Anime

DarksideKing·May 25, 2017·6 votes·1,138 views

Will Riot ever make an anime series for League. It has so much rich background lore, in-game quest and characters, that not making one seems rather dumbfounded. Rather than fan made ones (which are beautifully done), wouldn't League benefit more if it had an anime to fill in the gaps where the lore couldn't. Though all these trailers for skins look amazing, it seems like a waste as the money going towards it, could be use to create an animated series. I don't know how much traction this will get, but with the amount of bland anime it have right now, Rito could step in with a LoL anime and make millions. Imagine watching Rengar vs Kha'Zix, or how lucian lost his wife to thresh. [zombie-brand-mindblown]

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SEKAIMay 25, 20175 votes

It probably won't work. There are only so many anime where a gigantic rosters actually worked (most tend to resort to character "off-ing" sprees at some point as the author can no longer handle the cast size and balancing, and it doesn't feel neither great or sensible). Anime series on LoL is too risky.

DarksideKingMay 25, 20171 votes

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It probably won't work. There are only so many anime where a gigantic rosters actually worked (most tend to resort to character "off-ing" sprees at some point as the author can no longer handle the cast size and balancing, and it doesn't feel neither great or sensible). Anime series on LoL is too risky.

All anime are risky, but they dont have to create a long running series. There are so many short story lines in league they can easily animate one or two short stories. Watching all these artwork and cosplay events, an anime seems to be missing, or rather animated movies like DC.

SEKAIMay 25, 20172 votes

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All anime are risky, but they dont have to create a long running series. There are so many short story lines in league they can easily animate one or two short stories. Watching all these artwork and cosplay events, an anime seems to be missing, or rather animated movies like DC.

Try a comic/manga first, then we can talk about adapting to animation.

LoL could use some comics.

Though there is 1 major problem that's preventing it all from happening: Ever since the great retcoon, LoL doesn't have a world yet, where most of the crucial things are still just missing and many of the characters' existence no longer make any sense due to the retcoon. So before that finishes to an extent (which it isn't now), none of these could take off.

UnboundHadesMay 25, 20173 votes

league didn't originate from japan so it cant be called anime. the title of a true anime is only given to shows made in japan not cheap rip offs like avatar

SEKAIMay 25, 20171 votes

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league didn't originate from japan so it cant be called anime. the title of a true anime is only given to shows made in japan not cheap rip offs like avatar

Avatar (and subsequently Korra etc) is not cheap rip-off. Not even the most rabid anime fans would say things like that.

UnboundHadesMay 25, 20173 votes

avatar is terrible compared to actual anime that have some thought into them

SEKAIMay 25, 20171 votes

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avatar is terrible compared to actual anime that have some thought into them

If you're just gonna compare Avatar to the likes of the original Ghost in the Shell or something then obviously it won't hold up, in fact, almost no title ever can, this includes anime too. And that's what we call an unfair comparison.

Avatar stands proudly on its own feet with far much more energy to spare, that's more than enough to not call it a "cheap rip-off".

SplisionMay 25, 20171 votes

It's obvious that you haven't actually watched Avatar.

AlienPrimateJul 6, 20171 votes

Imagine if Avatar wasn't written for an audience of 8 year olds though. Considering it was written for children, it is amazing.

UnboundHadesJul 6, 20171 votes

THIS IS A MONTH OLD WHAT ARE U DOING

AlienPrimateJul 6, 20171 votes

It was in the recent threads is what I am doing.

SplisionMay 25, 20171 votes

So what you're saying is that if it's made in Japan it's automatically superior? I don't think that's a healthy way of looking at things.

DigielfJul 6, 20171 votes

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league didn't originate from japan so it cant be called anime. the title of a true anime is only given to shows made in japan not cheap rip offs like avatar

The origin of something doesnt mean it can't become Anime. Marvel originated from USA yet there is Japanese Avengers anime and manga, even Batman does. Anime makes any series into its most perfected form so they would profit a lot from League anime which is already a lot into this style. The Avatar series became so popular because they adapted the high quality Japanese anime art style, although its not an acctual anime the reason of its success is mainly this, thats why they call it the ''american anime''.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKJXlQQI2ms

UnboundHadesJul 6, 20171 votes

THIS IS A MONTH OLD WHAT ARE U DOING

mkynerMay 25, 20172 votes

It would be nice to see any kind of media set in Runeterra. An anime or series about the Champions and their day to day life in the Institute of War could be fun. Alternately, novels covering the history of Demacia or Noxus - similar to the Horus Heresy series for 40k - would be a great way to really delve into the history of the world, and a handful of champions in particular. Riot is developing such a rich world. There are tons of ways it could be explored. It would be a shame if it was used merely as a background/flavor for Champions in Rift games.

bubagumpsJul 5, 20172 votes

The way I would imagine it could take place would be to do a 4-5 episode spotlight on, say, Garen and Katarina. You could have two episodes of Garen, where he is training his troops, developing his battle strategy, flashing back to better days (you have to have a flashback or two) and then switch to Katarina for two episodes and do the same. Then, in the final episode, they meet on the field of battle, and I leave the rest to the writers with a WAYYY better imagination than me.

The beauty of it is that it could be done for all of the usual matches. Sej and Ashe, Kha and Rengar, Blitz and Victor, WW and Singed, so on and so forth. It was successful, rito would pour more money into it and, after covering all their bases, spin it into a larger scale story.