A strong start to our first animated series on the channel! Time will tell if Arcane brings back my League of Legends addiction I kicked many years ago haha! Thank you all for the support!
I hate Mobas. And most of all never liked LoL because it looked like a cheap browser version of dota. But despite not giving a damn about the game or the genre even this show is amazing in both the story and the art style. So I dont know if it would make someone geting back into LoL but yea
Despite being based on a game, it might as well be its own isolated story, too. That's how good it is. Anyone can get into it. It's almost a masterpiece tbh lol. I know that word is thrown around too much these days, but you'll see why this has earned it.
Masterpiece! Best tv show of 2021 This won nine Annie Awards, including (Best writing, Best Voice acting, Best character design, Best character animation, Best tv/media general audience, Best production design, Best storyboarding, Best direction and best FX).
I never played League of Legends and wasn't familiar with any of the characters and at no point felt like I needed to play it to connect to the people. It was an awesome show and can't wait to see more reactions to it.
God, I love Arcane. I had no background with LoL going in, but the gorgeous animation sucked me in and I never felt lost. The story is fantastic and these characters are so well-realized. Every time you think you have somebody figured out, there's a new twist or revelation which has rippling effects across future events. This series is an emotional rollercoaster.
"ARCANE" is easily in my TOP 5 of the last years! Binged it on one evening :-) And what I love about it - its NOT for children! Never played LOL - so thanks god the series tells just a story in the LOL-Universe. So you dont need to know the game. So well written where the smallest characters are cool and kind of deep; visual absolutely stunning and one of the best synchronization ever (for the german version). Also almost no black and white story-telling - even the bad characters have their white side - like in real life. Cant wait for season two! ... What I hate about it technically - the songs including the singers are just mixed in stereo - so when you listen to it on an surround-system and dont sit in the center - you only hear the voice and most of the music on the left or the right. I hope they will fix that for the second season.
I love the aesthetics of this animation. It’s so beautifully well done, so detailed. The story is pretty interesting and I can’t wait to know what happens in the next season.
I never played League of Legends, but i really loved this series. The art style, colour palette. animation style and the voice acting were all really good. You mentioned you recognised the voice of the officer. She was voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo - She has an incredibly recognisable voice - she was in shows like 24, and The Expanse - as well as doing other voice work. Looking forward to the rest of the series reaction.
For people like the who enjoyed playing this game back in the day, was surprised they decided to make a TV series out of this game because it's not like a single player story campaign. It's basically a multiplayer online battle arena style game where you choose between hundreds of different champions who each have their own special abilities making them each unique. it's basically 2 teams against each other in a 5v5 map and each team has a base on the opposite sides of the map. The goal is to destroy the opposite teams nexus home base. Each champion has lore written about them and the lands they are from. There is definitely so much world building written in the descriptions so it's understandable they could take that and work with it to create a series. Low and behold this series turned out to be an incredible pleasant surprise. It's lacking a majority of the champions but that's fine because it's not even necessary to know anything about the game in order to enjoy it. The series does a great job of inviting you do its world and how things work
Really enjoyed your reactions and just joined the Patreon page. I noticed that you haven’t seen all the episodes ahead on Patreon, so please be careful reading the comment sections. I’ve watched a ton of reactions and I have seen people ruin the experience for reactors by revealing spoilers and building up anticipation for episodes. Anyway keep up the good work!!
You’re in for a treat. The less you know the better and if you know next to nothing at this point that’s ideal. VERY high praise from LoL fans and casual viewers alike is extremely unusual for any adaptation and it’s all warranted. One of the most impressive first seasons I’ve ever seen, animated or not.
I have requested this multiple times here on UA-cam in your comments, and CAN NOT wait to see how you react to it going forward. Be ready, it hits HARD.
You two have made a choice in reacting to this masterpiece of animation and my sister never watch animation and she checked this out and love it. I watch all type of animation, and this is on elite status and one of the things that separate it from other animation is their care for detail like the micro expression in the character's faces it's like you know what they're thinking without them having to tell you. I watched this and never got the urge to play the game, but I don't play games at all anyway.
FINALLY! Yes! This is it, the one I’ve been waiting for for three months. If anybody posts spoilers, I’ll hunt you down. Don’t spoil the waves of happiness and joy which will ensue!
YES! This series is awesome. Every episode gets bigger and better. I have watched it three times through (myself) and with at least a dozen reactors because I love it so much. Happy to watch it with you guys.
*Samantha:* _"It's our first animated series on the channel."_ Ruh-roh. It's downhill from here, as every other show will pale in comparison. While I can't think of a single animated series that looks as good, it's certainly one of the absolute best based on more than that. 🥰 It is _ON!_
The animation studio that made this series(Fortiche) is a French animation studio that specializes in a unique mix of 3-D CGI character models, 2-D props and effects and matte painting in the style of Renaissance-era Parisian oil paintings.
Yes I totally I agree with u. I used to play league of legends 7 years ago around the time they first added jinx and I obviously used to be a adc jinx main. But I stopped playing like 4 years ago and after I heard about and actually watched Arcane I fell In love arcane and with league of legends again.
Every episode builds on the prior one and you will be so hooked on what happens next. This show definitely raised the standard to animation & storytelling. It’s a great show.
OH YES GUYS, I LOVE ARCANE. Loved your reaction too, and I can already tell that you're gonna fall in love with this show and these characters soon. Keep watching, it gets better and better each episode!
Im so glad you guys are embarking on the wonderful Arcane journey. Definitely looking forward for more of you're reactions to this show. You will not regret it. It's such a fun ride. Hopefully you both have arcane withdraws like me lol but anyways i just want to say and comment you both do a great job analyzing and dissecting how you feel about it and whats going on, you hit every key points and its just so great to see. Keep up the great work , cant wait for more!
I'm so happy that you two are reacting to Arcane! This has been one of my favorite new series that I've seen in a while. Beautifully written, great characters, great story, and you don't actually need to know League to enjoy the whole experience. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions to future episodes!
I love how I started this started with me not knowing what the name Clagger meant, and so I kinda wrote him off as comic relief. Then a fight starts and he's an absolute beast.
I just started watching it too, after literaly months of telling friends and aquaintances off that "No, I don't like LoL!". Gotta say, after first 3 episodes this show is looking decent.
This is not only the best animated show I've seen, but one of the best shows I've seen period. It's so well executed from the story, to the beautiful animation style and music. An absolute Masterpiece. My only gripe is it's not available in 4k HDR.
Shortly after the release in November they where asked why not 4K. If I remember it correctly it was because of a technical restriction (computer were too slow or so), or because it would have become too expensive. They weren't sure, but probably the second season will be made in 4K.
@@greasey8695 Eh, for a channel that doesn't react to animated shows it's just another way to let them know it's a serious show is all. Tropes and all, many people still believe animated shows are for kids or lower brow.
I put this show off for a long time cause it never felt like my thing and never played league but I watched it a few weeks ago and I've got to say it's one of the best things I've seen in my life. I got completely obsessed and hooked on the show. It's amazing in every regard
Its awesome that you are doing animated stuff! There's a lot of good animated movies and most of my favorites are Dreamworks. Do you plan on eventually going to anime at some point? That'd be really cool.
14:48 *Oh, for someone that doesn't watch animation a lot, you're in for a treat. This show is probably one of the best shows I've seen and I watch a decent amount of animation. lol*
Please Please please Watch in complete acts, if need to make reactions per episode. It's made to be watched this way. This show is look and listen and . Everything is explained and shown with expression. Music matters to if you have CC on for the words. I love all the characters have a cool unique look. This series is almost perfect thing out there. Good luck
I've actually been holding off from watching this series, but now that you've started, I'd better catch up with what's been happening. Everyone I've seen reacting to it, loves it. And then the addiction kicks in.
FINALLY !!!!!!!! This should be fun !!!!!! It's very very good. Everybody wants to be my enemyyyyyyyyy !!!!! Eventually you should do Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood !!!
In some ways, Arcane is a bad choice to dip your feet in on animation--the animation budget and production time for this show was many, MANY times higher than the usual. An average a show will have a budget of $50k-$75k per episode, and would take at least 3 months to produce a season of 10-13 episodes. Arcane had a budget of $90-100 MILLION and was in production for six years before the 9 episodes of the first season were finished. No other show has this kind of production value. But on the other hand, it's a great first choice for animation--it's THE high point, and knowing how to compare it to any other animation you might feel like reacting to should help manage expectations.
The first episode is my least re-watched episode (I don't have a least favorite episode, I can't make a choice like that), you're all going to have a real good time with this one considering the feedback from this first watch.
A strong start to our first animated series on the channel! Time will tell if Arcane brings back my League of Legends addiction I kicked many years ago haha!
Thank you all for the support!
You broke your addiction to League of Legends back in your teens, 6 years ago?? kidding
Oh no be careful, i got addicted again and now i can't go back :( But hey i enjoyed the show
So glad to see you both covering this series! I played league, my wife did not, and we both just adored this series/miniseries.
I hate Mobas. And most of all never liked LoL because it looked like a cheap browser version of dota. But despite not giving a damn about the game or the genre even this show is amazing in both the story and the art style. So I dont know if it would make someone geting back into LoL but yea
Despite being based on a game, it might as well be its own isolated story, too. That's how good it is. Anyone can get into it. It's almost a masterpiece tbh lol. I know that word is thrown around too much these days, but you'll see why this has earned it.
Masterpiece! Best tv show of 2021
This won nine Annie Awards, including (Best writing, Best Voice acting, Best character design, Best character animation, Best tv/media general audience, Best production design, Best storyboarding, Best direction and best FX).
I’m. So. Excited. Ahhhhhh
Great start! Excited to see more!
The animation in this series is fantastic. The color contrasts tell the story of if you're below or above with the rich people. Amazing visuals.
This show will surprise you, even with all the (deserved) hype!
That was about what I was going to say.
12:20 - The lady boss from 'The Expanse'. She's even drawn the same...
I never played League of Legends and wasn't familiar with any of the characters and at no point felt like I needed to play it to connect to the people. It was an awesome show and can't wait to see more reactions to it.
I am so happy you started on Arcane. I am 100% sure you will not regret it.
I can't wait to see your reacting to the rest of the series.
God, I love Arcane. I had no background with LoL going in, but the gorgeous animation sucked me in and I never felt lost. The story is fantastic and these characters are so well-realized. Every time you think you have somebody figured out, there's a new twist or revelation which has rippling effects across future events. This series is an emotional rollercoaster.
This show was easily my fav show of 2021, it blew me away!!
"ARCANE" is easily in my TOP 5 of the last years! Binged it on one evening :-) And what I love about it - its NOT for children! Never played LOL - so thanks god the series tells just a story in the LOL-Universe. So you dont need to know the game. So well written where the smallest characters are cool and kind of deep; visual absolutely stunning and one of the best synchronization ever (for the german version). Also almost no black and white story-telling - even the bad characters have their white side - like in real life. Cant wait for season two! ... What I hate about it technically - the songs including the singers are just mixed in stereo - so when you listen to it on an surround-system and dont sit in the center - you only hear the voice and most of the music on the left or the right. I hope they will fix that for the second season.
Sooooo geeked for this. I love that you guys always post at like two in the morning because I’m always bored and it’s always a welcome surprise lmao
Also this weekend: Billboard Music Awards has ARCANE's Soundtrack as a Finalist for Best Soundtrack --- :)
The familiar dusky female voice is Shohreh Aghdashloo. Great actress. Some of her best stuff is in the series "The Expanse"
I love the aesthetics of this animation. It’s so beautifully well done, so detailed. The story is pretty interesting and I can’t wait to know what happens in the next season.
I never played League of Legends, but i really loved this series. The art style, colour palette. animation style and the voice acting were all really good. You mentioned you recognised the voice of the officer. She was voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo - She has an incredibly recognisable voice - she was in shows like 24, and The Expanse - as well as doing other voice work. Looking forward to the rest of the series reaction.
For people like the who enjoyed playing this game back in the day, was surprised they decided to make a TV series out of this game because it's not like a single player story campaign. It's basically a multiplayer online battle arena style game where you choose between hundreds of different champions who each have their own special abilities making them each unique. it's basically 2 teams against each other in a 5v5 map and each team has a base on the opposite sides of the map. The goal is to destroy the opposite teams nexus home base.
Each champion has lore written about them and the lands they are from. There is definitely so much world building written in the descriptions so it's understandable they could take that and work with it to create a series.
Low and behold this series turned out to be an incredible pleasant surprise. It's lacking a majority of the champions but that's fine because it's not even necessary to know anything about the game in order to enjoy it. The series does a great job of inviting you do its world and how things work
Every second - no even every frame of this show is enthralling.
Really enjoyed your reactions and just joined the Patreon page. I noticed that you haven’t seen all the episodes ahead on Patreon, so please be careful reading the comment sections. I’ve watched a ton of reactions and I have seen people ruin the experience for reactors by revealing spoilers and building up anticipation for episodes. Anyway keep up the good work!!
Arcane is a masterpiece. Great to see you react to it.
You’re in for a treat. The less you know the better and if you know next to nothing at this point that’s ideal. VERY high praise from LoL fans and casual viewers alike is extremely unusual for any adaptation and it’s all warranted. One of the most impressive first seasons I’ve ever seen, animated or not.
I have requested this multiple times here on UA-cam in your comments, and CAN NOT wait to see how you react to it going forward. Be ready, it hits HARD.
You two have made a choice in reacting to this masterpiece of animation and my sister never watch animation and she checked this out and love it. I watch all type of animation, and this is on elite status and one of the things that separate it from other animation is their care for detail like the micro expression in the character's faces it's like you know what they're thinking without them having to tell you.
I watched this and never got the urge to play the game, but I don't play games at all anyway.
FINALLY! Yes! This is it, the one I’ve been waiting for for three months. If anybody posts spoilers, I’ll hunt you down. Don’t spoil the waves of happiness and joy which will ensue!
YES! This series is awesome. Every episode gets bigger and better. I have watched it three times through (myself) and with at least a dozen reactors because I love it so much. Happy to watch it with you guys.
Hello fellow Arcane reaction junkie!
Omg you guys are in for a ride. So glad you are reviewing this one.
*Samantha:* _"It's our first animated series on the channel."_ Ruh-roh. It's downhill from here, as every other show will pale in comparison. While I can't think of a single animated series that looks as good, it's certainly one of the absolute best based on more than that. 🥰 It is _ON!_
It's like starting with climbing Mount Everest and asking, "What other mountains are out there?" lol
Invincible is also pretty awesome.
This show is gorgeous. Hand painted textures and background instead of full on 3d is such a good move
The animation studio that made this series(Fortiche) is a French animation studio that specializes in a unique mix of 3-D CGI character models, 2-D props and effects and matte painting in the style of Renaissance-era Parisian oil paintings.
Yes I totally I agree with u. I used to play league of legends 7 years ago around the time they first added jinx and I obviously used to be a adc jinx main. But I stopped playing like 4 years ago and after I heard about and actually watched Arcane I fell In love arcane and with league of legends again.
What a lovely surprise!
I'm going to have to join the patreon to see the full reactions later in this series. Looking forward to it!
Every episode builds on the prior one and you will be so hooked on what happens next. This show definitely raised the standard to animation & storytelling. It’s a great show.
Y'all are awesome! Welcome to the trip! It's gonna bea bumpy and possibly tear-filled ride. But you'll enjoy the journey.
I AM numba 1!!! To quote my fav. rapper, Nelly
OH YES GUYS, I LOVE ARCANE. Loved your reaction too, and I can already tell that you're gonna fall in love with this show and these characters soon. Keep watching, it gets better and better each episode!
The voice of Grayson the enforcer that you recognised is Shohreh Aghdashloo who was Chrisjen Avasarala in The Expanse (among other things).
Im so glad you guys are embarking on the wonderful Arcane journey. Definitely looking forward for more of you're reactions to this show. You will not regret it. It's such a fun ride. Hopefully you both have arcane withdraws like me lol but anyways i just want to say and comment you both do a great job analyzing and dissecting how you feel about it and whats going on, you hit every key points and its just so great to see. Keep up the great work , cant wait for more!
So happy to see you're reacting to this! One of my favorite shows in quite awhile. Looking forward to following your journey with the show!
Arcane is a ride, hope ya'll enjoy it.
I'm so happy that you two are reacting to Arcane! This has been one of my favorite new series that I've seen in a while. Beautifully written, great characters, great story, and you don't actually need to know League to enjoy the whole experience. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions to future episodes!
My first anime !!! Glad to see it with you two.
Awesome! Thanks for coming along on the ride!
I love how I started this started with me not knowing what the name Clagger meant, and so I kinda wrote him off as comic relief. Then a fight starts and he's an absolute beast.
I cant believe u're watching this . I am so excited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its an awesome show !!!
Hope u dont get spoilers !
So glad you guys are finally doing this one. I just know you're gonna love it.
Yes!! This is a crazy epic series based on the video game!
Can't wait to watch it all! I have only seen great reviews about it!
My daughter got me to watch this and it is sooo, sooo good.
Congrats on the house guys!
You are in for a wild ride! Thanks for sharing this journey with us!💙
I love Arcane very much. I have a hunch you will as well.💙
NICE! Arcane is the best. So awesome to see you guys react to the show. Luv it !!!
I just started watching it too, after literaly months of telling friends and aquaintances off that "No, I don't like LoL!". Gotta say, after first 3 episodes this show is looking decent.
This show is a fucking masterpiece. You also don't have to worry about getting copyrighted on the music used (except for the Enemy by Imagine Dragons.
I love when new people see Arcane for the first time 😭
Great choice, I never played the game but had no issues following the story, best show I saw in 2021!
Yessssssssssss
Yesss
oh hell yeahhh im so excited to see your reactions to arcane!
Well shoot I guess I'll be back in about 45 minutes finally have to watch this show🤨😂
Arcane so happy that you react to it... Loved your Reacher reaction 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
It gets better from here on out guys, believe it or not! Looking forward to more!
Arcane is incredible, it only gets better.
This is not only the best animated show I've seen, but one of the best shows I've seen period. It's so well executed from the story, to the beautiful animation style and music. An absolute Masterpiece. My only gripe is it's not available in 4k HDR.
Shortly after the release in November they where asked why not 4K. If I remember it correctly it was because of a technical restriction (computer were too slow or so), or because it would have become too expensive. They weren't sure, but probably the second season will be made in 4K.
Hopefully, you guys react to Invincible as well. Definitely an adult show that also came out last year and was fantastic.
I hope they see this
I’m sorry, but “definitely an adult show that came out last year” is a really funny description to me.
@@greasey8695 Eh, for a channel that doesn't react to animated shows it's just another way to let them know it's a serious show is all. Tropes and all, many people still believe animated shows are for kids or lower brow.
Yes, my favorite reactors and my favorite show.
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😁 Can't wait for more ARCANE reactions.
Hands down best animated series ever 10/10. A Masterpiece 💛💚💖
Cobra Kai Season 5 is coming Sep 9th, you won't have to wait long after Season 4.
This series is SO good! You're in for a ride.
Best series that you'll ever see.
I need to watch the rest, only saw the first episode so far 3 months ago, but will carry on now.
Great show. You're going to love it ! 😀
Excited to see you watch this series, hope you enjoyed it as much as I did
i like your reactions and i love arcane so i leave a comment here for the algorithm. ✌
My Fave animated show of last year, and in my top 10.
Metropolis vibe here in the layered city design.
Nice, more of my react fam getting into arcane!
So freaking excited!!!!!!!
I put this show off for a long time cause it never felt like my thing and never played league but I watched it a few weeks ago and I've got to say it's one of the best things I've seen in my life. I got completely obsessed and hooked on the show. It's amazing in every regard
You guys are going to love this show! It is unique and magical! Cant recommend it enough.
YAYYYYYYY ARCANE!
Its awesome that you are doing animated stuff! There's a lot of good animated movies and most of my favorites are Dreamworks. Do you plan on eventually going to anime at some point? That'd be really cool.
14:48 *Oh, for someone that doesn't watch animation a lot, you're in for a treat. This show is probably one of the best shows I've seen and I watch a decent amount of animation. lol*
13:00 top prediction from Samantha.
I am jealous that you guys are experiencing this fantastic show for the 1st time.
This show really is something amazing.
Please Please please
Watch in complete acts, if need to make reactions per episode. It's made to be watched this way.
This show is look and listen and . Everything is explained and shown with expression.
Music matters to if you have CC on for the words.
I love all the characters have a cool unique look.
This series is almost perfect thing out there.
Good luck
Best show of 2021. Animated or not imo.
22:04 the first blue crystal they saw they actually didn’t take. Vi told Mylo to leave it alone.
Yes, and there were 6 in the case Powder found, that she picked up, but dropped one, so she should have 5 still.
its about darn time!
I've actually been holding off from watching this series, but now that you've started, I'd better catch up with what's been happening. Everyone I've seen reacting to it, loves it. And then the addiction kicks in.
Nice another
Arcane reactors 🥳.
This is great show guys. I dont even play League of Legends, and thiught this was good.
This Serie is a 10 Out of a 10 So well don
FINALLY !!!!!!!! This should be fun !!!!!! It's very very good. Everybody wants to be my enemyyyyyyyyy !!!!! Eventually you should do Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood !!!
"The show is relatively dark". Relatively dark? You have no idea. Enjoy! Great show.
I love this show
Fingers crossed that you guys react to Avatar: The Last Airbender some time.
In some ways, Arcane is a bad choice to dip your feet in on animation--the animation budget and production time for this show was many, MANY times higher than the usual. An average a show will have a budget of $50k-$75k per episode, and would take at least 3 months to produce a season of 10-13 episodes. Arcane had a budget of $90-100 MILLION and was in production for six years before the 9 episodes of the first season were finished. No other show has this kind of production value.
But on the other hand, it's a great first choice for animation--it's THE high point, and knowing how to compare it to any other animation you might feel like reacting to should help manage expectations.
The first episode is my least re-watched episode (I don't have a least favorite episode, I can't make a choice like that), you're all going to have a real good time with this one considering the feedback from this first watch.
I remember I got you to play some TFT on Twitch over a year ago.
Shohreh Aghdashloo has the best voice ever!