GKIDS Unveils Partners For ‘Arcane’ Season 1 Int’l & Domestic Home Entertainment Rollout

EXCLUSIVE: Gkids has announced partnerships with Anime Ltd. & Plaion Pictures, Plain Archive, Shout! Studios and Sugoi for the home entertainment rollout this year of the first season of hit animated show Arcane.

The show will be released on digital download-to-own and physical home entertainment formats in Europe, South Korea, and Australia/New Zealand by Anime Ltd. & Plaion Pictures, Plain Archive, and Sugoi respectively.

It will also be released on digital download-to-own platforms in Latin America by Shout! Studios, which will additionally handle physical product distribution for North America alongside Gkids.

Gkids announced it had acquired the worldwide (excluding China) videogram and digital transactional rights for Season 1 from L.A.-based developer and publisher Riot Games during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June.

“Fans can look forward to a full product array to be announced soon, ranging from digital to premium editions, including a 4K version exclusive to the home entertainment release,” Gkids said.

Spinning off the popular League of Legends video game, Arcane was made by Riot Games and Fortiche Productions and first showed on Netflix.

The series is co-created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, and follows the origins of iconic League champions Vi and Jinx, as they become caught in the power struggle between the utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underground city of Zaun. 

The series debuted in November 2021 to rave reviews and went on to win four primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program, as well as nine Annie Awards, including Best Mature Animated Television Broadcast Production.

A second and final season of the show launches on Netflix in November.