Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3124041-20130607221115/@comment-65.8.254.72-20130906160448

To be honest, no, RWBY is not really an anime.

Anime is generally done with a cleaner style and less CGI (except in some cases, where CGI plays a large role, i.e Guilty Crown or the like). RWBY is more of a web series because it's not done with the same level of prep as an anime, nor is the style really all that similar to a traditional, or even slightly more unique anime. While yes, there are some anime-esque parts of Ruby, including some personality types, the opening in all of it's entirety, assumed desgins, etc., those can be attributed to the creator (Monty fucking Oum!) having used anime as research before hand to get some ideas and hammer out the finer points of RWBY. Not to mention, I highly doubt anyone who works in Roosterteeth hasn't watched a single episode of some sort of anime. It's practically a job requirement there.