• 5 years ago
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    Hey, guys, I want your opinion for classification purposes: Is RWBY anime?

    Most people I've seen talk about it seem to believe that it is. I'm generally inclined to disagree based on my own perspective of the show, but I'm very willing to admit that perspective is flawed and worthy of re-evaluation. So I want to know what you think?

    Also as a side note if the consensus is that it is anime I WILL edit this page to reflect that and put it in my lists.
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      Editing … That's tough. I think it technically is, because Monty Oum was gravitating toward that field after leaving Dead or Alive. He was part of the group that started pushing for 3D animation in anime. RWBY turned into more of an American anime production because Rooster Teeth owns it. Japan was leading more of the higher-end advancements in 3D anime, such as character expressions.
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      Editing … 3D anime is still controversial. Some of the Japanese 3D animators actually tried to push the 2D people out of the big name studios at one point. I think they reached some sort of medium, but there's still a lot of things that are not possible with 2D animation. Land of the Lustrous recently tried those things and it became huge in Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9MuI4gfyiA
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      Editing … is it anime if it's not japanese
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      Editing … I guess that's the big question, really. I almost feel as if Sega Hard Girls or Land of the Lustrous were made as a reaction to RWBY. However, Land of the Lustrous went through over six years in development.
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      Editing … Monty Oum is still as close as America has gotten to the anime buzz, though. He's the former CG dude from Team Ninja. He literally started a lot of the mess to get Japanese 3D animation popular in viral video form and in the U.S. Him and his f***ing Dead Fantasy.
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      Editing … IMO anime is a specific manga style of 2D animation. So anything that's primarily in 3D can't be anime. I don't see why something American couldn't be anime, though.
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      Editing … Personally, 3D japanese made anime is definitely anime. Western made is not. I hear RWBY is popular in Japan though, if so it makes it harder to classify.
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      Editing … solution: remove "anime" genre altogether, and only allow japanese animated shows to be ranked in "Favorite Anime" lists
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      Editing … Iirc the english voicework doesn't suck which puts it squarely in the not anime camp. It sounds like any other western cartoon. (But this reasoning is kind of English centric when i think about it. Gotta try to figure that one out)
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      Editing … what
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    Season 2 finale was... mmmmmmhhhh
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  • 9 years ago
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    As of today, Volume 2 now comes to a close. What an adventure [literally].
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    Get hype!
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    We have knowledge about what will happen in regards to Volume 2!
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    RWBY is nominated for an IAWTV Award for Best Animated Show
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    Episode 8 is nuts! #RWBY
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    Just watched the 1st episode! I'm already a huge fan!
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    Wait! what? That's from #Monty Oum? *goes to check it out*
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    I just bought BLU-RAY
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