Arcane
Hacker ApprovedRanked 4 of 10 animated series by recommenders
Widely praised animated series, often called the best video game adaptation; one critic finds its morality simplistic.
Widely praised animated series, often called the best video game adaptation; one critic finds its morality simplistic.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 93%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 13 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Best video game adaptation
“Arcane (from League of Legends) seems to be the peak example of a video game adaptation.”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Hollywood's Video Game Era Is Here. Will It Be Any Good?” “Other then fallout and arcane there haven't been any good game adaptations (on TV)”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500M Offer” Well rated and widely liked
“one of the best rated TV shows ever”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Why 90s Movies Feel More Alive Than Anything on Netflix” “People also liked Arcane.”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Netflix spent over $135B on film, TV over last decade”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Simplistic morality ruins the story
“lazy and simplistic morality, which just ruins the story”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner (2015)”
Other animated series people recommend
The four most recommended other animated series, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Trek: Lower Decks | 24 | 4 | 86% | 7 | — | Approved |
| South Park | 22 | 10 | 69% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Simpsons | 14 | 15 | 48% | 8 | — | — |
| ArcaneThis page | 13 | 1 | 93% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Neural Viz | 10 | 2 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Other then fallout and arcane there haven't been any good game adaptations (on TV)”
“Arcane (from League of Legends) seems to be the peak example of a video game adaptation.”
“lazy and simplistic morality, which just ruins the story”
“a beautifully animated, recent show”
“I like using it. It has gitops built in and a nice container log view.”
“Arcane supports Git syncs to auto deploy compose stacks”
“People also liked Arcane.”
“I recently watched Arcane”
“so I couldn't even enjoy things I should have enjoyed like Arcane.”
“Arcane tv show is both easy to access and quite deep”
“Arcane, Squid Game, Dynamite Kiss”
“one of the best rated TV shows ever”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.