Arcane: League of Legends was hands down one of 2021’s best shows! It even made a record for being the first streaming series at the Emmys to win the Outstanding Animated Program award. Fans have eagerly awaited season 2 since it was confirmed in November 2021.
Updates on the upcoming season have been rare, but Riot Games CEO Nicolo Laurent has given us one after years of silence. But it might not be the update you’d wished for.
In an interview with Bilibilii (via WIN.gg), the CEO explained how season 1 reached an unprecedented level of success, and for the studio to level with that standard, if not outdo it, season 2 will take an indefinite time to land on Netflix.
Read his complete statement below:
[Quote] I just watched the third episode of Season 2 before my flight to China. We’re making progress on it. It’s not ready yet. There are two reasons for that: you want the quality, we just don’t want to rush, and that takes time, which is a good reason.
The bad reason is that, honestly, we didn’t know if Season 1 would be a success. So we didn’t start Season 2 until after. We didn’t know. If I’d known [Arcane was going to be successful], we could have started Season 2 way earlier, but we didn’t know, so we kind of waited a bit, and so now we’re paying the price.
Nicolo Lauren
So, for those who expected Fortiche and RG to drop the second season on Netflix this year, sorry for dashing your hopes. After the heated clash between Vi, Jinx, & Caitlyn, and Silco, the latter’s emotional death, and Jinx taking a shot at the council deciding Zaun’s independence, I’m just as disappointed to deliver this news as you are reading it.
But to get an even better season 2 than season 1, we must sacrifice and let the studios have whatever time they need to deliver another instalment of the masterful steampunk animation series. Till then, stay tuned to Cine Dope for the latest news about Arcane and all your other favorite shows and films!
About Arcane: League of Legends
Arcane: League of Legends (or Arcane) is an adult animated steampunk action-adventure television series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee for Netflix. It was produced by the French animation studio Fortiche under the supervision of Riot Games.
Amidst the escalating unrest between the rich, utopian city of Piltover and its seedy, oppressed underbelly of Zaun, sisters Vi and Jinx find themselves on opposing sides of a brewing conflict over clashing convictions and arcane technologies.
The voice cast includes Hailee Steinfield, Ella Purnell, Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung, Jason Spisak, Harry Lloyd, JB Blanc, and more. A second season is confirmed.
Source: WIN.gg
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