RWBY Review (Seasons 1 and 2)
Well I finally saw Seasons 1 and 2 of RWBY, and what do I think?
Well lets get to the story before that:
The story takes place in a world known as "Remnant", a place littered with creatures of Grimm run wild. The only ones who can stop them are the Huntsmen, warriors who are sent to defeat these creatures with their weapons and magic. We follow a young girl named Ruby Rose, an energetic 15 year old girl who wants to become a Huntress herself. After impressing the headmaster of Beacon Academy her new life begins as we follow her on her journey to become a Huntresss and save the world from the creatures of Grimm, and other looming threats.
It comes across as a basic shōnen style plot line with typical characters you'd see in those kinds of shows, but it surprisingly makes these otherwise typical cookie cutter characters and gives them a lot more personality after get a chance to meet them. This shows also very unique in how funny, memorable it is while being a show that you could honestly show to kids (Well as long as your ok with them seeing monster getting cut in half or weapons that can also transform into guns)! It also has a surprisingly large world and interesting mythos that is just filled with possibilities. And one of the surprising things about it is its message, The story has a lot of emphasis on growing up and becoming an adult that really makes you think as well as relate a lot more to these characters.
Speaking of characters, this show has a pretty decent amount of characters, you'll definitely find a couple that you'll like. The show gives a pretty good amount of screen time to all of the characters with great designs and personality, not just Ruby and her team, my favorite character isn't even a part of her team! The villains don't have too much development in the first 2 volumes with the exception of one of the sub groups, however it does seem that they are working towards making them a very powerful threat. Ruby herself is a good character, she's funny, very likable, relatable and is a strong independent female character with a pretty great design. No literally she has some of the best action sequences in the entire series.
Speaking of action sequences, The Animation...This is where many people decide wether or not to watch the show. When watching this show you have to cut these animators some slack when you know that this show was made on a tight budget, with self taught animators. The series is almost entirely computer generated, only a handful of scenes being in 2-D. I've heard several complains that they don't like some of the ways the characters move or how the voices don't always match the lip movement. But the animation in the series honestly only gets better as time goes on, and the animators get better and better. But even wit some of these constrictions, one of the things that is perfect ever since the very first episode is its fight sequences. They're fast, fluid, well choreographed, and some of the best that I've seen in an animated series.
The music in this show is impressive to say the very least, every song you can tell had a long time period of hard work and effort put into them and they are extremely good in effecting the mood of a scene. The two opening themes are be far two of the best songs, showing the shows main moral message that I was discussing earlier.
With all these elements put into account I am going to ay that the show is definitely with a watch and I will give it
9/10
So let me know what you all though of RWBY in the comments, see ya next time!
