Last week, Riot Games shared the first video from the documentary series Arcane: Bridging the Rift, showing the behind-the-scene footage and the thoughts of the team on the development process. Among the more interesting bits, the video contained a few bits of animation test from before it all came together to form the masterpiece of the series.
This particular minute-long animation shows Jayce and Vi fighting on a rooftop using their respective hextech weapons: the hammer for Jayce and the Atlas gauntlets for Vi. Considering Vi’s performance in the series, especially when it came to Sevika, the fight might be going in a different way than you’d expect!
“Back in 2015, the Arcane team produced this animation test as proof that they could create something special.”
Note: this is not the only bit of unused animation featured in the full episode of Bridging the Rift, so you might want to check it out in full!
About Arcane:
Set in the universe of Runeterra, Arcane allows watchers – both veterans and newcomers to League of Legends – explore the region of Piltover and its seedy underbelly of Zaun. Known across Runeterra as the “city of progress,” many of the most brilliant minds call these cities home. But the creation of hextech, a way for any person to control magical energy, threatens that balance.
The first season of Arcane consists of nine episodes split into three Acts and is available on Netflix. Riot revealed that the next season is already in development:
