Does Roosterteeth even HAVE fandom?
*hears shouts of the roosterteeth fandom* Ah, there you guys are.
How many of you non-roosterteethers know what I'm talking about?
*chirping crickets*
As I thought. Okay, first an explanation of Roosterteeth is in order.
(Keep in mind that I didn't know anything about Roosterteeth prior to this post, besides the fact that they made RWBY.)
Apparently, they're an entertainment company that works out of California. They've made a bunch of other webseries like Red vs. Blue and A Simple Walk Through Mordor.
That's all that I could wrestle out of the wikipedia page. I'm sorry.......
Anyway, let's talk about RWBY now.
So RWBY is this CG cartoon made by these Roosterteeth people. It's about a girl named Ruby Rose, who wants to become a huntress. In this world, there are demons and monsters that run around and hurt people, so there are hunters/huntresses to keep people safe. They use magical weapons that run on this fancy stuff called dust.
Of course, to become a hunter/huntress, you have to go to school. Ruby is accepted into Beacon Academy (the best hunter school EVER), along with her sister Yang. On their very first day, all the new students are sorted into teams. Ruby is on a team with a girl named Weiss (the heiress to the biggest dust company ever), a girl named Blake (a book worm) and Yang. Together, they make team RWBY.
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Of course theres more to the story than just school. Outside the school, a war is brewing. There is a group called the White Fang, that is made up of people that have animal traits. You know, cat ears, monkey tails, etc. These people (Faunus) have long been discriminated against by regular people. In the past, the White Fang have peacefully protested this discrimination, with no violence involved. But in the past few years, the White Fang have changed, and become a violent terrorist group. The girls have constant encounters with the White Fang, and have to fight to stop them.
So I'd heard a lot about Roosterteeth before I'd seen this series. My friend Bailey was freaking out about this show, and wouldn't stop talking about it until she got someone to watch it. Since I'm weak, that someone ended up being me. Besides, there were only sixteen episodes. It couldn't be that bad, right?
It wasn't actually. I finished the series in a day, and it was very fun. There weren't any traumatizing feels or anything, so it spared my soul at least.
I'm going to admit, I was a bit underwhelmed by the animation. In the show, there are some AMAZING fight sequences. Seriously, in the first episode alone there is a great fight between Galinda Goodwitch and this other lady, and it's the freaking coolest thing ever.
But besides the fights, they were lacking a bit. The character's movements were jerky, or they had confusing body language. They had strange angles in a lot of unnecessary places (though that might just be artistic choice or something). Now, I get that there were complications with this type of animation.
The way they animate this (at least I'm pretty sure they do it this way) is that they get these special suits on the actors, and put them in front of a green screen. The actors do the motions of their character, and later the skin of the character is put over the suit, so it looks like the character was doing it. Then the background and sound effects and stuff is put in, and VOILA! You have an animation thingy.
You'd think that the gestures and stuff wouldn't be a problem since they do it like this. But apparently it is. *shrug*
The story was a little dry too. There wasn't a ton going on in most of the episodes. It was a one story plot, which I don't think is complex enough nowadays. They'd move from one story to the next, rarely even hinting at other storylines.
Something I REALLY liked about the show was the music. Seriously, the theme song is amazing! Here's the grooveshark thing for it so you can listen to it. The background music is also really pretty, and each character's song is excellent.
So, I guess I'd give this a 6/10. I like it, I really do, but it has some flaws. However, they do get some elbow room since this is only the first season, and they have yet to figure it out.
You should make an opinion for yourself! This goes to the first episode. Go watch it. Have some fun.
Bye!
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