Animation studio behind Netflix's Arcane reveals the one manga series it'd love to adapt (2024)
Fortiche Studio, the animation group behind Netflix's Arcane, has revealed which manga series it'd love to take a stab at adapting.
In a new interview with anime streamer Crunchyroll, co-founder Pascal Charrue pinpointed Naoki Urasawa's works or, more specifically, Takehiko Inoue's Vagabond, which centers on Japanese swordsman Musashi Miyamoto, when asked which manga they'd love to develop for the small screen. "It's a masterpiece with incredible depth and stunning artwork that would be fascinating to bring to life," he said of the series, which is based on a novel by Eiji Yoshikawa.
"When considering manga to adapt, it's essential to find those that genuinely benefit from being animated," Charrue went on. "Often, I find myself disappointed with some adaptations due to the simple fact that the pacing of a manga, which you control as a reader, doesn't always translate well to animation."
Elsewhere in the lengthy chat, Charrue said that while Fortiche is not really looking to develop new takes on existing material, he was a big fan of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, too, and sees how it'd match up to the studio's signature storytelling.
"I must admit, I don't watch as much anime as I used to due to time constraints, but the last one that really caught my attention wasCyberpunk: Edgerunnersby Hiroyuki Imaishi at Studio Trigger," Charrue continued. "I initially watched it out of curiosity because it's also an adaptation of a video game. Even though it's quite different fromArcane, they managed to successfully incorporate emotion into the story, which is something we always aim to achieve in our own work."
Released in September 2022, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners serves as a prequel to the Mike Pondsmith's similarly named tabletop role-playing game, and takes place about a year before the events ofCyberpunk 2077. Created by Rafal Jaki, it follows David Martinez/Deibiddo Marutinesu, after a terrible tragedy forces him to drop out of school and sets out to become a mercenary outlaw, otherwise known as "an edgerunner".
For now, Fortiche is gearing up to release the second season of Arcane, which'll see sparring sisters Jinx (Ella Purnell) and Vi (Hailee Steinfeld) continue to navigate the unfolding war between the residents of wealthy city Piltover and its struggling underbelly Zaun.
While a specific premiere date has yet to be announced, Netflix has confirmed the show will return sometime in November. For more, check out our guide to thebest Netflix showsfor some viewing inspiration.
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In a new interview with anime streamer Crunchyroll, co-founder Pascal Charrue pinpointed Naoki Urasawa's works or, more specifically, Takehiko Inoue's Vagabond, which centers on Japanese swordsman Musashi Miyamoto, when asked which manga they'd love to develop for the small screen.
Arcane (titled onscreen as Arcane: League of Legends) is an adult animated steampunk action-adventure television series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. It was produced by the French animation studio Fortiche under the supervision of Riot Games, and distributed by Netflix.
Maunoury says the characters are all animated using 3D models and rigs, with 2D animation used to add texture and effects like smoke, water, fire, dust, etc.The backgrounds are painted in 2D, he says, and he cites the efforts of the show's compositing team for bringing it all together seamlessly.
Jinx is stated to be 11-12 years old in the first act of Arcane and is estimated to be 17-19 years old in the second and third act of the series. Jinx's official height is 160 cm (5'3).
Arcane is based on the popular multiplayer online battle arena game League of Legends, developed and released by Riot Games in 2009. The animated series was constructed by co-creators Linke and Alex Yee and was produced by the French animation studio Fortiche in partnership with Riot Games.
Pitched by Linke and Yee in around 2014-2015, everything from planning and starting up the project to the overall writing, production, and animation took around six years before its eventual release.
Characters are modeled in three dimensions, but unlike typical productions of the style, all of Arcane's backgrounds are digitally hand-painted. On top of that, the visual effects for aspects like fire and tears are all animated in 2D.
The whole movie was made in Blender with Grease Pencil and animated 2D FX straight in Blender, but then just for time purposes I was able to do it in Harmony on the renders and they would composite it all together. Then a few months later they hired more people and I became their supervisor.
Fortiche Production is a French Animation Studio best known for creating Animations and Cinematics for Riot Games Inc. After the release of Arcane, Riot acquired a non-controlling stake in the company.
The film grossed $1.465 billion on a budget of $90 million, surpassing Ghost in the Shell (2022) to become the highest-grossing film produced by MLAS, making it the second film from the studio to pass the billion dollar mark.
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