Anime Remember RWBY?

[Sackboy]

dont remind me

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I used to think that this one had SO MUCH promise, and I'd watch it religiously just to see what crazy, action-packed thing would happen next... But then I realized that it was going nowhere fast, and that it had a thing for self-destructing every time it even threatened to get good, resulting in me watching for inertia rather than genuine engagement after the inexplicably great Volume III ending.

And now that Rooster Teeth is gone, I'm plagued with the bitter feeling that I just wasted my time watching something that isn't even getting an ending. It was good while the late, great Monty Oum gave us amazing fights to watch, but after his untimely passing, everything felt like a shell of conflicting ideas and poor execution that seemed almost compounded by some of the most toxic work environments ever revealed

It's sad, really... the sole idea of a web content creator launching a full animated series seemed like the stuff of legends. Of accomplishing the ultimate dream.

What's your opinion on the show, though? Ever watched it? Gave it a chance and then dropped it? Stuck with it in case it finally delivered? Or avoided it like the plague?

Watched it twice. One back when Volume 5 was the newest and the other when Volume 9 wasn't out yet. Never watched Volume 9, but I mentally tapped out at Volume 7, and it showed when I often had to repeat parts because I missed something. RWBY was a victim of "feature creep," which a term usually applied to a part of game development when you want to add this mechanic, then this mechanic, then that mechanic but also that mechanic. Mess from the start. I remember when the shutdown first occurred and people were theorising public domain, which I high-key kinda wish happened. It would allow indie animators and/or game devs to reboot the canon at their own will or take some of the neglected parts and do something with them (like dust). As is though, it's a badass soundtrack that comes with a mediocre anime.

 

[Deleted member 222172]

When Yang got her arm cut off? I cried ?

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

When Yang got her arm cut off? I cried ?

That was genuinely a really good moment. They were really on top of their game for the last stretch of V3.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

Spoiler

Let's not mention that Ruby "game overs" herself in one of the volumes.

 

[MasterEn]

this is starting to sound like some edgy teenagers got a hold of some 3d modeling software and started animating whatever sounded "deep and mature".

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

this is starting to sound like some edgy teenagers got a hold of some 3d modeling software and started animating whatever sounded "deep and mature".

Essentially what happened XD

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

I watched some of RWBY. Season 1 was good. Season 2 was.... okay... Somewhere in season 3 i gave up.

The problem i had was they never seemed to gain headway, never seemed to have anything really go for them. Especially during the Arena fight where some characters died. Then when the spear/shield girl lost her ability having it stolen from her, i just threw the entire series in the garbage.

Foreshadowing and challenging is one thing. Screwing multiple characters and never making headway...

Mind you i loved some of the depictions and power ideas and ideas, much like Marvel and DC heroes. But alas no.

Currently the Anime RWBY that was done last year was very well done, and i hope it stays with the same quality and story telling.

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this is starting to sound like some edgy teenagers got a hold of some 3d modeling software and started animating whatever sounded "deep and mature".

There was a couple people who held the entire Rooster Teeth team together and was good at animating, and they died back in early 2015.

Monty Oum. After that the entire thing and projects and stories and Red vs Blue fell apart.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Screwing multiple characters and never making headway...

Yeah, that was really messed up.

Neo: "Dies" in Volume 3.

Neo: *Literally reappears years later*.

 

[MasterEn]

I watched some of RWBY. Season 1 was good. Season 2 was.... okay... Somewhere in season 3 i gave up.

The problem i had was they never seemed to gain headway, never seemed to have anything really go for them. Especially during the Arena fight where some characters died. Then when the spear/shield girl lost her ability having it stolen from her, i just threw the entire series in the garbage.

Foreshadowing and challenging is one thing. Screwing multiple characters and never making headway...

Mind you i loved some of the depictions and power ideas and ideas, much like Marvel and DC heroes. But alas no.

Currently the Anime RWBY that was done last year was very well done, and i hope it stays with the same quality and story telling.

Post automatically merged: Feb 5, 2025

There was a couple people who held the entire Rooster Teeth team together and was good at animating, and they died back in early 2015.

Monty Oum. After that the entire thing and projects and stories and Red vs Blue fell apart.

i heard about monty passing away. it is quite sad that he left before getting to do more. they should have tried to find someone to come in and try to keep everything on track. and some people who can write a story. maybe things will improve for them. hopefully.

 

[Jeanfranc]

I know nothing about RWBY, I just know some of the characters because they in BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle.
Ruby is cute and I love Neo Politan

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

i heard about monty passing away. it is quite sad that he left before getting to do more. they should have tried to find someone to come in and try to keep everything on track. and some people who can write a story. maybe things will improve for them. hopefully.

According to Shane Newville (a close friend and associate of Monty's), the company basically took over after his passing and made a point out of removing anyone even remotely associated with the show and its creator. It's super messed up if true.

 

[MasterEn]

According to Shane Newville (a close friend and associate of Monty's), the company basically took over after his passing and made a point out of removing anyone even remotely associated with the show and its creator. It's super messed up if true.

i wouldn't doubt it. people who come in and have no investment in something will always run it into the ground. star wars fans have seen that first hand.
the company made that decision, and as slick goku would say: "and now you have to deal with the repercussions."

 

[AnonymousCookieMonster]

I know nothing about RWBY, I just know some of the characters because they in BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle.
Ruby is cute and I love Neo Politan

The teaser trailer sets the mood somewhere between an anime and a game. And it would do great as both! (there are a few games, but i'm not sure they were done well enough. Get Square Enix and Platinum to work on them together and you'd get a killer game!)

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Technically I do since it’s hard to forget PTSD.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I just heard that the Rooster Teeth brand is up for grabs again, and one of the former owners may be looking to buy... huh.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I just heard that the Rooster Teeth brand is up for grabs again, and one of the former owners may be looking to buy... huh.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Well... Damn!

RWBY has started production again as part of a revived Rooster Teeth.

That definitely wasn't in my bingo card.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

Well... Damn!

RWBY has started production again as part of a revived Rooster Teeth.

That definitely wasn't in my bingo card.

Oh? So it’s not because of Viz? Well that’s… surprising. I’m getting caught up with season 9 either way. Maybe I do have a cursed power where anything I start watching gets a new season.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Oh? So it’s not because of Viz? Well that’s… surprising. I’m getting caught up with season 9 either way. Maybe I do have a cursed power where anything I start watching gets a new season.

Yes, Viz is handling it. But they are apparently collaborating closely with the original show runners from RT.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

My ex that was obsessed with the flag character, but I don't remember her name. Anyway rest easy Monty

 

[Deleted member 797290]

No idea what this is.

 

[Agent Otaku]

Not an anime, but that aside... It was ruined after V3. V4 was decent. And that's all I can praise.
Monty did not deserve to have his work ruined like this. What a shame.​

 

[Qquil716]

Never have I felt like I dodged a bullet falling off of a series like I did with RWBY, because holy shit, from me just looking into it all that potential went right down the toilet right after V4. I will say, I am shocked at how RWBY fanfiction can be better written than the show. Y'know it's fucked when there's better execution of ideas in fanfiction than the source material.

 

[Sleepstate]

I first learned of RWBY via a cover of Volume One's Theme Song. Then decided to watch it at just the right time as Volume Three Just ended with Volume Four just around the corner. I quickly speed through the first three volumes and thought it was pretty great and neat for the time it had great music fun characters and a sense of humor with some drama to boot. Then volume four rolled around it was boring like super boring and volume five was even more boring then RWBY like other web shows at the time moved to shitty streaming service VRV then I stopped following the series for years until fairly recently during a watch through of various shows that used to be loved then became lambasted. before i did my full watch through fans said that it gets better after Volume Five which it does just when they say it does. Volume six is an improvement but still a dull long walk to point b volume six gets back to the early volumes quality whereas Volume eight is divisive i understand folks problems with it but still think it's good and controversially i like Volume Nine (in a vacuum). overall it's pretty overhated had a slump yeah but i see potential for it to continue that is if the promise of a new series pans out. also the music is cheesy but fire