The League of Legends spinoff Arcane was a huge commercial success for Netflix and Riot Games. The hit animated series hit the charts worldwide and has now managed to become the first game show based on a video game to win an Emmy awards throughout the organization's history.
The grand prize was for the Outstanding Animation Program and was awarded at the Emmy's Creative Arts ceremony.
Christian Linke, one of the creators of the show, received the award on behalf of the creative team.
In her speech, Linke said: “Thanks for that. This is very important to us as we come from video games. It was incredible to see the world embrace our characters and stories. So thank you to all the Riot Games staff who worked on the project and to Netflix, who believed in us from the very beginning.” said. At the end of his speech, Linke also did not forget to thank all the people who have been in League of Legends for the last 12 years and who have helped make it as big as it is today.
Three individual episodes of Arcane earned Emmys: 'Hero Boy', 'Happy Progress Day' and 'When These Walls Come Down'.
The official Arcane account later tweeted a beautiful picture of the creators who received the award.
Long before the Emmys, Arcane said the series was in the making for a second season, before Riot bought part of the animation studio directly behind it. had approved. Also recently a documentary about the making of the series 'Bridging the Rift' is published (opens in new tab).
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