GKIDS has officially announced its partnership with Riot Games for the upcoming home video release of Netflix’s critically acclaimed Arcane Season 1, which currently holds a Tomatometer score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The award-winning distributor and producer has acquired the worldwide videogram and digital transactional rights to Arcane Season 1. GKIDS is planning to release the first installment of the action fantasy series on digital and premium editions. This includes an exclusive 4K version of Arcane Season 1. This comes ahead of the show’s return for its second season this coming November.
What did the GKIDS boss say about the acquisition of Arcane Season 1?
“GKIDS is thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Riot to bring the global hit series Arcane to fans worldwide,” GKIDS founder and CEO Eric Beckman said in a statement via press release. “We are MONSTER fans of the series, and our team is having a blast collaborating with the creatives at Riot and Fortiche to put together an amazing package for the fans. This project was dreamt up on the lawn by the lake at Annecy, so we are extra happy to be able to announce this collaboration at the festival and true home of animation.”
Based on Riot’s The League of Legends game, Arcane is created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. Season 1 also featured the voices of Hailee Steinfeld as Vi, Kevin Alejandro as Jayce, Jason Spisak as Silco, Toks Olagundoye as Mel, JB Blanc as Vander, and Harry Lloyd as Viktor. It is produced by Riot Games in partnership with animation studio Fortiche Productions. Executive producers are Christian Linke, Marc Merrill, Brandon Beck, Jane Chung, and Thomas Vu.
