Traditionally, Anime is defined as animation only created in Japan. With the creation of Rwby, Rooster Teeth Productions has single-handedly redefined the traditional definition. Rooster Teeth Productions cooperated with Moyreak (Monty) Oum to create Rwby in thus ushering in a new era of Anime. It is a story of four young girls trying to find their place in the world, all while battling monsters, facing their inner demons, and balancing their social lives. The shows main protagonistic team for Rwby consist of Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long. Each character is a representation of a classic storybook character, bears their own unique emblem, and has a custom transforming weapon. (Rush, Crunchyroll) Because of the
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Unlike cartoons which tend to stray away from some of the more sensitive topics, Rwby jumps headfirst into controversial subject material and lays them onto the table for discussion. For instance, it intertwines a strong theme of discrimination and racism with the many sub-races of humans identified as Faunus. Because the Faunus all have a distinguishing feature similar to that of an animal, the humans are scared of their differences. This fear forces the Fauna into slavery for centuries. . Eventually, the Faunus revolt and gain rights in society. This pulls from our own slavery in America, and how even today discrimination still exists., While Rwby’s themes may use some idea’s from America, Japan is also guilty of using American culture to push its own agenda. For instance, when Barack Obama appeared in the show Osomatsu-san. In the case of its visuals, Rwby’s characters all have frilly outfits or “combat skirts” similar to that of typical magical girls without all excessiveness of more perverse anime. (Oum and Zuelch, RTX 2013 Interview) The physical body structure of the girls are more angular than anatomically correct and they have exceptionally large eyes. Combine this with tropes such as going Chibi, cat girls, characters with unending appetites, eternally sharp blades, names with symbolic meanings, or Someone's blonde yellow hair …show more content…
Both reasons are flawed.. The first reason is because it is primarily computer generated. Many the anime community just do not like the style. Others profess it cannot be an anime because it is not in the traditional hand drawn style. However, CGI is used in plenty of anime, and one does not need to look very far to find it. The anime Etotama uses CGI to make Chibi versions of their characters and to make more intricate fight scenes. Obviously, CGI is not a major focus of anime and Erotama still uses a great deal of traditional hand drawn art to balance the use of CGI. Rwby is entirely CGI, this leads to breathtaking fight scenes that you can’t seem to look away, combining grace and violence in a brand new way. (Slotnik, The New York Times) However Rwby is not the only anime like this. The anime series “Straight Title Robot anime” is completely CGI and is made in Japan. This series focuses on a cast of characters that are in the third dimension. Its image quality is on par with how the first volume of Rwby looked, even if its story is lacking a bit. Rwby has both high quality images and strong plot structure. s Rwby continues to grow more popular, their budgets expands accordingly. A larger budget allows them to increase the quality of the animation. Over the years, the quality of Rwby has increased and it can only get better. They are truly masterpieces! In addition to the
Unlike cartoons which tend to stray away from some of the more sensitive topics, Rwby jumps headfirst into controversial subject material and lays them onto the table for discussion. For instance, it intertwines a strong theme of discrimination and racism with the many sub-races of humans identified as Faunus. Because the Faunus all have a distinguishing feature similar to that of an animal, the humans are scared of their differences. This fear forces the Fauna into slavery for centuries. . Eventually, the Faunus revolt and gain rights in society. This pulls from our own slavery in America, and how even today discrimination still exists., While Rwby’s themes may use some idea’s from America, Japan is also guilty of using American culture to push its own agenda. For instance, when Barack Obama appeared in the show Osomatsu-san. In the case of its visuals, Rwby’s characters all have frilly outfits or “combat skirts” similar to that of typical magical girls without all excessiveness of more perverse anime. (Oum and Zuelch, RTX 2013 Interview) The physical body structure of the girls are more angular than anatomically correct and they have exceptionally large eyes. Combine this with tropes such as going Chibi, cat girls, characters with unending appetites, eternally sharp blades, names with symbolic meanings, or Someone's blonde yellow hair …show more content…
Both reasons are flawed.. The first reason is because it is primarily computer generated. Many the anime community just do not like the style. Others profess it cannot be an anime because it is not in the traditional hand drawn style. However, CGI is used in plenty of anime, and one does not need to look very far to find it. The anime Etotama uses CGI to make Chibi versions of their characters and to make more intricate fight scenes. Obviously, CGI is not a major focus of anime and Erotama still uses a great deal of traditional hand drawn art to balance the use of CGI. Rwby is entirely CGI, this leads to breathtaking fight scenes that you can’t seem to look away, combining grace and violence in a brand new way. (Slotnik, The New York Times) However Rwby is not the only anime like this. The anime series “Straight Title Robot anime” is completely CGI and is made in Japan. This series focuses on a cast of characters that are in the third dimension. Its image quality is on par with how the first volume of Rwby looked, even if its story is lacking a bit. Rwby has both high quality images and strong plot structure. s Rwby continues to grow more popular, their budgets expands accordingly. A larger budget allows them to increase the quality of the animation. Over the years, the quality of Rwby has increased and it can only get better. They are truly masterpieces! In addition to the