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RWBY (Ruby) is a stellar beginning for the team over at Rooster Teeth, lending their resources and creative talent to the wizard of motion-cap fast-paced CGI-combat/anime, Marty Oum.
Marty's prior work impressed Rooster Teeth so much, they hired him on staff. With his choreography and animation talents, they helped breathe life back into Red vs. Blue, their flagship series, which had been starting to limp after the Season 5 finale. Marty approached the staff and asked if he could devote time to his own pet project, which turned out to be RWBY. The staff obviously agreed, and we now have this very promising series to enjoy!
It combines CGI with smooth cell-shading to give the 'living cartoon' look that has become popular as of late. The animation is relatively smooth, the colors are bright, vibrant and varied. The work is simply amazing to look at, even in simple static scenes where little is actually happening.
The story is a little Harry Potter, a little Final Fantasy, and a smidge of Fairy Tales. Some aspects of the world of RWBY are technologically very advanced, while some portions are magically imbued. It's a blending of the best bits of both worlds, which makes for some extremely amazing combinations, both in the characters, their powers/ablities, and their weapons of choice.
Without revealing major plot points, Season 1 is the starting point, and thus, a large portion of the series is devoted to the task of introducing key characters, having them interact, showing us their personality quirks and establishing these relationships, to draw on in future seasons. While this would be fine normally, if you happen to stumble across the four color-coded 'Trailers' for RWBY, you will see that they are NOTHING but action-packed, kickass anime fight scenes...and thus, that's what you will expect when you walk in. Again, anyone who has seen Monty's prior works of "Haloid" or "Dead Fantasy" will also expect the same. While there is some fair amount of combat, it seems to be at about a 65/35 ratio of conversation and character development at this point. Please, don't let the trailers fool you into thinking this is a constant Dead Fantasy scenario where hot chicks fight all day long and never complain about their home lives. It's more the opposite: They go to school, talk all day, then get to fight monsters for a bit.
This is NOT a downer, or short-selling the show...it's just something you need to be aware of, expectations-wise. It's completely necessary to develop the characters, so we CARE about what happens to them, and RWBY excels at that. Each has their own layer of complexity and mystery to them, which invests you more as time goes on. Each character is VERY different from the others, and you are constantly gambling one against the other in your head to try and figure out what will happen here or there, or there..but the plot is not necessarily very predictable (which is GOOD).
The voice acting is top-notch. Amateur, pro...who cares? They sell the roles. You laugh at the goofy bits, you completely believe their sincere tones, you genuinely feel their angst over some parts. The actors deliver, and in droves.
The music is perhaps the most stellar portion of the entire experience. Go buy the soundtrack, and put it on repeat. You'll be hooked JUST BY THAT ALONE. Then watch the show. Listen how at key moments you'll hear that one trigger stretch of music that identifies with Weiss come up, or a hint of RWBY's main theme flitter about in the background, right before a major killing blow. Fantastic themes, music, and songs. Whether it be incidental music during a school scene, or bass-kicking rapid-fire techno during a monster fight, the soundtrack gives you its all, and you're stunned that this came from Rooster Teeth. They've raised the bar with this one.
All in all - You will love RWBY. It's American-anime with great action, good plot development, and some absolutely stellar fight scenes, with a handful of laughs mixed in along the way. And this, is just the FIRST SEASON. All of this development is going to pay off in some major ways along the next few season arcs, so get in on the ground floor, and tell your friends. This series is going to only grow and grow, and continue to excel. Imagine what they can do next season, after watching this work. Wowza.
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Fell so short of the mark......
How can you even call this animation. It is some of the worst CGI I have ever sat through. At first glance it seems like it would be a great buy based on all the 5 star reviews., But I have to think that anyone who gives it 5 stars has no concept of art. Don't get me wrong, I have watched plenty of CGI in the past, But it is well done CGI. Final Fantasy, Beowolf, Blassreiter, and Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seekers comes to mind, as well as more recently the Netflix original Ajin. RWBY, however, doesn't even stand in the same league. It is devoid of any artistic emotion. I have seen better animation in the likes of older video games such as the original Mass Effect and Witcher on PC. Even the highly despised re-mastering of Ghost in the Shell, or more recently released series Str.A.In. were more fluid and dynamic in scope than this piece of cinematic garbage. Just take a look at the actual screen shot from the show and you will see my point. Now had this story been done with actual traditional animation styles or at the very least, upgraded CGI mapping and detail orientation, it could have been something special. Instead the developers chose to use a CGI technique that looks like it came from the dawn of civilization.... The music was great, and the acting, as well as the action sequences were decent, but again, all of that is lost on the animation making for a poor excuse of the genre. Also, the chapters themselves equate to nothing more than scene selections, which are so short, that you almost have no choice but to watch it in movie format. So disappointed with this, as this could have been so much more..... And yet fell so short of the mark as to make me ask only one question..."Why even bother in the first place"?.....
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