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ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#46026: Apr 8th 2017 at 2:21:19 PM

^^the show is rough around the edges but you can tell the people who make it are passionate as heck about making something trully great, not just trying to make a quick buck or satisfy some arbitrary deadline. Somehow that just bleeds through despite any technical faults.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46027: Apr 8th 2017 at 2:26:12 PM

or satisfy some arbitrary deadline

...weeeellll...

I would say that the action and the music are half of the show. And, as cliche as it may be to say at this point, the pacing doesn't really bother me for reasons x, y, and z. In a perfect world I would give projects like these a year at least, but that's probably not being realistic and hype/interest would die down if we weren't expecting Volume 5 at the next RTX.

(And yet Sherlock disappears for 2-3 years and comes back just fine)

edited 8th Apr '17 2:30:24 PM by Soble

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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46028: Apr 8th 2017 at 2:47:42 PM

On the music front, the best song from Volume 4 for me is Bad Luck Charm.

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#46030: Apr 8th 2017 at 3:03:32 PM

I haven't even checked out the volume 4 music yet. I should do so, because that's one of the things I like most from this series.

ch00beh ??? from Who Knows Where Since: Jul, 2010
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#46031: Apr 8th 2017 at 3:32:13 PM

^^^^you’re probably right but at least in my experience, there is is an obvious difference between arbitrary deadlines imparted by the heavens (upper management a la EA games) and deadlines adhered to by your own pride. RWBY falls under the latter and can be felt.

edited 8th Apr '17 3:32:54 PM by ch00beh

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Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#46032: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:34:05 PM

I thought RWBY's deadlines were neither. They have deadlines for their professional works, and have to slot in RWBY (as an amateur side-project) around those deadlines. It's not that the show has pride-based deadlines, it's that the show's very existence is a side-project that they have to fit in around their other, more important, work.

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46033: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:42:44 PM

RWBY is no different than any other Rooster Teeth project, it has a budget and deadlines and goals to meet. Plus do you really think that Rooster Teeth's biggest show would be treated just as a side project? I don't know where you ever got that idea from.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46034: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:04:04 PM

Rooster Teeth's biggest show

Tch, fffffssssssssssa.

Mmkay.

'Dem's some fighting words.

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Hell, I should probably count Achievement Hunter but I don't really watch that series.

I honestly don't know if it's Rooster Teeth's biggest, most important project. Objectively we should say they're both equally important passion projects. But that's no fun, so I'm going to say RWBY is the second most important, more expensive, and more geared for weeaboos. Fite me.

edited 9th Apr '17 4:15:45 PM by Soble

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#46035: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:10:35 PM

[up] Rv B used to be their biggest thing. It is RWBY now.

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#46036: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:11:08 PM

[up][up] My vote's for "This Will be the Day."

That being said, while RWBY is definitely one of RT's biggest shows, it's not the biggest. However, it does seem to be bigger than RvB. RWBY V4C1 has 2.2 mil views whereas RvB S14E1 has 1.4 mil.

edited 9th Apr '17 4:11:29 PM by Zelenal

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46037: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:16:39 PM

Yeah, but 14 seasons vs RWBY's 4, currently 3. :p

edited 9th Apr '17 4:28:27 PM by Soble

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#46038: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:26:30 PM

... What's that got to do with anything? That just proves that RvB has been around for much longer which no one is disputing.

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46039: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:28:05 PM

I had a much longer post with the first point being a tongue-in-cheek statement, but deleted it for the sake of avoiding a longer argument.

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46040: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:46:19 PM

Call me when Achievement Hunter or Red vs Blue get official Japanese dubs and air on Japanese television.

Also I tend to treat Achievement Hunter as their own thing when talking about Rooster Teeth

Anyway all this started around the idea that RWBY was just a side project and the whole animation team that sprung up around it was just fitting their work on that show around other projects.

edited 9th Apr '17 5:08:07 PM by Shaoken

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#46041: Apr 9th 2017 at 5:09:18 PM

I mean, RWBY has a Japanese dub because it's basically an anime in name already; Red vs Blue is more often than not just player models from the Halo series being used for a series. I'm not even sure how big Halo actually is in Japan.

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46042: Apr 9th 2017 at 5:58:06 PM

RT did try to export Red vs Blue to Japan once but the humour didn't translate well and besides exactly one specially made video it never had any dubs.

But still, how many American made animesque shows make it big in Japan?

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46043: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:08:51 PM

How many American made animesque shows are there, that use the same amount of Japanese fiction cliches that RWBY does?

To wit:

  • Sweat drops and that weird Q_Q eye thing.
  • Pratfalling at bad news
  • giant glowing eyes
  • Super Saiyan auras
  • Bishounen comic relief (Sun)
  • Butt-Monkey comic relief (Jaune)
  • Magic Skirt(s) abound
  • A Tsundere (Weiss)
  • A mysterious, sexy, alabaster witch-lady (Cinder)
  • Vaguely defined superpowers that get explained over the course of a battle and aren't properly explained until a much later episode
  • A soundtrack/various leitmotifs that tell us more about the characters than the show itself.
  • A chibi-spin off series.
  • A catgirl character.
  • A heavy focus on The Power of Friendship.
  • A Tournament Arc.
    • Ultimately, all it's missing is a Beach Episode and a Training Arc.
      • Oh, and a fight during the finale where the full version of the Volume's opening song plays.

And if you say Avatar the Last Airbender I'll pop you.

edited 10th Apr '17 8:30:54 AM by Soble

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#46045: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:14:05 PM

...-blink-

...-nod-

edited 9th Apr '17 6:38:23 PM by Soble

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Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46046: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:22:46 PM

Exact Words.

...

So...who wants some RWBY Chibi season 2?

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#46047: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:31:03 PM

@Soble: Teen Titans?

Teen Titans Go! technically counts as the "chibi spinoff"

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#46048: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:47:38 PM

I was just thinking that. The Japanese don't normally get this hyped for American anime, certainly not high profile film releases, merchandise and TV time.

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#46049: Apr 9th 2017 at 6:59:03 PM

Weirdness...Avatar only did about half the cliches in that list...

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#46050: Apr 9th 2017 at 8:49:49 PM

Is the V4 soundtrack out yet?

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