Quite promising to the unique animated series. Netflix has released the official trailer for the League of Legends animated series Arcane, which brings the world's biggest game to the world's biggest streaming service. Coming to Netflix this fall, Arcane will tell the origin stories of League of Legends characters Jinx and Vi, along with the stories of Caitlyn, Jayce and Viktor.
These are characters from the dueling cities of Piltover and Zaun. While Piltover is a shimmering metropolis of magical technology, Zaun is the dirty underground city in the canyons below. The two cities were once united, but are now separate.
As an animation sequence, using solid colors on 3D models to give them a painted or drawn look is pretty impressive work. It's reminiscent of the kind of work that makes Spider-Man: The Spider-Verse such a visually stunning movie. Even if they don't know anything about League, it's probably worth a look for animation buffs.
Originally scheduled for release in 2020, Arcane was delayed due to inevitable production issues. The series was funded by League developer Riot to allow Riot to maintain creative control and aims to deepen the knowledge of the League universe. Like the game, it is aimed at an audience young and old.
