What Is RWBY ICE QUEENDOM & Why It Has So Much Potential | Why You Should Watch The RWBY Anime!

[@AniNews]

Hey guys, unfortunately didn't have time to make a full video on Overlord or Shield Hero since I'm leaving for Anime Expo tonight. So, here' s an overview of a show I think you guys should check out this season!

[@ohlordhecomming4777]

You can make it up by having a lot of fun!

[@5L1G_Zeref]

Have fun my guy carry the weeb spirit with you

[@oamioxmocliox8082]

;)

[@soullesspitch7940]

When you come back please make more Arifureta from commonplace to wolds strongest videos please

[@FAITERA]

awesome , have fun

[@jotheunissen9274]

I hope the remake anime version pays more attention to the "wasted potential" characters like Adam Taurus, Raven, Ironwood and Mercury Mercury is one of my favourite characters in the show and after the fall of Beacon he was reduced to just a grunt

[@zbidon8816]

Well Raven played her part in the season she gonna more important yk u cant really judge that character when she only been in one entire season. I agree with Adam and Mercury but Ironwood was literally that guy in the last two seasons.

[@jotheunissen9274]

@@zbidon8816 Ironwood, I feel like they could've done some more with his character but maybe that's just me And with Raven, I was waiting for more of a redemption arc like MHA did with Endeavor you know?

[@zbidon8816]

@@jotheunissen9274 Well they still have time for Raven hopefully

[@colonelcider8292]

Bro they fucked everyone Jaune probably had the most potential out of everyone and despite focusing on him, they still managed to give him a 2 dimension, boring and uninspiring character

[@hirochi0362]

it's not a remake

[@jcmahrt5100]

I always just like stories in general, and I really did like the direction of the original, seeing as it was expanding the world as well as giving some insight to how the other cultures of the world operate compared to the one that we know of in the first and second volume.

[@EmperorNefarious1]

Your point about the fight scenes is definitely something a lot of fans haven't thought about. 2D just can't do the amount of movement that 3D can. Though as we've already seen, the impact of the movement they can do is emphasized more, so it's a real balance. And while I'm sure many of us would like to see the fights animated to a AAA level, they can't just ignore everything else like the originals often did (animations wise at least). The anime would feel wrong with black placeholder crowds and janky walking with stiff movement during the more casual scenes that the originals suffered from.

[@zaidanhakim4974]

It could be done by tracing the 3d fighting scene into 2d with all the camera works and fight pacing included. But hell if that's not a hell of work for the animators

[@deancarruthers444]

@@zaidanhakim4974 Oh god, as someone who does 2D/3D animation as a side hobby that'd be hell on earth to try. Not only is it tedious but it also would take a lot of steady work to "pencil" over everything to have it capture that same look.

[@chainsofscarlet9054]

If rooster teeth has no say of what goes in it; then I'm in.

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

“Rooster Teeth’s own Kerry Shawcross, Eddy Rivas, Erin Winn, and Christine Brent have been collaborating with the Japan team every step of the way.”

[@archusdraisen2786]

​@@Sgt_SealCluber unfortunately

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@Sgt_SealCluber Why would anyone wanna collaborate with them? They suck at writing and characterization.

[@lozzar1069]

Unfortunately they are its the one bag thing about this actually

[@chainsofscarlet9054]

Then I'll be waiting on pens and needles to see how bad it is.

[@hansdieter8801]

Realy hope that the anime not only is good, but also brings some new people to the main Series. It has its flows, but it is really underrated

[@zepos]

Well it certainly has, I never cared or wanted to watch RWBY but after all the hype for the anime I am probably gonna watch it at some point

[@ovalteen4404]

I would also say that my biggest turnoff at the end was the General's sudden descent into megalomaniacal madness. It's one thing to notice that part of your army is abandoning you. It's another entirely to sabotage their efforts which are not even at his expense, to save people that he abandoned. Not only is it spiteful, but he was wasting his own resources in order to make it happen. I can at least see how he was being pushed that way: His plans were being constantly questioned and in some cases even interfered with. Even if his plan wasn't the "best", it was attempting to save as many people as possible. By normal expectations, it at least had a chance of working, even if it wasn't the best. Yet it was pretty much taken down by people who disagreed with him, yet themselves had nothing better to offer. In short, disobedience turned a maybe-not-the-best-solution into an unworkable quagmire.

[@gabrielbrooks336]

His semblance is why the decent of way he turned and ever grow angry being left out or just ignored by ozpin

[@jaymespatterson9429]

@@gabrielbrooks336 The only shitty part is, unless you watch the interviews/outside things about the show, you'd have no idea it was his semblance. Casual viewers would think he just doesn't have one/never used it.

[@licklack6763]

@@gabrielbrooks336 his semblance was garbage

[@gabrielbrooks336]

@@jaymespatterson9429 oh ya thank I forgot about that cause I'm a huge rwby fan srry if it sounded assholish did not mean it that way.

[@slauter1939]

I mean let’s think about. If NY had a flying city above it (the rich the wealthy and better off) and Salem was about to launch the attack and ironwood decided to raise the city would the ppl on the ground, the poor, less fortunate be fine with that??? Saving the some ppl and disregarding a whole other group isn’t saving the most ppl. He got scared and paranoid and wanted to raise atlas as soon as possible.

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

As someone that has been watching this show, then left and returned afterwards --- I believe that SHAFT will manage to deliver what RWBY has been missing. Perhaps I am being optimistic, but taking account that this series will follow it's own original story and adding tidbits on the lore, I can wait with curiosity how the story will go.

[@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085]

The writers got woke, they started shoving their politics into their writing and later Rwby started suffering as a result. I'm hoping the new team can keep real world politics out of the show

[@komocakeps527]

@@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085 wokeness ehh... damn. I'm so glad that I didn't watched the original then. don't want my experience ruined with wokeness and all that. justice to this anime will be good then.

[@buckaroobonsi555]

RWBY has not been missing anything other than Volume 9. What exactly do you think they are missing?

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

@@buckaroobonsi555 A lot. Since V8, team RWBY doesn't feel like a team anymore, Ironwood's character was ruined to be a villian, Robin is a waste of character, the whole Ace Ops are underveloped, the whole Silver-Eyed Warrior legacy have no relevance within the story.

[@usmansubhani7482]

Anything is better than OG RWBY. The world was being developed side-by-side with the volumes, but the CRWBY team kept on pretending “Yeah, this was always cannon. Don’t look at the plot holes please.” Like how Wind DUST works and character personality. The focus was gone… The OG RWBY is only good for the fights. It’s not good for the actual plot.

[@JonathanKayne]

RWBY was one of those shows I dropped after a few episodes because I just kept getting questions that I felt weren't gonna get answered. The fight scenes and choreography were amazing, but it felt to me like it was written by an 8 year old. I pick up this anime adaptation and not only were core questions answered (or left in a way where I could infer an answer) but I get amazing animation quality. The ironic thing is that I think it has more to do with sequencing. I believe it's bad to just drop a billion things about worldbuilding and not explain it until multiple seasons later. Maybe after I watch this I'll try redoing the original with a better understanding of the world and the core conflicts going on EDIT: so I started rewatching RWBY and it seems that my original watchthrough skipped a ton of content and thus seemed unexplained.

[@buckaroobonsi555]

You should have watched more. Good thing you never got into Hunter x Hunter or Bleach or Naruto or Dragonball Z or MHA or ATOT etc.....Those all had more questions than answers initial heck sometimes for the entire run.

[@JonathanKayne]

@@buckaroobonsi555 I've watched all of those (except for aot) and they did plenty good job explaining stuff and more importantly explained it in such a way that I could watch without asking a million "what is this" over and over. Stuff that wasn't explained wasn't important stuff. More importantly they don't drop a ton of worldbuilding on you at once. Bleach and MHA explain the premise of the world by the end of episode 1. RWBY on the other hand only establishes the concept of Grimm, dust and hunters. There were a bunch of things that I wasn't able to understand at all until I watched the anime adaptation which explains enough for me to not be completely in the dark. Examples: what is a semblance? Why are the people besides Ruby so irrate? Wait, there was a conflict between the producers of dust and a demihuman race?

[@darkpatriot94]

@@JonathanKayne "Suff that wasn't explained wasn't important stuff" is quite accurate for RWBY Vol.1+2. The shorter episodes gave less time to explain and sometimes you actually dont want to explain things early to have a higher impact later or to keep up the mystery. The examples you gave are quite curious because they were also all explained in Vol.1 and expanded upon later. I am not sure what you want from "the premise of the world" because you said it. You have Dust which is your magic system and technology driver. You have an antagonist in the Grimm and the protectors of humans/faunus with the huntsmen. And most importantly you have 4 badass girls that can 1 vs many (ok, Weiss did a 1vs1 but against something like a boss) (hinting at the 4 trailers). The anime can explain some things earlier to maybe make a more coherent story because it can draw upon 9 volumes of RWBY. But it also skipped some important parts. We will see how the anime compares but i think it goes into a quite different direction. If you want more worldbuilding there is a series called "RWBY: Worlds of Remnant" which is lore that didnt fit into the main volumes. It aired between vol.2 and 4 iirc.

[@darkarconkris]

i hope u do the last season has some of my fav moments

[@Scarabswarm]

Kudos to you for going back and reexamining your own first impression.

[@norajesse8194]

I mean they did the first arc over the course of 3 21 minute episodes, you just end up missing a bit even in the core episodes, I would recommend watching it as recap than a substitute for the original.

[@spritemon98]

They cut out a lot of detail and skipped a few key scenes. It felt rushed to me

[@blakerichey2425]

@@spritemon98 I agree. RWBY veterans wouldn't have a problem following, but newcomers wouldn't understand anything going on by the end of the second episode.

[@spritemon98]

@@blakerichey2425 exactly. Everything after they formed teams was a mismatch of events with no set timeline, it's like everything happened over the course of a few days since there's no mention of timeskips in the anime. In the original rwby you could tell there's been some amount of time passing for them being students for a few months

[@TheRealFalkerry]

So far, the animation of the fight scenes have been really impressive

[@ohlordhecomming4777]

agreed

[@shironasama0445]

It really pisses me off that a lot of people are saying “iTs nOt bEtTeR tHaN tHE oRiGiNaL” without even appreciating how much work Hiroto Nagata and team put in for animation direction. I can tell you just a few seconds of action could have probably taken months to finish.

[@TheRealFalkerry]

@@shironasama0445 pls NGL, the OG one is damn near unwatchable for me so it's either with this level of quality or no RWBY 💀

[@erickrueda16]

I'll agree with you on that but the story overall feels really rushed

[@buckaroobonsi555]

Not it has not. You clearly do not know what you are talking about. Go back and what the first 3 Volumes RWBY had the best fight choreography of all time up to that point. They have cut 70% of the fight choreography out of Volume 1 in Episodes 1-3 and what they did show lacked the complexity and duration.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Well the fact it's made by an actual studio with actual money who are more interested in telling a story than simply cramming whatever they want into it, I'd say there's a lot of potential. I just wish they didn't do the whole half lipstick thing on all the female characters.

[@chaosstripe9446]

It's kinda fitting that the story that inspired so many fanfics gets an anime adaption that is basically a fanfiction too

[@TheRealOtakuEdits]

I wonder what Coeur Al'Aran thinks of the series.

[@chaosstripe9446]

@@TheRealOtakuEdits That Jaune should get more screen time, probably

[@tobysealz3574]

Even if roosterteeth will disappoint us, I still belive in SHFAT to deliver everything they have and I'm gonna have a hell of a good time with the show.

[@etam8099]

I feel bad for Shaft, they deserve a better franchise to work with lol

[@chainsofscarlet9054]

@@etam8099 The franchise was good it was the company that was crap. A small amount of crap will contaminate an entire body of clean water.

[@sebasstehfish5634]

I was honestly a little disappointed in the first 3 parts because I know studio Shaft can do better. It’s well animated but the backgrounds need more detail and the fight scenes need more weight closer to Monty Oum’s original fights. I’m really hoping that the reason the first 3 came out together was so they can show their own original spin and choreographed fights later. I still believe SHAFT can make this great! I just want fights to be closer to the Monogatari series and backgrounds close to Pretty Boy Detective club and it will feel perfect!

[@7DeadlyJinxs]

@@chainsofscarlet9054 Rosterteeth controls the story direction. As long as that's the case, whatever Shaft makes won't amount to much.

[@javianbrown8627]

I haven't seen RWBY but there is a Paladins crossover right now involving RWBY

[@jestic5958]

my man

[@thebattlerocker4338]

thank you so much for this video AniNews! I clicked on the 1-3 episode that crunchyroll posted on their YT channel but clicked off before it even started. But! Now that I am void of a currently watching anime, i'm definitely going to give this one a shot

[@realanimalshorts]

I just miss Monty

[@deltalord6969]

I never did try RWBY back when rooster teeth was the main creators for it cause the style wasn't my cup of tea. Then when I thought about binging it the controversy was happening so that was a nope. Not to mention I've heard some unsettling stuff about the state of the community during that time. I'll give it a try though, anything to help occupy me until overlord 4 comes out. Day 40 of asking for a grand assassin Hassan servant review

[@nurusds3]

RWBY the web ver is like the sakuga from western reimagine for me. Spinning weapons, the fight choreography, aerial camera movements, everything just shining in my eyes even from earlier version. And it's getting this beautiful adaptation is even more wonderful. Highly recommend series.

[@MrIse2]

I hope they'll hire some writers for a change. For me, this show was a gem in terms of chacracter concepts, and a great opportunity about how to ruin your concepts with bad writing. Seriously, I found a ton of mistakes in my writing because I saw the same mistakes in RWBY. And now, I wish to see how these mistakes can be fixed.

[@eren34558]

Miles and Kerry are writing it, so stop comparing RWBY to your shit

[@slauter1939]

I mean rooster teeth in general had never been know for its writing but for its fight scene. Death battle that’s what they all about. RWBY the fight scene overstepped the mid writing. Red v Blue that writing was also on RWBY lvl or even a little lower. After Monty passing we were no longer blinded by the amazing fight scenes and saw the writing as it always been. RWBY wasn’t the only show to go under after red v blue also did but many don’t realize it

[@chubbysolaireeaterofpussy3192]

dude the characterization is so much better in the new anime, it comes at a cost but dude they already have their own fleshed out shit already

[@5chneemensch138]

​@@slauter1939 Fight scenes under Monty were better tho.

[@MrIse2]

@@slauter1939 To be fair(er), "Monty scenes" did contain more character development, then writing that surrounded it. In fight scenes you could tell what those characters were about, how they thought and act. And then you expected those premices to be developed further in "talking bits". But they weren't. And that's what killed the show in my eyes.

[@vikingsword3485]

I am new to the series but this was impressive. Everything from the fights, to the characters are very promising

[@buckaroobonsi555]

What the og series Volume 1, 2 and 3 or what most would call seaons 1, 2, 3 it should be free on youtube.

[@jaydot1ne7]

i want to start watching this series, should i start with the original or can i start with ice queendom? i mean is it absolutely necessary to watch the original to get into this one?

[@vikingsword3485]

@@jaydot1ne7 Haven't watched the original and it didn't feel like I missed anything. Think it is safe to say you can just start with ice queendom

[@Ace-Intervention]

@@jaydot1ne7 you should definitely watch the original, it may be janky because well 9 years ago, but it has charm, and you get some cool fight scenes and music

[@Ricardo_Rick]

There is 2 things i disliked about this anime version: the first it the pacing: Aside from episode 1, the anime seems rushed and with a lot of cut content, to the point of some fights ad character interactions being completely skipped, i bet they made this to go as quickly as possible to the original, but i don't like it, because to me it seems they were counting on us already knowing the show. The second is that as things are now we all know this anime is probably not going to continue after this original story is done, so yeah, there will be no alternate story, only a "filler" arc, which is sad since a lot of people were expecting the anime to be a retelling but without going downhill like the original have gone. Aside from that, now that we are in the "original" territory i think things will go more smoothly, so i'm looking foward to episode 4

[@Ren_1106]

SHAFT made this series even up a stage. I'm still impressed how they nailed it and character development.

[@luckyowl10]

RWBY ICE QUEENDOM has a very interesting set up and the first 3 episodes had awesome fight scenes and animation

[@invictakaizeros7821]

The addition of a nightmare grimm and dreamcatching hunters is really cool, the only other Grimm I've seen having more of a psychological effect are the anthropy and the are quite memorable

[@netrolancer1061]

I'm just happy to see my boi Roman Torchwick.

[@adorkablemikey]

Great videos as always. Cant wait for your cut content on Overlord season 4!

[@RickySama240]

I've enjoyed the first three episodes so far!~ Though i guess my minor gripes would be that some scenes were rushed do to the limits of a 2D style anime. I especially was kind bummed out that they didn't animate Penny's fight against the White Fang but i guess it's not a big deal. ^_^

[@monkeydluffy3271]

honestly i cant express how happy I was that the "anime" turned out to be good, despite the good Cast behind, after what happended in vol 8 i was still really worried its like an old Star wars Fan getting a super series of the old movies after the abonimation of ep 9

[@jotheunissen9274]

Oh gods don't remind me of the Disney trilogy garbage pile

[@monkeydluffy3271]

@@jotheunissen9274 couldnt think of a better comparison

[@enforcerridley158]

The abominations of ep 7, 8, and 9.

[@jotheunissen9274]

@@enforcerridley158 Compared to those the christmas special is almost good At least the plot was 1 line

[@matthewdopler8997]

7 and 8 are legitimately good. 9 is still better than 2.

[@ohlordhecomming4777]

The show is very pretty as well :)

[@Restilia_ch]

I am just drooling over how they got the metallic shine of Crescent Rose so perfect. Also, you forgot to mention one of the character animators, Huke, papa (artist) for the wonderful Takanashi Kiara of Hololive Myth. To say he is qualified to bring the RWBY cast into 2D is a gross understatement.

[@statesminds]

I actually like Rwby so interested in this. Need to check it out. I loved a lot of the music in og rwby.

[@alltadaalldatime]

Thank you for this, i was literally about to watch Ice Queendom and didn't know squat about this anime. Now I'm ready to go watch this, and the older content.

[@blvckac3189]

A little to early to judge since they recap Weiss and Blake introduction and a couple of episodes from Volume 1 though atm I got high hopes for Rwby Ice Queendom

[@frickzi_8803]

I’m really glad tht he made a video of rwby since I hope it will bring attention to the original rwby since it is by far my favorite show

[@valzicplayz3845]

Rwby had so much potential but Rooster Teeth gutted it after volume 3 and this new take on Rwby has potential and I hope it doesn't get gutted

[@husseinhassan6750]

Facts

[@ikengaspirit3063]

I would say more they got confused after that.

[@justsomedude2636]

Love your content, I know it ended to mix reviews but would love to see you finish season 2 of Shield Bro. Keep up the good work

[@sinister2376]

After I watched the first 3 episodes I felt the need to come back here. First, the animation is amazing, action top notch, everything else is like a 9/10. What I learned is that Rooster Teeth really destroyed Monty's legacy with the garbage season 3 and onwards.

[@L1mp1nB1zk1t]

I walked out from OG RWBY after S5. Heard about RWBY IQ from some homies before the release, and figured I'd give it a go. Other than some missed opportunities in the first episode I believe it has a lot of potential.

[@AICW]

Same here bro, as soon as S5 of the OG series ended, I was *out* of there. Man that was bad, and everything I heard about the future seasons, it just keeps going downhill. I'm watching this show with very cautious interest.

[@L1mp1nB1zk1t]

@@AICW Same. I believe Shaft will do right by the fans, but I won't fully commit to that belief just yet.

[@sabata2]

"Quality Story"? Did you watch the same RWBY that I did? I hope this new studio can really make the core concept shine, but the OG story went down hill FAST, and focused WAY too much on side characters that were self inserts of the writers.

[@TheCraftyDawg]

So another couple things. First I watched this on rooster teeth and I didn't realize it was not considered an animae. Second this series was great. I recommend you go watch it if you don't want to wait for the team who's developing the remake to finish it. There was alot of good stuff in the original. The music alone ampped up the drama and got me hyped while watching it. All in all it was a great series and I can't say that enough.

[@KS-di4bn]

I'm so glad that they brought back the coloured glyphs, I just hope that they'll continue to use them and not abandon them later on like in RWBY proper.

[@szebid9739]

Im gonna cry... Just get it out guys just get it out its okay 😭

[@ronakrughani1958]

I was watching Overlord again from the start in dub and in the first episode and before the server shutdown ainz says there were 41 members in the guild and 37 of them left and 1 is he himself but he doesn't says about 3 remaining members, I think that we will meet those three members in the future.

[@RenegadeLK]

Once the dub releases I will give the anime form a try since I forgot about this series after season 2 and I want to hear the og voice actors. Also I should catch up with the rest of the seasons sometime in the future.

[@induralfrosthelm5146]

I ironically started rewatching RWBY last week. Randomly searched for it on Crunchyroll and found it. Before I had only gotten through season 5 since that was all that was available at the time and I forgot all about it. So now I'm a few episodes into season 8. With only the few clips I have seen from Ice Queendom I have to say the art is far to removed from RWBY for me to enjoy it. And to be frank if they couldn't do the fight scenes fully to what the original was they should never have tried to remake it. I'm fine with them expanding the story but walking all over the original with the excuse that "we can't do that" well don't. One final point the removal of the quirky humor that is sprinkled through it is dangerous. RWBY starts out fun but quickly grows darker and darker as the forces against them quickly stack victory after victory that humor is needed to keep things balanced.

[@Heavenly_Demon_God]

3:51 that’s one hell of a lineup

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

I want to like it, but it's hard to because of what Rooster Teeth did to Vic Mignogna. This is especially bad given the actual abusers that work/worked at Rooster Teeth. Also, wth are they gonna do with Vic's character Crow?! Though I guess in Japan not having Vic doesn't really matter.

[@AICW]

Don't forget Kathleen Zuelch. She outed the fact that at least one of the other voice actresses slept her way into her position (most likely Arryn Zech, Blake's VA, because she was dating Miles Luna at the time) and got terminated for that. Her character, Glynda, immediately disappeared from the franchise after the third season. Wonder how they'll recast her for this anime's dub...

[@sinister2376]

I love the original RWBY. I haven't done into the anime but it's on the top of my list. I hope for the dub they get the original voice actors and the polish up everything beyond season 2.

[@troymanansala7739]

I actually didn't give RWBY even a sideways glance before since it doesn't have the anime look that I know and love. But now that it actually has an true anime version of it, I'm definitely giving this a shot.

[@isekaistation3682]

The thing that brakes me the most over the OG rwby was that the characters themselves had so much potential for this or that Im the later seasons, ultimately making it feel like a solid B or C tear show after the first 2 seasons, im very excited to see if they polish it off and bring this show to the glory it deserves

[@AndreSilva-op7uo]

As someone who never saw RWBY in the first place I went and saw this new one and I got pretty hooked, can't wait for the next episode and your possible video of skipped content

[@Unapologeticweeb]

i hope that unlike rt they dont drive this one into the ground first 3 episodes where great so far also getting void chord to do the soundtrack was a great idea

[@simon2493]

In anime they will travel to atlas as there are character models with winter clothes on them

[@warllockmasterasd9142]

Looking forward to the show. I'm sure if it is done right it will surpass the old show, and especially the current show.

[@anobuthix5977]

Honestly, I think the anime is infinitely better than the original except for the fight scenes. The few fights they showed so far were all and all pretty okay, they just didn’t have the dynamic and intensity of the Monty fights. If we get good and proper fights in the future, this could be awesome.

[@buckaroobonsi555]

That is the thing they cut out almost all of the fights. They did not do the fights choreography or animation any justice in the anime. Take 70% of the fights out of Jujitsu Kissen and Demon Slayer and then make the remaining fights lower in quality in every way from chorography to duration etc.....

[@alphabetsalphabets5242]

Ruby's scythe moves: it's always fast and has shing shing noises that accompany it to show how much it weights.

[@OniSamaTV]

Even tho I’m liking the new animation I gotta say the fight choreography in the OG version was CRISP

[@edi9892]

I'm really happy that it got a remake. Now, it's actually what it always wanted to be: an anime... I acknowledge that they had to change a few things. The original episodes were very short and only later on it became the 20mins we are used to. Also, while the graphics improved, the storytelling, directing, and fight choreography got worse over time. I assume that it had to do with the death of Monty Oum and internal fights in the studio. However, I'm sad that they changed the character introduction. I loved how Ruby bumped into Weiss and inhaled some of the scattered dust and got scolded and in turn, Blake roasted Weiss... I think it was a bad idea to immediately tell Blake's backstory, as it was essentially a spoiler (it nearly took an entire season to reveal the truth and was only foreshadowed). Similarly, Weiss was introduced by Blake's roast and not by seeing her at home. We only learned later about how dysfunctional her life actually was (note that she moved to a different continent and that her older sister joined the military to get some distance! Also, their mother is an alcoholic). Also, while I was happy to see Roman again, he was cooler in the original (his mocking in a friendly tone and overall smoothness). Similarly, if I remember correctly, Cinder was originally introduced not as the pilot, but as fighting Ruby. It also made more sense in the original, as the first exam only occurred after they arrived and it was only hinted at that Jaune was an impostor (he's not trained as a hunter and thus oblivious to many things). I found it a pleasant surprise though that a new character, a new grim, and a new problem got introduced. I hope that this show gives Cinder a chance at being the villain she was supposed to be (I loved her up to the point where her first major plan succeeded, but she got injured, then the original strayed from the original character and made her dumb and an emo-kid), Lastly: that massive death flag was so unnecessary. New watchers shouldn't be warned of what will happen at the end of the season. It really came as a surprise to me and it was a massive shift in tone.

[@buckaroobonsi555]

If you watch Volume 1 of RWBY in movie mode is like an hour and 20 minutes or more I think so even with the 7 minute and 12 minute episodes you still got more total material and more story and better fight scenes in the og series than in Episodes 1-3 of the new remake anime.

[@TheSkyrider27]

@@buckaroobonsi555 Not a remake. The events have been confirmed to be canon adjacent by Roosterteeth with the episodes at the start serving as a recap of Volumes 1 and 2 before moving into an original story.

[@chillplanet8269]

@@TheSkyrider27 that's rooster teeth being embarrassed they failed rwby fans

[@chillplanet8269]

@@buckaroobonsi555 its a recap and its not not following the og rwby story and its 3 episodes

[@grjim8909]

I haven't watched the new anime yet, but since I liked the 3d version since the start and Weiss is my favourite girl from RWBY, I'll definitely watch it. The faces tho, they look so different.

[@Devinrekrafted]

I saw Ryuko in there and I gotta say, I LOVED watching Kill la Kill.

[@ponchacho]

The fight scenes were def top quality, I never seen the original but I’ll def give this one a shot.

[@AzraelMight]

Adapt vol 1 and vol 2 steal the lore behind everything then let the rest of the plot can sod off

[@Unapologeticweeb]

or just go in a completely new direction after volume 2 but yes 3 and up is hot garbage

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

@@Unapologeticweeb Agreed. RT went off the rails with RWBY after Season 3 and hopefully Shaft will learn from their mistakes.

[@monkadude15]

Haven’t watched RWBY and was thinking it about back then. This looks cooler in my opinion so I’ll give it a shot!

[@ICat00987]

You can really see how the animation director rlly loved madoka and brought over a lot of the stuff that made madoka so beautiful and enticing to watch! Hands down I hope we get anime RWBY all the way to at least season nine. I just wish the 3d show was able to wrap up fully😓

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

ice queendom looks very promising. can't wait to watch rwby, finally as an anime. always loved rwby, this almost has to be a very top-tier anime to match. and may monty oum rest in peace, hope he can be proud of how rwby is like now, and what rwby has grown to become.

[@VanishEclipse4867]

What I do know was changed in Ice Queendom compared to the original are the characters actually. Maybe because I read the official manga that was on Viz that only lasted to the contents of volume 2, but its' direction it took was more defined and not as lighthearted compared to the main series. Ice Queendom took the not so lighthearted elements the characters had in the official manga and mixed it with its' own take on the events in the main series in volume 1. Some highlights would be when Weiss and Ruby were stuck with each other in the forest. Ruby used some really strong words on Weiss meaning she isn't as childish and immature even though that isn't too much of a problem as she's meant to be younger than the others. Jeanne being a bit more confident with his skills and people at first glance. Yang actually given a talk from Tai about spoiling Ruby too much which she acknowledges later when Weiss calls her out on regarding Ruby's behavior. Professor Port's words to Weiss regarding why she wasn't selected as leader was not as detailed but I think it was straight to the point where it didn't need to be. Same for Ozpin's words he spoke to Ruby although I do wish he didn't mention the silver eyes bit when he first meets her. In the official manga, Ozpin asks Ruby a serious question regarding what kind of Huntsmen Ruby wishes to be which stayed with Ruby for a while. I really do miss the Official RWBY manga on VIZ do I and I wish it didn't stop at the end of volume 2 content like it did and went on with whatever direction it took with its' major changes. The first episode integrated the introduction shorts of all four characters neatly albeit we don't get Ruby fighting a pack of Beowulfs and Yang's bar fight but then those didn't fit the season. Still it sucks the fight against the White Fang and Torchwick at the docks had to be cut out due to time constraints. The devs wanted to get to the bigger content as quickly as possible so I don't blame them for rushing the story. Even if it was rushed I like the changes made to a high degree. We shall see this Sunday how team RWBY will deal with the Nightmare Grimm that is haunting Weiss and how powerful a Nightmare can be when a trained Schnee is its' host. Zaiden Shion looks like your classic mix of a witch and an exorcist who has specialized in nightmare hunting. Because how this will be handled will determine how well this full anime original take on RWBY will go.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

The main problem with RWBY is the writing, it's painfully clear the guys at RT have little clue what they are doing and you end up spending more time questioning the things going on rather than being engaged. Hopefully the guys making the anime won't make the same mistake and heavily polish the series.

[@dimdude1]

i like it, jsut hate the many things rushed and skipped over. still looking forward to it tho

[@iskdea8461]

It's uncommon to hear you speak about an anime with a bit more passion than usual, so I'll definitely give RWBY a shot

[@obsidian00]

So far, so good…

[@animelover-pg2lx]

Mr. AniNews!!! Thank you for this... I'll give it a shot then.... Let's go!!! 😎👍

[@Bananeotaku]

OH MY GOD Rwby voiced by Hayami Saori!!!!! Instant watch for me!

[@ogasama6028]

I am waiting for your overlord season 4 episode one Video. Hope you enjoyed AX. Did you meet the trash taste boys?

[@AlthosWTF]

Still can't help but think that some of the later story was directly analogous to real life stuff happening with Rooster Teeth (to a certain degree). That said, after watching the first 3 episodes of the new series. I'm looking forward to it.

[@flyinggeovishapthatcanswim2377]

From the perspective of someone who haven't seen the original yet, the first 3 episodes of the anime and the soundtrack are very good, probably as good as fate ubw or mushoku tensei in some parts. So here I am, about to watch the original.

[@angeldude101]

Overall, it was very well done. It's mainly the parts that people like me loved most about the original where the adaptation falls behind, that being the smooth fight scenes that were only possible because the the 3D animation and Monty's skill, set to Jeff William's score and Casey's vocals. In spite of that, there were still a few fight scenes that I consider better in the anime.

[@slauter1939]

SOUND EFFECTS hate the way Nora grenade launcher sounds Yang gauntlet weiss glyphs I hate the sounds

[@redtiger4929]

Omg k love this show and not much people talk about thx a lot for doing this Please do more please Where rider lol

[@007romrom]

i don't leave many comments on videos but i agree with some of the statements mad e very good annalist, i do love the original and i am a strict one for originals since they are off on there own story, ima sit this one out. i wish they would get on with the original or even if they were to push the rest of it to SHAFT. I don't like remixes or things that side track from there original intention because things in life simple or hard get taken out of context too easily. i guess its up to ROOSTER to get on with it and finish the story we been waiting on so long. i've been hurt by too many unfinished works of art that never get to live up to there potential a with no expectations from the watcher or reader exactly what the author intended, only to be snuffed out by (insert reasons things in life fail).

[@zaidanhakim4974]

Solid points, I agree for the most part if not all. I think IQ is going to be a new product (as mentioned it doesn't really catch the charm of the original). Since I only hype on the fight scenes and never really care about the story, I might pass with RWBY IQ. Although I really hope they started working on the choreography more than giving the cool effects like any other anime earlier, otherwise I feel like it would just drown among new animes in general. Atleast make it standout and defines its own charm to make it memorable like the original one

[@Dusknight.]

oh man, I watched this show when it came out eons ago when barely anyone was watching it and seeing it being picked up by a professional studio gives me all kinds of feelings I can't put into words. I hope the studio fixes some of the story issues that were prevalent in the original show. since the first 3 volumes were essentially excuses for the battles to happen, the story is janky and incomplete. there was also alot if internal arguments between the animators which led to certain scenes being injected into the show where they made no sense. (Penny battle at the docks). and for the love of god PLEASE fix torchwick's ending cause that shit was a fking catastrophe.

[@darksaint0124]

I don't think you understood what you were watching. The battles were the point. When they stopped being the point the show got less popular really fast.

[@hellspawn3200]

The battles were the real story and the in-between bits were there just to get th characters from on fight to the other. Which is why it's so awkward and janky. It was a failing on monty's part to convey the story and the writers, miles and kerry, failure to converse with monty and make a coherent story.

[@Dusknight.]

@@darksaint0124 that's literally what I said

[@effortlessfury]

@@hellspawn3200 they didn't fail to converse with Monty, they designed the world with him, and Monty regularly credited them when people would speak with him as though it was all him. He told the physical part of the story, they told the worded part, and he trusted them to do so.

[@effortlessfury]

This is not a remake. It is a original story. The recap is over.

[@trezoverkill5894]

I’m just happy I watched it around the beginning before it became really popular

[@RyukiEXE]

The later seasons was one of those.. Animation improved by far, but the choreo diminished. Makes me curious to see what the remake would do, if anything at all.

[@wowlagmaster]

when i first saw they was doing this adaptation of RWBY i was really hoping for a Monty style fight in true anime form its kinda a shame that they have changed the fights due to creation time but i guess it is what it is i remember some of Pyrrha fights were awesome i kinda hope if they have those they put the attention needed into them

[@Snowy123]

I just know the RWBY soundtrack is all bangers

[@youcanthandlemyname7393]

used to have a friend that loved rwby. he tried to get me to watch it so manny times but the animation style kept stopping me from being able to make it through episode one. cant wait to finally check this shit out.

[@ceresbane]

Its a shame we don't have Monty's sick fighting choreo. But i think its for the best that we lose that if it meant its general quality as a show is improved from the original. Hell it can be mediocre and thats still better the original show. But I think its achieved 6/10 as it achieves competent writing, PLOT STRUCTURING and pacing. Something anyone in rooster tooth simply does not have the chops. Especially when all they've been doing was aping anime tropes as a template instead of an inspiration towards making a narrative style. Hell its quality doesn't qualify to be allowed to be called a style. Its far too low a level to be defined by a style. As that implies an intentional choice to be that bad, as opposed to simply being bad due to lack of real experience in writing for TV serials.

[@MercuryCeres]

idk if it’s just me but i really like how they portray jaune as more of leader and less of a whimp like the original

[@JuanDerFully_]

Ahh, yes, the branching type of the Fate series. For those that has yet seen the fate series, the original one is Fate/ stay night, most if not all of the other branches have the same core but explores some of the different routes that could've happened if some different choice was made.

[@zeroresistance7203]

i just watched it yesterday and damn i want more.

[@hunt7533]

I've been seeing a lot of bad feedback instead of positive feedback everywhere to be honest, let's see what happens later.

[@ericwright4161]

Can’t wait for the next season they left me on a crazy cliffhanger

[@Azninjazn]

it has great potential cuz now it focuses on best girl, the ice queen weiss schnee xD

[@snoww3771]

I have watched the entire Ice Queendom. I think it does a much better job with the main characters, particularly that they truly get to drive the main plot. I do wish they had skipped the first 2 episodes and first half of ep 3. The recap of volume 1 was not needed. The savings would have made the rest much better. Still I think it was overall much better than the original volume 1. (Contrary to what was said in this video commentary, Ice Queendom fits between volumes 1 and 2. I would love to see Shaft do a similar extension to volume 2.

[@arve9345]

Aninews please please make a king Hassan abilities and original

[@talleythelegendaryloser9029]

I already loved rwby but the first 3 volumes are fucking painful to watch so I can’t get anyone else to watch it with me. NOW I CAN LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO I can’t wait to see Cinder do….the stuff she does in this remake

[@buckaroobonsi555]

How are they painful? Are your friends really stupid or just not very good friends? It is not like your making a hotie watch The Sound of Music with you or Marry Poppins when she really just wants you to ravage her or something right???? I would not ask my Dad to watch it with me for instance wrong audience!

[@NathanBonline]

Studio shaft = 7/10 product minimum so I'm down never been disappointed with them

[@ricardomilos10]

It was good, at this comes from someone that hates what RWBY is nowadays Also, Rooster teeth so mad they making a better job in 12 chapters than them in 10 years that they aint even talking or promoting the show on twitter. Actual good writing > pandering to tumbrinas and twittards

[@sir.raphimrevelator8644]

Peeps: nice snimation, looking forward to next episodes Me: why nobody talking about Penny's "AH" in japanese after she was bumped by Weiss. 😁😋

[@GawaHollow]

if i had one wish, it would be to bring back Monty Oum..... Rest in Peace my friend, you left us to soon