Arcane's upcoming Blu-ray release just received its first substantial preorder discount at Amazon ahead of its October 8 release. You can save at least 20% on all three editions, including the limited-edition steelbook 4K Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray steelbook edition, each of which has unique cover art featuring Jinx or Vi. Amazon has also opened preorders for The Art and Making of Arcane, an upcoming hardcover book with exclusive concept art and interviews with the team behind the hit Netflix show set in the world of League of Legends. The Blu-ray release arrives just in time for a rewatch before Season 2 of Arcane premieres in November.
The 4K Blu-ray edition comes with a steelbook case featuring Jinx cover art and is currently discounted to $46 (was $60). With Amazon's preorder price guarantee, if you order now, you'll get the 4K Blu-ray for the lowest price offered by Amazon until release. You won't be charged until your order ships.
For this release, there'll be over three hours of bonus features in addition to the entire nine-episode run of Arcane. Fans can go behind the scenes of Arcane with exclusive conversations involving key creative talent and writers, numerous scene breakdowns from the animation staff at studio Fortiche, making-of videos, and more. Here's the full breakdown of these extras:
Bridging the Rift: The making of Arcane
"Making Mel" featurette
"Happy Progress Day" scene breakdown
"When these walls come tumbling down" scene breakdown
The standard 1080p Blu-ray is also getting a steelbook edition, but this one features Vi, Jinx's sister. Big League of Legends and Arcane fans will have to preorder both to get these complementary steelbook cases. You'll get the same bonus features with the Blu-ray release.
At the moment, limited-edition Blu-ray preorders are $42 (was $55) at Amazon.
It doesn't have a release date yet, but The Art and Making of Arcane is available to preorder for $54 (was $60) at Amazon. This 224-page hardcover comes with an acetate dust jacket with the exclusive art shown above, while the cover itself inverses the illustration's color scheme.
Along with never-before-seen concept art, the book contains over 20 interviews with key team members who created the show.
For Arcane fans looking to go all out, there's an Arcane collector's edition available from GKids Films. Normally $200, it has been discounted to $150 and includes original artwork, a diecast D20 dice, resin dice, a velvet dice pouch, double-sided poster, six art cards, and a fabric map.
With elaborate and imaginative animation, production on the sequel series has taken a long time, but the second and final season will debut on Netflix in a few months. The first season featured a stacked cast of performers, including Hailee Steinfeld (Vi), Annie Award winner Ella Purnell (Jinx), Katie Leung (Caitlyn), Reed Shannon (Ekko), Amirah Vann (Sevika), Mick Wingert (Heimerdinger), Ellen Thomas (Ambessa), and Brett Tucker (Singed).
