So I started watching this for the action, which meant that while my expectations weren’t necessarily low for the other elements, I wasn’t watching this for the plot or the characters. Personally though, I would probably start with the first episode. I really don’t feel like I can do it justice with words, so check out a trailer if you want to know what I mean.
That’s what first intrigued me about this series after watching two of the trailers, and the first episode did not disappoint. The action is energetic and kinetic, with the characters pulling off stylish and ridiculously cool moves that are just a treat to watch.
This is stylish action ala Devil May Cry or Black Rock Shooter – in fact, if you likened the series to an extended video game cutscene where you never actually have to pick up the controller, you would be close to the truth.
The biggest initial draw of RWBY (which stands for Red, White, Black, and Yellow, the colors that represent the four main heroines) is the action. I’m writing this because I’ve enjoyed what I seen, and I think you will too. People try to do that with us all the time and we always turn them down. Note: Just to be clear, Rooster Teeth Productions has in no way solicited this review. It will air every Thursday, starting from last Thursday and ending in the second week of November, and you can catch it on the RWBY area of Rooster Teeth’s site. If you like anime – at least, the kind of anime I’m about to liken this series to – then you should check RWBY out. This may not be anime by the technical definition, but it has the soul of anime. But after seeing the trailers (there are four of them) and watching the first episode, I can tell you this: it tastes like anime. So it can’t be anime, right? It’s not Japanese! It’s not even animated like most anime! It’s totally different! I mean, it’s not anime, right? It’s made by Rooster Teeth Productions, an American company based just down the road from me in Austin, TX. If you haven’t heard of it yet, I think you may like it.įirst of all, I suppose I should explain why I’m talking about this. As a special treat, here is a little introduction to RWBY (pronounced “Ruby”), an anime anime-style web series by the folks over at Rooster Teeth Productions.