Arrow is a 2012 English-language Action Adventure series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. The series was Produced by J. P. Finn, Wendy Mericle, Todd Pittson, Ben Sokolowski, Keto Shimizu, Glen Winter, James Bamford, Jon Wallace, Jennifer Lence, Oscar Balderrama and Carl Ogawa under the banner of Berlanti Productions in collaboration with DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. Arrow follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen , who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow. Arrow features Stephen Amell in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Katie Cassidy, Colin Donnell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, Susanna Thompson and Paul Blackthorne. The show is based on Characters by DC Comics. The music was composed by Blake Neely. Cinematography was done by Glen Winter, Gordon Verheul, Gregory Middleton, C. Kim Miles, Corey Robson, Bruce Worrall, Chris Banting and Neil Cervin. The show has a running time of 40-43 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 170 episodes during it's run of 8 seasons. Arrow was made on a budget of $0 million. Distribution rights for the show were acquired by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. Arrow follows billionaire playboy Oliver Queen , who claimed to have spent five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City to fight crime and corruption as a secret vigilante whose weapon of choice is a bow and arrow.