Netflix artist defends Arcane's reported $250 million budget: "Let this be the example for the standard if you want artistry and quality"

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"Perfection takes time, and it takes resources"

Vi in Arcane season 1
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A new report recently revealed that Arcane is the most expensive animated series ever made – but industry professionals have come out in defense of the League of Legends spin-off's reported $250 million price tag.

"Let this be the example for the standard if you want artistry and quality," production designer and artist Jason Scheier, who's worked on shows like Blue Eye Samurai and Ultraman: Rising, wrote on Twitter in response to the news. "Perfection takes time, and it takes resources. Every frame in Arcane is truly a painting, and nuanced at a level I feel our viewership deserves. Using the animation medium to be expressive, and to tell incredible larger than life stories."

Arcane season 2 act 1 arrives on Netflix on November 9, with the rest of the episodes following later in the month – find out more with our Arcane season 2 release schedule. For more, check out our picks of the other best Netflix shows to add to your watchlist.

Emily Garbutt
Entertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related across the Total Film and SFX sections. I help bring you all the latest news and also the occasional feature too. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism.