Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24183436-20131118140639/@comment-14909251-20140209214828

WC-83 wrote:

yes Monty is trying to make an anime. But that is something to talk about. The show is TRYING hard to be an anime (almost like trying to get some attention), but the secret is to not care. Look at Avatar the Last Airbender, it was sort of to be an anime, but it was supposed to be a good show first, and it got so good to the point where it didn't matter if it was an anime or not.

RWBY, while don't get me wrong is a good show still, has SO many flaws and so many things to adjust to fit the fans, it has to deliver more plot, more action, it has to deliver more drama, and it has to do some other, unknown thing that makes shows better somehow. I think the show is doing a good job of being like an animé. Avatar was ultimately more Western in its approach to story-telling and world-building, even if it heavily incorporated Eastern animation styles and Eastern cultural elements. To some extent, RWBY not making a show of having Eastern influence makes it more akin to an animé and the influence on the story-telling is clear enough. RWBY feels more like an animé than Avatar.