Is Arcane Really THAT Good?

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The Sticky Man finally watched Arcane.
I am disappointed I didn't watch it sooner, maybe league of legends has something to offer other than rage montages on youtube
0:00 Intro
2:10 Animation style
4:36 Character and writing
7:50 That soundtrack
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@ShadowAngelS2K 5 ай бұрын

Took you long enough old man

@Thestickymanyt 5 ай бұрын

My back hurts :(

@bridgethaines7127 5 ай бұрын

Also they swept the Animation Awards, 9 nominations, won every one of them. That was quite a feat. Now you need to watch Bridging the Rift, which is the making of the show.

@steffanhymer1285 5 ай бұрын

they didnt just take home 9 out of 9. they took home the record for a television show with the 3rd most animation awards ever won in the history of the Annie's. and that's including the Simpsons at #1 most ever with a touch over 30 Annie awards in 30 seasons and I think Bob's Burgers in #2 at like 15 awards in 12 seasons. While Arcane only has a single season. It also set the record for the most Annie awards won in a single year with 9, and the previous record was a whopping 4. Arcane more than doubled the previous record.

@MightyR3dwood 5 ай бұрын

Didnt think I could love the show any more after finishing it...then watched Bridging the Rift and it went to obsessive levels!

@ainmon5875 5 ай бұрын

To add on, if there are any actual League players watching this, it also has TONS of references to the game and other character's lore. If you know League lore you'll notice a lot of background things happening that clearly are going to lead into season 2. It's absurd how much is hidden or slightly referenced in this show. also, you won't be upset that they're making season 2 after seeing season 2. They set up so much insane shit in season 1 that someone who hasn't read League lore just couldn't notice. It's going to be amazing.

@crimsoneclipse0618 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, people just don't notice it because it's not obtrusive and don't get really focused on like 'hey guys, did you know that this is from the game? Notice it because it's a reference from the game' way that some adaptations do. It's just there for the people who already know it, and the people who don't know it won't even realize it's there.

@Miraihi 5 ай бұрын

To learn League of Legends lore you have to get out of your way and have a specific interest in fantasy worlbuilding. It's perfectly possible to spend a ton of time in the game and have no idea about the world.

@xuananhcao8744 5 ай бұрын

@@Miraihii just watch necrit

@kairoz1352 5 ай бұрын

About the hidden references, I recently rewatched it with a friend who hadnt seen it and doesnt play League. Then right on the beginning I hear (dont continue if you dont want possible spoilers...): "ah, so you are the hound of the underworld". I screamed but couldnt explain to my friend that shook me. I hadnt noticed that hint on the first watch.

@ainmon5875 5 ай бұрын

@@kairoz1352 SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I remember noticing that immediately when it was said, and freaking out because WW was my main at the time. I'm pretty sure I was one of the first people on Earth to realize who Vander is going to be.

@TheDaisukeMiyuki 5 ай бұрын

“Dont cry… you’re perfect” wrecks my soul every day until season 2

@M0rmagil 5 ай бұрын

We will show them… we will show them all!

@nbyers 5 ай бұрын

I literally can and will cry about this just thinking about this

@djgizmoe 5 ай бұрын

Yep, I agree with everything you gushed. I'm 51. I've seen a lot of seasons of a lot of shows...and it just doesn't get better than this. Effortlessly inclusive, tragedy that borders on the Shakespearean. Not a wasted second. It's up there with AKIRA in my book as the pinnacle of animation.

@Smite_Sion 5 ай бұрын

The best way to describe the writing is, that the writing is character driven and not story driven. Everything the characters do make sense and they write the story instead of the characters living the story like most shows.

@The_Isaiahnator 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, this is one of those shows where the writers had to empathize deeply with each character and play their psychologies off each other rather than have a rigid plot in place where the characters then operate within that rigid framework. What's even more remarkable is that the pros and cons of each characters' position are explored, increasing the complexity of their interactions with each other. I still can't fathom how they did it.

@camouflage_cat1973 5 ай бұрын

Arcane season 1 was in production even for 6 years, although this was the whole time from early concepts to the final product and also they did not work continously on the show for all of the 6 years. At one point the production paused, since the early versions of the show sucked and they needed to find additional writers to help them out. The showrunners Christian Linke and Alex Yee never had worked on a project like this before and after some time they needed some help to make the show the masterpiece at it is. I highly recommend to watch the 5 part making of of Arcane called Bridging the Rift.

@quinnviandsej 5 ай бұрын

I seriously don't envy the people tasked with following up Season 1. The stress that would come with worrying about "whether it'll stack up" must be enormous. Very good show though, hoping to see some more characters from League brought in and done justice.

@renehoyvik 5 ай бұрын

November can't come fast enough.

@cloakedcareful4266 5 ай бұрын

short answer: yes Arcane is really that good and you should definitely watch it

@kimreni 5 ай бұрын

To answer the title of this video: YES.

@gulliblepiggy4346 5 ай бұрын

Been preaching the gospel of this show for some time now. Anyone who hasnt seen it, as you said, needs to do themselves a favor and watch it ASAP. Genuine masterpiece.

@nbyers 5 ай бұрын

Everything in this show is perfection. The soundtrack. The characters and their arcs. The story driven by the characters. The angles. The art. Everything. Its perfect. I rewatch this so much. I agree with not needing to know anything or like league. I personally do, but i also dont recommend playing it like you said lmao. Their characters and development are great tho.

@angelsantos8459 5 ай бұрын

Lol I remember going into it… thinking it would be alright. Just to be blown away on EACH episode. It’s that one show I can confidently say it’s perfect. Loved every second of it

@The_Isaiahnator 4 ай бұрын

At first, I remember having one or two videos in my KZfaq feed hailing Arcane as a masterpiece. I ignored them, not because I have something against League, but because I was genuinely uninterested (and also because I thought the praise came more from biased fans than from unbiased audience members). Then, more videos kept popping into my feed. Still, I ignored them, but Arcane was now on my radar. After finally giving in and deciding to watch a few video essays, I became more intrigued. Never before had I seen something recieve unanimous praise so quickly. I now had to watch Arcane for myself. After watching it twice, I can undoubtedly say that it's a once-in-a-decade masterpiece. It managed to do in one Season what many shows take several to achieve. Even if subsequent Seasons fail to live up to the first, it should still be considered a landmark achievement.

@MrElvis640 5 ай бұрын

Riot didn’t want to make a tv show out of a video game so they really outdid them self with the character development in arcane to appeal everybody. I’m very nervous with S2 because I really don’t want riot to mess it up.

@peaceandloveusa6656 5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't worry too much if I were you. Riot trusts the Arcane team to levels unheard of in the industry, and that was even before the Arcane team delivered on that trust. They chose the right people for the job, then sat back and threw money at the project until the Arcane team told *Riot* it was ready. From what I have heard, even the leaked release date for season 2 was what the team told Riot, not the other way around. Even with the leak putting Riot in a tough spot, I fully believe (with what they have shown thus far) Riot would push back the release date in a heartbeat if the Arcane team said they needed more time than they initially thought. We will get season 2 when it's ready, not a second before.

@Queen_1311 5 ай бұрын

I live for Vi and cait i think I have seen their scenes over 50 times I can every word❤

@Dj0enderman3000 5 ай бұрын

They are some cuties :3

@quizzlybear 5 ай бұрын

"Go rewatch it" ... Sigh I already rewatched it for 21 times! ... Ok I guess I'll go rewatch it again since you insist.

@willjd1170 5 ай бұрын

Been telling this fella to watch this while we were playing halo!

@z01k1 5 ай бұрын

WOO, YEAH BABY! THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

@Shythalia 5 ай бұрын

Makes sense why you wouldn't want a continuation of episode 9's ending. Just leave it ambiguous and up to the viewers' imagination of how the mess went down. I suppose you'd prefer season 2 to be in an entirely different setting & with new characters? The world of LoL has some other interesting places, too, after all, and fans are wishing for those places to be put in the show.

@Thestickymanyt 5 ай бұрын

Yeah I just think it’s the PERFECT cliffhanger ending, it ties up all the stories of the main characters while also delivering one of the most surprising endings I’ve seen in years. Plus following that season up will be incredibly difficult to do but eitherway more Arcane is not a bad thing :D

@lan-hwang 5 ай бұрын

@@Thestickymanyt I totally see where you coming from. If you seen the documentary, I think you'll have more confident in Season 2. I believe the writer wrote the Season 1 with a full understanding that they are greenlit to multiple seasons, and they wrote that ending with Season 2 in mind. so I have faith in the writers to ties things back neatly.

@xArt_16 5 ай бұрын

@@lan-hwangand honestly, even if season 2 is considered “underwhelming” because of high expectations, I still wouldn’t mind because of how good season 1 was. As long and it’s good or even decent, I’m happy. Game of thrones has scarred me, drastically lowering my bar for what I need from a series finale.

@datwee7576 5 ай бұрын

Let’s remember that these writers never wrote anything before. This was their first projext

@purpleheart3431 5 ай бұрын

Seriously, I’ve rewatched this show so many times I think Netflix will get worried 🤣 all time favorite show from the soundtrack to the characters. It’s all just perfection, and from league too💀 (I knew nothing before watching either lol). who would’ve thought!

@kolerick 5 ай бұрын

everyone: "there is no good adaptation of game to the screen. Never." Riot and Fortiche in 2016: "we will show them. We will show them all." Riot and Fortiche in 2021: launch Arcane at spectator's faces like Jinx launch a rocket at the council room... and result in a pretty big boom Riot and Fortiche after Arcane release: "in pursuit of the good, we achieved greatness"

@caterina2290 5 ай бұрын

now id reccommend checking Blue Eye Samurai

@GasPoweredProductions 5 ай бұрын

JINX. That is all. JINX.

@Hugo-nj7pe 5 ай бұрын

bro i have already watch it 7 times (since 2021) and i just convents my parents to watch it

@peaceandloveusa6656 5 ай бұрын

I have never convinced so many people to watch a show as I have with Arcane in my life. I have never even recommended a show (unsuccessfully) to as many people as I have convinced to watch Arcane. And I have re-watched it with most of them, too. It really is that show.

@The_Isaiahnator 4 ай бұрын

Let us know their reaction! 🙏

@KittyBoom360 5 ай бұрын

The production time is greatly exaggerated because it ignores pauses in production, one that lasted years.

@raphaelregnault6914 5 ай бұрын

Title : Is Arcane actually that good ? Answer : Yes You're welcome

@domochango3 5 ай бұрын

I was not expecting it to be this good :)

@peaceandloveusa6656 5 ай бұрын

I agree that Arcane season 1 was so carefully crafted that spoiling anything beyond saying, "Seriously, go watch it. It's so good in every way you can imagine, and some you cannot" feels like a disservice to the potential viewer. Every pixel, every sound, was so ridiculously intentional with this show it is unreal. It is no wonder they spent about 1 year of development per hour of runtime. A point of promise with season 2 is they are taking their sweet time with releasing it. They could have chosen profit over art and rushed season 2 to strike while the iron is hot, but they didn't. As hard as it is to wrap my head around the Mona Lisa of television being re-created in season 2, I am more than 50% confident it will be done and then some. Everyone involved in this project has the talent and the passion necessary to re-create the phenomenal quality of season 1 - and unlike most big-budget projects now-a-days especially - the money-men funding the project are 100% behind dumping as much time and money into the project as the creators deem necessary. It seems to me like season 1 was proof of concept for the people behind Arcane: League of Legends, not the goalpost. I would not be surprised if season 2 goes even harder than season 1 in terms of character/plot progression, while maintaining the same level of quality as season 1.

@liveslugreaction729 3 ай бұрын

I started watching it after wsyching like 3 minutes of this vid, i finished it yesterday and i found it like edgerunners, which i love

@artboymoy 5 ай бұрын

The show rocks. Glad to see it continue to get love.

@cormyat07 5 ай бұрын

I'm extremely disappointed by the lack of things getting smashed in this video.

@goblynkyng8666 5 ай бұрын

You're not wrong....about any of it. For me....every movie, every book, every story, every tv show....it's ALL about characterization. If you don't get into the characters, the story doesn't matter, the visuals don't matter, the soundtrack doesn't matter. And this show absolutely delivered. On EVERY level. Absolutely fantastic.They got the characterization right (I don't know the game at all, but they nailed the adaptation) and that allowed the visuals and writing to absolutely shine. Beautiful....just Beautifully done. The only show that comes close in recent years is Sandman.

@0MidnighttheDragon0 5 ай бұрын

so season 2 is being made because when Arcane was orignially revealed to us league players, it was told it would be the story of how Jinx and Vi get to the points they are at in the game. and uh...well...neither of them are at that point at the end of season 1. so we knew thered be a season 2 before it was even announced I'm not gonna spoil WHERE their stories currently are for you. I'mma let you enjoy season 2 when it comes out. But yea uh...literally most of the main characters are not yet at their "current" lore point.

@dianehoekstra6880 5 ай бұрын

Jayce is pretty much there. Maybe Echo, Heimerdinger. That's it, I think. Singed, no, Cait, no, Vi no, Victor not even close, Oriana and Warwick are a glint in the writer's eye. Any ones I missed? I quit league nearly a decade ago, so there could be new champions I don't recognize.

@0MidnighttheDragon0 5 ай бұрын

@@dianehoekstra6880 @dianehoekstra6880 ekko is 100% not there Heim, jayce, and Viktor are almost entirely different characters to my understanding. At least from what I've heard. J never paid much attention to their stories. Warwick was actually HEAVILY HEAVILY hinted at. POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING Vander is heavily implied to become Warwick

@Gr00t 5 ай бұрын

Ive got 3ish thousand hours in league and i agree, stay away from it lol.

@Thestickymanyt 5 ай бұрын

I will Thank you groot and im sorry you fell into it lmaooo

@quintonnyakundi 5 ай бұрын

ooh shoo so it was that serious after all I thought it was a meme "Don't play LOL "and here I am a living testimony "DO NOT PLAY LOL " out of all the games i have played in my existence this one is thorny sweet and the guys are serious when they say don't play it they mean it

@chipstarshine8150 5 ай бұрын

1)it’s a moba which is not everyone’s cup of tea and yet you can still get sucked into the game 2) yes there are toxic people but you have ways to mitigate that 3)people suffer from addiction with league of legends which is why I’m here. But it’s mostly the toxic player issue that most people are warning about. Again there are ways to either minimize or outright avoid that issue. But despite the game, their cinematics and music is off the charts good

@samuelojedaedits 5 ай бұрын

overall its just league is a pretty intense game, cause you will have to figure out your own mentality to improve and understand every concept, at the same time you deal with the toxicity and random stuff that happens in game plus the long long matches, it really test you and you get more negative vibes than good ones, i still would advice to play it from time to time only if u are into competitive games, but seriosly the lore is goated and is worth check it out, most of gameplay has an interesting retrospective about the lore too

@nbyers 5 ай бұрын

@@samuelojedaeditsthis. If you are new and you are learning you aren't given any grace lmao. If you build something dumb you will get flamed. If people want a less aggressive version, can play the mobile wild rift. I play it on tablet and it's a lot more chill and you can turn off chat easy and just use pings if you aren't confident. But people will still find ways to try to tell you you suck lmao. Pinging what you are buying etc. It's a lot to learn and you can't do it all in one day. So many champs and matchups and items.

@Joey_K3 5 ай бұрын

Speak of the Netflix 😈 [Delicious In Dungeon] is being held up as the next big anime! #Anime

@Thestickymanyt 5 ай бұрын

haven't heard of that one myself D:

@Joey_K3 5 ай бұрын

@@Thestickymanyt Trigger© they actually made Cyberpunk EdgeRunners, this is the company's 2nd Anime! #TheStickyMan

@Thestickymanyt 5 ай бұрын

@@Joey_K3 OHHHHHHH well damn I’m gonna google that shit thanks for letting me know :D

@bouboulroz 5 ай бұрын

@@Joey_K3 This is far from Trigger's second anime. They have done a lot of other work before.

@minnelcandelario6893 5 ай бұрын

@Joey_K3yan trigger is in the industry for a long while now one of their most iconic anime is gurenn lagan and kill la kill

@Gb484 5 ай бұрын

They recently made Arcane canon to LOL

@eikestolze9109 5 ай бұрын

Arcane destroyed my IMDB rating scale. Every other series I rated a 10 now needs to be downgraded to an 8 to maintain the appropriate distance from this show...

@namelesswarrior4760 5 ай бұрын

WELCOME

@user-zu9oh4jh1s 5 ай бұрын

Yes, yes it was.😊

@feandil666 5 ай бұрын

Yes

@Kleinduddi 5 ай бұрын

watch bridging the rift and you wont regret it :)

@pekar43 5 ай бұрын

Ye It's my favourite thing ever

@KazeraX 5 ай бұрын

If you are new to League of Legends and you are curious about playing the game but you're cautious because everyone's been telling you don't do it (and that's mostly because it's a toxic community especially in ranked queue), you could try playing the mobile version of the game instead which is called Wild Rift. It's easier to learn, more digestible and significantly less toxic at least from what I have seen.

@joliechambers1996 5 ай бұрын

and the devs seem really dedicated, they're always adding new stuff

@NatalieRath 5 ай бұрын

The card game is phenomenal though hehe

@Hexeyy 5 ай бұрын

1:41 nawh go play league RIGHT NOOW

@KoteEndeladze-ss2gh 5 ай бұрын

No, he is talking facts he better not touch that shit

@rustcohle3088 5 ай бұрын

I have 10K hours in LoL and i still say dont do it dont play league.

@nathanielrodriguez2706 5 ай бұрын

@Dj0enderman3000 5 ай бұрын

You are pissed of, that they are making a season 2? I guess you have no fucking clue, how big league of legends universe is and how much they still can do! I would estimate, Arcane has covered about 1-2% of the story behind league of legends.

@BlackHand531 5 ай бұрын

As a league player, I would also advise that everyone NOT PLAY THE GAME! Play some of the spin off games if you wanna play a game.

@nbyers 5 ай бұрын

The ziggs game is low-key adorable and fun. Ruined king is also very good. I used to play a lot of LoL but then I didn't have a good PC for awhile so I'm stuck on WR now which is still toxic just slightly less so lol.

@BlackHand531 5 ай бұрын

@@nbyers WR? And yeah ruined King was FIRE!! I liked the nunu game too. Gonna try mage seeker next.

@TheDaisukeMiyuki 5 ай бұрын

If u wanna engage with league of legends i 100% recommend the card game or any of the single player rpgs. Or comics!!! Just dont play “league of legends”

@Hells_eye9940 2 ай бұрын

Riot games are better at animation than game development which is ironic cause they’re a game dev company 😂😂😂

@davidrosas2127 5 ай бұрын

Bruh it’s been two years you can talk spoilers…

@caterina2290 5 ай бұрын

bro watch also BLUE EYE SAMURAI I swear its just as good

@adrianbyg5553 5 ай бұрын

No, isn't that good... it's better

@paulcot7345 5 ай бұрын

League saved and ruined my life at the same time, dont play it.

@stupid_pangolin 5 ай бұрын

the answer is yes

@The.Great.Cheese 5 ай бұрын

The show should of came out back in 2012/2014 like we've been asking for but riot was too afraid to do it because they did not want to Disappoint the league community like they already have and ruined something special that they created at the time a league of legends pro player talk about it on his Is stream back in the day to explain everything why they didn't want to do it right away I don't remember the full story because it happened a long time ago 2012 -2015 was League of legends golden days when you had to wait to login to play the game because so many people was trying to login at the same time the it took me about 45 minutes to log in to my account some people say they had to wait over a hour to login google got screenshots of the login time that people post of them waiting to login to their account

@junaspalms 5 ай бұрын

arcane is still in development at that point in time😂 Jinx was released 2013 and arcane wasnt even pitched after a year she was released.

@jonathanminella1329 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure its good and all, I just cant bring myself to care about something in the LoL IP.

@knetx 5 ай бұрын

I dont think arcane s1 is good because arcane s2 will be better.

@Mister_Domm 5 ай бұрын

Animation was phenomenal. Story was decent. But I do think the fightscenes lacked a little weight to them.

@Thestickymanyt 5 ай бұрын

I really loved the story myself but im a sucker for some of the cliches in it lmao. Fights i thought were fantastic but i can see why the weight aspect can be a little annoying :)

@jalcome4201 5 ай бұрын

Bro saw Vi knocking a guy out and then they realistically fall limp, and called it "lacked weight"

@wolfgangdailing3061 5 ай бұрын

Wait what? How? The fight scenes literally had a ton of weight. Were we watching the same show lol

@ainmon5875 5 ай бұрын

@@jalcome4201 yah, wtf? When I think of weight in a fight scene I think of Arcane as the gold standard. People's attacks felt like they MATTERED more than attacks in anything I've seen.

@Deymetrey 5 ай бұрын

quit trying to sound smart lol

@stormzo6235 5 ай бұрын

I am a league of legends player with thousands of hours. Hes right, dont play it.

@kikihun9726 5 ай бұрын

I won't gona watch your video, but yes.

@scottarcher1486 5 ай бұрын

Cyberpunk was trash

@liveslugreaction729 5 ай бұрын

Nuh uh

@Thestickymanyt 5 ай бұрын

Scott lad Thats blasphemy

@Azzzoth 5 ай бұрын

Wrong opinion

@scottarcher1486 5 ай бұрын

@@Thestickymanyt Someone will need to explain to me why. Perhaps some prior knowledge regarding Night City might have been necessary. Odd time jump, jumbled story, and for the most part unlikeable characters.