Watching you react to the whole Arcane series would be a treasure. I'd rather see you record yourself reacting to the whole thing episode by episode and show us highlight cuts of each episode (traditionally I think reactors are allowed to show 10 minutes of them watching the show as long as they cut the music), and then perhaps you can do a deeper dive/review on an episodic level. Each episode has such strengths and both interesting story and visual effects, I would feel like we're missing out on your many interesting observations and comments. If you have it in you, I think many would appreciate one video per episode.
I feel like Arcane is a milestone in animation, like animation finally being truly acknowledged as being more than for just cartoons. The medium has finally arrived.
I’ve never seen “pure” childish denial and grief, absolute despair, displayed so accurately on an animated face. It was done perfectly on Powder in Ep3. The VA did an outstanding job as well, she conveyed the emotion perfectly
she even had a voice crack at one point which is really common when you're feeling the type of emotions powder was feeling in that moment, just amazing
The voice crack and continued erratic repetition of phrases too, I absolutely KNOW whoever wrote that as well as the VA know how most kids work when they're freaking out. Excellent work by them all
The animation of the Arcane series was made by the French studio "Fortiche" which worked 6 years in total, for a realization of 0.30 seconds of animation made per day! This shows the work and perfectionism of these people! (They also directed the Gorillaz music videos, Get Jinx music video).
Bruhh... animating hardly took 3years. Fortiche animators are highly skillfull plus in an appropriate amount. Riot's information of 6 years was for everything like story(they actually made this story with proper introductions), finding appropriate voice actors(the producers told it took 3 years to find the perfect V.A) music, song etc.
@SergiusQuelloBello Because you didn't work with american procucers yet (or Netflix) x) you have to do pages of retakes, the details are so important to them. They always start with a "That's so good ! But..." 3s is really short but I'm not that surprised.
The wind-up monkey is a huge callback to Jinx's introductory music video "Get Jinxed" from 8 years ago: Just like back then, the song starts with her winding it up, transitioning from its ticking into the song itself - and at the end we jump back to reality, with the monkey stopping. But unlike back then, this time we start up with a layout similar to what Get Jinxed ended on, with her leaning onto the counter next to it. And the monkey doesn't peacefully run out either. Instead, this time it falls off the edge of the counter, representing Jinx's impending dive off the deep end...
by the way, this callback is also a reminder (I think of it as a wink to the fans) of the fact that the very first collaboration between Riot Games and Fortiche (the animation Studio) was Indeed Get Jinxed ! And it also shows how much the studio evolved in the meantime.
3:47 Me neither. It's insane how they combined hand-drawn style with CGI. This really deserves the success it got. I hope they make at least 5 seasons from Arcane alone.
I too hope that they make AT LEAST 5 seasons, preferably 10. All the best series go on about 10-20 years, so I'm hoping Arcane will define a decade or two on television. For me it has already surpassed previous masterpieces, such as Game of Thrones. And with just 9 episodes. The quality of the first season is just that insane.
@@horanghae9489 This took 6 years to make from a drawing board into an actual series though. And they didn't even know if it's going to work, that's why it took so long. Now that they know that it's working, it's going to be much faster. Official statement was that it's not going to take 6 years but that it won't come in 2022 either. :)
Chris! I've been a Fan of your reactions from the first one. If you haven't seen it yet, Arcane is art and it is a masterpiece in storytelling. The use of frames, music and animation are all spectacular. You'll enjoy it a lot! It's the culmination of everything Riot has made. Their music industry, their stories and their animations. This animated series raised the bar a TON for videogame adaptations.
Legally you aren't allowed to show a whole episode when watching arcane (as of copyrighted by Netflix) but you can show images of the scene or shots you do like.
@@christopherlew6724 Fair use laws allow you to use it as long as its transformative content though, and stays under a certain time limit pretty sure (could be wrong abt this part).
The fact that they included saliva lines is phenomenal, I'm tired of seeing people only include it for monsters and not when someone is in an episode of schizophrenia like Powder and Jinx. And the realistic crying and reactions to hallucinations...
People always have that, "UGH!" reaction to the Firelight (insect) leaving Powder's mouth, but nobody seems to understand the meaning behind the imagery: Ekko becomes the Leader of the group known as the "Firelights," which are named after the insects called by the same name. The image of the Firelight leaving Powder's mouth, is the imagery of her losing that "Innocent" and "Virtuous" mentality that might have lead her to be in that same group, along-side her childhood friend. Rather than the two of them ending up as unfortunate enemies.
funny fact, i never thought it was gross, because everything she has lived, and she is passing thru, is way worse, and once you feel like that, the only thing that matters, is why you are still not dead. yet, why dont try.
something to add, once you feel like you not only hate yourself, and your past as a whole. you are lost. and if you still smile, you are empty, and once you are empty, you try to fill yourself however you can, (and coming back to the meaning i have to the firelight coming out of the mouth, there it went she's last hope in her reality, (the start of her schizophrenia as a try to protect herself))
now, people have 3 reactions when they are in that point, fight, escape, or ignore, she ignored and escaped for so long, and felt useless for that reason, so she is now pushed to fight (and then THAT happens, so after she see's that when she fought something changed, (way more than she wanted) she keeps fighting, even when not necessary (vi keeps in this state) and now that her reality is that she lost everything, there's no other option than fighting (plus her schizophrenia is now the jinx we all know and love))
If you pay attention to the faces, you can see their nostrils flaring while breathing, tiny shifts in facial expressions - even characters who don't do anything are still dynamic and move realistically. In these details you can really see that budget was not a concern in their effort to make the best animated show.
This is exactly how animation should be used. If animation can recreate the real world exactly, what does it add as an art form? Everything is virtual and you're limited by your own imagination--why restrict yourself to only what's real?
I like those beatdrop transition in the scenes... For example: 1) Where this insect comes out of the mouth of Powder you can see for a split second Jinx when the beatdrop comes 2) Where Powder aims with her "finger gun" to the bad guys and also there you can see Jinx for like 1/2 frames They did an amazing job!! :)
I love when others notice these subtle things too :) I feel like so many people miss these. I just can't appreciate the level of animation enough. Especially the facial expressions.
@@unknowndane4754 most reactors are probably keeping it safe because of how bullshit TH-cam is. Depending on the show people still get hit when they use 10 min or less.
Man, if you thought the subtle, raw facial expressions were animated incredibly in this music video, the show would completely blow you away. Arcane uses silence so unbelievably well, allowing for the characters to communicate entire scenes with nothing but their expressions. No other animated show has ever really had the animation technique or budget to _really_ utilize moments like those. If you're someone who really notices when a project does something different with the medium of animation, Arcane will be like a smorgasbord for your eyeballs. It's a game-changer.
This is such a huge fact. Ive played league of legends for 13 years. My ass has the stupid King Rammus skins. So THIS?! This felt like league CAME ALIVE! Bein a adc main and jinx bein one of my 100% favorites, hell her and vayne was the entire reason I made it to diamond the first time. And seeing all of this become what this is? I couldn't be happier
One bit I noticed that I haven't seen anyone talk about yet: When they show Vi, then Powder and even Ekko 'shadowboxing' in the Alley: Vi's moves are quick and effective. And she keeps her balance. She clearly has a lot of practice. Powder overreaches a lot and is hopping on one leg more often than not. She has no idea what she's doing. Ekko's scene is too short to really comment on it, but he's better than Powder.
Another tiny detail that amazes me is at 17:25, the shadows behind each age of Jinx/Powder is the next character. The first one has the higher piece of hair on the right, and the youngest/2nd one has Jinx's hair as her shadow
The style used here is how the entire show is animated and it even innovates further during certain scenes. If you want to handle the show I'd love to see you react to the whole thing, but if you can't then you could pick out specific scenes to talk about
As a photographer one of the very first things I noticed when I started watching arcane is their use of focus and depth of field. Oftentimes animated scenes either have everything in focus or a slightly blurred background with all characters being perfectly in focus. When filming or photographing live action that isn’t how it works. I have photos I have taken where I set my depth of field to be too narrow and the face I shot ended up with their eyes in focus but their ears were blurry. Arcane does exactly this with their depth of field and focus. It is absolutely amazing.
The animation studio of Arcane (and majority of the best trailers of LoL like Rise, KDA, warriors) is Fortiche. 3D modelling with 2D textures, no motion capture. Every facials expressions are handmade.
the coolest thing for me is that all of the scenes in this music video are unique and not just cutouts from the series there are few ones that are similar (like powder sitting at the bar) but they are still different in details so much work and love put into it its just unbelievable
Bruh I watched the vid like a dozen times in the past week and not once did I catch that, and this guy just points it out his first viewing LMFAO legend
I love how every frame of the show and the music video look like a mix media painting. The blend of 3D and 2D art techniques is the best, especially when something explodes or there is gunfire.The explosions look so cartoony and abstract like pop-art prints, while the characters and backgrounds look like an oil painting with the smooth blending and the subtle paint strokes in the hair or trees. The whole show makes my artist brain extremely happy and I really want to try and use those same techniques in my own art.
Arcane is probably the best looking animated anything I've ever seen. Spiderverse set a bar, and Arcane blew past that. I'm going to be unfairly comparing all future animated things to Arcane now
I’d kill to see a reaction and analysis of the scene where Jinx lights up the flare. That scene is definitely a work of art as well as the music playing “Guns for Hire”
I LOVE how expressive their faces are - you can really tell the exact emotion the character is feeling at just a glance/with no context, something art forms like anime cant do nearly as well.
I think this art-style is the natural evolution from cell-shading like in Borderlands or any of the Telltale games. Also, 100% agree about the subtle changes in facial expressions and movements. There is so much effort put into every single second and it doesn't feel like many other shows where only the main characters move but people in the background are just sort of there, frozen in place or repeating motions.
Without a doubt Arcane was tremendously brutal both in animation, history and music, in addition to other highlights of the 10/10 series. Taking advantage of that, the music video for Valorant by Riot games also came out and it would be good to see it, it's very good.
Being following you since the very begining and as a fan this show is 100% something you should/must react to. It has established a whole new level of artistic quality. Plus there is no reactors around with the knowledge you have of the medium that is willing to make an artistic analysis/deconstruction of it. Would be something unique.
There's TBskyen, he makes videos about animation and character design (also mainly about LoL) and he made some animation breakdowns for Arcane and a reaction to full series. So that's also someone to check out
You noticed the three frame cut when she shot the finger gun, but you should check out the two frame cut at the end of the scene where the Firelight bug crawls out of her mouth. I love when they add these little details everywhere. Also, you were wondering how they made this. It's 3D models and they have hand-drawing on top.
This style of animation does weight like no other. It's very visceral. It's crazy how a series called "Arcane" looks like it was done by the developers of dishonored: Arkane Studios.
This is also one of my favorite series on Net Flix right now. I love how fluid the animation is, it's like watching real people move around, and that takes so many frames to pull off. It's such a beautiful art style, I've tried about 5 times to get my boyfriend to watch this with me and he won't even give it a shot. He doesn't know what he's missing out on. Anyway! I agreed with everything you had to say about this show. I'm so happy you made this video and took the time to really LOOK at the things to so many probably overlook. Amazing!
I have never really been a fan of animations but this show went to a whole new level. This animations is amazing good and well done. This show is sooo good and the music is lovely. Everything about Arcane is great and extremely well done.
you've lost the part when the moth leaves her mouth, she also becomes the older version of herself (Jinx). I love the reaction you have with Jinx, she is my favourite champion along with Miss Fortune!
Rather than a reaction to Arcane, I think an analysis of the entire season from your perspective as a filmmaker would be more interesting. There is a lot going on in Arcane from the technical and artistic perspectives that could be explained, analyzed, & commented on and I think your time would be better spent analyzing it as a whole rather than just reacting to each episode.
I hope you watched Arcane by now. Its a masterpiece. Look I dont even like LoL but arcane is probably the best show Ive ever seen, animated or otherwise. (ep. 9 has a 9.9/10 rating on IMDB)
I love videos like this, to see the work and effort behind the story. Especially with a great story as Arcane has, seeing things through another's eyes really give appreciation for the effort put into the artwork.
The animation is sooooo beautiful, I loooove all the emotions on the face, the micro emotions, the visible hesitation and natural sway of the human bodies when they're just "standing still". A work of art, it's so gorgeous!
Arcane fue la mejor serie del año y sus números son increíbles , historia animación música es fantástica y creo que tendrías que verla ya sea reaccionando o no , saludos desde Argentina 😊
Yes dude! Arcane really did something to me, its a long time since im so hyped about something. You got my Support on a reaction. The Animation, the writing, the music, just everything. 🤯🤣
the style is just amazing one of the best animated series i have seen in a super long time really hope they go to the moon with it how the series continues personally still find animation superior to live action just the way you can animate it tho ofc not always
Animation aside (which is just. Incredible). the cinematography/camera movemensta and angles are just fabulous to watch and experience, with "over the shoulder" shots like the one at the start to the rotoscope and moving shots which only adds to the style and the atmosphere of the show. Major props to everyone involved.
Believe me man, I might've stumbled upon your video by chance, but the pure hype and excitement I saw in your face when you saw the animation was mutual. I'm a designer by profession and all I could wait for the next episode to be released as soon as possible. Thank you for sharing your hype with us Chris. It really makes people like us not feel that we are different and nerds. We just view animations at a different POV than others who don't take that seriously.
its like animated concept art... and i personally have always loved that style so this series is just a blessing to me, and the writing is decent too. an absolute win in my book tbh
The only thing that can be considered as a problem with League of Legends is the game itself because I love the story, a love their other games, I love the art stile, the music, the characters... They made something really BIG but League itself is became too competitive and toxic. ( This is from someone who played hours of LoL and all the other games from Riot )
This song fits really good with this amazing film that is Arcane. It just has really the best animation I've seen in a while besides the Spiderverse. I think Arcane really solidified animation and hopefully another animation studios will follow suit and do the same for 2022.
I literally cannot stop watching the music video/edits/analysis vids/the show. every aspect of it is just so damn good. my fav scene of the video is definitely at 4:33 in your video where the music shifts back and it has the shot of powder/jinx yelling UGH its literally so good. I would not be able to make something like this but I get addicted to watching it and watching people break it down.
Hello Chris, I’ve returned once again on day 6,489 of requesting the Warframe Prime Trailers specifically Valkyr, Banshee, and Nekros or really just all of them since they’re masterpieces of teaser trailers
You can do a reaction to the entire series, you just can't show entire episodes on screen so you have to hide certain parts. Other channels have done it as well
Glad I checked out this video; it had a lot of interesting videography breakdowns and I totally missed that adult Jinx transition when she gave those enforcers the finger-gun.
also a little but cool detail: the way Vi is standing while demonstrating some fighting moves, they totally had somebody who knows martial arts to consult them because it is very correct: her body weight is centered and feet stable, meanwhile she is still relaxed. I just know martial arts a little so i find it cool, as i payed attention to these details in particular on purpose
With regards to Arcane, I'd suggest watching it on your own, then noting down scenes and details that really grab you. Within one of your reacts episodes, you could then do a mini-review, go over details you noticed (with stills), and break down the scenes you've recorded. Whilst I appreciate that everyone wants to see everyone they can react to the series, your reaction style of watching then going scene by scene in analysis only works with a full-length series (of nearly an hour per episode) if the initial reaction is done at your own pace and time, which would be too long for youtube.
The best way to do Arcane the show would probably be to watch it and do a review of your fav sequences/scenes and go that route, instead of having to react to all 9 40 min episodes
i really love how you know all the names of the character just by watching the music video and being taught by us. I would really love seeing you reacting to Arcane :D
Genuinely excellent reaction and breakdown - You spent a lot of time directing attention to key aspects and moments to help people go on the same journey you did with the benefit of your critical eye Many reactors don’t bring much of themselves to the content, just making cheap gags and pulling faces - you’re a credit to the react genre, keep it up!
I almost never have seen debate about a certain expression's meaning in an animated show . It rarely comes up about life action. But the fact that all of the facial expressions are so realistic and nuanced let's expressions have multiple meanings at once , therefore letting you think more about certain motives that a character might have . Absolutely beautiful show .
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Doing the whole thing in one video would be very long, so maybe showing your favorite parts from each episode or act would be faster
show scenes u like/what u think are the best part from each episode
I would like to see your reactions to arcane.
th-cam.com/video/oy5NYUgNqvs/w-d-xo.html you should really do this scene where powder is crying
Watching you react to the whole Arcane series would be a treasure. I'd rather see you record yourself reacting to the whole thing episode by episode and show us highlight cuts of each episode (traditionally I think reactors are allowed to show 10 minutes of them watching the show as long as they cut the music), and then perhaps you can do a deeper dive/review on an episodic level. Each episode has such strengths and both interesting story and visual effects, I would feel like we're missing out on your many interesting observations and comments.
If you have it in you, I think many would appreciate one video per episode.
I feel like Arcane is a milestone in animation, like animation finally being truly acknowledged as being more than for just cartoons. The medium has finally arrived.
I think Into The Spiderverse was the first perception changing thing but Arcane also has a huge part
@@user-jx2dc1oc3k You're right! Into the Spiderverse was the first, but Arcane solidified it.
I mean there is something called anime but yeah this made animation being acknowledged more
@@kinghashirsiddiqi8985 they probably should have specified American animation since anime isn’t really taken too seriously over here
@@ovi5986 Maybe to you and some older people. Anime is taken seriously here too
Fun fact, the animation in the music video didn’t have any repeats from the actual show. They created a whole animation just for the music video
Unrealistically interesting fact!
Thats called dedication
I think that one scene with ekko (i think) flipping off those two guards is a repeat, but that is *not* a problem in the slightest.
@@bracken8782 It's not, that's not in the show
@@OnionKnightRises well, i mean, i haven't actually seen the show, so...
I’ve never seen “pure” childish denial and grief, absolute despair, displayed so accurately on an animated face.
It was done perfectly on Powder in Ep3. The VA did an outstanding job as well, she conveyed the emotion perfectly
And maybe a little off subject, but I was even more pleased to see different scenes etc that weren’t in the actual series in the music video.
she even had a voice crack at one point which is really common when you're feeling the type of emotions powder was feeling in that moment, just amazing
The black on her face and the screeches on her voice absolutely amazing
The voice crack and continued erratic repetition of phrases too, I absolutely KNOW whoever wrote that as well as the VA know how most kids work when they're freaking out. Excellent work by them all
Stellar animation and voice actors, characters in Arcane feel more "alive" than a lot of characters from live action movies and TV series.
It would be lit if you react to the whole series IMO
Id watch 1000%
agreed, it's beutiful
Likewise
Agreed... Would love to see your reaction to the full show
And actually explain it.
Thier was alot he could have mentioned and didn't
The animation of the Arcane series was made by the French studio "Fortiche" which worked 6 years in total, for a realization of 0.30 seconds of animation made per day! This shows the work and perfectionism of these people! (They also directed the Gorillaz music videos, Get Jinx music video).
Bruhh... animating hardly took 3years. Fortiche animators are highly skillfull plus in an appropriate amount. Riot's information of 6 years was for everything like story(they actually made this story with proper introductions), finding appropriate voice actors(the producers told it took 3 years to find the perfect V.A) music, song etc.
I heard there's going to be a gorrilaz movie,This animation studio will take care of the animation that movie?
@@andreasanchezsoto3664 good question! i dont kn, it could be rly cool!
@@njordapollon9631 im just saying what they said in their otp channel, interview (Fortiche)
@SergiusQuelloBello Because you didn't work with american procucers yet (or Netflix) x) you have to do pages of retakes, the details are so important to them. They always start with a "That's so good ! But..." 3s is really short but I'm not that surprised.
The wind-up monkey is a huge callback to Jinx's introductory music video "Get Jinxed" from 8 years ago: Just like back then, the song starts with her winding it up, transitioning from its ticking into the song itself - and at the end we jump back to reality, with the monkey stopping.
But unlike back then, this time we start up with a layout similar to what Get Jinxed ended on, with her leaning onto the counter next to it. And the monkey doesn't peacefully run out either. Instead, this time it falls off the edge of the counter, representing Jinx's impending dive off the deep end...
by the way, this callback is also a reminder (I think of it as a wink to the fans) of the fact that the very first collaboration between Riot Games and Fortiche (the animation Studio) was Indeed Get Jinxed ! And it also shows how much the studio evolved in the meantime.
@@Guillean22 thats awesome. They were probably Riot's first thought to animate arcane when they decided that arcane was a jinx backstory
and the foreshadowing in that song is amazing
Bro- I just read your Comment out loud in my normal voice....
Bro- I just realized I have the most boring voice I ever heard
@@Guillean22 Also, Fortiche created the bad-called "Spiderverse style", where Fortiche was first to create this style
3:47 Me neither. It's insane how they combined hand-drawn style with CGI. This really deserves the success it got. I hope they make at least 5 seasons from Arcane alone.
5 season only ? We freakin need ACU arcane cinematique universe
@@Trods911 I concur 🙏
I too hope that they make AT LEAST 5 seasons, preferably 10. All the best series go on about 10-20 years, so I'm hoping Arcane will define a decade or two on television. For me it has already surpassed previous masterpieces, such as Game of Thrones. And with just 9 episodes. The quality of the first season is just that insane.
Same but this took 6 years to make. I hope they can sacrifice that time lol
@@horanghae9489 This took 6 years to make from a drawing board into an actual series though. And they didn't even know if it's going to work, that's why it took so long. Now that they know that it's working, it's going to be much faster. Official statement was that it's not going to take 6 years but that it won't come in 2022 either. :)
Chris! I've been a Fan of your reactions from the first one. If you haven't seen it yet, Arcane is art and it is a masterpiece in storytelling. The use of frames, music and animation are all spectacular. You'll enjoy it a lot! It's the culmination of everything Riot has made. Their music industry, their stories and their animations. This animated series raised the bar a TON for videogame adaptations.
Pls mention the animation studio that did it!
Riot funded.
Mention Fortiche Production!
Legally you aren't allowed to show a whole episode when watching arcane (as of copyrighted by Netflix) but you can show images of the scene or shots you do like.
@@christopherlew6724 Fair use laws allow you to use it as long as its transformative content though, and stays under a certain time limit pretty sure (could be wrong abt this part).
@@amient587 That's what he said/wrote lol
Also VA is amazing on every single character
The fact that they included saliva lines is phenomenal, I'm tired of seeing people only include it for monsters and not when someone is in an episode of schizophrenia like Powder and Jinx. And the realistic crying and reactions to hallucinations...
People always have that, "UGH!" reaction to the Firelight (insect) leaving Powder's mouth, but nobody seems to understand the meaning behind the imagery:
Ekko becomes the Leader of the group known as the "Firelights," which are named after the insects called by the same name. The image of the Firelight leaving Powder's mouth, is the imagery of her losing that "Innocent" and "Virtuous" mentality that might have lead her to be in that same group, along-side her childhood friend. Rather than the two of them ending up as unfortunate enemies.
Ahh, thanks for that. I didn’t realise 🥰🥰
Also for a split second powder turns to jinx
funny fact, i never thought it was gross, because everything she has lived, and she is passing thru, is way worse, and once you feel like that, the only thing that matters, is why you are still not dead. yet, why dont try.
something to add, once you feel like you not only hate yourself, and your past as a whole. you are lost. and if you still smile, you are empty, and once you are empty, you try to fill yourself however you can, (and coming back to the meaning i have to the firelight coming out of the mouth, there it went she's last hope in her reality, (the start of her schizophrenia as a try to protect herself))
now, people have 3 reactions when they are in that point, fight, escape, or ignore, she ignored and escaped for so long, and felt useless for that reason, so she is now pushed to fight (and then THAT happens, so after she see's that when she fought something changed, (way more than she wanted) she keeps fighting, even when not necessary (vi keeps in this state) and now that her reality is that she lost everything, there's no other option than fighting (plus her schizophrenia is now the jinx we all know and love))
"Artistic and realistic at the same time" is a pretty good description :D
I was blown away by this show.
If you pay attention to the faces, you can see their nostrils flaring while breathing, tiny shifts in facial expressions - even characters who don't do anything are still dynamic and move realistically. In these details you can really see that budget was not a concern in their effort to make the best animated show.
This is exactly how animation should be used. If animation can recreate the real world exactly, what does it add as an art form? Everything is virtual and you're limited by your own imagination--why restrict yourself to only what's real?
I like those beatdrop transition in the scenes...
For example:
1) Where this insect comes out of the mouth of Powder you can see for a split second Jinx when the beatdrop comes
2) Where Powder aims with her "finger gun" to the bad guys and also there you can see Jinx for like 1/2 frames
They did an amazing job!! :)
yesss!! saw those too and i absolutely loved them
This insect is called firelights, a harmless creature in zaun. And was choosen by ekko to be the symbol of his community.
I love when others notice these subtle things too :) I feel like so many people miss these. I just can't appreciate the level of animation enough. Especially the facial expressions.
I'd recommend you record your entire reactions, then cut each episode down to 10-15 minute videos of your favorite scenes to avoid copyright strikes
Yep, many youtubers are doing that.
As far as I can tell Riot encourages people to post their reactions to the series, so i'm not sure if they would strike him
@@raffles1773 riot tends to be fine with people using their Stuff, question is if Netflix is more tigger happy (and the songs in the show)
@@raffles1773 There's been a few copyright strikes with creators I watch so idk about that, not sure which company gave out the strikes though
@@unknowndane4754 most reactors are probably keeping it safe because of how bullshit TH-cam is. Depending on the show people still get hit when they use 10 min or less.
Man, if you thought the subtle, raw facial expressions were animated incredibly in this music video, the show would completely blow you away. Arcane uses silence so unbelievably well, allowing for the characters to communicate entire scenes with nothing but their expressions. No other animated show has ever really had the animation technique or budget to _really_ utilize moments like those. If you're someone who really notices when a project does something different with the medium of animation, Arcane will be like a smorgasbord for your eyeballs. It's a game-changer.
This is such a huge fact. Ive played league of legends for 13 years. My ass has the stupid King Rammus skins. So THIS?! This felt like league CAME ALIVE! Bein a adc main and jinx bein one of my 100% favorites, hell her and vayne was the entire reason I made it to diamond the first time. And seeing all of this become what this is? I couldn't be happier
One bit I noticed that I haven't seen anyone talk about yet:
When they show Vi, then Powder and even Ekko 'shadowboxing' in the Alley:
Vi's moves are quick and effective. And she keeps her balance. She clearly has a lot of practice.
Powder overreaches a lot and is hopping on one leg more often than not. She has no idea what she's doing.
Ekko's scene is too short to really comment on it, but he's better than Powder.
That's animation's magic !
(We noticed bc it's amazing !) ^^
lmao
That's kinda the point
he actually falls down, he is geeky at this age and not agile. i got that he was worse than powder
Why would anyone talk about this when it's so obvious? Like that was literally the point of those scenes.
Another tiny detail that amazes me is at 17:25, the shadows behind each age of Jinx/Powder is the next character. The first one has the higher piece of hair on the right, and the youngest/2nd one has Jinx's hair as her shadow
I literally just noticed this for the first time tonight and freaked out! Such a cool detail, and so tiny!
The style used here is how the entire show is animated and it even innovates further during certain scenes.
If you want to handle the show I'd love to see you react to the whole thing, but if you can't then you could pick out specific scenes to talk about
As a photographer one of the very first things I noticed when I started watching arcane is their use of focus and depth of field. Oftentimes animated scenes either have everything in focus or a slightly blurred background with all characters being perfectly in focus. When filming or photographing live action that isn’t how it works. I have photos I have taken where I set my depth of field to be too narrow and the face I shot ended up with their eyes in focus but their ears were blurry. Arcane does exactly this with their depth of field and focus. It is absolutely amazing.
The animation studio of Arcane (and majority of the best trailers of LoL like Rise, KDA, warriors) is Fortiche.
3D modelling with 2D textures, no motion capture. Every facials expressions are handmade.
I would love you to react to the whole series or at least some important scenes :)
The jinx vs ekko scene please its freaking awesome
@@angelgarzon4857 i agree but my favorite scene is when jinx kills pretty much everyone on accident. I loved the emotion in the scene!
the whole series is a masterpiece, both in terms of art and storytelling
the coolest thing for me is that all of the scenes in this music video are unique and not just cutouts from the series
there are few ones that are similar (like powder sitting at the bar) but they are still different in details
so much work and love put into it its just unbelievable
duuudeee your reactions are so expressive and always noticing the minor details like in 3:40 . keep it comminggggg 💯
Bruh I watched the vid like a dozen times in the past week and not once did I catch that, and this guy just points it out his first viewing LMFAO legend
I love how every frame of the show and the music video look like a mix media painting. The blend of 3D and 2D art techniques is the best, especially when something explodes or there is gunfire.The explosions look so cartoony and abstract like pop-art prints, while the characters and backgrounds look like an oil painting with the smooth blending and the subtle paint strokes in the hair or trees. The whole show makes my artist brain extremely happy and I really want to try and use those same techniques in my own art.
Arcane is probably the best looking animated anything I've ever seen. Spiderverse set a bar, and Arcane blew past that. I'm going to be unfairly comparing all future animated things to Arcane now
I like how he calls her “Lil Jinx”🤣
I’d kill to see a reaction and analysis of the scene where Jinx lights up the flare. That scene is definitely a work of art as well as the music playing “Guns for Hire”
I LOVE how expressive their faces are - you can really tell the exact emotion the character is feeling at just a glance/with no context, something art forms like anime cant do nearly as well.
I think this art-style is the natural evolution from cell-shading like in Borderlands or any of the Telltale games.
Also, 100% agree about the subtle changes in facial expressions and movements. There is so much effort put into every single second and it doesn't feel like many other shows where only the main characters move but people in the background are just sort of there, frozen in place or repeating motions.
You can also see Old Jinx (the Small Jinx's name is Powder) in the bug scene! It's only a frame, so it's even more subtle than the finger gun one
Without a doubt Arcane was tremendously brutal both in animation, history and music, in addition to other highlights of the 10/10 series. Taking advantage of that, the music video for Valorant by Riot games also came out and it would be good to see it, it's very good.
Being following you since the very begining and as a fan this show is 100% something you should/must react to. It has established a whole new level of artistic quality. Plus there is no reactors around with the knowledge you have of the medium that is willing to make an artistic analysis/deconstruction of it. Would be something unique.
There's TBskyen, he makes videos about animation and character design (also mainly about LoL) and he made some animation breakdowns for Arcane and a reaction to full series. So that's also someone to check out
You noticed the three frame cut when she shot the finger gun, but you should check out the two frame cut at the end of the scene where the Firelight bug crawls out of her mouth. I love when they add these little details everywhere.
Also, you were wondering how they made this. It's 3D models and they have hand-drawing on top.
6:20 is microexpression, it is taught in animation,but it used to require much more time to animate,but now it is more affordable to animate
This style of animation does weight like no other. It's very visceral.
It's crazy how a series called "Arcane" looks like it was done by the developers of dishonored:
Arkane Studios.
A small detail that i love is how you can feel the weight of every one of vi's punches which is so difficult to replicate in animation
This is also one of my favorite series on Net Flix right now. I love how fluid the animation is, it's like watching real people move around, and that takes so many frames to pull off. It's such a beautiful art style, I've tried about 5 times to get my boyfriend to watch this with me and he won't even give it a shot. He doesn't know what he's missing out on. Anyway! I agreed with everything you had to say about this show. I'm so happy you made this video and took the time to really LOOK at the things to so many probably overlook. Amazing!
I have never really been a fan of animations but this show went to a whole new level. This animations is amazing good and well done. This show is sooo good and the music is lovely. Everything about Arcane is great and extremely well done.
you've lost the part when the moth leaves her mouth, she also becomes the older version of herself (Jinx). I love the reaction you have with Jinx, she is my favourite champion along with Miss Fortune!
Thank you for reacting to this!! I was so excited when I saw you hadn't so I'm so glad to see this!!!
Rather than a reaction to Arcane, I think an analysis of the entire season from your perspective as a filmmaker would be more interesting. There is a lot going on in Arcane from the technical and artistic perspectives that could be explained, analyzed, & commented on and I think your time would be better spent analyzing it as a whole rather than just reacting to each episode.
Why not both? He could react to Arcane and then provide an arc review from a filmmaker perspective as if he watched a week of footage and studied it.
I hope you watched Arcane by now. Its a masterpiece. Look I dont even like LoL but arcane is probably the best show Ive ever seen, animated or otherwise. (ep. 9 has a 9.9/10 rating on IMDB)
I love videos like this, to see the work and effort behind the story. Especially with a great story as Arcane has, seeing things through another's eyes really give appreciation for the effort put into the artwork.
React to arcane, that would be awesome.
If not reaction then a review would be epic!
The animation of this series set a new bar. I hope you do reactions to the episodes.
i love just HOW much you catch about what is going on in the animation so quickly!
The animation is sooooo beautiful, I loooove all the emotions on the face, the micro emotions, the visible hesitation and natural sway of the human bodies when they're just "standing still". A work of art, it's so gorgeous!
Arcane fue la mejor serie del año y sus números son increíbles , historia animación música es fantástica y creo que tendrías que verla ya sea reaccionando o no , saludos desde Argentina 😊
Yes dude! Arcane really did something to me, its a long time since im so hyped about something. You got my Support on a reaction. The Animation, the writing, the music, just everything. 🤯🤣
I have been waiting for this a long time!!!
the way the characters move in the animation is amazing, espicially when J.I.D. appeared, his movements were 1:1 to real life
Love your videos and how informative you are! Plus HUGE fan of Arcane!!
If you look at the lights at 13:57 you see the pink and blue lights sitting in the background like jynx and Vi
jynx
Love every part of this video! Been coming back to it all the time!
So happy to see you posting again, it's been so long
I would love to see your reaction to Arcane. THE art and style are really unique! If you enjoy the detail in the animation, You should really see it!!
the style is just amazing one of the best animated series i have seen in a super long time really hope they go to the moon with it how the series continues
personally still find animation superior to live action just the way you can animate it tho ofc not always
God I would LOOOOVE to see you react to the whole series, it's so good!
Animation aside (which is just. Incredible). the cinematography/camera movemensta and angles are just fabulous to watch and experience, with "over the shoulder" shots like the one at the start to the rotoscope and moving shots which only adds to the style and the atmosphere of the show. Major props to everyone involved.
As an artist, while watching the series, i can't focus on the story- I just stare at the animation, it's just so good!!!
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React to the whole series! The music and voice acting is top tier.
Believe me man, I might've stumbled upon your video by chance, but the pure hype and excitement I saw in your face when you saw the animation was mutual. I'm a designer by profession and all I could wait for the next episode to be released as soon as possible.
Thank you for sharing your hype with us Chris. It really makes people like us not feel that we are different and nerds. We just view animations at a different POV than others who don't take that seriously.
its like animated concept art... and i personally have always loved that style so this series is just a blessing to me, and the writing is decent too. an absolute win in my book tbh
The only thing that can be considered as a problem with League of Legends is the game itself because I love the story, a love their other games, I love the art stile, the music, the characters... They made something really BIG but League itself is became too competitive and toxic. ( This is from someone who played hours of LoL and all the other games from Riot )
/mute all
I feel like they focus too much on their music and advertisements than the actual game and the community
This song fits really good with this amazing film that is Arcane. It just has really the best animation I've seen in a while besides the Spiderverse. I think Arcane really solidified animation and hopefully another animation studios will follow suit and do the same for 2022.
I literally cannot stop watching the music video/edits/analysis vids/the show. every aspect of it is just so damn good. my fav scene of the video is definitely at 4:33 in your video where the music shifts back and it has the shot of powder/jinx yelling UGH its literally so good. I would not be able to make something like this but I get addicted to watching it and watching people break it down.
Goosebumps everytime i hear it.. such a masterpiece
Jinx: my monkey bomb worked 😀😃😄😁
Also jinx: my monkey bomb worked 😵😭😭😭😫
Hello Chris, I’ve returned once again on day 6,489 of requesting the Warframe Prime Trailers specifically Valkyr, Banshee, and Nekros or really just all of them since they’re masterpieces of teaser trailers
EVERYTHING they've done for this series has been a masterpiece via visuals and music
Much more in depth analysis than I expected. Subscribed
You can do a reaction to the entire series, you just can't show entire episodes on screen so you have to hide certain parts. Other channels have done it as well
Please react too all of Arcane, it will be great!!!
Glad I checked out this video; it had a lot of interesting videography breakdowns and I totally missed that adult Jinx transition when she gave those enforcers the finger-gun.
I like the way how you show your react before replay and explain detaily
also a little but cool detail: the way Vi is standing while demonstrating some fighting moves, they totally had somebody who knows martial arts to consult them because it is very correct: her body weight is centered and feet stable, meanwhile she is still relaxed. I just know martial arts a little so i find it cool, as i payed attention to these details in particular on purpose
With regards to Arcane, I'd suggest watching it on your own, then noting down scenes and details that really grab you. Within one of your reacts episodes, you could then do a mini-review, go over details you noticed (with stills), and break down the scenes you've recorded.
Whilst I appreciate that everyone wants to see everyone they can react to the series, your reaction style of watching then going scene by scene in analysis only works with a full-length series (of nearly an hour per episode) if the initial reaction is done at your own pace and time, which would be too long for youtube.
Deym the beat drop and his "OH" 🔥🔥
I watched the full series and now i cant wait for the next one i heard its coming out in November this year! its a really good show!
The best way to do Arcane the show would probably be to watch it and do a review of your fav sequences/scenes and go that route, instead of having to react to all 9 40 min episodes
i really love how you know all the names of the character just by watching the music video and being taught by us. I would really love seeing you reacting to Arcane :D
Sick video and animation. that serie was AMAZING
Yeah that cool
Genuinely excellent reaction and breakdown - You spent a lot of time directing attention to key aspects and moments to help people go on the same journey you did with the benefit of your critical eye
Many reactors don’t bring much of themselves to the content, just making cheap gags and pulling faces - you’re a credit to the react genre, keep it up!
I almost never have seen debate about a certain expression's meaning in an animated show . It rarely comes up about life action.
But the fact that all of the facial expressions are so realistic and nuanced let's expressions have multiple meanings at once , therefore letting you think more about certain motives that a character might have .
Absolutely beautiful show .
I just want to say that this is the first time i watch any of your video but i can say for sure you have the best setup for amy youtubers especially reactor i have ever seen. It just so clean and aestetic. 👍
my favorite TV show in this year , thanks man
I can watch that video 100 more times and still get goosebumps
I agree with him so much this is 6 years of work into one 100/10 show
Such an eye you have. I didint see the moment when she is pointing to the enforcers, and powder shitch just for a frame into jinx. Goosebumps.
Hi,
First time watching your videos, I really like it! And I really enjoyed that you started to sing whit the video/song 👍🏻
i mean the art style, music and story and like everything is so good :D
100% would love to see the full reaction. Even if you decide to not do that I recommend you watch it on your own because it is amazing.
Everytime when i see this animation i cry. Like omg it's so fucking good and the atmosphere is amazing
Ekko is just such a encapsulating character with his personal story and character design, almost makes me to play LoL
5:00 where it’s jinx and all the bodies drop and it switches back to powder is the coolest part of the video by far IMO
14:25 oh damn I didn't notice that! That is so cool!! No wonder a pro filmmaker noticed it right away!
I like when powder hit her head that link with music so freakin perfect
His expressions are EVERYTHING! 💕💕💕
i think the video is even better with knowledge from the show
watching it after the end of season 1 or episode 6 just hits different