‘Arcane’ renewed for Season 2 at Netflix

Netflix and Riot Games have announced that the League of Legends-set animated TV show ‘Arcane’, which premiered on the streaming service earlier this month, has already been renewed for a second season that is currently in production.

The announcement was made at the ending of a fan event on Saturday night, reports Collider.

Arcane is a League of Legends prequel series set in the utopian region of Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, and the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions and the power that will tear them apart. No further plot information has been revealed for Season 2 as of now, but Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, and Katie Leung are all confirmed to return for the second season, reprising their respective voice roles of Vi, Jinx, and Caitlyn Kiramman.

The second season of Arcane will be executed produced by series co-creator Christian Linke, as well as Riot Games founders Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck, Jane Chung, and Thomas Vu.

“We’re beyond happy about the positive response to ‘Arcane’s’ first season and are working hard with the creative wizards at Riot and [animation studio] Fortiche to deliver our second installment,” Linke and fellow co-creator Alex Yee said in a provided statement.