Sourced from Artsation – Nol is one of the artists on FRWBY (also provided vocals for the V7 OP) and I thought she lived on twitter but found her Artstation by happenstance!
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The Nora Valkyrie artwork I did for the Ever Artists Halloween collab in 2024 [LINK https://x.com/NOLNOL1234/status/1848006970173002139]
I’m actually no good at fighting games either, but some of the fight scenes in RWBY just read so much like a cutscene from a fighting game that I can’t unsee it. Something like a 3d fighting game like Soul caliber or Tekken. I can’t really see RWBY being a tactics type game though, the action in the show is too high-flying and extreme for that kind of genre. It might work for a good story or set piece but idk how much of the essence of RWBY it would capture. I have not seen Grimm Eclipse, nor any other RWBY content outside Chibi and the main series (and that one RWBY book I read), but if you got a video on it send it my way. DMC type game might work but again that’s a series I’ve not played yet so I can’t speak on it too much. A beat em up might work, like with the Grimm as foes but like you said Grimm are a total non-threat.
I did not know about any of that! Considering the very limited amount I know about Japanese culture, what you said makes a ton of sense. Maybe RT might be black listed but what about, uhhh Viz I think? They’re the ones who bought RT right? Whichever company it was.
Well that’s actually why I think it would work well as a beat-em-up. The Grimm as we’re told are built up as these kind-of individual world-class threats akin to Monster Hunter monsters that would need an entire team to take them down, but as we’re shown they’re just common fodder and that’s what would make them perfect mob enemies for a beat-em-up where you’ll plow through maybe dozens of the same enemy type in every zone. TBH the White Fang were done the same way but I’m not sure you’d want to have WF enemies in a RWBY game.
Yeah, it was Viz, and truth be told I’m not sure what Japanese corporate culture is like, if the IP going through a few changes of hands might give prospective animation studios amnesia or if word got out about the specific people involved. I’m more willing to believe the latter, but I think this is really the first big time Viz has had an IP to itself as they’re normally a localization/licensing company so we’ll have to see what even comes of this acquisition.
Re: Beat em up. Fair enough! I still think how it’s really funny how it took all of Team RWBY and JNPR to take out 1 large Grimm each team, and then Coco pulls up with a gatling gun and no diffs one of the same type of Grimm in her introduction. Quite entertaining.
Re: Viz. Wait, really? RWBY is Viz’s first fully owned IP? Wow, that’s crazy. I know they had Homestuck at one point but I’m not sure if it was like officially a Viz IP or just publishing rights; they were responsible for the Homestuck books and other things. Though it’s debatable whether Homestuck or RWBY has more popularity (it’s homestuck :D )
I get what they were trying to do, and to don the clown costume for a second it did work on me up until that very thing was pointed out to me when I finally started watching fan content (read: the critics/analyzers). Ruby herself technically does something similar in her character short.
I can’t guarantee that it is, but Viz is primarily known for licensing deals for manga and anime in NA. All the community talk I saw about it was how out-of-character it was for them to buy up an IP for them to wholly own and whether they were equipped to even animate it again (which there has since been news that they’ve partnered with an animation company).
No, I agree with you there – Homestuck was the bane of the internet in the early aughties before ponies came along, it was posted everywhere. On top of that, we’re about to get a HUGE wave of brand-new Homestuck fans because Vivziepop’s studio is making an animated series out of it. RWBY had a surprisingly large fanbase, but like 90% of it was made of RoosterTeeth fans and it has had a rough time over the decade-plus of its existence, rarely ever breaking containment.
Wait does she? I thought it was only wolf Grimm, unless I’m misremembering. She does kill a whole lot of them though.
This is news. I hope the animation studio can live up to Monty’s legacy, and also that whoever they put on the writing team is a better writer than Miles and Kerry. Apparently there was an animatic preview of some stuff for Volume 10 and Critter’s breakdown was… quite scathing.
Is it confirmed for release? I thought they released the trailer and opened the shop to gauge consumer interest in an animated series, which tbf I think Homestuck has faded from popularity and publicity and is now mostly a cult classic.
I think you’re thinking of the Red Trailer – I’m talking about the V4 Character Short. I don’t blame you if you never saw any of the Character shorts leading into V4, 5, and 6, they weren’t very well advertised or integrated. I myself saw the V4 character short the first time around and then never any of the others until my latest rewatch (the one that started this whole fandom dive).
Yeah, about that…
Oh, the V9 epilogue animatic? That’s basically semi-canon and was released seemingly because they thought that was it for RWBY because of RT’s shutdown. It’s likely that parts of that will be integrated into V10 but a lot of it will likely end up on the cutting room floor. There was a brief time where that animatic gave birth to Nora/Velvet “finding herself out” shipping, tho. TBH I don’t think the animatic was awful but that might be because of the absolute tire fire that was RWBY: Beyond.
TBH, I don’t know. I don’t keep up with these things and just assumed that they did the trailer to drive hype because they made an entire new studio for it (or like, secondary studio-thing? It’s not the same Spindle Horse name). But even seeing glimpses of the Hazbin/Helluva fandom I expect there to be a lot of people (especially young people) to be checking in and following this “new Homestuck thing” animated by their favorite studio.
Oh! I think I actually did see those, just completely forgot about them. Ruby’s the one where she’s fighting in the church and lands on a statue or something, right? My memory is poor.
*le sign*
I really, really, really fucking hope they don’t cut out Qrow finally being happy once all of Team RWBYJ is gone. “My family is probably dead, I can finally be at peace” is SO fucking funny.
Also, RWBY: Beyond?
Honestly I don’t really see it. Homestuck is quite dated and difficult to actually get into, I don’t really see large parts of the Hazbin/Helluva fandom getting into it. It’s very “old internet” coded and I doubt it parses well with those used to the modern. Here’s hoping the animation does take off though, I think an animated version would do actually really well, provided they handle the “slog” of the earlier acts well (I actually really quite enjoy the first few acts for what they are, but a lot of people see it as a slog), but initial interest will likely only come from fans of the original, and I have no clue how much pull they have.
Yeah it’s a very church-like building that forms the centerpiece and she spends most of the short fighting one Beringel, but it opens with her hitching a ride on a Nevermore and then cutting it basically in half with one shot as a dismount strategy.
Oh, you haven’t seen RWBY: Beyond? Oh, boy, you’re in for a… Well, it’s a trip. It’s a series of shorts much like World of Remnant or RWBY: Fairy Tales, but they’re supposed to like, fill in the little gaps left from team RWBYJ coming back to Remnant – like what Somewhat got up to, what the hell Jaune must be feeling after living like 30 extra years and then being de-aged back to his teens, let’s have Ruby and Yang share a conversation over tea while ignoring the fact that Ruby committed suicide over a glass of tea, let’s tease the last remaining Maiden in a ham-fisted attempt at comedy, etc. You know, normal RWBY fare.
Eh, fair enough, but I’d still expect a growth spurt if it gets made and released on Netflix or wherever they’re doing it. With the nostalgia clock coming around to the new millennium now, I wouldn’t be too surprised if that “old internet coding” might be a secret boon by attracting those tired of the modern internet, but you’re right in that it would still hit with an older crowd.
Man the powerscaling in RWBY is fucked.
Re: RWBY beyond. Huh interesting. I’ve gotta check it out then, see it for myself at some point. Really curious to see how they handle Jaune.
That’s fair. If they do make it I imagine people would want to check out the source. Just, not sure how many people.