It looks... cute. Definitely not the crude humor I'm used to from this company. I'm not really attached to any of the characters yet, and the plot could get Darker and Edgier or it could be stay light-hearted and loose
- Skout/Toth will be a ship in due time, "Team Beifong 2?"
- I kept saying "Toph" in my head even though I knew it was spelled differently
- Nomad seems like a mix of Bugs Bunny and Vash the Stampede
- "What will you do next, Nomad?" Cute
- The animation reminds me of Johnny Test, but fortunately I don't have to watch this every afternoon or have listen to an annoying theme song
- I can't recognize any of the voice actors and the only character design that looks familiar is Skout's. So, I'll give that a thumbs-up
- This does seem like a step down from the sort of comedy and action I've seen in their other shows, but it's also the first episode and, like every Rooster Teeth series ever, the first episode leaves such a faint impression it's difficult to call "great" or "awful"
Time will tell.
edited 23rd Mar '18 6:18:28 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!I could only hope it's a bootleg Trigun at least, because the idea of a Badass getting hunted down by a planet full of Bad Ass'es in a wild/space-western setting is just plain cool. If this show is about Nomad encountering new gangs of bad-asses and Skout/Toth being nearby, I'd watch that and hope the animation improves.
But right now it seems closer in tone to X-Ray And Vav than Tri Gun.
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Well, that was uninteresting. Feels like your average saturday morning cartoon to me. Anyone knows the target audience here? I'd argue something like 10-12.
So the Nomad is magic. But how is that different from Dust? Wait, no, wrong series.
In all honesty, though, the show feels very bland and unappealing. With RWBY there was some nice action in the first episode, with Red Vs Blue there was some comedy. Here, I haven't seen anything that stands out or differentiates it at all. I see no reason to stay further, so I won't. Good luck to ya'll, hope the series turns out good.
edited 23rd Mar '18 7:11:55 PM by TheLovecraftian
Having decided to check it out, I feel like the problem is that 1) this episode doesn't give us any real sense of the broader setting, and 2) there's no good way to do so given the nature of the show's plot (since they have to get to the title character). So it's a meh pilot, but it got the stuff out of the way it needed to get out of the way.
To me, this is a series that will really cement where it stands in the next few episodes - by 3 or 4 we'll know if it's going anywhere worthwhile.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)So what exactly is the target demographic here? The show's really simplistic and feels like a Saturday morning cartoon for kids, but it's being released as a FIRST timed-exclusive (and I doubt a lot of kids have a membership).
Also, on a rewatch I noticed this show has some RWBY Vol 5 level animation. Red very obviously teleports into the group of soldiers between cuts at the beginning.
Given the memes that RVB and RWBY have generated, the trigger warning RT posted for RWBY's third season, the existence of Achievement Hunter and all of the productions Rooster Teeth is linked to through Full Screen - we've got anime, video games, and who-would-win internet debates under the same umbrella thanks to Fullscreen.
I'd be surprised if their demographic didn't target children.
edited 24th Mar '18 4:47:39 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Oh. Probably whatever age range was typical for the Saturday morning cartoon crowd. I don't know what that is exactly, but when you asked what the exact demographic was I assumed you meant that it's odd to see FIRST-exclusive content that would be aimed at a younger crowd.
On a different note I need to watch the second episode.
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!Also, the bolded part is indeed what I meant.
Watched the second episode.
...yeah, Adventure Time this is not. At least not yet. It's only two episodes and we have an antagonist now, maybe. Still too early to tell if it's going to hook me. I suspect the king is going to be an evil bastard and that might shake things up some, what with Toth and Skout being so evidently loyal.
Nomad is easy to adore though.
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!I mean, some of the aesthetic (the Anachronism Stew design) shows the clear influence of Samurai Jack. Beyond that...
Hmm, yeah, something animation seems flash animation ish. Dunno if its shading or just not that fluid animation. But yeah, animation actually reminds me of old children's shows for some reason. Or maybe cheap newer really young kid show animation actually? Hmmmm
Anyhoo yeah it has strange mix of moodwhiplash .-. Like that forest just went alit ridiculously fast for scene that is continued with serious moments
edited 26th Mar '18 10:58:57 AM by SpookyMask
The very beginning of the episode has continuity errors, particularly with the direction of the lighting. There's a similar error later with the location of a flying bird between cuts.
Red Manuel teleports into the shot again during the meeting with Don.
Don's throne room has waterfalls in the background that aren't animated at all. (They seem to have depth and probably aren't painted on the wall.)
Toth's scar looks like it was c/p'd onto her face due to how it goes over her eyebrow.
edited 30th Mar '18 1:13:20 PM by Karxrida
And now having seen the second episode, and thus having a better idea of what they are trying to do, I can say...that I get the vibe they don't have a clear idea of what they are trying to do.
Like, I don't mind limited animation if more minimalist is what they're going for - but it zigzags between minimal and fairly well detailed. Errors like the above-mentioned scar are one thing, but it's this weird blend of lots of details at certain points and things like the frozen waterfalls, which goes beyond animation error and straight into "that has to be deliberate"...but why give it shading on the wall then?
Plot wise, I get the impression that they overplayed the comedy in the first episode and it's supposed to be a bit more serious. Which is unfortunate, but the bigger issue is that I'm increasingly convinced that a mime character like the Nomad can't sell himself on his own in a more serious story. Which means that whether this has a longer term hook is based on whether they give him a verbose companion to bounce off of. Obviously, Skout would have been the prime choice, but somehow I suspect that isn't going to happen soon, so...
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)What gets me about Toth is that she clashes really badly with everyone else's design. The cast have old west inspired looks, but Toth looks like she's someone's Avatar The Last Airbender OC. I don't get why she looks like that.
A corpse should be left well enough alone...

Nomad of Nowhere is Rooster Teeth's new Fantasy Western cartoon. It's about the eponymous Nomad, a magical being who is seen as a criminal and has been eluding capture for the last 100 or so years. At least until two women named Toth and Skout find his hiding spot.
First episode:
edited 23rd Mar '18 5:21:38 PM by Karxrida