User blog comment:Ajrep1994/RWBY wins/@comment-24586817-20140108040337/@comment-18396318-20140108071414

It wasn't good of people to suggest that they stop making the show, but there's nothing wrong with constructive criticism. And really, there's nothing wrong with saying it isn't an anime, either. I dislike anime. I can't really explain why, but there's something about it that I just can't enjoy. RWBY, on the other hand, I absolutely love.

The thing about RWBY is that it takes a bunch of aspects and quirks that make anime interesting, and applies them to a story that honestly plays out a lot like a machinima, just with original content and not filmed using a game. The result is an anime-inspired webseries that has all the great stuff we've come to expect from a company like Rooster Teeth. Monty Oum's action scenes and Jeff Williams' music is a nice bonus, too. But call it an anime, and people will feel it's an injustice to anime, since it isn't full-length, has a lower budget, isn't Japanese, and a bunch of other things. Call it an anime, and people will feel it's an injustice to RWBY, since not capturing everything that's usually there also means that it won't capture all the things that turn people away from anime.