"The show is made by Riot Games, which is, I think, one of the reasons it took a long time to make. There's all these articles about how expensive it was, it is because we are not a film and television studio, we're a game company," Seaver told Screen Rant.
"Let this be the example for the standard if you want artistry and quality," production designer and artist Jason Scheier, who worked on Blue Eye Samurai, said on Twitter shortly after the news broke.
Arcane producer has the final say on explaining the Netflix show's $250 million budget: "We are a game company… We didn't lease out the work"
Executive music producer Alex Seaver on why Arcane's budget was worth it
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