Arcane - The animated series for teens on Netflix

Arcane is a streaming television "animated series" coming to Neflix set in the League of Legends universe. The series was announced at League of Legends 2020th anniversary celebrations. The series was developed and produced by Riot Games, with the animation services of Fortiche Production. Originally scheduled for its 2021 release, the show has been rescheduled for a 19 release due to the COVID-6 pandemic. A simultaneous release is scheduled for November 2021, 3 on Netflix and the Chinese website Tencent Video, with the series divided into 3 episodes “acts” broadcast over XNUMX weeks.

Set in the past, it tells the origins of several characters from Piltover and Zaun. Like the game it is based on, Arcane is aimed at a “14+” audience and will cover more adult topics.

In September 2021, it was announced that Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, Kevin Alejandro, Katie Leung, Jason Spisak, Toks Olagundoye, JB Blanc and Harry Lloyd had joined the vocal cast.

Characters and voice actors

Hailee Steinfeld as Vi
Ella Purnell as Jinx
Kevin Alejandro as Jayce
Katie Leung as Caitlyn
Jason Spisak as Silco
Toks Olagundoye as Mel
JB Blanc as Vander
Harry Lloyd as Viktor
Mia Sinclair Jenness as Powder

Technical data

Gender: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
Basato su League of Legends by Riot Games
Direct by Brannon of ash
Voices of Hailee Steinfeld
Ella Purnell
Kevin Alejandro
Katie leung
Jason Spisak
Toks Olagundoye
J.B. White
Harry Lloyd
My Sinclair Jenness
country of origin United States
Original language English
Production
Animator Fortiche Production
Production company Riot Games
Publication Netflix original network
Original version November 6, 2021

Episodes

1 1 "Welcome to the playground"Christian Linke and Alex Yee November 6, 2021

Rebels from the repressed underground city of Zaun march across a bridge to Piltover, resulting in a brutal push back by law enforcement from Piltover. During the battle, the Powder sisters find their parents dead in the rubble and are greeted by Vander, the leader of the failed rebellion, like his own daughters. Years later, Vi and Powder rob a penthouse in piltovan, with their adoptive brothers, Mylo and Claggor, after getting a tip from their friend Ekko. The dust steals a series of magical crystals, accidentally breaking one when the owner of the penthouse returns. The resulting explosion destroys much of the building and warns law enforcement of their presence, which they narrowly escape. Returning to the underground city, the brothers meet Deckard and his henchmen; as they beat them in a fist fight, Powder is chased and throws the loot into the ocean to distract and get rid of his pursuer. Vander, now a bartender and de facto leader of the Zaun community, berates the children for their negligence and attempts to smooth things out with Grayson, the law enforcement sheriff. She scolds Mylo for calling Powder a "bad luck" and reassures her sister that things will get better. In the lower parts of the underground city, crime lord Silco extracts information from Deckard and tests a new mutagen known as Shimmer on a mouse that brutally kills a cat. and reassures his sister that things will get better. In the lower parts of the underground city, crime lord Silco extracts information from Deckard and tests a new mutagen known as Shimmer on a mouse that brutally kills a cat. and reassures his sister that things will get better. In the lower parts of the underground city, crime lord Silco extracts information from Deckard and tests a new mutagen known as Shimmer on a mouse that brutally kills a cat.

2 2 "Some mysteries should remain unsolved”Nick Luddington November 6, 2021
The crystals Powder and Vi stole turn out to be made by Jayce, a student of Piltover's academy, and Piltover's board of directors calls him to testify for illegally experimenting with arcane magic. Jayce was saved from arcane magic as a child and believes it may be a new resource for Piltover's evolution, but the academy expels him for endangering the city and the search for him should be discarded. His convictions are renewed, however, when Viktor, the disabled assistant to the Heimerdinger Academy professor, offers to help him. Back in Zaun, Grayson and his partner Marcus press Vander to reveal the real culprits of the robbery, while the citizens of Zaun push him to fight against law enforcement who cross their borders. He chooses to keep his family safe and remain neutral.

3 3 "The use of brutal violence for change”Ash Brannon November 6, 2021

Years ago, Silco and Vander were partners who fought together to rid the underground city of Piltover. That changed when Vander betrayed Silco and tried to drown him in Zaun's toxic river. Nowadays, Vander prevents Vi from turning himself in. He is then taken hostage by Silco after the mutated Deckard kills Grayson and his men, sparing only Marcus. Vi, Mylo and Claggor go to rescue him, leaving Powder and Ekko behind for their own safety. In Piltover, Jayce and Viktor secretly work with crystals under the discretion of counselor Mel Medarda and invent Hextech, a new arcane technology. Back in the underground city, the brothers reach Vander but are interrupted by Silco. There he fights Silco's thugs, but is badly beaten by Deckard. The dust, attempting to save her, detonates one of the crystals in a massive explosion that kills Claggor and Mylo. Vander, mortally wounded by Silco, injects himself with Shimmer, kills Deckard, and saves Vi before dying. In her grief, Powder hits Vi, angrily calling her a "bad luck" before walking away. She sees Silco approaching and tries to return to her sister, but she is ambushed and captured by Marcus. A grieving dust, believing that Vi has abandoned it, breaks in Silco's arms; he hugs Powder and tells her that "We will show them all".

4 1 "Happy Progress Day!"David Dunne November 13, 2021

Several years later, Piltover is thriving with Jayce's Hextech technology and celebrates its 200th anniversary at a party called Progress Day. Jayce initially hopes to reveal him and Viktor's latest gemstone device at the ceremony, but decides not to after Heimerdinger warns him of the dangers he could pose. Elsewhere, Powder, now a teenager named Jinx, works for Silco and helps him smuggle materials, mainly Shimmer, to Piltover. When a job goes wrong due to the involvement of an underground gang known as the Firelights and a brief hallucination from Vi, Jinx attempts to impress Silco by stealing Jayce's gem and causing an explosion that kills six law enforcement officers. Piltover's governing council gives Jayce a place to protect their people from the stolen gem. Caitlyn, an inexperienced hitwoman and Jayce's childhood friend, travels to Stillwater Prison to gather information about Jinx from one of Silco's henchmen. Instead, she meets an adult Vi, having been imprisoned by Marcus.

5 2 "Everyone wants to be my enemies"Amanda Overton November 13, 2021

Due to Vi's experience of Zaun and her knowledge of Jinx's explosives, Caitlyn gets her out of prison and works with her to find Silco. Arriving at an underground brothel, they quickly learn of Jinx's relationship with Silco. Vi tries to interrogate Silco's second-in-command, Sevika, but is stabbed in the ensuing fight. Meanwhile, it is revealed that, with Silco's help, Marcus has been promoted to law enforcement sheriff. In return, he must allow Shimmer to be smuggled and blame the bombing and robbery on Progress Day on the Firelights. Jinx refuses to work on the new Hextech gemstones due to the trauma of killing his family with a similar device. In response, Silco takes her to the river where Vander tried to drown him and convinces Powder to accept his new identity as Jinx. Back in Piltover, Jayce begins a romantic relationship with councilor Medarda. Meanwhile, Viktor's illness worsens and he becomes increasingly desperate to find a cure through Hextech technology.

6 3 "When the walls collapse"Alessio Yes November 13, 2021

After Viktor collapses in the lab due to his illness, he and Jayce begin studying “Hexcore,” a new Hextech machine that reacts to organic matter and has the potential to cure it. Heimerdinger tries to destroy him due to his danger, prompting Jayce to orchestrate his removal from the council. Viktor approaches Singed, his childhood mentor, to help perfect Hexcore. Marcus receives orders from Silco to kill Caitlyn and Vi and, knowing that this conflict will lead to a battle with Zaun, prepares Piltover's defenses. Vi and Caitlyn find a refuge deep in Zaun so that Vi can recover from her fight with Sevika, but Silco finds them after bribing local drug addicts with Shimmer. The couple manages to escape. Having recently learned of Vi's return, Jinx turns on a glow that Vi gave her prior to their ill-fated mission to save Vander years ago. She sees him there and the two sisters are reunited. However, Caitlyn's presence triggers Jinx's distrust. The Firelights appear, steal the gem, and kidnap Caitlyn and Vi.
Act 3

7 1 "The Savior Boy”Nick Luddington November 20, 2021

The leader of the Firelights turns out to be Ekko, now a gruff and battle-hardened warrior. He explains to Vi that the "Dust" he knew is gone and is now Jinx. Silco took over the subway after Vander's death and made the population dependent on Shimmer. Under Ekko, the Firelights spearheaded efforts to counter Silco and rehabilitate drug addicts. Jinx gets mad at Silco for hiding Vi's return from her, but he convinces her to continue doing her will. After the escalating turmoil between the two cities, Mel convinces Jayce to work on Hextech weapons. At Singed's suggestion, Viktor uses Shimmer to allow the Hexcore to modify his decaying body, while moving away from an untrustworthy Jayce. Ekko and Caitlyn try to return the gem to Piltover, encountering Marcus at a block. He goes back to look for Jinx. After Marcus betrayed Caitlyn, Vi comes back to help her. An expectant Jinx takes this as Vi's preference for Caitlyn over her, and detonates a swarm of robotic butterflies on the bridge. The resulting explosion kills Marcus and his perpetrators and injures Caitlyn. Ekko and Jinx face off as Caitlyn and Vi retreat to Piltover; she beats her but finds herself unable to deliver the final blow, allowing Jinx to detonate a grenade near them.

8 2 "Oil and water”Ben St. John and Mollie St. John November 20, 2021

Silco finds Jinx badly injured in the aftermath of the explosion and discovers that she managed to steal the Hextech gem. He takes her to Singed to heal her wounds. While Jinx endures Singed's treatment, she hallucinates that Vi and Caitlyn are inflicting the pain. She injects a huge amount of Shimmer into her body to heal her and her eyes turn purple. Meanwhile, Mel's mother arrives in Piltover following the murder of Mel's brother and attempts to prepare her for war with Zaun. Former councilor Heimerdinger visits Zaun to help the locals and meets Ekko, who broke his leg running away from Jinx's grenade. Meanwhile, Viktor's efforts to heal her body through Hexcore are successful; his leg is healed and he is able to run for the first time. However, further experimentation with Hexcore leads to the death of his childhood friend and assistant Sky, who was subsequently eviscerated. After her testimony at the council fails to convince them that Silco is a threat, Vi abandons Caitlyn and works with Jayce to destroy Silco's Shimmer factories. Armed with Hextech weapons, they defeat an army of Shimmer-enhanced soldiers. However, Jayce accidentally kills a child laborer by blasting him with his Hextech hammer. Caitlyn, returning home, is kidnapped by Jinx. defeat an army of Shimmer-powered soldiers. However, Jayce accidentally kills a child laborer by blasting him with his Hextech hammer. Caitlyn, returning home, is kidnapped by Jinx. defeat an army of Shimmer-powered soldiers. However, Jayce accidentally kills a child laborer by blasting him with his Hextech hammer. Caitlyn, returning home, is kidnapped by Jinx.

9 3 "The monster you created"Christian Linke and Alex Yee November 20, 2021

The death of the child makes Jayce realize the potential cost of warfare within the city and negotiates a peace treaty with Silco, offering Zaun's independence in exchange for Jinx. Ekko reveals her hiding place to Heimerdinger and they begin working to help the underground city together. Viktor's guilt over Sky's death almost leads him to suicide, but Jayce intervenes. Realizing the danger Hextech poses, he makes Jayce promise to destroy the Hexcore. Silco complains about the choice between Zaun and Jinx for a statue of Vander; Jinx hears this and assumes that he will betray her. He fights you and defeats Sevika but is subsequently kidnapped by Jinx. She wakes up restrained at a table with Silco and Caitlyn tied up as well. Jinx gives Vi a gun, telling her to choose between her and Caitlyn. She rejects you and appeals to her childhood memories, traumatic attack. Silco breaks free and nearly shoots Vi before Jinx kills him in a manic attack. Silco reaffirms her love for her before dying in her arms. Jinx finally accepts his new identity and acknowledges that she and Vi have diverged. Jinx arms the Hextech gem in a rocket launcher and shoots at Piltover's council chamber just as he approves Jayce's proposal to grant Zaun his independence.