GKIDS Takes Global Video & Transactional Rights to ‘Arcane’ S2

Fresh off another sweep of the Annie Awards, the critically-acclaimed second season of animated series Arcane has been picked up for global home entertainment distribution by GKIDS. The deal covers worldwide (excluding China) videogram and digital transactional rights. GKIDS, alongside international partners, will release a full product array, including a 4K version exclusive to the home entertainment release, in 2025, with further details to be announced.

In 2024, GKIDS released Arcane Season One in a sold-out limited run collector’s edition, as well as a 4K UHD SteelBook, Blu-ray SteelBook, Standard Blu-ray and on Digital download-to-own.

The series is based on the hit video game League of Legends and produced by Riot Games for Netflix, with animation by Fortiche Productions.

“The GKIDS team is absolutely thrilled to continue its partnership with Riot and Fortiche,” said GKIDS Director of Home Entertainment Alison Kozberg. “From the beginning, we developed our season one 4KUHD and Blu-ray editions with an eye towards eventually celebrating the whole story of Jinx, Vi, Piltover and Zaun. We couldn’t be more excited to create something really special for the arc’s momentous conclusion.”

Arcane is co-created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, and follows the origins of League champions Vi and Jinx. Picking up after the events of Season 1, Season 2 follows the fallout from Jinx’s attack on the council, which sets the stage for a dire escalation of the conflict between the utopian city of Piltover, and the oppressed underground city of Zaun.

The series first debuted in November 2021, with its second and final season debuting this past November. Like its first season, Arcane Season 2 was met with rave reviews, garnering widespread praise for its striking animation, emotionally complicated characters, thrilling music and overall production quality. The series recently made a full sweep at this year’s Annie Awards, taking home awards in all seven categories it was nominated in.

Read more about Arcane Season 2 in Animation Magazine‘s feature story here.