Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-28831435-20160703040107/@comment-27612532-20160709233504

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: Sirius Fenrir wrote:

1-I cannot deny the differences, but the similiarities remain. I dare you to find any material more like RWBY than God Eater. Trust me, I tried. Closest alternatives have been Black Rock Shooter and Soul Eater, but even then their similiarities are not as pronounced as God Eater.

2-And in regards to source material, God Eater's game protagonist was basically a self-insert, literally named Yuu, very unsuitable for a anime. Lenka had a backstory and thus could not follow the same progression, Still, they kept the same beats of the story.

3-Lastly, their biggest change was creating a God Arc not in the game, which is exactly the type of creativity I think Monty would endorse. 1-Clearly you tried. What are the similarities between GE and RWBY? 1) Humans fight monsters, and 2) People use hybrid weapons. That's it, that's their only real similarity. And even with the weapon aspect they are different. In RWBY people make their weapons and they are still weapons, no Grimm Weapons or anything, just weapons. In GE, one cannot just use any God Arc, one needs to be compatible with it, or else one will be eaten. Because the God Arc is an Aragami, the very thing it was made to fight against. And it can even turn you into one.

Let's compare RWBY with Soul Eater instead. What are the similarities? 1) Special warriors fight monsters. 2) Said warriors are trained at special academies to fight said monsters. 3) Each of them is partnered up. 4) Both Maka and Ruby use red scythes. 5) Both Maka and Ruby turn out to have a special trait that wasn't really hinted much before but then becomes more important (Maka is a Scythe, Ruby is a SEW). 6) Big Bad in SE is a witch, Big Bad in RWBY alludes to a witch. Oh, and the big one: 7) SOULS are important and related to one's power.

That's 7 similarities between Soul Eater and RWBY. 3 times +1 the similarities it has with GE.

2-For starters, he's only called "Yuu" in another /much better) adaptation. In the game you gave him the name you wanted. Raibu, Liz, Bob, whatever. Second of all, self-inserts often translate into vanilla characters in adaptations, which is not a bad thing. Persona 4 the Animation did the same with Yu/MC, making him bland and boring at first, but gradually gains character, and that makes the development much more effective and noticeable.

And third of all, if all they needed was someone with a backstory, that's no excuse to make Super-Generic Shonen Guy Lenka. Hell, they already had that: Yuu.

3-Because in the game you could channel The Flash and go at super speed and could jump entire walls in one leap, right? Because in the game you fought on top of a plane while giving physics the middle finger, right? No need to be snippy. I already aknowledged that Soul Eater closely resembled RWBY. First, The similiarities you describe for Soul Eater can be contested in the same way you refuted God Eater. The most similiar thing I found from Soul Eater were the references to legends like Jack the Ripper or Excalibur. Also, I did not say "most" similiarities but which similiarities were more pronounced. To clarify, no other anime I've seen has the same root concept like RWBY. The hybrid weapons, monsters, and fairy tale origins are still the basis of RWBY, more than souls or academies; as that is what Monty first concieved and introduce to us in the Red Trailer. Again, that is my interpretation on what makes RWBY special. A dime-a-dozen anime have combat schools, like the Asterisk War or Chivalry of a Failed Knight or Attack on Titan. Guilty Crown has a soul aspect as well, with weapons derived from souls. BBK/BRNK is a CG series titled similiar to RWBY and also feautures fantastic weapons. So, any series with remote similiarities to RWBY peaked my interest, but I stand by the stance than God Eater is the closest we may ever get to a RWBY anime. Also, your complaints for God Eater make it more similiar to RWBY. Fighting on top of a plane is comparable to fighting on top of Ironwood's flagship. Throwing physics to the wind is what RWBY does all the time. If they make Ruby faster or give her a bigger scythe, those changes are perfectly in line with Monty's way of doing things. Yes, they could have done better with Lenka, but at most he was Yuu under a different name then. But his backstory, while simple, was incredibly well done. And RWBY is steadily approacing the tone of God Eater. Anyway, I chose ufotable bases on the combination of passed and current works in their resume not just one. Legends, historical figures, and fairy tails are significant to Fate as is RWBY. Before you say it, yes, I know one are the actual figures while the other embodies the figures. The Tales games have the rpg aspect found in RWBY, and God Eater was the icing on the cake for me. But it is their production values which can really capture Monty's choreography with some direction, and they can elevuate the world to fantrastic detail. I'd love to see Beacon look like the backgrounds for F/SN UBW. I know ufotable won't cut corners to deliver a high-quality product. I rather not argue the nuances of anime similiar similiar to RWBY; since it is soo subjective. Narrative or aesthetic, concept or execution. I personally believe that RWBY is more about style-over-substance, which is also not a bad thing, so God Eater has the closest style.