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Arcane over the weekend, but the next League Of Legends show is already in the works.Arcane explored the backstory of League Of Legends champions Jinx and Vi. The show ran for two seasons, with the finale premiering over the weekend. Speaking about the decision to end the show, co-creator Christian Linke said: “From the very beginning, since we started working on this project, we had a very specific ending in mind.

Gkids has acquired worldwide (excluding China) videogram and digital transactional rights to the second season of hit animated series, Arcane, created and produced by Riot Games.

Arcane has officially wrapped up.Created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, the animated series follows sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell) amid a conflict between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun.The series is based on Riot Games’ League Of Legends universe, and comes from French animation studio Fortiche.After the first season debuted in 2021, the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program. The second and final season was released in November 2024.To protect her sister Vi, Jinx attacks Warwick (the laboratory experiment built from the remains of their adopted father Vander).

Arcane would be a viable candidate for the top spot.Based on Riot Games’ League Of Legends universe, the animated series follows sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell) amid a conflict between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun.The show is created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee alongside French animation studio Fortiche, which has previously worked on music videos for Gorillaz and virtual League Of Legends pop group K/DA.Arcane’s supporting voice cast includes Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung, Jason Spisak, Toks Olagundoye and Harry Lloyd.The theme song is ‘Enemy’ by Imagine Dragons and JID, which is used across both seasons of the show.The track was released alongside the first season in October 2021, and later featured on Imagine Dragons’ fifth studio album ‘Mercury – Acts 1 & 2‘.According to showrunner Christian Linke, Arcane came to end as the creators finished the story they originally “had in mind” in season two.Speaking to CinemaBlend, Linke said: “We always had a specific story in mind. Look, you could have stretched it, I’m sure.

Arcane is currently one of the biggest TV shows on Netflix.

Arcane has an impressive soundtrack to match.Created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, the series is set in Riot Games’ League Of Legends universe, and follows sisters Vi and Jinx amid a conflict between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun.The show’s voice cast is led by Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell, alongside Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung, Jason Spisak, Toks Olagundoye and Harry Lloyd.Netflix confirmed the show will end with its second season, which debuted in November 2024.The show’s score is by Alex Seaver and Alexander Temple. The latter has worked on several League Of Legends shorts in the past, while Seaver is a music producer and DJ who is better known under his stage name Mako.You can stream the first act of the show’s score below.The show’s theme song is ‘Enemy’ by Imagine Dragons and JID, which is used across both seasons.The first season features a bunch of songs by other artists, including Denzel Curry and Sting.

The Last Of Us and Castlevania, Netflix’s Arcane is leading the charge when it comes to the best video game adaptations.Based in the League Of Legends universe by Riot Games, the animated series follows sisters Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) and Jinx (Ella Purnell) as they find themselves in a developing conflict between the utopian city of Piltover and oppressed underbelly of Zaun.A synopsis for season two reads: “In this final chapter, Jinx’s attack on the Council sets the stage for a dire escalation of the conflict between Piltover and Zaun.”The show’s voice cast includes Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung, Toks Olagundoye, Harry Lloyd, Amirah Vann, Ellen Thomas, and Brett Tucker.Arcane debuted on Netflix in 2021, with its second season arriving in November 2024.Netflix is splitting the show’s second season into three acts with three episodes each. You can check out the release schedule below.Netflix has confirmed this is the end, but co-creator Christian Linke has teased there are plans for more League Of Legends projects from animation studio Fortiche.Speaking about the show’s end, Linke said: “Arcane is just the beginning of our larger storytelling journey and partnership with the wonderful animation studio that is Fortiche.“From the very beginning, since we started working on this project, we had a very specific ending in mind, which means the story of Arcane wraps up with this second season.

UPDATE, Sept. 5: Netflix and Riot has dropped the first full-length trailer for the second and final season of Arcane, and in addition to being the most extensive look at what fans can expect when the series returns this November, the trailer introduces the first song from the new season’s soundtrack.

Riot Games and Netflix have confirmed that Arcane season two will be the series’ last – find out more below.Last night (June 11), a new teaser trailer for the second season of Arcane was released, confirming in the process that the upcoming bunch of episodes will be the show’s last.Per the newly released teaser, Arcane season 2 will pick up immediately after the fallout of season 1, which ended with Jinx (Ella Purnell) launching an attack on the Piltover council, which “sets the stage for a dire escalation of the conflict between Piltover and Zaun,” culminating in a showdown between Jinx and Vi (Hailee Steinfeld).Watch the teaser trailer for Arcane season 2 below.Arcane season 2 is due for release exclusively on Netflix this November, though a confirmed release date has yet to be announced.While Arcane will draw to a close, series co-creator Christian Linke says the show is just “the beginning” of Riot Games’ “larger storytelling journey”. Linke added: “From the very beginning, since we started working on this project, we had a very specific ending in mind, which means the story of Arcane wraps up with this second season.

Ethan Shanfeld Season 2 of Netflix’s League of Legends series “Arcane” will arrive on the streamer inNovember 2024, . The animated show, created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee and based on the Riot Games sensation, was renewed by Netflix in November 2021. Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell will reprise their roles as sisters Vi and Jinx, who are caught on opposing sides of a conflict in the utopian city of Piltover and its poor underbelly, Zaun.

Arcane became the first streaming show to win Best Animated Program at last year’s Emmys.

EXCLUSIVE: Riot Games, the developer and publisher behind League of Legends and the breakout animated series Arcane, has appointed former Disney exec Cristina Fiumara as its first-ever Global Head of Animation Content Development for Film & TV.

EJ Panaligan editor Top gaming business leaders converged to talk about the exciting state of the industry at the Variety Gaming & Entertainment Breakfast Presented by Pixel United on Oct. 4 at the Palm in Beverly Hills. Across keynote conversations and panels with representatives from Riot Games, Pixel United, Meta and other companies, executives dished on the immense film and television crossover potential of gaming intellectual properties for mediums like television and film, the financial dominance of the mobile gaming industry and future metaverse opportunities for video games. Read on below for the key takeaways from each of the breakfast’s three conversations.

William Earl Variety and Nickelodeon are joining forces again for this year’s 10 Animators to Watch event in Los Angeles. The in-person cocktail party and awards ceremony on Oct. 6 will celebrate rising creators in the animation space who are leaving their mark on the industry. This year’s class of trailblazing storytellers includes: Fawn Veerasunthorn, director, “Wish” (Walt Disney Animation Studios, 2023); Karissa Valencia, creator and showrunner, “Spirit Rangers”; Juston Gordon-Montgomery, creator, “Invincible Fight Girl”; Christian Linke and Alex Yee, creators, “Arcane”; Neeraja Raj, creator, “Meow or Never”; Shea Fontana, co-EP, “Monster High”; Arthur Fong, art director, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”; Sergio Valdivia, stop-motion animator, “Pinocchio”; Natasha Kline, creator, “Primos”; and Joe Bennett, director, writer, animator, “Scavengers Reign.”

Call it third time lucky.

For Arcane, co-creators Alex Yee and Christian Linke told the origin story of two iconic video game characters and expanded the lore of a world. Based on characters and the world from the video game League of Legends, Netflix’s Arcane follows two sisters, Vi and Jinx, as they grow up in the seedy underbelly of Zaun. Linke and Yee both worked on creating Vi and Jinx for the original game, so they had a deeper understanding of the characters and how they became champions.