Intermixing the expected action sequences with a surprisingly emotional coming-of-age story, directors CRCR and Paris animation house WIZZ set the tone for Riot’s 2023 Valorant Championship that got underway on August 6 in LA.

From the team at WIZZ: “This year’s tournament anthem blends honesty with action to create a compelling portrait of a culture, a story about gamers in LA that hits home for everyone. The film shows the journey of a Valorant player from his start to the highest level of the competition.”

This film follows hard on the heels of CRCR’s recent Soul Fighter Cinematic and continues a solid record of animated game and commercial projects you can catch up on here.
 
 

 
Client: Riot Games

Production: Quad Group
Director: CRCR
Animation: WIZZ
Producer: Matthieu Poirier
Production Coordinators: Rebeca Hayem, Akito Martel
Storyboard Artists: Ninoc, Guzzu
Art Directors: Nicolas Pegon, Nicolas Dehghani
Character Design: Gianni Bouyeure, Paul Lacolley, Jeremy Pires
Lead Background Artist: Simon Dumonceau
Background Artists: Victor Delorme, Benjamin Moulin, Louise Flatz, Pauline Mauvière, Simon Masse
Background Intern: Rita Fonseca
Layout Posing Paul Lacolley, Gianni Bouyeure, Jules Bourgès, Rodrigo de Sousa
Bung Nguyen
Lead Animators: Jeremy Pires, Gianni Bouyeure
Animators: Gaelle Thierry, Mandimby Lebon, Vic Chhun, Bernard Bui, Etienne Faivre, Bung Nguyen, Rodrigo de Sousa, Camille Chao, Camille Bozec
Florian De Chelle, Antoine Tran, Alexandra Petit, Milla Monagan
Assistant Animators: Leonard Ferrer, Melina Ienco
Animation Intern: Virgile Chéraud
2D FX: Martin Robic, Paul Bouchart
Lead 3D Artist: Hugo Garnier
3D Artists: Andrey Kolesov, Axel Mechin
Lead Compositing Artist: Guillaume Cassuto
Compositing Artists: Valérie Guichard, Mathieu Bernadat
Editor: Emma Robin
Clean Animation: Pudoctopus
Motion Design: Noé Giuliani
IT: Nicolas Biardeau, Jean Nicolas Michel, Emmanuel Zangzang

Music: Grabbitz, bbno$