect, and that rejoice is the only way to feel about it.

Look I know people don’t wanna get into the “is it anime or not” debate and I get it but, as someone who loves anime a lot I really just wanna ask the question: Who cares? Arcane is a great animated series and if I’m being completely honest I get everything from it that I get from the very best “real anime” that I’ve ever seen. It scratches that itch, it fills that void, it satisfies that hunger. In a world where every country world wide treats animation with the same love and respect that France’s Studio Fortiche poured into Arcane, the distinction between “anime” and “everything animated but not anime” would no longer be necessary. And if this series is any indication, I think we’d all stand to benefit immensely from that.

I think Vi leaving Powder was more of a "I need to cool off" type moment tbh. She was mad, pissed, in grief, and hearing all of this came from her sister who only wanted to help, I'd need a hot minute to calm down too

What I find even more amazing and tragic about Vi and Jinx meeting when Jinx pulled the flare is that Jinx asks if Vi is real meaning she doesn’t know if she’s imagining her sister or not and when both Caitlyn and Vi get kid napped by the fire lights and the end of that episode you can really understand the pain in Jinx’s scream especially when you realize she isn’t certain that Vi and Caitlyn were actually real or not.

I think instead of an anthology model, with each season exploring a different area/aspect of the world, a better idea would be for them to just do different shows for each area of the world, with Arcane following this cast of characters, and another show exploring a different cast and part of the world.

I think Vi leaving powder alone for that scene is completely justified. Silko finding powder during that time they were separated was probably the more "forced" moment.

As for doing a "Stranger Things", I think Arcane can be more like the Game of Thrones of animation in the sense that it can have those worlds/cities, introduce different characters and stories while still developing the characters we saw. Still seeing Piltover but they can easily introduce another city, then they could be intertwined with the passing of the seasons, just like GoT. Also Arcane does seem to be planned for a long time. They are in production for the second season and it seems the story was already written before the first even came out

All I can say is Arcane is special, it came out of nowhere and it actually landed the ending, the emotions it evoked was gut punching. I loved it 😍 10/10

As long as Riot and Fortiche prod are involved in the production, I’m not worried about the quality of the future seasons. Alex Yee and Christian Linke are great writers, and Fortiche created a masterpiece in terms of animation quality. The only thing that could impact the quality is if the white collars at Riot decide to reduce the budget.

I knew you were talking about Ex-Arm in that beginning rant because god damn, do we not share the same feeling across the board

I don't think Vi ever planned to actually leave Powder. She was not in the right mind space and had hit her sister. She needed to calm down, so she stepped away to cry and reign in her emotions. Powder was still within her eyesight and she could still hear her voice. If she wanted to leave herm she would have gone further until she could no longer hear Powder. She was still watching over her while trying to control her emotions because they were in a dangerous place and if it hadn't been for Marcus kidnapping her, she would have gone back to Powder when she saw Silco was with her.

Arcane really hit different. First time in a long time I've enjoyed any animation

I haven't watched you in years (not intended as an insult) and I was like, "I wonder if he still does reviews or if it's a dead channel now?" Pleasantly surprised you still have an active channel after all these years but your red coat is gone. Good ole fashioned Shinji, style Congratulations for staying an active channel for so long! That is all.

Glad to see your takes on this, Brilliantly described and well put together explanations I was laughing my ass off during the intro I couldn't wait to hear what you were poking fun at lol I hope like you said that the money they pulled in doesn't ruin the overall production It will be interesting to see what they do I hope you have a great rest of your week and have a Happy New Year Thank you for all your great videos this year Keep up the great work All the best for 2022, Be safe and Take care out there

22:25 - Honestly, I didn't interpret it as "Vi abandoning Powder", I saw it as Vi doing what we are always taught to do when we're losing control of our emotions: Walk away from what is causing you stress (Powder), for a moment to regain control of your thoughts and emotions; the issue is, that Powder was in such an emotionally distraught state (an unstable mental moment), that she interpreted it as Vi "abandoning" her, and when Silco showed up, launched herself at the nearest object/person who showed her even a miniscule amount of sympathy in that moment. So, for me personally, I don't think Vi INTENDED to abandon Powder, it's just what wound up happening because of circumstances beyond her control

I was shocked that "Arcane" was not only good, but great. When I heard there was going to be a LoL animation I just assumed it would be some throwaway trash. I knew nothing about LoL going in, personally I suspect that's the ideal way to watch "Arcane", if I'd known more it would have robbed certain moments of a lot of impact.

I feel like Vi leaving Powder had more to do with Vi realizing she might hurt Powder more if she stayed (She already punched her) and descided to step away and calm down. I think Vi was always planning to come back and disn't really go very far but she didn't get the chance. (Thanks Marcus)

One if my favorite details is that Silco's desk is littered with things Jinx drew on. He didn't throw then away or clean them off, he kept them.

"If you have watched Arcane, RIGHT?!" XD I literally said it out loud with you

To explain the canon thing, League of Legends has been effectively de-coupled from its lore for about 5 years. After a major retcon, they have spent years slowly rewriting the universe, which has picked up substantially in the past few years. While they've updated lore aspects within LoL the game a bit, most of it remains unimportant. Lore comes primarily from extra material, mainly the Universe website, Legends of Runeterra, and the occasional book. When LoL conflicts with lore from the card game or the website, the later is canon. By my interpretation, Arcane is pretty much canon lore, and any future lore released around Piltover and Zaun will be built to comply with Arcane.

Based on how much of an emphasis they put on the councilwoman and her mother, I have strong hopes that it'll end up being an anthology series. Like maybe they do a little but more work in Piltover, but since the mom was just itching for war and Jinx essentially handed a justification on a silver platter, I can see the idea of that international conflict being explored more broadly. At least I hope so.

The argument about cannon or not does not make sense because Arcane is a prequel, not outside of cannon. Riot has intentionaly lest large gaps/vague stories about the universe.

I was so against watching Arcane in the beginning, solely because I didn't (at the time) like the animation style...and man, I am so happy I decided to give it a shot! It is easily my favorite animated series of the last 2-5 years.

Good point about starting season 2 in a totally different region with new characters and storylines. I feel like season 1 can very well stand on its own for now, and going back right away to the whole Vi vs Jinx, Zaun vs Piltover thematics might make things a bit repetitive. However, I do trust the writers to bring many new and interesting plots for season 2 even though it stays in Piltover/Zaun, since there are characters and storylines in the lore that are pretty cool and not yet developped upon in Arcane. Think Camille, Warwick, Urgot, Glorious Evolution, Janna, etc... I just hope they won't focus too much on the Jinx-Vi relationship in s2. Repititiveness can be the hype killer for Arcane. In my opinion, it really should be the last season we get in this region, they need to move to new regions starting season 3

You can't adequately describe the skill that the animators of Arcane characters' facial expressions and body language have because the words haven't been invented yet

Hope you had a Wonderful, Happy & Magical Christmas Arkada! Love your videos and can’t wait to see what you have in store for 2022! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ❄️❄️❄️🎄❄️❄️❄️❄️🎁❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️☃️❄️❄️❄️ (And btw! Just watched Dawn of the Deep Soul for the first time and Made in Abyss might as well be my Favorite Anime…….)

LMAO you got me on that intro. Not gonna lie if you didnt like it and made some valid points I was gonna have to rethink my whole opinion on the show. But alast you were just joking. Now I shall go back to watching the video.

When Vi leaves Powder, to me, she seemed like she was just walking away. She just needed to take a breath before going back and giving Powder a hug. As a parent I know how it is. Sometimes your kid does something stupid and you just need to walk away for a bit.

I hate that i actually thought you hated this show bruh

That twist in the intro totally had me 🤣 I was deeply wishing you to be talking about Arcane because of my deep loathing of LoL. Oh, well. I'm glad there is a good anime I can binge here soon. I trust you :)

You had me there at the beginning. Very well played GR!! :D

They had us in the first half not gonna lie

The opening bit really had me going there for a minute

hey arkada happy new year 🎉 all the best to you and your friends and family for 2022

i think arcane is my favourite example of "subverting expectations" now, because at every turn, characters behave RATIONALLY. especially jayce. he's constantly given choices where he could be selfish, or could ignore advice and do what he wants, but most of the time...he thinks things through and makes what he thinks is the best decision.

This show is just so good. What a triumph when it comes to storytelling.

What I'm hoping for is that season 2 continues the stories of the characters they set up (with some new additions of course) and continues to focus on the Zaun vs Piltover element of the show and take it to a logical and satisfying conclusion - perhaps after 3-4 seasons - then start something new. Take the audience to a brand new location with new characters, call it something else ("Title: League of Legends") and start fresh. I don't want to see Arcane's characters kept around forever for the sake of having them around nor do I want to see them just get cycled out of the story in favor of new things to the point of becoming unrecognizable from where it started. With a world as big as League of Legends, this show could literally continue forever and it shouldn't. Essentially, instead of having one big show, I hope they break it into multiple, separate (but somewhat interconnected) shows to explore the lore to its fullest while also allowing each individual series' story and set of characters to shine.

Honestly agree wholeheartedly with everything you said, and I would love to see a season two the way you said set in a new area and slowly bring all the stories together.

Here are my thoughts about what you were discussing in this video: They were already planning on doing season 2 in Piltover. A few hints that point to the next season being a continuation are the voices of the characters in the season 2 trailer as well as an iconic sound associated with another character that originates from Piltover/Zaun. In terms of where to go for season 2 (in terms of location/nation in the world of Runeterra), there are pros and cons for changing and pros and cons for staying in Piltover: changing things up vs maintaining the status quo. If Riot were to change things up for Season 2, it could have the positive effect of getting the "creative juices" flowing for the other settings and produce a stellar show in an anthology as you put it. Since the writers and animators don't have anything old to fall back on, they'll have to resort to actually thinking about new characters: what their motivations are, their goals, their personalities. If the characters are the same for season 2, then you obviously risk flanderization of the characters As you were saying at the end of the video about the second season not taking as much time, having a second season take place in a location that the animation studio already has assets made for will speed up the production of the season. That's not to insinuate that the quality of the production would drop. The animation studio has been working with Riot for a long time. Most of the more popular animations (the Jinx music video, the KDA K-pop videos) were all done by Studio Fortiche: the animators for Arcane. They have a good working relationship with Riot and will likely produce quality animation for Season 2 without cutting corners. But this is from an animation perspective. Thinking about it from a writing perspective, if the show remains in Piltover, the writers can remain in the mindset of the characters they're writing for. It makes it easier to write a more "authentic" reaction a character will have if you are still in that head space. If the writers went 3 seasons (what would that be, 7-8 years?) before thinking about how a character would react to certain situations, then there's the risk of them not being written as optimally as if they were written season after season. Sure, characters run the risk of becoming caricatures of themselves if they are written about repeatedly, especially if one aspect of their personality is more well received over other aspects, but I am optimistic the writers are competent enough to ensure that doesn't happen. Regarding mocap being a "better" method of animation, I think it is in fact a worse method of animation. Case in point, this show. Arcane was animated using reference shots instead of motion capture. This allowed for an idealized character animation that is much truer to how people would act than motion capture. Hear me out. I've been watching a lot of people reviewing Arcane. One of the reviews talked about the authenticity of the character actions when it came to weapon handling. Specifically, the scene of Caitlyn holding the butt of the rifle up to her shoulder and having to readjust it to get it into the optimal position so that she could look down the sights. In games, the focus is less on realism, so as long as the action can look "right enough" then that's how the action will look in the final product. If they did that scene in motion capture, they might get the same action of having to take extra time to adjust the gun to look down the sights, but only if the actor portraying that scene knows to add that bit of movement into the motion capture. The actor probably won't know the idealized way to move in every single scene the way an expert of that particular action would. As another example used in the review, the reviewer talks about how in the hand-to-hand fighting, the characters move with experience. Vi makes as few body adjustments as possible when dodging out of the way of an incoming strike the way an experienced fighter would. If a motion capture person were to do the same, they may not know how to act in that scene. And I suppose the motion capture developers could bring in masters of particular actions to promote the authenticity of the actions, but that would bloat the cost of the production when having to hire an inordinately large number of actors just to play one character. All this when the animators could just use reference shots of professionals performing the same actions as, well, the reference for these scenes. Sure it may take more individual work on these scenes because everything has to be animated manually, but it produces a more idealized version (and likely more authentic) of the animated character. In short, I think that, while the show runs the risk of being stale and caricaturish and that the animation has the possibility of cutting corners since they are working with something they have already used, I am hopeful and optimistic that there is enough creativity and drive to produce a good show among both the writers and animators that this shouldn't be an issue. But as you said, success can go to peoples' heads, so who knows?

"The best for the last.... Really long time!" just made me lose it

With the introduction of Noxious near the end of the show Arcane can avoid falling into the Stranger Thing pitfall. The second season should wrap things up in Piltover and then allow them to move the show to any continent and story they want.

Have a Great new year Glass Reflection and Arcada and yes ‘Right!’

The intro to this had me so worried. I legit thought those were your actual thoughts regarding Arcane. SO glad you seemed to enjoy this. 18:20, I actually think this is a great idea, because then they could maybe switch to Noxus and some of the other champions that reside there. I do think the creators are now kind of obligated to continue the story of Jinx and Vi.

The first 2 minutes triggered me hahhahaha

Actually Riot confirmed that they're making more shows and even live-action movies.

Lol, that beginning had me for minute. Well done!

Arcane is just beautiful. I could see them going full Disney covering multiple regions back to back leading to an avengers like moment. As long as the animation and story/character quality doesn't diminish then it will be something to stand amongst the ages. This season was a wonderful step forward but my god it has so far to fall.

I would love a season in Ionia. I feel like the season 3 will be about Noxus vs Damacia but the characters in Ionia are so good, The Ruined King storyline is amazing and all about Frojlord is so good. The conflict within the clans. The Ascension of Tryndamere and Ash. Everything in north is great

I don't have a problem with Vi, after having her parent figure die AGAIN and her siblings dying, all in a brutal way AGAIN, and knowing that her own sister was the cause of it, and seeing she was totally out of control near Powder where she was hitting her and saying terrible things to her (but understandable so due to the situation), want to distance herself to cool off a bit. She could explode even more on Powder in that moment. I agree it is needed for the plot to go where it went, but I do think it's totally justified and undesrtandable. To me the only thing that is odd in the entire season is for Marcus to have chloroform with him to drag Vi in that moment. Does he walks with chloroform everywhere he goes?

When u watch arcane and rewatch the jinx music vid, it hits different 💀

This style as well just feels so FRESH. It feels almost new.. also really love the idea of having it become an anthology series that overarcs and connects in a final season. causes for a slowburn start to a season, quick and snappy ends to those seasons and creates insane hype for those final seasons to come.

Arcane 2 will be a continuation of the show, but im sure they will be making more shows and movies set in other parts of the world with other characters. The world of Runeterra is massive, as it is now they have material to release content for the next 100 years and they are still expanding it, there are still places to discover on the map, etc...

Your concerns for the popularity of Arcane "forcing" the creators to focus on Piltover/Zaun as opposed to branching out to other parts of the world is very valid. I too felt like ST S1 was brilliant, and S2 and S3 just tried to recapture that initial magic while tiredly retreading the same plotpoints except with slight variations. However, I don't think we have to worry too much about the popularity of Arcane. The creators of the show were the original character/lore designers of some of the central characters of Arcane, namedly Vi/Jinx/Jayce/Viktor (iirc), so it was most likely their plan from day one to keep the focus on P+Z and not do an anthology type show with a different focus every season. Also, the Jayce/Viktor storyline were of secondary importance in S1, so I imagine it'll take center stage in S2. Doesn't guarantee that S2 will be as good as S1, but whatever happens, it wouldn't be because the popularity of S1 ruined future seasons. The creators have their vision and that seems to been set already before S1 even released. Also, like many others probably already said, Netflix has fuckall to do with Arcane beyond putting it on their platform.

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Arcane is phenomenal and it's gratifying to see content creators of your level of taste and critical eye gush over it as I have/continue to do. I'm hopeful that Riot/Fortiche will continue to bring the quality of writing, music and animation that we got with s1. Also, you got me good with that intro, well played, my guy X'D

hahahaha, loved the intro. You got me. I thought you had lost your mind at first. =)

The one thing about arcane (for me) is that they did emotions and camerawork so well that I kept forgetting I was watching an animated show, I seriously thought I was watching a live action series a couple of times...then the fight scenes happen and I remember, oh sheeit this is animated.

Guys ex-arm is way better than arcane. Its a real masterpiece. Forget AOT, arcane the real classic this year is ex-arm. it is an experience. The show looks good. The animation and CGI is so good it makes disney look like berserk 2016

you got me on the intro, nice one.

I don't know if someone has commented this yet or not, but the reason Vi walked away from Powder at the dock was because she is so family oriented. She got so angry she struck her, then when she saw the blood from the hit on her hands she knew her mind was too far gone in that moment and she had to take a second to collect herself before she said something or did something worse than she already had. That's why later at the flare scene she says she never meant to abandon her. As a parent, I know what it's like to be so mad you just have to step away. Perhaps as a gamer you know those moments where a game has pissed you off so much you had to set down the controler or let go of the mouse or keyboard or you might actually break it? It's like that. She just didn't want to hurt her worse, which is why they show her noticing the blood on her hand and her face suddenly softening- she was so horrified by the fact that she hit her she just had to get away somewhere nearby to breathe.

Had me in the first half ngl

You was too fast with the negatives. You could have been more convincing lol

From what Ive heard, Season 1 and Season 2 were written at the same time as each other, so they already had it planned for the story to naturally continue.

That opening bit really got me🤣

I slightly disagree with you about the forced moment. It makes sense, to me, that Vi needed to step away from powder for a bit after she blew everything up and she just never had a chance to come back. My problem is just before that, during the explosion. Everyone was about to escape and there was a thick, metal, door between them and Powders explosion, with Vi closest to the door. Somehow, the explosion happened outside only managed to barely crack the door, but somehow a single explosive crystal bounced through that crack and took out the two people hiding at the back of the room, without seriously injuring Vi. Like, I get that Powder needed to come in and mess up but surely it could have been a little less contrived.

I think they could start doing side storys in outher parts of the world as the "b" plot then slowly move to full ep somewhere else

You're such a good reviewer. Keep it up. Greetings from Amsterdam.

I think season 2 will still follow everyone in piltover and zaun, but will introduce noxus and Ionia. There's still so much story left to tell there, but Arcane is still roughly following the "cannon" of the main lore where it is setting up for the war with Ionia and noxus cause of singed. So I think it will be like the big bang, where it is an ever expanding universe

Arcane is the one of the BEST shows I've seen on Netflix!

As someone who works in the animation industry, I'm always so grateful to anitubers recognising the animator's work. So many times I'll hear that the acting is only good because they have good voice actors which is kind of ignoring the entire 9/10 of the production process that goes into it. Animation is only as good as it is because of all the many other individuals who made the decisions they did along the way. So, thank you, Arkada, for always recognizing the hard work it takes to make an animated work. Love your reviews and I hope to see more stuff from you in the future!

An all around incredible piece of art from Fortiche production. Great blend of CG and paint with 2D effects. And of course Riot did a great job with the soundtrack, sound fx and voice casting. Loved the storyline they went with since there's so much from the lore that can be expanded upon with new seasons. Really enjoyable character cast as well. Wish they developed little man and powder a bit more early on. Cannot wait for season 2!

I’m not gonna lie you had me going in the first few min genuinely thought you didn’t like Arcana. Well played good sir, your acting skills are impeccable!