Nandu News trainee reporter Lin Wenqi On November 4, the pre-screening experience of "League of Legends: Battle of Two Cities" co-sponsored by Tencent Video, Tencent Games and Fist Games was held in Shanghai. As the first animated series of the game IP "League of Legends", "Battle of Two Cities" was developed and produced across the three countries of China, the United States and France. It is worth noting that in the series, Eason Chan joined in singing the theme song "Lone brave". Actress Wan Qian even voiced the character of Mel in the anime.
Eason Chan sang the theme song "Lone Brave"
Wan Xi voices "Mel"
It is understood that "The Battle of Two Cities" has specially created two versions of the theme song in Chinese and English. It is worth noting that the theme song of the Chinese version of "Lone Brave" is sung by Eason Chan. In addition, actress Wan Qian also voiced the role of Mel in the animated series, and Wan Qian expressed her excitement: "I hope you can like the character of Mel I dubbed. ”
It is understood that "Battle of Two Cities" highly restores the characters and scene settings in "League of Legends" from the perspective of the much-loved Jinx and Wei, telling the bloody story that happened in the twin cities on the Rune Land. Since the release of the first trailer in May this year, it has sparked different degrees of discussion.
According to Wang Juan, vice president and editor-in-chief of Tencent Online Video, "The Battle of Two Cities" took nearly 6 years to complete, the work uses the world's top three-two technology, with more than 7,000 shots and tens of thousands of hand-drawn original paintings, delicately depicting different scenes and micro-expressions, inner emotions and other character details, achieving a height that ordinary animation works have not reached; in terms of set design, "The Battle of Two Cities" invited professional architects to participate in the construction, integrating French decorative arts, art nouveau genres and steampunk style design. Highlight the unique artistic aesthetic of the twin cities world.
It is understood that this year, Tencent Online Video, with the new mission of "creating beauty with content", proposed the "technology + art" strategy, aiming to become a leader in online video entertainment driven by art and technology. With breakthrough production techniques and artistic expressions, the ingenuity conveyed by "The Battle of Two Cities" also coincides with this grand strategy and provides a more concrete case reference.
The Battle of Two Cities is a League of Legends
IP film and television is an important step
In the main creative exchange session, "Battle of Two Cities" co-creators Christian linke and Alex Yee shared the original intention of the creation of this work online.
According to reports, in order to break the stereotype of animation works in terms of input and audience, the high standard of "Battle of Two Cities" in production has laid its thickness in the connotation and values of the work. Among the core content values with "guardianship" as the keyword, the work is based on different levels such as family affection, belonging, science and technology, and order, and shows positive energy such as righteous and tenacious character images, pure and selfless character emotions, and persistent pursuit of ideals in the language of animation.
Public information shows that this year is the tenth year that "League of Legends" has entered China, and the launch of "The Battle of Two Cities" is an important step in the exploration of league of legends IP film and television. According to Zhu Chenghua, managing director of Fist Games China Entertainment Business, Fist Games expressed its hope to deeply explore the entertainment market with Tencent, and create a series of online and offline activities such as different types of game rewards, music, peripheral goods, exhibitions and so on around "Battle of Two Cities".
According to reports, at present, Tencent Video has realized the account connection with the League of Legends palm alliance app and official website, will be synchronously connected to Tencent Video to play episodes, and through the addition of AI recognition function, users can quickly identify the characters, key items, and music in the process of watching the drama, dig up derivative content, and improve the user's viewing experience.