Arcane season 2, which is the show's final season, is set to air on Netflix between November 9 and 23, 2024. The show is created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee and produced by Fortiche, a French animation studio, under the supervision of Riot Games. This animated steampunk adventure series is based on the League of Legends video game by Riot Games.
Among the show's executive producers are Christian Linke, Thomas Vu, Brandon Beck, Marc Merrill, and Jane Chung. The first season of Arcane featured nine episodes and was released on Netflix in November 2021.
The show's official logline, as per Netflix, reads:
"Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions."
Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, and others star in Arcane season 2
1) Hailee Steinfeld as Violet / 'Vi'
Hailee Steinfeld voices the role of Violet/Vi, the show's protagonist in Arcane season 2. She is a fearsome vigilante in Zaun, fighting her enemies using a pair of powerful hextech gauntlets.
Hailee's breakout role was playing the feisty farm girl Mattie Ross in True Grit, for which she received Oscar and BAFTA Award nominations in 2011. She also played Emily Junk in Pitch Perfect 2 and 3 in 2015 and 2017, respectively.
Among her other memorable film roles are Nadine Franklin in the comedy-drama The Edge of Seventeen and Charlie Watson in the live-action sci-fi film Bumblebee. Moreover, she voiced the role of Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman in the critically acclaimed, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its two sequels.
From 2019 to 2021, Hailee appeared as Emily Dickinson in Dickinson and Kate Bishop / Hawkeye in MCU's limited series Hawkeye in 2021.
2) Ella Purnell as Powder/Jinx
Ella Purnell lends her voice to the show's other protagonist, Powder/Jinx. In Arcane season 2, Jinx leads the uprising of Zaun against the wealthy inhabitants of Piltover and goes on a collision course with her older sister, Vi.
The English actress has appeared in popular films like Maleficent, Never Let Me Go, Intruders, Army of the Dead, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Churchill, and many others.
On television, Ella has starred in the historical limited series Belgravia, the post-apocalyptic Western Fallout, the thriller drama Yellowjackets, and the dark comedy Sweetpea.
3) Kevin Alejandro as Jayce Talis
Kevin Alejandro is the voice of the scientist and inventor Jayce Talis in Arcane season 2. He played a crucial role in his city's overall development and is the leader of the Council of Piltover.
Kevin is famous for playing Detective Daniel Espinóza in Fox's comedy-crime drama, Lucifer and Captain Manny Perez in CBS' Fire Country. He is also known to television audiences as Dominic Hughes from The Young and the Restless, Jesús Velázquez from HBO's True Blood, and Danny Reyes from the legal drama, Shark.
Kevin's film roles include playing Harry in the 2011 horror film Red State and Gutierrez in Wayne Kramer's Crossing Over. He also played Sam Quintana in the romantic drama, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
4) Katie Leung as Caitlyn Kiramman
Katie Leung voices the character of Caitlyn Kiramman in Arcane season 2. Caitlyn belongs to the wealthy Kiramman family of Piltover. She joins forces with Vi in season 2 to fight against Jinx. Caitlyn and Vi play each other's romantic interest in the show.
The Scottish actress became known worldwide due to her role as Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series. She went on to play Fan Quan in Martin Campbell's thriller The Foreigner and Natasha in the comedy heist Locked Down by Doug Liman.
Furthermore, Katie has appeared as Blair Ferguson in the black comedy series Annika and as Ash in the sci-fi series The Peripheral. Leung also portrayed Lau Chen in the crime drama series, Strangers.
Other cast members in Arcane season 2
The remaining voice cast list of Arcane season 2 is given below:
- Mia Sinclair Jenness as the young Powder
- Faustino Duran as the young Jayce Talis
- Molly Harris as the young Caitlyn Kiramman
- Toks Olagundoye as Mel Medarda
- Imogen Faires as the young Mel Medarda
- Harry Lloyd as Viktor
- Jason Spisak as Silco
- Edan Hayhurst as the young Viktor
- Reed Shannon as Ekko
- Miles Brown as the young Ekko
- Mick Wingert as Cecil B. Heimerdinger
- Amirah Vann as Sevika
- Ellen Thomas as Ambessa Medarda
- Brett Tucker as Singed
- Bill Lobley as Huck
- Mara Junot as Shoola and Jules
- Dave B. Mitchell as Vern, Hoskel, and Harold
- Erica Lindbeck as Elora
- Mira Furlan as Babette
- Kimberly Brooks as Sky Young
- Imagine Dragons as the band The Last Drop
- JID as The Last Drop's rapper
- Ray Chen as an orchestra concert soloist
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