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jedipikachu9009 Since: Oct, 2015
12/23/2015 06:43:31 •••

Good show, but you should watch it on Netflix if you can

Trust me, they really failed with the pacing of this show and I highly recommend watching it on Netflix because they had the right idea to combine all the episodes into one. Seriously there are 5 minute episodes that really should combine with other episodes. Unless you don't have Netflix, then you'll have to wait about 8 episodes to get to the first real fight. That may sound bad but, if you look at it in about 20 minute increments like in anime, it's about 3 episodes. If you don't mind the episode length, you'll have a good time with it.

It does have many flaws besides pacing. Some of the animations can look ridiculous, I noticed a shadow walking in a really funny way, but it is not barf inducing and shouldn't turn you off from the entire series. In fact, the fight scenes, although they tend to be short, are really well made. And it would be REALLY bad if a show that has sniper-scythes and hammer-grenade launchers had really terrible fight scenes.

The voice acting is, well, not amazing. The voices do capture each character's personality, but they can be a bit... bad. My main problems are Ruby and Pyrrha. Pyrrha kind of sounds like a robot and I hate high pitched voices like Ruby's. Oh yeah the character's personality. They nailed the personality and character development. Although Ruby, the main character, gets little character development, she's more of a character that promotes character development for other characters (just look at her talk with Jaune). In fact, it's kind of hard to remember that Ruby is the main character because there is a lot more focus on Blake, Weiss, Jaune, and Pyrrha.

And the villains, or at least the whole one of them in season one. They nailed Roman's personality but they failed to show what goal he is trying to accomplish and only explained what he needed to accomplish it. Well, not even he knows what he's trying to accomplish, Miss Cinder seem to know everything about the plan but she's taking it in a VERY slow pace. I'm willing to bet not even the DEVELOPERS know what plan she's trying to do because they are being VERY slow with it.

Conclusion: It has fast paced action in a very slow paced story. Looking at season three and I think they are focusing more on fighting scenes, and the story might go even SLOWER. It's good show if you want fast and flashy action, not for a developing story.

omegafire17 Since: Apr, 2010
11/12/2015 00:00:00

As far as the story, Monty apparently left enough notes/comments/etc that the team can accurately follow RWBY's story on till Vol. 5 (at the least).

So they know enough, I guess you could say

jedipikachu9009 Since: Oct, 2015
11/13/2015 00:00:00

That's good. Hopefully they will be better with the story pacing then.

Epicazeroth Since: Jun, 2014
12/05/2015 00:00:00

The episodes get longer with each Volume. You definitely should watch Volumes 1 & 2 on Netflix, but Vol3 is 12-18 minutes per episode, so they've fixed that problem.

Also, you should really watch at least Volumes 1 & 2 before reviewing; many problems with the pacing, story, and animation are fixed in Vol2, and even more in Vol3 (so far).

jedipikachu9009 Since: Oct, 2015
12/14/2015 00:00:00

I did watch both and I still thought the pacing is turtle pace, until the end though.

omegafire17 Since: Apr, 2010
12/14/2015 00:00:00

Well, I don't believe anyone said RWBY has a particularly speedy plot progression - just that any pacing issues were taken care of, because Vol. 1's length was rather difficult on an episodic basis (with Vol's 2 + 3 being more tolerable)

^Watching Vol. 1 on DVD, with all 16 episodes as one continuous length, solves that a bunch though

Serocco Since: Mar, 2010
12/23/2015 00:00:00

The voice acting improves dramatically for everyone in Volumes 2 and 3.

In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.

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