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Big ups on the crying animation in Arcane. Almost every time someone cries in Arcane it brings me close to there myself. I actually did cry at the start of Episode 3 AT THE START

ngl Arcane was probably the biggest surprise of the year. came into it with no expectations at all and was blown away by it. reminded me of why i love the medium of animation so much

Arcane is an emotional rollercoaster, the amazing soundtracks really helped a lot in setting the tone of every scene

3:03 -> I don't think Spider-Verse is what made Riot/Fortiche's studio take their chance at making Arcane, since they've been working on it for 6 years, i.e. way before Spider-Verse even came out. Riot+Fortiche also released the KDA Pop/stars music video that uses the same art style, which was before Spider-verse came out.

I hope that Arcane's unanimous success proves that, if anything, animation is an incredible medium that can absolutely create things that cannot be replicated or even attempted in Live Action material. Arcane's visual design tells so many words and stories so damn well that I just hope the stigma that animation is only for children can finally die with more older people embracing it.

Powder's voice actress was 11 years old when they recorded the lines. Let that sink in about her extreme talent. Also Vi's voice actress is like a female Timothee Chalamet and is in everything in 2021 lol. And just as talented.

The moment that was cinema for me was in episode 3 when vie cried while pinned. All of her friends were dead, her father was fighting to keep her alive, and she sees that this is her sister’s (the one she told to stay behind) fault. Also, when do you see the main character cry? She’s supposed to be the badass fighter person; and she gets overwhelmed. Great show.

The thing is, Riot has been doing 3d cinematics before and Arcane is that moment when they turned their animation to 11. Truly one of the best video game adaptations that introduce non-LoL fans like me to the game's huge lore. If the animation for season 2 is as god-tier like this, I will wait for years just to produce a thing like Arcane.

I've rewatched Arcane a few times now, and everytime I get to Powder's first breakdown after being left behind, I have to mentally brace myself. Same is true of the climax, when Powder screams after being punched and left by Vi. Powder's crying is ugly, harsh, annoying, and heartbreaking. It's honestly a pain to watch. Not because it was poorly shown/made, but because it felt too real at times. It sounded like an actual kid being hurt by the person they love most. Those scenes are art. Episode 3 is art. This series is art.

The animation is gorgeous in Arcane. It's like a beautifully written fantasy novel translated on screen.

7:40 Jinx’s expression just before “even though I’m... different”. So human. Absolute mastery.

fun fact, arcane was in development and already in the process of animation when spiderverse came out.

"Thank God for spider verse..." I mean, this was actually in production pre-spiderverse, Not to dig on spiderverse. These two are in a league of their own above all the rest of western animation and most of eastern animation tbh. But idk that this film really owes spiderverse that much. More like they both independently struck 2d-3d hybrid gold.

Nice to see some love given to Episodes 1-3. It frustrates me when people shit on the first two episodes, as if the brilliant animation was a non-factor in their eyes. Like Silco said, "We've grown fat." People are so used to animation being in a certain way that they dismiss it out of hand.... without even recognizing the beauty. It's really sad.

No show has ever made me so depressed…. In a good way…

FORTICHE !!! I am so proud that it was a French studio that animated it!!

Arcane TOPPED Squid Game?! I didn’t know that yet, but I’m super excited to hear that! I love all three of Netflix’s top 3 most-watched shows (Arcane, Squid Game, and Bridgerton)

[****Spoilers****] Act 1 works really bloody well as almost a stand alone movie and it's great for that. Even the simple way it utilized some basic story telling concepts like using character archetypes or recognizable scenarios/tropes as a way to ease you into this unknown fantasy world without a mountain of exposition and then gradually adding layers after it has you locked in. Then just as you think you've got a handle on where things are going, it punches you in the gut.. repeatedly. That said I actually love the latter half of the season. The way every episode gives you an insight into another character that can completely change how you perceived them because now you see their perspective, the nuance to the conflict between the two cities and how everyone's struggling to find a way through the mess none of them have a real answer too. And then ending it with that dinner table scene. What a bold, fantastic way to resolve the core season conflict without relying on action. Just an emotionally wrenching, fucked up family dinner that you know can only end in tragedy because everything that created this trainwreck happened years ago and now all anyone can do is watch as the disaster unfolds. A classic tragedy. I feel like they took a pretty bold risk with this as well. The whole story is built on perspective, it's built on the idea that all these characters have motivations and wants and reasons for doing what they do and thats what drives the events of the plot instead of the other way around. it asks the viewer to understand these characters even if they dont like them. If the viewer can't do that, or if the show doesn't sell those perspectives well enough and the audience comes down to far on one characters side over another, the whole show just may not work for them. The end of Act 1 especially, if it can't get you to see where both characters were coming from and why they both do what they do in those last moments, if you land squarely on ones side or the others then you're probably just going to be irritated with the rest of that narrative. It would have been so much safer to just make it clear whos right, whos wrong and who we should be rooting for. But taking that risk and doing it the way they did was so much more powerful and impactful.

Dude, I teared up in the FIRST SCENE OF THE ENTIRE SERIES. They got me just that quick, and yes I wound up watching in all in a day as well, amazing show.

Shows was a masterpiece, still havent finished it but its perfect

I've seen a lot of reviews of the show (everyone loves it, of course) but it makes me so mad when people say things like: "I was dissapointed when it was announced that it will be animated" or " i didn't want to watch it because it's animated" it's like ???? hello??, of course the show shut their mouths but i hope that the show's success can finally kill that fucking stigma that animation it's a genre and not a medium, cuz i'm so sick of it Animation is magnificient, and it deserves more respect.

Just like Into the Spider-Verse, every shot basically looks like a wallpaper, very beautiful

You can imagine the hand on my face when the Vi-olent pun came up.

At this point, I've propably spend more time watching KZfaq videos about Arcane, then Arcane itself takes to watch. Even now, there's more to say about Arcane. But it evens out, when considering, that I watched Arcane 3 times. Well, let's watch it again. ;)

Superb animation and great scene directing is just one thing that Arcane did right, besides the incredible presentation brilliant cinematography, it absolutely excelled in selling the viewer multiple complex, radically different, and yet, genuinely lovable characters whom have methods and motivations you may not applaud, but you understand and are hooked on their personal story all the same. This coupled with phenomenal worldbuilding, engaging philosophical themes, moral dilemmas, and incredible buildup to payoff makes Arcane a truly one of a kind story that proves to everyone that animated shows can and has been outdoing its live tv counterparts for years now.

Fantastic video! I really pray that more studios out there embrace animation (both 2D and 3D) and just commit to making mature stuff like Arcane. It was just such a beautiful, elegant and well thought out experience. It really is once in a few years that we get stuff this unique and frankly amazing

Man, i fell like you: i drew since i was a kid and i have watched every piece of art animation i could to this point. On the graphic level, Arcane is just over everything else. I watched it many times to understand how they did it (i was feeling like childrens in front of Frozen...). I have seen that people loved the show, but so few understand how brilliant is the art and technique.

Fortish made music videos with the same art style around 7 years ago. And they were working on it for four years. So, in a way it's not necessarily made because of the spider verse

I have seen a lot of new animated shows this year, since Amphibia, the owl house, She ra, The legend of Korra, Hilda, the dragon prince, what if, star wars visions and Over the garden Wall, and perhaps i mostly like or love this shows, like you say in the video Arcane is a big step in animation and a big deal, and it's honestly the best of all this shows that I have seen this year (and probably in general)

If you knew where jinx was or what she was doing then a lot of tension and dread would be gone. She needs to remain an unknown so her chaos always has the potential to ruin everything.

Well, this is the problem when people only consume the mainstream. They have no freakin' idea what they were missing. Thinking things that are under their noses the whole time "new" and "ground breaking" if something actually made it to the pop culture. Can't say that Spiderverse "established" that art style though...Riot's Get Jinxed MV, also by Fortiche, was released way years before that Spidey movie XD Also, "under Riot Games' watch" is an understatement as they made the show in-house... Netflix just streamed it. God, why do people still can't believe that Riot already has its own production staff.. they even freakin' hire a violinist. Riot has tons of money to spare, they don't need others to do their stuff. They also commission underrated or not well known artists and studios.

Yep, this video sold me, I'm watching Arcane. Smh Mauricio is gonna turn me into a League of Legends player soon

i want season 2 already but its confirmed that it would release on 2023 or 2024

The animation is so amazing and prefect for Arcane. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 IRC - Interstellar Ranger Commence I can’t wait for that in 2022 it’s going to be a dope series bro!!! 🔥👊👏

Sorry I didn't mention this in my previous comment, but PLEASE watch Castlevania! You are going to absolutely fall in love with it, I 100% assure you! You thought Invincible was amazing? (Well so did I 😂), Castlevania absolutely dunks on it in almost every way, which says so much considering how freaking amazing Invincible was

What I personally appreciate is how they created a larger than life world but filled it with extremely human and nuanced characters. It's very similar to what I think a steampunk world would like like in real life. All of the characters are grounded with extremely reasonable and understandable goals and motivations inside of a fantastical but unforgiving world. The show doesn't go out of it's way to assign titles like "Hero" or "Villain". All of the characters are just people who come into conflict over their virtues and are trying to make the best out of what they're given. The political climate between The Lanes and the Upper City are understandable and realistic driven by a history that's cohesive and makes sense. Along with the stunning artwork and parallels in scenery between the two locations, the city feels alive. Like it was there before we started watching and it'll continue to move on long after we stop.

the hype is starting to come trough and i cant stop it

2021 was such an unbelievably great year for animation that had been building up for nearly a decade with the release of movies like into the spider-verse and general improvements in the accessibility and quality of the art form as a whole. shows like this cemented the idea that animation has the ability to be incredibly compelling, expressive, moving, and just gorgeous to look at. while light-hearted, fun animations or animations geared towards children are an amazing part of the genre and absolutely have their place, the fact that arcane is such a raw, devastating story that is not only unimpeded by its animation but made far better by it is incredible. it shows that “adult animation” doesn’t have to be a soulless cash grab filled with over-sexualisation, gore, and crude humor. animation is such a powerful tool and i am absolutely stoked to see the course this show will set for it in the next ten years.

I want to give a rip for claggor and mylo, they were great

*Good animated series comes out* Animation fans: "Oh, that is good, but nothing will ever compare to Avatar and Batman TAS." Fortiche: "We'll show them. We will show them all."

Arcane is really awesome it's animation looks very good in fights.

Arcane was actually in production first before spiderverse

I'm finally going to college and in my first year of becoming an animator. Shows like these continue to inspire me and give me so, so much hope for the future.

Berserk should have been animated like this.

nice work as always! been waiting for this series for soo long!

5:50 Vi-olent? I hate you right now. But I also respect you.

Every character looks painted, and I love it. More please.

Great video dude!

Loved this video and your take on animation. Would love to hear you analyze a scene tbh

I'm loving Mauricio's videos. Just filled with so much passion for what he's talking about. I'll probably check out the show because of this video.

It's good to see how Arcane was greatly influenced by Anime (which has the best Directions, storytelling, action, OST and 2D animation of any medium), many excellent animators from the Anime Industry worked on Arcane to raise the quality, Riot that owns LOL and is very fond of bringing Anime aesthetics and animation techniques to its Games so much so that they even tried to make Anime for LOL.

Powder is in the place of the word "power". Hehe

Been waiting for this video

I was listening to the songs from this show when I saw the video

Great video! :D

I get so annoyed that people think animation is just for kids. I'm not an animator, just a big fan of animation and how it pushes the boundaries of storytelling in a way that live action can't. Live action is great too, but so is animation and one shouldn't be considered lesser than the other or put into a box. The whole point is creativity, right? Which can't and shouldn't be limited.

4:29 shout out to all my love livers out there :0

Arcane been in the work for 6 years for these 9 episodes.

This show was awesome and I loved all the action in every episode. I love the animation. The characters looked awesome. I was so excited to watch this but I didn't watch all the episodes in one day. I can't wait for season two of Arcane. 😍

I just finished watching and I agree with everything you said about it, it is incredible from start to finish

Best animated series since ATLA

YESSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

Best adult animation 2021

great video

I can't imagine an actual actor manage to convey such intense but subtly nuanced emotion as Jinx shows at the end of the bridge fight.

A total Masterpiece!

I’m definitely gonna check it out

the facial animations are so amazing that they say so much without saying a single word more than any word spoken at any moment

I'm glad someone finally mentioned how good imperfections can be

Others: Animation is for children Me: -blinks then goes right back to watching it-

I was recently talking to a friend of mine and an image of Spider-Verse came up on her tablet. I mentioned that I really like that movie and she said, dismissively, 'what, that cartoon?' Oh, the things people miss out on.

Arcane was so amazing I didn't aspect it to be this great. but falls in love with it. both the art and story are just fantastic.

Big mistake : Arcane production started long before Spiderverse was published !

Arcane is basically 3 2hr movies packaged as a season

I’d like to think it’s also Alberto Mielgo’s influence. Tron Uprising, Spidet-verse, episodes of Love, Death and Robots and one of the best game trailer of all time (watch dogs legion)

Star Wars Clone Wars 2003 needs to be covered on this channel eventually

Interesting perspective.

not cgi by the way, all hand drawn.

Who else is hyped for interstellar Ranger commands!!!

To be frank I discovered the show thanks to a very recent Wizards of the coast/ Riot collaboration, classic Magic the Gathering old player move. And oh boy I was blown away. I mean when Powder launches the flare or when a deeply injured Echo show himself to Heimerdinger or when Victor discovers the true nature of the power he's summoning. Could watch this show everyday of this season, what a beautiful and deep Steampunk adaptation, Riot you're a fucking clever and talented studio and longue vie à Fortiche!

Thanks for saying it out loud - so many people don't want to believe an animated show based on a video game could be better than the really mediocre Squid Games lol

I totally agree about the "Crying" animation. I know nothing about League of Legend and knew nothing about the characters going into it...but a minute and a half in, when Vi broke down, Powder hugging her and that beautiful score was playing. I suddenly stopped, asking "How the hell am I suddenly crying over a show less than 2 mins into it!?". That's when I just knew that I was watching something special.

love it

Goated series

YES! People outside the gaming circle talking about Arcane

Okay, I'll do it. I'll watch it. Even though I don't care for league, I love animation.

I just checked your channel and found a 7 minute old video haha

In the same animation style, i would also recommend the michels vs the machines, also on netflix

great show

DOAWK video is gonna be greatest thing in my life, get drunk man!

what a great show

I havent watch it yet. I will one day.

“VI”olent Lmao

"Have you ever seen animated crying look this ugly before?" If you haven't seen it already def recommend watching Violet Evergarden

The fight between Ekko and Jinx hit different

Yep. Inhaled the first season in one sitting too. It was excellent.

Can you talk about Kaitou Joker?

NOTE: The video has spoilers!

Agreed that jinx could've used more screentime