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From production issues to execution issues and lack of originality. RWBY's adaptation is disrespectful.
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~~~RWBY: Hyousetsu Teikoku ~~~
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I think it's important to start by pointing out how much I'm a fan of the RWBY series and I was very hopeful about its anime a…
Read full review on AniList →Monty Oum’s legacy deserves better than this
~~~It wasn’t long into the first episode when I realized that this was going to be disappointing. Not just as an adaptation of a series I have a soft spot for, but as an anime series done by studio Shaft.
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The lon…
Read full review on AniList →As a newcomer to the franchise, I found this addictive and enjoyable, in spite of all its flaws.
Although I'm aware of Rwby's origins as a popular anime-inspired web series, I know very little else about it and approached this anime version with a clean slate. Though Rwby: Ice Queendom feels rather uneven, it's turned out to be a pleasant surprise overall.
The premise of Rwby feels incredibly…
Read full review on AniList →Lets have the magical girl talk
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~~~Shaft had big dreams for Rwby and they clearly couldnt afford them making it turn into a visual nightmare. Despite the story having some potential, it didnt take…
Read full review on AniList →They were asleep most of the time, and nearly was I.
Knowing nothing about this, I had no idea what would be in store for me. Starting with 3 hilariously faced paced episodes, I thought maybe this would move into so bad it's good territory. Penny was introduced, and they skipped her moment by only showing the end of her fight. The character conflicts…
Read full review on AniList →It managed to engage me while also being a trash fire
Ok, so I’ve almost never touched RWBY in my life, I have one episode to my name. So I won’t be speaking about whether or not Ice Queendom is a good or bad adaptation.
However, it does not take a rocket scientist to see how it fails in many other ways.
RWBY: Ice Queendom is plagued by failing animat…
Read full review on AniList →The pulseless Ice Queendom wastes a lot of time and chances to justify or explore anything, as is RWBY tradition
*spoilers for RWBY Volume 1 and Hyousetsu Teikoku, TL;DR for this behemoth at the bottom*
Before dissecting what makes RWBY: Ice Queendom such a nightmare, there’s one thing that has to be discussed, and it’s that for both us fans who stuck with the original series since the early days, and the tea…
Read full review on AniList →I've read better written RWBY erotica
So as a quick introduction to this review, this was intended to be a comment of my anilist page but I got very carried away and wrote far too much to ever fit in a comment, so I've decided to put it here instead. This was not a formally written review, just me spewing my thoughts onto paper, so it w…
Read full review on AniList →More interesting for the mere fact of its existence than for its own merits. But still, goddamn this is cool.
Can we just stop for a moment and appreciate how ******* insane it is that RWBY is an actual anime now?
It’s hard to remember a decade out from its premiere, but when RWBY first arrived on the scene, it was a very weird, very niche property. It was a an amateur passion project from the guys who mad…
Read full review on AniList →From massive production issues to questionable plot, Ice Queendom barely manages to please existing RWBY fans, if that.
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The year is 2013. You've just finished Highschool and you're attending your favorite local convention, RTX, in line for the world premier of their new show. For the past 6 months you've binged their trailers. You're…
Read full review on AniList →I Guess It Was All A Dream...
Ah, Studio Shaft, how I loved you. From the Monogatari series, to 3-gatsu no Lion, to Madoka Magica, I have enjoyed many of the amazing shows from Shaft that really pushed the boundaries of animation and storytelling. Let’s be real though, they haven’t been on their A-game for a while, and although…
Read full review on AniList →Despite good intentions, Ice Queendom fails to articulate the best way to tell its story or overcome production woes
__RWBY: Ice Queendom__ is a fascinatingly in-depth misfire, and a hastily put-together mess of a concept, which is a shame, because I feel like in the right hands, it could have been the kick-in-the-pants its source series desperately needed. It faltered not because the team behind it didn’t care, b…
Read full review on AniList →Had I not been a fan of the main series I would have dropped this Anime
I wasn't sure what to expect from RWBY Ice Queendom, I will admit that I was sceptic from the very moment I found out about it, but I had hopes that it woud be an animation I could recommend to people that would get turned off by the very clunky first season of the original RWBY. A remake, something…
Read full review on AniList →Terrible production quality but better character writing
In early 2010, RWBY was unavoidable. [Monty Oum ](https://anilist.co/staff/147512/Monyreak-Oum)created such an interesting premise for a new original series combining exciting anime elements such as magical girls, unique power systems, and weapons that can transform. There was immense hype when thos…
Read full review on AniList →"Shaft will do it well" - famous last words
My relationship with the RWBY series is like a relationship with that one family member who talks all the time about how great they’re going to be, they are off to a good start, but they ultimately fail. And they fail so spectacularly that you cannot look away from this train wreck. You feel both pi…
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