Pretty Packaging: ARCANE Gets A Home Release To Di(c)e For

The League of legends online videogames have become somewhat of a legend in themselves, and the franchise has managed to amass enough following and money to polish its components to a sheen. Promo videos are of gobsmacking technical excellence, and for music they hire some of the world's most famous artists.

The Netflix series Arcane, a steampunk-ish League of legends animation, turned heads. Hey, if you can rent Imagine Dragons to do the title song, what are your limits? But the series was unexpectedly excellent on all fronts, including story, and amassed a league of fans of its own. The second season hit this year and continued the winning streak.

This being a Netflix exclusive, a home release was always in doubt, buuuuutt... miracles do happen. The first season has received a very decent release on Blu-ray and 4K courtesy of Scottish distributor Anime Limited. And, lo-and-behold, there is also a special edition with pretty packaging! Large enough to fill ANY stocking this winter.

It's also quite the looker, so here is a gallery of shots. Click on the edge of the pictures to scroll through them, or at the center of each to see a bigger version.

And here it is, a big box with "Jinxed" artwork.

In it, there are two envelopes, the disc-holder and a mysterious box. Alas, no book. An art book is being sold separately so it probably was a rights issue to include something of that nature in here.

All contents opened. You get the series, art cards, a cloth replica of the map of the city used in the series, and the mysterious box turns out to contain a velvet pouch and a series of dice.

The reverse artwork on some of the items shows a "Jinxed" version.

A closer look at the box of dice. The big D20 is made of metal and is heavy enough to kill someone with it, when thrown.

A closer look at the dice themselves. The big metal D20 has its numbers inlaid with sparkly resin.

The smaller dice are hollow, with the middle being filled with a gel and metallic powder. Shake them for a sparkly effect! And they are specific to this set because the highest number shows as a symbol from the series.

Trinkets like these charm the hell out of me. I must have been a magpie in a previous life...

The (back)end of a great set. With a book this might have been contender for best release of the year, but I'm only saying that because I rolled those dice and they told me to say something negative as well as positive.

Well done Anime Limited, hope to see a lot more of this in the next year!