Forum - View topicINTEREST: Rooster Teeth's RWBY Heads To Japan
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yamiangie
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Good for them, it's a cute little series. I do think the world is sort of interesting.
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Kurohei
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Well then, That's pretty cool. I thought the idea would be cool, never actually believed it would happen.
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unready
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I remember that when W.I.T.C.H. was new, a consortium of Japanese studios (and maybe Manga UK, I can't recall exactly and can't find it on the web atm) brought a suit against Disney for calling it anime. The suit contended that a series produced in English, animated in France, and based on an Italian light novel series for American audiences was not "anime," because anime was Japanese animation, produced in Japan for Japanese audiences. (Of course, since then a lot of "Japanese" animation has been animated in Korea and Vietnam....) I'm sure it never went to trial. Disney just stopped calling it anime. It may be interesting to see if RWBY can continue to be called anime. Last edited by unready on Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:05 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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LumiRiko
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I wouldn't say I am the biggest fan of RWBY, so maybe what I am about to say will come across as a little bias, but make no mistake I like Rooster Teeth and have been following them since Season one of Red vs Blue.
The questions are: "Is there a market for something like this over in Japan? Is there a big following of Rooster Teeth in Japan?" To the above questions, I have no idea, but I do think a lot of why this is successful and fun for some is because who made it and less to its quality. Not to mention there happens to be more than a couple Red VS Blue references or references to other things Rooster Teeth will does. This happens a lot more in season 2 from the first 3 episodes I have watched of it and I think stuff like that just doesn't translate well at all since its mostly in-jokes. Maybe I am being negative Nelly, but I think it's just being realistic to wonder what kind of interest this even has over there. That is assuming there even is one. At the end of the day, I still feel I agree with a few reviewers on RWBY. You can't treat it like any other anime because you'd have to compare it to other works of similar theme and that's pretty unfair to RWBY when you do that because you would rate it a lot lower than you otherwise would. The more you compare RWBY to other anime the less and less it starts to stand out in the vast sea of anime outside of it being made by Rooster Teeth. Last edited by LumiRiko on Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:14 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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spinja446
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I really don't get the RWBY popularity. I watched a bit of it and wasn't really impressed... I also thought the animation itself was kinda shotty. Since it's a tight budget passion project from Monty Oum I guess that's what you get though.
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Stuart Smith
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Do you have a source for that, because I find that hard to believe. Everything is called "anime" in Japan, including western cartoons. The only difference is western animation isn't really popular in Japan so when people say anime they do generally refer to their domestic animation. RWBY can call itself whatever it wants, but not everyone is going to agree with it any more than they do with people who call Teen Titans and Legend of Korra anime. -Stuart Smith |
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sirdano1
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Thank God. I liked the silent previews when they first came out but couldn't stand the awful voice acting in the later ones. |
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mdo7
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Oh, this is going to be very interesting to see.
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michaelarroyo01
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The knowledge that thousands of "real" anime fans are probably dying of anger right now makes me smile!
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johnndergrosse
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RWBY is actually already pretty popular in Japan. There was a fandub (in Japanese) that was being made, and Japanese artist have made pages and pages of RWBY fanart on Pixiv. Also the Rwby soundtrack reached the tippy-top of some charts in Japan. |
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Lavnovice9
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Um, Nope. Plenty of these types of shows have aired in Japan before. Avatar's first season aired in Japan, even though it was cancelled. Totally Spies aired in Japan as well. Teen Titans aired there too. I'm sure that Super Monkey Robot Whatever also aired in Japan at some point as well. Not sure what these guys are trying to pull by saying they're the first anime influenced show to be marketed in Japan...
RWBY isn't popular because of it's quality it's popular because of what it represents. It represents what every young artist on DeviantArt and Tumblr dreams of: making their own "anime". They see it and think "that'll be me one day, living the life and having my own anime" It's like the old days of TokyoPop produce OEL manga, only in animated form now.
 No doubt the Japanese dub will probably be better
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DRWii
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On the one hand, I like to listen to my entertainment in the language it was made in. On the other hand...yeah, the voice-acting is my least favorite part of this show. Not sure I'll ever actually get the chance to listen to the Japanese dub, but I'm certainly curious about the cast.
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mdo7
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Whoa, really. 
I never thought an anime-inspired show like RWBY could end up getting popular in Japan, that's amazing.
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gloverrandal
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I find it's not a good idea to use Pixiv to judge popularity. Thousands of non-Japanese artists use the site and upload their stuff to it, which is what seems to be the case with RWBY. Last edited by gloverrandal on Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:23 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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walw6pK4Alo
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I watched the first two or three episodes, and it felt more regurgitated and processed than the most cliche VN adaptation out there.
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