@@scottwallbank4794 I mean, to be fair, we (meaning, those of us who played league for any length of time) all knew that was VI and Jinx from before they even ran into Vander. I'm pretty sure he knew who she was well before that comment.
I avoided this for the LONGEST time because I don't play the game, and my limited contact with the fandom was AWFUL, but I finally bit the bullet about a year ago and never once regretted it. Without getting into spoilers, the whole thing is just so well written, so well acted, and SO well paced.
And yes the animation is an amalgamation of various techniques including hand drawn animations which why it looks so unique… the animation studio fortiche is on a whole other level of genius
@@dragonrune6800 well yes but those 7 years are divided into many things Its the timeline for building it up from scratch… also as far as i know they worked on story bits of season 2 while working on season 1 as well …
I'm glad you finally got around to seeing this series. Best series ever made imo, animated or live action. Actually, I usually don't like animation. I'm completely repulsed by most anime because of the aesthetic. But this is different, as you can see. It's more like a really well-painted graphic novel. They even released a series showing the behind the scenes, how they made it, stories of things that happened during production called Bridging the Rift, and it's also well-made and entertaining.
Everyone says that Powder walked away right before Vi sticks up for her, but she goes on to say “Powders my problem!” That’s not much better, she wants to be valued, she wants to help, but Vi basically confirms with this line that Powder right now is not helpful to the group.
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. I am glad Vi defended her, but saying she's her problem? 🤨 I'm sure that's something no one wants to hear. Then again, I don't necessarily think Vi meant Powder's not helpful, but that she's her responsibility. Since their parents died, Vi has pretty much raised Powder.🤷♀️
I don't think the word problem is not meant to be taken negatively. She used the word indicating that Powder is her responsibility, that's it. But honestly surprising how it went from your POV
@@vangoghsnight4268 I agree, Vi meant nothing negative by saying this, but I do think Powder would have taken it in the worst possible way. Which as the youngest of my siblings, I know it would hurt if they said I was their *problem*. Saying I’m their responsibility would hurt less personally (and be more accurate in both cases) which is really what Vi meant. (In my humble opinion)
When this 1st was on netflix it dropped in 3 episodes every wkd. For 3 weeks. Some deal they had with thw creators. Ppl were talkin about this show for 3 months! So it's meant to binged in 3 episode sections. Act 1. 2. And 3
"Hmmm... smack her." "He wants to!" No, Vander does not want to hit his daughter, wtf. "It has the hand drawn vibe." Backgrounds are matte. Characters and environs are 3D but it's all painted over. SFX is hand drawn. It took 6 years and is about 10 million an episode.
You could say that this series is some of the character's prequel stories. If you want to learn how very difficult it was to bring this series to the screen, once you are done with this season watch Arcane: Bridging the Rift, it's something like a 5-part series here on UA-cam. You are in for a wild and emotional ride!!
I really recommend watching the 5-part making of series they released here on youtube ("bridging the rift") after finishing episode 9, it is so incredible how much thought and effort was put into this thing. Also: besides the imagine dragons song, all others are (afaik) riot-owned and wont be DMCA'ed (unless you literally put the entire thing in)
I don't think I've ever seen reactions to this as they come out. It's always been after all nine episodes are released. I hope my notifications keeps up.
Ikr. For shows I usually search something like, “Arcane 1x9 reaction” so ik for sure they’ve reacted to all the episodes before I start watching the reactions. I’m a binge watcher
@@Rr-rR216i only don't do that because some reactions are just bad. I only like watching reactions of inteligent people who don't pick unless baises on character and instead enjoy the show and all the development of it's characters to the FULLEST.
I like watching people see this the first time, and you see this clear acting behind the "reacting". Then by the time you get later in the show, the acting falls away, because this show could make anyone have a reaction.
Great reaction, love seeing new people discover Arcane that in my eyes is the best series ever made. Best going as blind as possible, so no, it won't detract it actually enhance your viewing experience not knowing anything. Also, as someone already pointed out in another comment, the way it came out is best to think of the whole series as 3 parts (Act´s) each divided in to 3 episodes, not a rule to view this wat but keep it in mind. Looking forward to the next video, enjoy!
The air is LITERALLY polluted down there, if the fact it wasn't clear in their scenes wasn't the biggest indication or the fact you can't see that far down into their water. Always fun watching people make judgmental calls when they don't have enough information. -__-
If you really wanna play hide and seek with references, watch the whole series more than once. The way they complete themes, bring back references, and do it all so smoothly is insane. I’ve seen it probably 15 times and still see new things each time.
Awesome! You should watch 'bridging the Rift' when you are done. It's a behind the scenes series that is super interesting. It goes into the starting up such a dangerous project, the animation, the sound, the music and the promotion. It's really well put together.
I've never seen better animation before or since. Everything is perfect about that art style. If Netflix should ever decide to release this show on Blu-ray I'd grab myself a copy on day one. The fact that the story and voice acting are great too is just the icing on the cake.
As with anything exceptional it's the writing. We can gush all day about the fantastic animation, characters and world building but without the writing to back it up it all falls apart. 10/10 show that has no weak points. It's amazing and deserves every bit of the huge praise its received.
You guys are great! I felt kinship with the guy bc of his observations and general knowledge in writing. Is he an artist as well? I just thought that when he mentioned foreground and bg.
This is top tier, 5 star animation, storytelling, world building, soundtracking, and character developing. You will not regret it. Keep the tissues handy though.
The animation is 3D that is, literally, then hand painted over. even the lighting isn't dynamic, 3D rendered lighting. every single frame of every single episode is handed painted and textured for the exact desired look with 2D animated layers.
I don't think they repainted over the entirety of every single frame. They used hand painted textures on 3D models for the character work, but everything else, yes! It's an insane and beautiful mix of the best of 2d and 3d 😃
@@silver9wolf6 If you watch the bridging the rift episodes you can see they handle every single frame manually. while a lot of the foundation came from various CG elements every single element within a frame was hand painted. and that is provably so because all of the lightining in every scene is painted in manually. no computer use at all. which means everything within every scene that is lit has to be lit and textured by hand. which will always be, every single element within the frame.
You were kind of onto something with the blend of animation styles! It's actually fully 3d animated, but the shading and details are digitally painted over top, frame by frame, all by hand. It's an extremely time-consuming process, but that's what makes it look so good.
correct me if I'm wrong but I think they painted over the 3D *models* (not the animated models) but some expressions were hand drawn and the hard lighting on the characters (which is usually just done in animating with a light source hitting the 3D models but it doesn't match the painted aesthetic 3D models, so they painted the light on)
- "I don't know how much of it was hand drawn"....well..... ALL OF IT!!! (if you want to know more, surely you must see the BTS show called "Bridging the Rift") - "somebody had to sit for hours and hours"....well....YEARS actually.
Season 2 was already in pre production when S1 released. They knew it would get extended so they kept the pipeline running. It's expected to come out in November
Yeah, this show has the best animation, and it's a masterpiece in every aspect. It has incredible voice acting, writing, dialogue, storytelling, animation, visuals, character arcs, score, soundtrack, etc. And on top of all of that, something that is really hard these days is really, really good-written female characters. All the women in this show are 10/10; they are so well written. While other projects are doing the typical women can't fail and have to be overpowered from the start, can't have a character arc, doesn't need to train and just be better than everyone (Captain Marvel and Rey are the perfect example), these female character are amazing, this is how you write characters. And the best way to look at this episode is that the show has three acts, and episodes 1-3 are the first film, episode 4-6 is the sequel, and 7-9 is the third film. And they couldn’t grab the bag because the river is very toxic, just like the air, but worse.
Great reaction to one of the best shows in resent times! About that cat scene, I don't think the cat died. I think that the mouse exploded because of the serum (shimmer) wasn't completely ready. It will make Deckard's later comment make more sense.
Great reaction! Can't wait for the next one! I'd love to watch you guys react to the making of docuseries they released for Arcane after your finished with the series! 😃 It's called "Bridging the Rift"
Congratulations.... You guys are watching one of the best and I'm not Overselling it but yes! One of the best Show that could exist in human history. It's a shame! Season 2 is due for November 2024. It's a long wait.
I'm soo curious how much lore Michael knows, he's connected the cupcake and other things but there are lots of things he hasn't commented on, haha he has me watching him waiting for the slightest response to stuff haha.
Literally one of the best shows ever made. The writing, the acting, the GORGEOUS animation, it’s all perfect!
Nope. The animation is still not there
@@mr.e1149 lol what? The animation is incredible.
@@mr.e1149lmao what? This is literally the best animation in this generation
you missed the music
Don’t worry guys, mr.e1149 is just causing drama for nothing
Perfect set up for Arcane reaction, two viewers, one total newbie, one unspoiled League player.
ikr
Yeah, he instantly picked up on Milo's jinx statement.
That’s truly perfect. Exactly the setup I’ve been looking for
@@scottwallbank4794 I mean, to be fair, we (meaning, those of us who played league for any length of time) all knew that was VI and Jinx from before they even ran into Vander. I'm pretty sure he knew who she was well before that comment.
@@kingofbudokai That was his point. A non-league player wouldn't have caught that.
I don't believe in calling any show perfect. But Arcane is as close as it gets. It's a singular piece of art. Masterpiece. Just... amazing.
It deserves being called a masterpiece in that regards.
I believe in calling shows perfect! This show is perfect!
I avoided this for the LONGEST time because I don't play the game, and my limited contact with the fandom was AWFUL, but I finally bit the bullet about a year ago and never once regretted it. Without getting into spoilers, the whole thing is just so well written, so well acted, and SO well paced.
And yes the animation is an amalgamation of various techniques including hand drawn animations which why it looks so unique… the animation studio fortiche is on a whole other level of genius
This took 7 years to complete.
@@dragonrune6800 well yes but those 7 years are divided into many things
Its the timeline for building it up from scratch… also as far as i know they worked on story bits of season 2 while working on season 1 as well …
I'm glad you finally got around to seeing this series. Best series ever made imo, animated or live action. Actually, I usually don't like animation. I'm completely repulsed by most anime because of the aesthetic. But this is different, as you can see. It's more like a really well-painted graphic novel. They even released a series showing the behind the scenes, how they made it, stories of things that happened during production called Bridging the Rift, and it's also well-made and entertaining.
Everyone says that Powder walked away right before Vi sticks up for her, but she goes on to say “Powders my problem!” That’s not much better, she wants to be valued, she wants to help, but Vi basically confirms with this line that Powder right now is not helpful to the group.
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. I am glad Vi defended her, but saying she's her problem? 🤨 I'm sure that's something no one wants to hear. Then again, I don't necessarily think Vi meant Powder's not helpful, but that she's her responsibility. Since their parents died, Vi has pretty much raised Powder.🤷♀️
I don't think the word problem is not meant to be taken negatively. She used the word indicating that Powder is her responsibility, that's it. But honestly surprising how it went from your POV
@@vangoghsnight4268 I agree, Vi meant nothing negative by saying this, but I do think Powder would have taken it in the worst possible way. Which as the youngest of my siblings, I know it would hurt if they said I was their *problem*. Saying I’m their responsibility would hurt less personally (and be more accurate in both cases) which is really what Vi meant. (In my humble opinion)
When this 1st was on netflix it dropped in 3 episodes every wkd. For 3 weeks. Some deal they had with thw creators. Ppl were talkin about this show for 3 months! So it's meant to binged in 3 episode sections. Act 1. 2. And 3
It's literally the best animated show I've watched. It pulls on emotion
The animation, storyline, character design, and music in this show is just phenomenal.
Oh my gosh!! You guys are in for a wild ride! Its been so long since season 1. Im ready for season 2!
One of my favorite shows ever! Always love seeing a fresh reaction to it 😁
"Hmmm... smack her."
"He wants to!"
No, Vander does not want to hit his daughter, wtf.
"It has the hand drawn vibe."
Backgrounds are matte. Characters and environs are 3D but it's all painted over. SFX is hand drawn.
It took 6 years and is about 10 million an episode.
Honestly, some folks these days are too quick to use violence over words.
You could say that this series is some of the character's prequel stories. If you want to learn how very difficult it was to bring this series to the screen, once you are done with this season watch Arcane: Bridging the Rift, it's something like a 5-part series here on UA-cam.
You are in for a wild and emotional ride!!
I really recommend watching the 5-part making of series they released here on youtube ("bridging the rift") after finishing episode 9, it is so incredible how much thought and effort was put into this thing.
Also: besides the imagine dragons song, all others are (afaik) riot-owned and wont be DMCA'ed (unless you literally put the entire thing in)
I don't think I've ever seen reactions to this as they come out. It's always been after all nine episodes are released. I hope my notifications keeps up.
Ikr. For shows I usually search something like, “Arcane 1x9 reaction” so ik for sure they’ve reacted to all the episodes before I start watching the reactions. I’m a binge watcher
Omg what a treat. Kristen starting my favorite animated show of all time.
Can't wait for you guys to watch the rest. It's SO good. Excited!
I have seen this show atleast ten times.
For me this is the twentieth reaction channel from which I have seen this serie 😂
@@Rr-rR216 The series deserve it.
@@Rr-rR216i only don't do that because some reactions are just bad. I only like watching reactions of inteligent people who don't pick unless baises on character and instead enjoy the show and all the development of it's characters to the FULLEST.
Those are rookie numbers 😎
@@AppleBaron 😝
I like watching people see this the first time, and you see this clear acting behind the "reacting". Then by the time you get later in the show, the acting falls away, because this show could make anyone have a reaction.
Same. I love those moments when they get so sucked in they literally forget there's a camera on them.
Great reaction, love seeing new people discover Arcane that in my eyes is the best series ever made. Best going as blind as possible, so no, it won't detract it actually enhance your viewing experience not knowing anything. Also, as someone already pointed out in another comment, the way it came out is best to think of the whole series as 3 parts (Act´s) each divided in to 3 episodes, not a rule to view this wat but keep it in mind.
Looking forward to the next video, enjoy!
By far my favorite show of the last few years. Amazing animation, score, story, voice acting. Looking forward to seeing the next reaction. 😁😁
Thank you for reminding me of this! I started watching this when it first came out, but life was a bit chaotic and it left my home page.
Oh my god, please watch the rest
I haven't played.a single minute of League of Legends, but this was one of the best animated shows I've ever seen. It's amazing!
Oh no he played leauge of legends. You have our condolences brother. 😭
But at least he escaped.
One of my all time fav shows
Lets gooo... I'm always for more people trying animated shows as great as Arcane.
The air is LITERALLY polluted down there, if the fact it wasn't clear in their scenes wasn't the biggest indication or the fact you can't see that far down into their water.
Always fun watching people make judgmental calls when they don't have enough information. -__-
Hell yeah. Best pice of media I’ve seen in years, maybe ever
SERIOUSLY at this point I'm convinced that you guys are living under a rock
Actually, You are living under a rock ANIME guy 😂
@@Tushar_995 yeah sure lion king 🤡 🤣
@@chand911 okay lil Hawkeye
@@DeMoN_Hunt what lion king ? It's just an ai generated pic of a lion with cool glasses 😁
At least they will not wait 2 years to watch the new season xD
Powder uses a nail bomb.
"She's sooooo cute"
IKR its so f up .XD I find it funny how everybody just glances over it up too ep3 till its too late.
3:46 you got a instant like for the cupcake nod my friend!!
Kristen, prepare to be amazed and devastated. You are in for one wild ride!
If you really wanna play hide and seek with references, watch the whole series more than once. The way they complete themes, bring back references, and do it all so smoothly is insane. I’ve seen it probably 15 times and still see new things each time.
Awesome! You should watch 'bridging the Rift' when you are done. It's a behind the scenes series that is super interesting. It goes into the starting up such a dangerous project, the animation, the sound, the music and the promotion. It's really well put together.
I have watched this over 10 times through PLUS another 20 (+) times with reactors. Best there is.
I've never seen better animation before or since. Everything is perfect about that art style. If Netflix should ever decide to release this show on Blu-ray I'd grab myself a copy on day one. The fact that the story and voice acting are great too is just the icing on the cake.
A blu ray release was announced just a few days ago!
@@nellie4621I heard and couldn't believe it! So happy! Hopefully the 2nd and final season will follow suit.
God I love arcane so much. Glad yall are reacting to it
Today is a good day. I have found another Arcane reaction series to follow/watch through.
I can't wait for Season 2! This was a great series so far.
I’ll rewatch Arcane anytime someone wants to react to it. It being you makes it well worth the journey m.
Oscar nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell of Fallout are in the series as the main characters.
They play Jinx and Vi.
Mia Sinclair Jenness voices Powder.
@@hadoken95 Can I ask you something
Never played LoL, this might be the best animated series of all time. You’re in for a treat.
As with anything exceptional it's the writing. We can gush all day about the fantastic animation, characters and world building but without the writing to back it up it all falls apart. 10/10 show that has no weak points. It's amazing and deserves every bit of the huge praise its received.
I loved the different perspective during the fight
"come on powder you need to get in there!"
"no run!"
Just about sums it up lol
This show is a masterpiece hope they enjoy
You guys are great! I felt kinship with the guy bc of his observations and general knowledge in writing. Is he an artist as well? I just thought that when he mentioned foreground and bg.
Michael: I know the gameplay not the lore.
Me: so you know the bad parts.
I've been waiting so long for you guys to react to it. Awesome ❤
Not dropped 3 episodes each time is crime. I need more arcane reaction into my ven.
The Start of Season 1 Act 1: the Prologue, the jinx that put everything in motion.
You’re in for a ride.
Not much of a ride if you're already trying to spoil things, lmfao.
@@vividly94 Spoil, how would this spoil anything, exactly?
Wonderful reaction & great commentary discussion
You two shine the brightest. But please don't burn out the fastest.
This is top tier, 5 star animation, storytelling, world building, soundtracking, and character developing. You will not regret it.
Keep the tissues handy though.
This is top 3 best animated shows ever for me.
Ooh what's your other top two
The animation is 3D that is, literally, then hand painted over. even the lighting isn't dynamic, 3D rendered lighting. every single frame of every single episode is handed painted and textured for the exact desired look with 2D animated layers.
I don't think they repainted over the entirety of every single frame. They used hand painted textures on 3D models for the character work, but everything else, yes! It's an insane and beautiful mix of the best of 2d and 3d 😃
@@silver9wolf6 If you watch the bridging the rift episodes you can see they handle every single frame manually. while a lot of the foundation came from various CG elements every single element within a frame was hand painted. and that is provably so because all of the lightining in every scene is painted in manually. no computer use at all. which means everything within every scene that is lit has to be lit and textured by hand. which will always be, every single element within the frame.
jaby and acharra already reacted to this. but i'm not mad to see another cinepals crew go through the experience. 😄 better have some tissues ready.
You were kind of onto something with the blend of animation styles! It's actually fully 3d animated, but the shading and details are digitally painted over top, frame by frame, all by hand. It's an extremely time-consuming process, but that's what makes it look so good.
This show is essentially an episode of LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS that was able to spawn into a series
And also because there's a huuuge game that influenced it 😅
This is facts
Correct.. they paint over the animation! Such a unique style. Whole series is a masterpiece, can't wait for S2 in November!
correct me if I'm wrong but I think they painted over the 3D *models* (not the animated models) but some expressions were hand drawn and the hard lighting on the characters (which is usually just done in animating with a light source hitting the 3D models but it doesn't match the painted aesthetic 3D models, so they painted the light on)
- "I don't know how much of it was hand drawn"....well..... ALL OF IT!!! (if you want to know more, surely you must see the BTS show called "Bridging the Rift")
- "somebody had to sit for hours and hours"....well....YEARS actually.
Damn it's been years. How did this show get past the former league player. At least season 2 is in pre production I think.
Season 2 was already in pre production when S1 released. They knew it would get extended so they kept the pipeline running. It's expected to come out in November
OMG ARCANE IS GREAT!!! im so excited for the new season
Just so you know thats probably the most tame cliffhanger in this show. Youre in for a great time.
I love Kristen she’s my favorite animated show
Yeah, this show has the best animation, and it's a masterpiece in every aspect. It has incredible voice acting, writing, dialogue, storytelling, animation, visuals, character arcs, score, soundtrack, etc. And on top of all of that, something that is really hard these days is really, really good-written female characters. All the women in this show are 10/10; they are so well written. While other projects are doing the typical women can't fail and have to be overpowered from the start, can't have a character arc, doesn't need to train and just be better than everyone (Captain Marvel and Rey are the perfect example), these female character are amazing, this is how you write characters.
And the best way to look at this episode is that the show has three acts, and episodes 1-3 are the first film, episode 4-6 is the sequel, and 7-9 is the third film.
And they couldn’t grab the bag because the river is very toxic, just like the air, but worse.
The ride of your life 🔥🔥🔥
For the cat scene, it hit so hard because we've been put in the monster-mouse point of view, for a second, you become the monster who kill the cat.
Great reaction to one of the best shows in resent times! About that cat scene, I don't think the cat died. I think that the mouse exploded because of the serum (shimmer) wasn't completely ready. It will make Deckard's later comment make more sense.
Arcane is one of the best thing happen to me ♥♥
Great reaction! Can't wait for the next one! I'd love to watch you guys react to the making of docuseries they released for Arcane after your finished with the series! 😃 It's called "Bridging the Rift"
Excited to go on this ride with you all!
Good luck! It’s an emotional rollercoaster, I’ll tell you that! But one of my all-time favorite shows… like top 3
I literally love you Kristen
She is so right when she says this show is setting us up to be crushed
The best animation us ever produce!
I want an animated series adaptation of "The Legend of Zelda" with the same animation style of Arcane.
Music in this is 🔥
Yep ! The intro was fking awesome
Anime film? sad? about war? definitely Graves of the fireflies.
Caught that too
Thought so too😂 and immediately let out a "don't remind me"
One of the best ever created
great video I hope to see your reaction to ep 2
she is so weird...
Honestly one of the best shows made in recent years! Also my girl Hailee Steinfeld as Vi
Between this and Spider-Verse... her voice acting is incredible.
Congratulations.... You guys are watching one of the best and I'm not Overselling it but yes! One of the best Show that could exist in human history.
It's a shame! Season 2 is due for November 2024. It's a long wait.
November 2024 confirmed
@@Dyrathzis oh! Yes! My bad... 2024
Hope we will get a S02 official trailer this year.
Every single detail in every single shot has meaning or purpose, they took 6 years to make the first season!
Quick question...those babies, are they olive? Or what kind of green they are ❤❤
You are in for a wild ride. 😁
Whens the next episode?
Subscribed with a bell btw
"Nailed it" 😂
Final scene is basically dawn of the skaven
I'm soo curious how much lore Michael knows, he's connected the cupcake and other things but there are lots of things he hasn't commented on, haha he has me watching him waiting for the slightest response to stuff haha.
You can see his facial expressions when mylo is saying that powder jinxes every job. He knows stuff but doesn't want to spoil it
If you're excited now, just wait until you get to the end of Act 1 in episode 3.
21:47 it was Rachel's Cat
once again this runaway truck will take its toll on the unaware. make sure to take its license plate number because i couldn't
yes!! I love this series! SIgn me up. I Cant wait to see what yall think
tbh the animation gets even better through the series in my opinion
Kristen better have her tissues ready. lol
07:52 Boose was faking it.. nobody said about lower city.. you are giving it away yourself bruh!!
I don’t get how some reactors can try to fake what can be argued is one of the easiest jobs around.
You guys only watching arcane now? I'm shocked you guys still haven't watched but i thought I've seen reaction from your channel