Is it worth watching this for a general idea of ​​the franchise?

RobertBobert said:
Is there any point in watching this show if I'm pretty biased towards the franchise, but wouldn't mind watching it for scientific reasons to get an idea of ​​the show? How different is this from a Western series?

Zweifooter said:
Nearly everyone who has seen the original series just hates it because they thought it was going to be an anime remake of the original; Not what basically amounts to a Japanese fanfiction for a western property, which is what it really is at its core. -And what Shaft have BEEN saying from the very beginning that it is.

Subi97 said:
Putting it plainly, I went in with zero expectations and, while I'm not disappointed, it definitely doesn't compare to the Western series.
Overall, the anime feels a little bland and while its nice seeing more of these characters in a different situation, the Western show has gotten way past these points of the character development that it feels kind of pointless.

While the Western show's animation is quite different, especially janky early on, the story and characters more than make up for it, and the fight scenes are consistently very well done.

Overall, the Western anime has a way better story and character development, while the Anime is slightly better animation quality.
That's my opinion though, I'm sure others may feel differently.

xZabuzax said:

As a fan of the OG RWBY myself, I don't hate this anime because it's not a "remake", I actually don't care if it's a remake or not, that's not the point, I do hate it though because it's a downgrade to EVERYTHING the OG provided and having a rushed 3 first episode didn't help either, if they are going to rush things, I rather have them create the first 3 episodes from scratch, without nothing to do with the OG, I mean, this anime in itself has nothing to do with the OG since everything happened in a boring dream arc anyway, the only thing resembling the OG is the first 3 episodes which is rushed as hell and this is pretty sloppy IMHO. If you are going to rush things, just don't do it and create something else, pretty simple.

Apart from that, this anime was extremely boring and has really shitty action scenes too, the only episode I enjoyed from this anime is episode 11, the rest of the episodes are simply garbage IMHO, this anime deserved better than this.

I know the ratings in MAL are mostly garbage but at least there is something fairly accurate around here, an anime with a rating below 7 has serious issues and this anime keeps getting lower every week so yeah, something went extremely wrong with this anime.

To the OP, if you haven't watched this anime then don't bother, the only good episode is episode 11 and that episode alone isn't worth all the shit I went through just to get there.

Zweifooter said:

My man, you just said said that you didn't hate it because it wasn't a remake, and then have a ton of examples of why you don't like it, that all said it was because new one isn't the original. And I'm sorry, but the fight choreography may have been way better in the original, but the rest of the visuals in the anime surpass the machinima look of the original. You also couldn't state WHY you found the dream arc boring any further than that it wasn't canon and therefore not in the original.

Also the first 3 episodes weren't "rushed". Thats not what rushed means. They quickly established the main plot, while leaving out everything that's not relavant to the story that the director and/or writer wanted to tell, in the first three episodes. That doesn't mean that they quickly farted out the first 3 episodes while cutting every corner they could to make a deadline. They had a schedule for 13 episodes to work with, and wanted to establish some things to keep it friendly to people like me who haven't really watched the OG, while still leaving themselves enough room to tell the main story. If you go back and reread my post, you'll see that I've already said that and complained about the pacing.

None of your arguments debunk mine and you clearly just don't want anyone to watch it because you think it's representative of the original. Which it isn't, btw. It's not that bad, and I do plan on going back and ACTUALLY watching the OG after finishing this.


No hard feelings btw, I'm trying not come off like a smug asshole, but rather contribute to the discussion. If you come up with some well thought out points to refute my arguments, I'll gladly engage them. My point that it's a fun, fanfiction, side story that's probably better experienced through binging rather than weekly watching.

reredundant said:
Def not, other than the rushed first 3 episodes, the show is nothing like the actual series. 3/12th of the episodes are canon and the rest are some dream arc thats boring and not relevant towards the story. The comedy and characters are watered down and the fights just are skipped out and not as good as the original