GKIDS has acquired worldwide (excluding China) videogram and digital transactional rights for Season 1 of hit animated sequence Arcane from L.A.-based developer and writer Riot Video games, which produced the present with French animation firm Fortiche Manufacturing for Netflix.
A spin-off of Riot Video games’ League of Legends multiplayer on-line recreation, Arcane is co-created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, and follows the origins of League champions Vi and Jinx, as they turn into caught within the energy wrestle between the utopian metropolis of Piltover and the oppressed underground metropolis of Zaun.
Working with worldwide companions, GKIDs will begin releasing Season 1 later this 12 months throughout completely different codecs, starting from digital to premium editions, together with a 4K model unique to the house leisure launch, with additional particulars to be introduced.
The deal was introduced on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Competition on Monday, the place all of the companions are in attendance.
“GKIDS is thrilled to be partnering with our associates at Riot to deliver the worldwide hit sequence Arcane to followers worldwide,” mentioned GKIDS founder and CEO Eric Beckman, who’s on Annecy’s Commencement Movies jury this 12 months.
“We’re monster followers of the sequence, and our crew is having a blast collaborating with the creatives at Riot and Fortiche to place collectively a tremendous bundle for the followers. This venture was dreamt up on the garden by the lake at Annecy, so we’re additional joyful to have the ability to announce this collaboration on the competition and true residence of animation.”
Arcane was an on the spot hit when it first launched on Netflix in November 2021 and went on to win 4 primetime Emmy Awards, together with Excellent Animated Program, in addition to 9 Annie Awards, together with Greatest Mature Animated Tv Broadcast Manufacturing.
The upcoming Season 2, which is because of launch on Netflix in November, shall be teased in Annecy on Wednesday in a Making Of Session that includes Showrunner Linke, scriptwriter Amanda Overton and senior idea artist Arnaud Baudry from Riot Video games in addition to director Bart Maunoury and producer Christine Ponzevera at Fortiche Manufacturing.