Netflix Artist Defends Arcane’s Reported $250 Million Budget: “Let This Be the Model for the Standard If You Want Artistry and Quality”

A new report recently revealed that Arcane is the most expensive animated series ever made – but industry professionals have defended the League of Legends spin-off’s reported $250 million price tag.

“Let this be the example for the standard if you want artistry and quality,” production designer and artist Jason Scheier, who has worked on shows like Blue Eye Samurai and Ultraman: Rising, wrote on Tweet in response to the news. “Perfection takes time and resources. Every frame in Arcane is truly a painting, and nuanced at a level I believe our viewers deserve. Using the animation medium to be expressive and tell incredible stories that are larger than life.”