Arcane showrunners defend the League of Legends spin-off’s reported $250 million budget: “The money is just a reflection of the amount of effort that was put into this”

It was recently revealed that Netflix‘s League of Legends spin-off show, Arcane, is the most-expensive animated series ever. It reportedly cost $250 million for the 18 episodes

“First of all, the number is not exactly right,” showrunner Christian Linke tells us. “That number does include marketing costs associated with the release, which is not part of the budget of Arcane.” As a general rule of thumb for films, the marketing cost is supposed to be at least 50% of the production cost. If you’ve spent tens or hundreds of millions of dollars on something, you want people to see it.