It's very interesting how Vi, Jinx, Ekko, Jayce, and Mel all wear white rags/ tank-tops while Viktor and Caitlyn wear black. And Ambessa is only one who wears red.
It’s him being blinded, probably by hextech. He only see’s the light and not the darkness of it. Him putting his hand to his face probably has to do with him in Episodes 3-6 (probably?). The “what have we done” and onwards This could be wrong though
0:42 always makes me laugh cause it looked like they both went in for a kiss too fast and then ended up headbutting each other and i cant see it any other way
Nobody's talking about the paralell to the first shot of season 1s trailer? Where Powder being chiselled out from Vi's back, looking up to her, now Jinx gets up from Vi and shoots.
I can’t get over how much cooler this intro is than the last one, it’s so stylistically cool. They really knocked it way out of the park and into the atmosphere with this season, and all we’ve gotten so far is Act 1. The experimental animation and music scenes are somehow better than last season. I’m unbelievably excited
the Medarda family is soooo apart of the black rose, not only is ambessa holding one with glowing yellow eyes but Mel screams and the black petals on the ground get blown away while she reaches for the rose, GOD IM SOOOO EXCITED
I saw a video where they showed the first and second trailer together and the part where jayce tries not getting blind by the light is exactly the part where Mel shines on the first one such genius move
Comparing this opening to the first, where everyone and everything were depicted with statues; seeing how the characters are actually here and moving, it could quite literally mean story wise that things are now 'in motion'
Son of a B, Each character is being depicted as Characters from Major Shakespeare or other influential Plays, All who meet tragic ends. When you see it you can't unsee it. Jinx is being depicted as If Jinx is being depicted as a character from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, she most closely represents Éponine. Both characters are products of their environments-Jinx from the underbelly of Zaun and Éponine from the streets of Paris-struggling against societal expectations and injustices. Their lives are marked by rebellion against the circumstances they were born into, highlighting themes of class struggle present in both narratives.Caitlyn is being referenced with Macbeth visual elements may symbolize Caitlyn’s internal struggle akin to Macbeth’s descent into madness. For instance, imagery that suggests darkness or foreboding could represent her grappling with moral dilemmas similar to those faced by Macbeth after he commits regicide. The use of shadows or contrasting light can signify her conflict between her duties as an enforcer and her personal ambitions. Victor being hinted at as a Phantom of the Opera, with the visual cues of Victor slowly putting on the mask, It just seems get deeper with each character. I now wonder if the Intro is Foreshadowing Each character's Fate
White / tank top : characters that don’t hide their true self. They are what they show. Black / sweater: Character who is hiding or pretending. Playing a role. Red / robe: Evil, manipulative.
The first time i watched this, it gave very theater vibes, im very new to arcane, but watched season one before season two, but i was right to get theater vibes considering ive seen many people prefer to some things as acts
Can you see the art reference with Jinx? It reminds me sooo much of Delacroix’s painting “Liberty leading the people” just as Jinx became a symbol of the revolution. This series is a work of art, I am speechless.
I can't find that scene with the prisioners acknowledging Jinx as their hero, so I'll write this here. That scene got out of me, what Naruto could not. It moved me. The Villagers only stopped bullying him and started addressing him as a hero, because he made himself useful. But the Zaunites...Jinx gave them reasons to fear her. Yet they chose to look beyond that at that moment. They chose to look at her show with hope, understanding and forgiveness. THAT was a real "Faith in humanity" moment for me.
Yo! Wait, I never noticed it: Ekko has two shadows. One is ticking like a seconds-hand of a clock. And it could also symbolizes his ability to have basically two timeline for himself? don't know, just saw that detail, thought it looked cool.
Is it just me or each "line of light" that covers the characters seems to represent a number on a clock? Starting with Vi snd Jinx, being at 12:00, and then Ekko's clock starts to go backwards. XI: Viktor IX: Ambessa (the lines are in the position the clock hands take at 9:00) VI: Vi V: Cait and Vi (they form a V when they're pushed apart) idk maybe it's a beat of a stretch, but it's pretty clear that the light represent time going backwards.
No offense to the movie "Damsel", but if I want to watch badass young women struggling with fate and showing their strength..."Arcane" is where I come to. P.S: The world in that movie felt so...all over the place. Too vague. So different from "Arcane".
Vi doesn’t have her tattoos either, except for the one on her face that she smudges. Mel doesn’t have her gold plating. Ambessa doesn’t have her scars.
Also, no matter where I look at this season, it keeps taking me back to the "Naruto" fics I've been reading lately. Rin and Pain...Two poster faces of the types of healing the "Arcane" cast could be going through. But instead, as Kreia (KOTOR 2) said, all they are showing, is how the world might die.
The more it pass the more I'm sure the fragment between the two shots of Ekko are on contrary. Why does that black rose "come back" instead of "blossoming up"?
If you watch the video slow enough you can see Gangplank stepping on a Teemo mushroom and Mordekaiser with HUE HUE HUE written behind him. This series is a masterpiece.
SPOILER WARNING. ok ok. listen up people. The focus of this op is about truth. It is represented by light. specifically the thin lines of light shining on the characters represent glimpses of the truth. How that light shines on each character shows us how much they are exposed to absolute truth. In particular look at: Ekko, Jayce and viktor. They are all at some point completely illuminated. in the case of Jayce blindingly so. This is because they've "seen" the arcane, which opened up a whole can of truth to them. Cait is probably the only one that feels a little weird to me cuz she doesent have a thin line of light, shes pretty illuminated, but i'm not sure how i could fit her being shown a whole lotta Truth. Her theme definetly focuses more on her relationship with leadership in piltover (hence the crown shadow), so the truth theme is put aside a little bit, idk. Mels case is super cool cuz first when the shadow hands are reaching out she is shown with the streak of light. but after, when she's already taken ambessa's place she is fully illuminated. and, well, she now haas a very direct connection to the arcane and learned a lot about the black rose and her mother and brother. Anyways, rant over, just had to get it out of my system
![Imagine Dragons feat. JID - “Enemy (Opening Title Version)” (from Arcane) [Official Visualizer]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UqcE-IIevf0/mqdefault.jpg)
It's very interesting how Vi, Jinx, Ekko, Jayce, and Mel all wear white rags/ tank-tops while Viktor and Caitlyn wear black. And Ambessa is only one who wears red.
Viktor is a merciful god and Ambessa is a merciless devil.
Maybe it’s cos’ Viktor, Caitlyn and Ambessa are the baddies this time around.
i think viktor is wearing grey?
Maybe it’s because Ambessa’s a Noxian and she has some blood debt to pay? Idk
It looked like Viktor was wearing blue 🤔
0:10
Ekko's shadow moves like the hands on a clock
And it is counterclockwise!
woah what a detail man!
Rewind
@@christianvirtudazo3106 Yaaaaaaaa its rewind time
I just also noticed ekko literally rewinds in the intro 😮
Also it moves for approximately 4 seconds. The attention to details is astounding in this show
That shot of Jayce reaching for the light was pretty fire🔥🔥
I think at first he is blinded at tries to hide from it
He’s avoiding it
It’s him being blinded, probably by hextech. He only see’s the light and not the darkness of it. Him putting his hand to his face probably has to do with him in Episodes 3-6 (probably?). The “what have we done” and onwards
This could be wrong though
0:42 always makes me laugh cause it looked like they both went in for a kiss too fast and then ended up headbutting each other and i cant see it any other way
U get it 😭
Can't unsee it now😭
I think they butt heads because they don't work...
To be honest that's what episode three feels like
That’s literally the point though…
Like that’s literally what the animators wanted to convey
They love each other but they’re butting heads.
after episode 9... oh my god..
Ikr! The plot points, hidden in plane site. What a show!
Caitlyn's shadow making it look like a crown UGH
It's explanatory and sad.
Wow, good catch
And it looks very similar to a poster of Macbeth too!
It's a Macbeth reference
Heavy is the crown
Jinx with that flag is giving that “the Revolution will not be televised” feel.
Viva la revolution!
Viva Libertad!
Even her facial expression shows reluctance. People in Piltover want her to be a revolutionary hero, but she doesn't.
Nobody's talking about the paralell to the first shot of season 1s trailer? Where Powder being chiselled out from Vi's back, looking up to her, now Jinx gets up from Vi and shoots.
I can’t get over how much cooler this intro is than the last one, it’s so stylistically cool. They really knocked it way out of the park and into the atmosphere with this season, and all we’ve gotten so far is Act 1. The experimental animation and music scenes are somehow better than last season. I’m unbelievably excited
Wrong
Jinx waving the Zaun flag gives me goosebumps everytime. She literally has Silco’s legacy in her hands.
Lol. It's actually so generic that I skipped it after the first watch
the Medarda family is soooo apart of the black rose, not only is ambessa holding one with glowing yellow eyes but Mel screams and the black petals on the ground get blown away while she reaches for the rose, GOD IM SOOOO EXCITED
They are apart from the black rose, but definitely not a part of
The fact that every Episodes intro adds different little details is so crazy and now I have analyze every intro from now on
I love how as the episodes go on, more of the intro makes sense. They did the same for the first season
As someone who got to see the show early, y’all are in for an emotional rollercoaster
Zeri and renata in this season or nah
urgot appearance when?
We are so back baby
0:37 Hands down my favorite part. Cannot get over Jinx's eye
I saw a video where they showed the first and second trailer together and the part where jayce tries not getting blind by the light is exactly the part where Mel shines on the first one such genius move
dude her holding the flag as the chorus kicks in!
0:46 heavy is the head that wears the crown.
It also looks like Sauron head
I thought so too!
Foreshadowing…
It's actually a reference to Macbeth
@@Bluewolfzer I know, but when I first saw it I thought of Sauron
MACBETH its macbeth for fucks sake
The new intro hits even harder after watching Act 1
Comparing this opening to the first, where everyone and everything were depicted with statues; seeing how the characters are actually here and moving, it could quite literally mean story wise that things are now 'in motion'
Son of a B, Each character is being depicted as Characters from Major Shakespeare or other influential Plays, All who meet tragic ends. When you see it you can't unsee it. Jinx is being depicted as If Jinx is being depicted as a character from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, she most closely represents Éponine. Both characters are products of their environments-Jinx from the underbelly of Zaun and Éponine from the streets of Paris-struggling against societal expectations and injustices. Their lives are marked by rebellion against the circumstances they were born into, highlighting themes of class struggle present in both narratives.Caitlyn is being referenced with Macbeth visual elements may symbolize Caitlyn’s internal struggle akin to Macbeth’s descent into madness. For instance, imagery that suggests darkness or foreboding could represent her grappling with moral dilemmas similar to those faced by Macbeth after he commits regicide. The use of shadows or contrasting light can signify her conflict between her duties as an enforcer and her personal ambitions. Victor being hinted at as a Phantom of the Opera, with the visual cues of Victor slowly putting on the mask, It just seems get deeper with each character. I now wonder if the Intro is Foreshadowing Each character's Fate
Oh my God, this is amazing
They heard the audience comparing them to Shakespeare, and addressed us.
There are lots of foreshadowing here, and I love it ❤
i just noticed at 0:10 ekkos shadow moves like the hands on a clock
It’s moving backwards
He's gonna build the Z-drive this season! So excited!!!
White / tank top : characters that don’t hide their true self. They are what they show.
Black / sweater: Character who is hiding or pretending. Playing a role.
Red / robe: Evil, manipulative.
Victor is wearing a robe and he's neither of those things
@@CommodoreMudkip i don’t know if you played the game, but boy are you in for a surprise
@@ignls8809 I haven't, but I know what he becomes
@ then you should know what his ideal is?
@ignls8809 I don't think they're going to do that in the show, there's only 6 episodes to go and it would be a total u-turn on his current development
Ekko shadow ticking like clock
And it moves counterclockwise!
Seeing Jinx wear anything else than her iconic Jinx outfit feels wrong for some reason 😂
I love the absolute STRESS on Caitlyn's face at 0:46. Or, like, more specifically... distrust, anger, fear, and self-doubt/hesitation.
They always convey her emotions SO well with her eyes
everyone: cool symbolism about their character arcs
jayce and ekko: magic go brrr
The first time i watched this, it gave very theater vibes, im very new to arcane, but watched season one before season two, but i was right to get theater vibes considering ive seen many people prefer to some things as acts
When you thought the intro couldn't get better from S1, it got BETTER!!!!
Can you see the art reference with Jinx? It reminds me sooo much of Delacroix’s painting “Liberty leading the people” just as Jinx became a symbol of the revolution.
This series is a work of art, I am speechless.
i really like the epicness and the cinematic ness
it’s so good legit when i saw it for the first time this morning i started crying i LOVE THIS SHOW
Ambessa sitting there like Julius Caesar is so bad ssa. Her character design is so hardcore.
I can't find that scene with the prisioners acknowledging Jinx as their hero, so I'll write this here.
That scene got out of me, what Naruto could not. It moved me.
The Villagers only stopped bullying him and started addressing him as a hero, because he made himself useful. But the Zaunites...Jinx gave them reasons to fear her. Yet they chose to look beyond that at that moment. They chose to look at her show with hope, understanding and forgiveness. THAT was a real "Faith in humanity" moment for me.
I feel like Victor about to put the mask on will mean something.
0:07 Jinx with her killer look, but in any case the new credits are just breathtaking.
all the protagonists are dressed in white except Cait who is dressed in black. bad bad omen for her fate
And ambessa....
And then there's Viktor who's the only one wearing robe
@@margarethmichelina5146yea but the color is blue a symbol og good but maby not for long
Those who wear black are dying. Viktor is considered dead. (I know he'll be back, but he died briefly) and Cait is next.
ooooof, Cait and Vi were close, but then not
A Romeo and Juliet case with its own twist of tragedy.
Yo! Wait, I never noticed it:
Ekko has two shadows. One is ticking like a seconds-hand of a clock.
And it could also symbolizes his ability to have basically two timeline for himself?
don't know, just saw that detail, thought it looked cool.
the second hand is ticking counterclockwise, if you know his lol lore then you'll see his real ability soon.
@@chanhien4000
whooo shit!
might look it up soon then!
0:09 really hits different after the latest episode
Ok, but getting serious now, I think my favorite sequences were Mel, her mom, Viktor and Ekko's.
Two episodes in ! 7 more to go !
It's Time!
Arcane, we’re back!!!!
Someone told me Enemy wasn't the theme anymore and that imagine dragons didn't return.... Glad to know that isnt true
This is very reminiscent of the westworld intro for some reason
Is it just me or each "line of light" that covers the characters seems to represent a number on a clock?
Starting with Vi snd Jinx, being at 12:00, and then Ekko's clock starts to go backwards.
XI: Viktor
IX: Ambessa (the lines are in the position the clock hands take at 9:00)
VI: Vi
V: Cait and Vi (they form a V when they're pushed apart)
idk maybe it's a beat of a stretch, but it's pretty clear that the light represent time going backwards.
Also considering the shot of ekko, his shadow being like a clock going counter clockwise, backwards
@@SelfieGuy10 exaaactly
Now what could this mean?
@sydiaaa that's the question
0:04 freaky ah riot
No offense to the movie "Damsel", but if I want to watch badass young women struggling with fate and showing their strength..."Arcane" is where I come to.
P.S: The world in that movie felt so...all over the place. Too vague. So different from "Arcane".
0:38 🔥🔥🔥for the cause!!
I just noticed that Jinx doesn’t have her tattoos
Vi doesn’t have her tattoos either, except for the one on her face that she smudges. Mel doesn’t have her gold plating. Ambessa doesn’t have her scars.
and viktor has his normal hands..
I had been asking myself what song they would use that could possibly top the season one opening. Looks like the answer was none, enemy is the best
Love the shot of caitlyn with the shadwos making a crown
Also, no matter where I look at this season, it keeps taking me back to the "Naruto" fics I've been reading lately.
Rin and Pain...Two poster faces of the types of healing the "Arcane" cast could be going through. But instead, as Kreia (KOTOR 2) said, all they are showing, is how the world might die.
I’m so worried for Victor.
The more it pass the more I'm sure the fragment between the two shots of Ekko are on contrary. Why does that black rose "come back" instead of "blossoming up"?
That intro was so fire 🔥
This new intro just hits so hard, especially since Arcane is ending tomorrow. God what an amazing show.
Those who wear black are dying. Viktor is considered dead. (I know he'll be back, but he died briefly) and Cait is next.
How the hell did I miss the Black Rose ? It was so obvious !
Guys I slowed it down and as Jinx did the finger gun thing I saw Isha
AMBESSA IS A MAIN CHARACTER
This goes so fucking hard
the one intro i will never skip
:38 gives me chills every time with Jinx waving the flag
I only watched arcane last week ended up getting caught up in one night I missed out 3 years ago 😂
How we feeling now?
Very very empty
@@KamrynRyals ur so real for this
OMG, ITS SAME OP
vicktor my goat
I'm lowkey Viktor!
Vi in this new intro🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Anyone wonders why vi and jinx don’t have their tattoos?
Me
What’s with the lines of light?
Viktor's parts gave me goosebumps
Isha flashes for a single frame when Jinx does the "pew" gunshot hand gesture
Proof
If you watch the video slow enough you can see Gangplank stepping on a Teemo mushroom and Mordekaiser with HUE HUE HUE written behind him. This series is a masterpiece.
why em i so obsessed
I like this new intro but first season intro is better and they are amazing. 🔥
the beginning reminds me of the walking dead opening for some reason
My fave part 0:39
not making s2's theme heavy is the crown is a crime
BABY WE'RE BACK
why is nobody talking about how leblanc looks so cool in here?
Where is she
@@sydiaaaambessa with glowing eyes is lb, and the hands surrounding mel. Its all about checking the black rose
SPOILER WARNING.
ok ok. listen up people. The focus of this op is about truth. It is represented by light. specifically the thin lines of light shining on the characters represent glimpses of the truth. How that light shines on each character shows us how much they are exposed to absolute truth. In particular look at: Ekko, Jayce and viktor. They are all at some point completely illuminated. in the case of Jayce blindingly so. This is because they've "seen" the arcane, which opened up a whole can of truth to them. Cait is probably the only one that feels a little weird to me cuz she doesent have a thin line of light, shes pretty illuminated, but i'm not sure how i could fit her being shown a whole lotta Truth. Her theme definetly focuses more on her relationship with leadership in piltover (hence the crown shadow), so the truth theme is put aside a little bit, idk. Mels case is super cool cuz first when the shadow hands are reaching out she is shown with the streak of light. but after, when she's already taken ambessa's place she is fully illuminated. and, well, she now haas a very direct connection to the arcane and learned a lot about the black rose and her mother and brother.
Anyways, rant over, just had to get it out of my system
I wonder if will it change during acts
Not even showing a hint of warwick in the intro? Dame
i'm wonder if others league of legends show will also have imagine dragon in the opening ?
No season 3 got me mad af
I honestly thought they're gonna change the song
I mean... they changed it-ish. Is it an orchestral version???
@magus198 I mean change as in use completely different one
@@ksaweryjanowski827 I get that. But it's kind of a change-it's not really...but close?..
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i dont know why but arcanes version of enemy is much better and emotial then original change my mind
Why are they all in their underwear?
I think it’s meant to evoke the vibe of a minimalist theatre performance.
What the fuck is wrong with why they didn't open for "eyes closed", this song is literally like from an arcane💀
intro so good it can make you like imagine dragons
Me excité
No heimerdinger in his pj's like everyone else= big L 😂😂😂
Nope
What an absolute banger of a show. 10/10. ...Except the opening song. I really wish it was different
No. Don't change the song. It's beyond perfect.
The song fits the characters and the mindset of people in arcane so well, there's a reason it's there, and was made for thw show specifically
Intro goes hard on mute
You can only have repeat intro music if it is a banger (this is not one)
This is a step down, in my opinion
In my opinion, visually? For the most part, the statue motif will be missed.
Symbolically? No.