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APeacefulWarrior t1_jediduz wrote

Reply to comment by justmadeforthat in Cyberpunk 2077's Turnaround Just Gave CD Projekt Its Second-Best Revenue Year Ever by JamesAsher12

Seriously, whoever at CDP greenlit the anime was an absolute genius. Especially spending the money to work with a top-tier studio. Hiring Trigger could not have been cheap, but it turned out to be the best possible advertising they could get.

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Saltpiter t1_jedsbjv wrote

I imagine the discussion went somewhat like this.
- RIOT made a nice anime and it was even watched by people that do not play games and they downloaded league. Let's do that.
- So what is the budget for this project? i know few cheap studios that could make this anime.
- Budget? I i don't know such a word.
- Say no more.

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Xacktastic t1_jedut64 wrote

It was greenlit and being shopped around before Arcane came out

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Saltpiter t1_jee13gx wrote

But was it before the Arcane production started? I doubt it.

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Xacktastic t1_jee2ohn wrote

Sure, but it doesn't really apply as an inspiration in that case. Arcane wasn't the first video game series to be proposed.

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Brave_Tangerine2471 t1_jeedtkk wrote

Something like this is 3+ years in the making. I found an article from Jan 2020 showing trigger was on board before the game even launched. Before they can announce partnerships like this things have to be approved in the pipeline for a while or you risk bad press if it falls through.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/25/21303233/cyberpunk-2077-anime-edgerunners-netflix-studio-trigger-2022-release-date

Edit: Heck even Arcane was pitched between 2014-2015. It took 8 years to come out, but it wasn't from an already existing anime studio so developing strategies for how to make it probably took some major logistics to do in house.

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