Netflix's Arcane Is the First Streaming Series to Win an Emmy Award for Animation

Netflix's Arcane Is the First Streaming Series to Win an Emmy Award for Animation

Arcane, the popular Netflix animated series based on the League of Legends video game, has won the Outstanding Animated Program award at the Emmy Creative Arts Festival on top of three other animation-related trophies it earned earlier this year.

This is the first time that a streaming-exclusive show has won the award, despite increased competition in recent years. Arcane launches another streaming exclusive, Marvel's What If…? (available to watch on Disney Plus), as well as non-streaming offerings ranging from Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, and Rick and Morty to Punch. Entries from other Netflix animated shows, such as Big Mouth and BoJack Horseman, have been nominated for awards in previous years.

The series was released in November 2021 in partnership with league developer Riot Games. It focuses on a handful of characters from the popular MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), including orphan sisters V and Jinx, their childhood friend Ekko and brawling inventors Jayce and Victor. The award-winning episode is the sixth in the series, titled "When These Walls Come Tumbling Down".

Mysterious co-creator Christian Linke received the award during the ceremony and was quoted via Deadline: "Thanks for that. It's a big deal for us because we come from video games. Seeing the world adopt our characters is amazing."

Fans of the series were relieved to hear that a second season is in the works, despite Netflix's animation call due to a drop in subscriber numbers earlier this year, although there's no word on an estimated release date. , For those who can't wait for an extra mystical revamp, check out the Bridging the Rift documentary series on Rift Games' YouTube channel to see how the show was made.