User blog:Jkphantom9/Thoughts on RWBY The Beginning Japanese Dub?

So, I've been watching this on Crunchyroll as a way to get a recap of V1-3.

You can watch it here: http://www.crunchyroll.com/rwby-volume-1-3-the-beginning-japanese-dub

It's cool to hear the characters in Japanese, but the episodes are unfortunately cut down a lot so as to fit within the 23-minute time slot most shows are given when being aired on Japanese television.

Anyway, here's a recap on what's been covered so far:

Episodes 1-3 recap Volume 1

(I'm putting the two-parters together as one episode)

Episode 1 recaps Ruby Rose, The Shining Beacon , and The First Step Episode 2 recaps The Emerald Forest and Players and Pieces Episode 3 recaps The Stray and Black and White
 * Roman's walk through Vale to the Dust shop is shortened
 * Ruby vs Roman/Glynda vs Cinder is slightly cut down (also RLR 2 plays instead of This Will Be the Day)
 * Glynda scolding Ruby is cut
 * Jaune puking on the ship is cut
 * Ruby and Jaune's first conversation is cut
 * Ren and Nora's introduction scene is cut, as well as Ruby and Yang's talk in the locker room
 * Not much changes in this episode, although Yang's moment of pride toward Ruby is cut
 * Again, not many cuts this episode, though Sun's "great stowaway" line is cut

(The Badge and The Burden, Jaunedice and Forever Fall are skipped)

Episodes 4-8 recap Volume 2

Episode 4 recaps Best Day Ever, Welcome to Beacon , and A Minor Hiccup Episode 5 recaps Painting the Town and Extracurricular Episode 6 recaps Burning the Candle and Dance Dance Infiltration Episode 7 recaps Field Trip, Search and Destroy , and Mountain Glenn Episode 8 (hasn't aired yet) looks like will finish up Volume 2 with No Brakes and Breach
 * Emerald and Mercury's walk through Vale is shortened, arriving instantly at Tukson's book store
 * Neptune's "be cool" moment is cut, and the food fight is shortened
 * Puma joke is cut
 * Board game scene is cut, goes straight to Sun introducing Neptune to the rest of the gang
 * Ozpin and Blake's conversation is shortened
 * Weiss standing on the chair is cut
 * Port's class is cut
 * Weiss at the CCT is cut
 * Penny leaving with the soldiers is cut
 * Blake explaining the White Fang masks to Sun is cut
 * White Fang are more vicious in this version, yelling "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" after Roman finishes his speech
 * Pyrrha vs CRDL is shortened
 * Mercury's "learning is so much fun" is cut
 * Ruby and Yang's reaction to Weiss rejecting Jaune for the dance is cut
 * Weiss asking Ruby about the tablecloth is cut
 * Jaune asking about Ren and Nora's relationship is cut
 * Ruby's "stupid lady stilts" comment is cut
 * first few shots of DDI are cut, goes straight to Ruby and Jaune at the punch bowl
 * the shot of Ironwood leaving the dance is cut
 * some shots when the Atlas Soldiers are trying to look for Cinder is cut
 * Ironwood praising Ruby is cut
 * Zwei's introduction scene is shortened
 * Ozpin's speech is shortened a little
 * CFVY's introction is cut
 * RWBY's reaction to Oobleck being their Huntsman to shadow is cut (the last couple shots of Field Trip pretty much)
 * RWBY bidding farewell to JNPR, Sun, and Neptune is cut
 * Oobleck asking WBY to set up camp is cut
 * WBY feeling troubled and Ironwood and Glynda's scenes are cut
 * Blake saying how she runs away all the time is cut
 * Ruby following the White Fang scouts is shortened
 * WBY and Oobleck finding that Ruby is missing is cut

Episode 9-??? will recap Volume 3 from the looks of it

If this show follows Japan's formulaic 12/13 episode per season, I wonder how much of Volume 3 will be cut

Tbh, I'm a little disappointed that we didn't get the original full episodes of them, but, if this is what they have to do to fit with TV timeslots, then oh well.

Kinda surprised that they didn't cover Badge and the Burden, Jaunedice, and Forever Fall. I know these episodes get flak, but they serve as great character development moments: Weiss gets past her own ego to acknowledge Ruby as her leader, Ruby also learns to take her role as leader a little more seriously, some of Jaune and Pyrrha's moments to help with later Arkos development, introductions of Port, Oobleck, and Cardin, and the establishment of Semblances.

If you guys have been watching this, what do you think of it so far?