Arcane's showrunners would like to shake things up after 9 years, which is part of why it's ending with Season 2
As Arcane Season 2 wraps up its second act, I find myself in a state of suspended animation—not because it's bad, but because it ended on such a cliffhanger that I'm left all dangling and desperate for a conclusion. It's been a markedly more complex show so far, and it's spinning a lot more plates, but I've been having a blast. I'm also wondering how it's all gonna end, considering the fact that this second season will be its last.
It's not been cancelled, or anything. While there was a joke that it was meant to run for five whole seasons, it was only a bit of banter—it's simply going to end because, well, its showrunners have been working on it for nine whole years, and would quite like to do something else, thanks.
That's as per an interview with Animation Magazine featuring co-showrunner Christian Linke and co-series director Pascal Charrue, the latter of whom lays it out cleanly: «We spent nine years at this point on these 11 or so characters, so there’s also something about wanting to make sure that we are able to tell the stories of other characters that we’re also really passionate about.»
Linke concurs, adding: «There’s people who were single when they started on Arcane and now they’re married and have kids in school.» That's a heck of a long time to be working on any one project—so I'm not at all shocked that Fortiche, the studio behind the series, wants a change. Even if it was a golden opportunity, as Linke puts it, saying that «we were also just really lucky that we were able to have a higher budget for an animated series, because we were an IP by Riot. We were able to really put art first. You don’t often get that opportunity.»
As for what the studio wants to make next? That's a bit up in the air. Fortiche works in collaboration with Riot, but it's not beholden to the studio—so it could very well be dipping its toes into other franchises. After all, 'we made Arcane' is a solid gold star on your resume.
We do happen to know the studio's making Penelope
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