Arcane, Netflix's 2021 animated steampunk action-adventure series, blew away critics and audiences alike. It's arguably the streamer's best video game-inspired, adult animated series, surpassing Castlevania and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Fortiche's League of Legends animated television series premiered on November 21, 2021, with a nine-episode first season. The show went on to win the Outstanding Animated Program Emmy at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmys, garnering praise from reviewers worldwide. With its victory, the show became the first streaming program to win the award.
At Tencent's (Riot Games' parent company) Video V Vision Conference, it was stated that Arcane Season 2 would not be launched until Q4 2024. Online, fans of the MOBA adaptation speculated that the show's second season would likely premiere in November 2024, to coincide with the 15th anniversary of League of Legends.
That speculation was dead on, as today, Netflix confirmed that season 2 would be released next November with a brand new teaser.
Riot CEO Nicolo Laurent previously disclosed that it took 6 years to get the first season of Arcane made, so while the 3 years between seasons may seem like a long wait, it seems production times are actually being reduced.
Series stars Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell and Katie Leung, are all expected to reprise their roles as Vi, Jinx and Caitlyn Kiramman, respectively.
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Check out the synopsis for Arcane season 1 below.
"Amidst the escalating unrest between the advanced, utopian city of Piltover and the squalid, repressed undercity of Zaun, sisters Vi and Jinx find themselves on opposing sides of a war over twisted ideologies and arcane technology.
Arcane is set in Riot's League of Legends fictional universe and primarily focuses on the playable champion sisters Vi and Powder aka Jinx.
Other playable champions who appear in the show include the Sheriff of Piltover Caitlyn, the Boy Who Shattered Time Ekko, Jayce, the Defender of Tomorrow, the Revered Inventor Heimerdinger, Viktor, the Machine Herald, and the Mad Chemist Singed.
The voice cast for the show includes Hailee Steinfeld as Vi, Ella Purnell portrays Jinx, Katie Leung as Caitlyn, Reed Shannon as Ekko, Kevin Alejandro as Jayce, Mick Wingert as Heimerdinger, Harry Lloyd as Viktor, and Brett Tucker as Singed.
The show was created by Christian Linke (creative director at Riot Games) and Alex Yee (creative designer at Riot Games)."