152-554: RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced 3D computer-animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth . It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntresses") to protect their world from monsters called Grimm. The name RWBY is derived from the four main protagonists' forenames: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, and their respective thematic colors (red, white, black and yellow). Following several promotional trailers,
304-473: A chibi -stye animation similar to the style used in Teen Titans Go! . Ballmastrz: 9009 is an American-Japanese television series aired on Adult Swim and its animation produced by Titmouse, Inc. , Williams Street , and Studio 4°C . When the animators were discussing the artistic direction of the series, Chris Prynoski , president of Titmouse said that the show’s animation was made "like it
456-406: A grenade launcher . In Volume 4, Nora has upgraded Magnhild, so that it can apparently hold a stronger electric charge. Her Semblance, "High Voltage", is the production and manipulation of electricity, allowing her to channel the energy to her muscles and gain superhuman strength. Nora is very talkative and hyperactive, which tends to annoy her teammates, but she's also the most positive member of
608-568: A reboot of the Voltron franchise, this time produced completely by American artists. Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos , both known for their work on the Avatar: The Last Airbender series and its sequel The Legend of Korra , served as showrunners while fellow crew member Tim Hedrick served as head writer. The American sitcom The Boondocks has many anime-style features and uses Japanese style fighting. It
760-584: A shonen anime. The show was animated by Studio Mir in South Korea, the same studio that animated other notable anime-inspired shows like The Legend of Korra , Voltron: Legendary Defender , and the fourth and final season of The Boondocks . It was sometimes known as the American version of One-Punch Man and My Hero Academia , and the series has been frequently compared to the two and various other similar anime projects. Major influences for
912-521: A city from a giant Grimm, Ruby and the others depart from Mistral, while Salem plans to seize the relics. Ruby and her allies arrive in the occupied town of Mantle near Atlas, reunite with Penny Polendina , and are recruited by the Ace-Ops and their commander James Ironwood for their plan of informing the world about Salem. As Salem attacks and Penny becomes the Winter Maiden, Ironwood betrays
1064-515: A couple. Blake is an allusion to Beauty and the Beast , arguably to both Belle and the beast. Yang Xiao Long A blonde-haired girl and Ruby's older half-sister. She wields twin shotgun gauntlets called Ember Celica. After she loses her right arm to Adam Taurus (and with it, the gauntlet that was still on) in Volume 3, her replacement bionic arm is installed with a shotgun mechanism at
1216-431: A fast burst of rose petals, allowing for near-instant short-range teleportation. Initially, it was thought that Ruby's ability was primarily super-speed, enabling her to run faster than the human eye can catch, and change directions in mid-air. When her mother Summer Rose vanished when she was very young, Ruby was raised on the island of Patch by her father Taiyang and her older half-sister Yang Xiao Long. Ruby alludes to
1368-579: A major influence on their own work. Miyazaki's influence on Disney dates back to The Great Mouse Detective (1986), which was influenced by Miyazaki's Lupin III film Castle of Cagliostro (1979) and which in turn paved the way for the Disney Renaissance . It was especially inspired by the adventures of the 1994 Disney movie The Lion King Doraemon . In particular, Roger Allers had stated in an interview that he went to Japan before 1988,
1520-426: A micro-series ... is that there is precious little time for good characterization". He was also critical of the technical issues of the animation, mentioning that the animation is good when the audience is unable to see the character's feet. He believes that RWBY is "a good first step into a world of possibilities." Rachel Sandell of Collider recommended watching each season as a feature-length film, and argued
1672-555: A noticeable scar over her left eye as a result of fighting an Arma Gigas. Weiss uses a Dust-loaded revolver / rapier -hybrid named Myrtenaster. Weiss's semblance, called Semblance of Glyphs, is extremely rare because it's hereditary; females of the Schnee family all have the same semblance. This semblance allows Weiss to create glyphs enhanced with Dust that can be utilize in a variety of ways, on either herself, her allies or enemies: perform limited time dilation, manipulate gravity, freezing
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#17327658479541824-465: A protective force field. The cane has vast amount of powerful kinetic energy stored inside, accumulated by Ozpin during his past lifetimes. Oscar Pine A young farm boy who lived with his aunt before becoming Ozpin's new host and joining his students. He is believed to allude to Tippetarius, or the disguised form of Princess Ozma from The Marvelous Land of Oz An elderly woman with prosthetic eyes, though she cannot see color with them. She
1976-409: A reputation that makes forming relationships with others difficult because others often assume she is "too good for them". As such when Jaune treats her normally, she chooses him as her partner during the initiation and becomes attracted to him. Pyrrha was chosen by Ozpin as the next Fall Maiden which she initially hesitated to accept, but decides to go through with it, but Cinder kills Amber and takes
2128-484: A sheath for his sword, although it retains its weight. In Volume 4, Jaune upgraded the shield so that it can act as a second blade for the sword. In Volume 7, the shield is further upgraded by Pietro with hardened light Dust on the sides that Jaune can use to act as a glider in air, and the crest can now hold Dust. His Semblance, "Aura Amp", allows him to amplify his Aura or that of others, and he can quickly recharge his Aura even when broken by Volume 7. After arriving in
2280-405: A strain to her if she tries to do it on more than one person. By the time of Volume 8, Emerald has trained in improving her Semblance, as she can cast hallucinations on multiple people and keep them for an extended period of time. Ever since she was recruited by Cinder, Emerald had an undying loyalty to her, even if she serves someone as evil as Salem. But after she learns of Salem's true goals and
2432-462: A streaming platform that typically features Japanese anime shows and mangas . Both series are notably extremely similar to Japanese anime, taking visual cues from Avatar: The Last Airbender , its sequel The Legend of Korra , and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power , and were also produced by South Korean animation company DR Movie . The Owl House is an American-made cartoon, but it
2584-516: A trait that he eventually came to abstain from. Ozma is named after Princess Ozma from the Oz book series, his reincarnations reference the title character of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz . Professor Ozpin The headmaster of Beacon Academy and the latest reincarnation of Ozma, armed with a cane , The Long Memory, which has numerous functions that include serving as a melee weapon capable of generating
2736-472: A true Japanese animation based on an American project. G.I. Joe , despite it being primarily and notably an American cartoon, film, and toy line franchise, is notable for having quite a handful of anime influences in their animations. The first and most notable example, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero , both the first and second seasons, as well as the film adaptation , were all outsourced in Japan by
2888-432: A variety of genres, most notably intense, fast-paced rock music. In an interview with Rooster Teeth, Williams mentioned that he uses his lyrics to foreshadow future events on occasion. In developing the songs, Williams uses the show's script and picks out random words and phrases that he thinks are cool. He would also get advanced knowledge as to the character's development, their background stories and lives. He then picks out
3040-503: Is a direct adaptation of the show itself, or whether they are related at all, has been heavily debated and used as a point of contention to fans and critics alike. OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017-2019), made by Steven Universe' s co-developer Ian Jones-Quartey , is another example of a Western cartoon being heavily similar to actual Japanese anime. The show's animation and aesthetics are extremely similar to that of anime and video games, with plenty of references for both. The cartoon
3192-438: Is a type of non-Japanese work of animation that is noticeably similar to or inspired by anime . Generally, the term anime refers to a style of animation originating from Japan. As Japanese anime became increasingly popular, Western animation studios began implementing some visual stylizations typical in anime—such as exaggerated facial expressions, " super deformed " versions of characters, and white radical lines appearing on
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#17327658479543344-474: Is actually partially outsourced to Japanese and Korean artists, with the title sequence produced by the co-founder of Studio Trigger , Hiroyuki Imaishi , and its animation produced in South Korea by Digital eMation and Sunmin Image Pictures . ND Stevenson and the crew of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power were strongly influenced by anime, especially those with magical girls . Rise of
3496-452: Is an anthology series of animated shorts that adapts several stories from the book RWBY: Fairy Tales of Remnant . The series premiered on October 30, 2021, for Rooster Teeth FIRST members and the following day for the public and concluded on December 4, 2021, after six episodes. RWBY: Ice Queendom ( RWBY 氷雪帝国 , Rubī: Hyōsetsu Teikoku ) is an anime television series that was announced on March 25, 2022. The Japanese language version of
3648-476: Is an art form, and to say only one country can make this art is wrong." Furthermore, RWBY was often dubbed in Japanese version, and even got a 2016 spin-off series RWBY Chibi , which depicts the characters become chibi and depicts them in situations akin to that of typical of Japanese chibi parodies. Eventually, in 2022, RWBY was given an actual Japanese animation called Ice Queendom , making it one of
3800-587: Is and whether a non-Japanese animation should be called anime. Avatar creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino confirmed an anime influence in a magazine interview; that of "Hayao Miyazaki, especially Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke " as well as My Neighbor Totoro . Other studios from which inspiration was drawn include Studio 4°C , Production I.G , Polygon Pictures and Studio Ghibli . The same strong resemblance can be seen in Voltron: Legendary Defender ,
3952-408: Is composed of four female students from Beacon Academy. Each member is associated with a color and alludes to a character in the fairy tale world—reflected in their names and personalities. Ruby Rose A silver-eyed girl who uses a scythe called Crescent Rose as both a melee weapon and as a high caliber sniper rifle . Her Semblance is called "Petal Burst", which enables her to transform into
4104-804: Is loosely based on the RWBY x Justice League and DC/RWBY comic book series. It features the four main protagonists of RWBY (Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long), along with several other RWBY characters, most notably Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, and Lie Ren. Also featured are characters based on the DC Comics superheroes Superman , Batman , Wonder Woman , the Flash , Green Lantern , Cyborg , Vixen and Black Canary . Part One first premiered at WonderCon on March 25, 2023 before being released on April 25, 2023, on Prime Video , Apple TV+ and Google Play among other digital platforms. It
4256-581: Is nearly killed by the witch, Emerald defects to Ruby's group. She alludes to Aladdin from the classic anthology book One Thousand and One Nights . Team CRDL Team CRDL (pronounced "cardinal") is formed as another first-year team at Beacon Academy, alongside RWBY and JNPR. The team's members have a gray and brown color scheme and are named after birds. Team CFVY Team CFVY (pronounced " coffee ") consists of second-year Beacon Academy students. They transferred to Shade Academy in Vacuo following
4408-481: Is notable for having some obvious anime influences regardless, such as the large, expressive eyes, colorful hair on several characters (particularly to match the cartoon’s otherworldly setting), animation patterns, and the plot heavily mirroring that of isekai works. The show was animated by the collaborations of Rough Draft Korea ; a studio known for making many famous cartoons, Sunmin Image Pictures , and Sugarcube Animation. Series creator Dana Terrace had said that
4560-512: Is shown in many scenes, as Japanese sword styles have been used. Additionally, the aesthetics are notably very similar to Japanese animation , due to the series being partially outsourced to Japanese and Korean artists, most notably Madhouse Studios . However, despite this, Madhouse was never credited with its involvement with the cartoon. Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. has many anime-style features and has plentiful references, particularly
4712-527: Is shown to have been rebuilt sometime after the Fall of Beacon and upgraded with thrusters in her feet allowing her to fly. She has become the protector of Mantle and part of Ironwood's inner circle. In the volume finale, while helping Winter in receiving the Winter Maiden's power, Penny ends up inheriting the Maiden's power while confronted by Cinder. In Volume 8, Penny is hacked by Watts through her sword stolen by
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4864-484: Is the closest known adaptation of the novel and was produced by Japanese animation studio Sunrise . 24 years later, two Japanese-American direct-to-video animated films, Invasion (2012) and Traitor of Mars (2017), were both designated to continue the storyline from the movie trilogy but through a different format than that of the typical live-action movies with CGI and stop motion . Both sequel films were created by Shinji Aramaki and Joseph Chou. Even with
5016-498: Is the first Jetix original show to be produced by Japanese artists and use an anime concept for the characters, including a transformation sequence for the series' main protagonist, Chiro. American television producer Ciro Nieli , who had also previously served as a creator and director on Teen Titans and The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes , would later become showrunner of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) , which also featured anime-inspired aesthetics and moments, some of
5168-437: Is the first letters of these colors, red, white, black, and yellow, that give the series its name. Lee said that looking to people, Google image searches, and fashion were inspirations: "how people dress−down to the littlest detail—gives many subtle (and some not so subtle) hints about who they are. It’s all about giving the characters a unique and memorable look that people can still identify with." Oum also drew inspiration from
5320-558: Is written and directed by Takashi Sano. The web series RWBY , produced by Texas-based company Rooster Teeth was premiered in July 2013, is produced using an anime-heavily influenced art style and has been referred to as an American anime by multiple sources. For example, when the series was licensed for release in Japan, AdWeek reported on the situation using the headline "American-made anime from Rooster Teeth gets licensed in Japan". The CEO of Rooster Teeth, Matt Hullum , commented on
5472-459: The Final Fantasy video games and the "ridiculously obnoxious weapons". The series was written by Oum, along with fellow Rooster Teeth employees Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross. Oum was initially concerned about a story focusing on female characters being developed by a primarily male crew, but said they managed to do well developing the female characters. Team RWBY (pronounced "ruby")
5624-540: The Teen Titans television show in 2003, giving rise to a unique style referred to as "murakanime". In 2004, Murakami also produced The Batman , which showed much stronger anime influence than even its predecessor Batman Beyond . Later, in 2013, Murakami produced Teen Titans Go! , which was given a stronger Japanese influence than even its predecessor, with it animation and visuals being heavily reminiscent of chibis . Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
5776-571: The RWBY panel for their RTX 2013 event, Rooster Teeth premiered the first episode of RWBY , and would post the episode to their website on July 18. Following the premiere of RWBY in July 2013, Rooster Teeth released new episodes of the first season (stylized as volumes) weekly on their website, with access two hours early for their sponsors. In August 2013, streaming website Crunchyroll announced it would simulcast RWBY . The first volume ran for sixteen episodes and concluded on November 7, before being released on DVD and Blu-ray. The second volume
5928-536: The anime movie of the same name (1996), and X (2003–2005). While Street Fighter is a Japanese property to begin with, one particular animated television series based on the franchise, Street Fighter (1995), was primarily made in the United States and Canada. The cartoon was produced by Japanese artists, most notably Madhouse Studios and Sunrise, Inc. , allowing itself for plentiful anime references and visuals, while also making references to
6080-482: The first movie and the earlier games. While Final Fantasy is also a Japanese property to begin with, one particular animated movie based on the franchise, The Spirits Within (2001), was primarily made in the United States by Chris Lee and the franchise's creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and stands as the first full-length photorealistic computer-animated feature film ever made. Lee even compared The Spirits Within to that of Walt Disney 's Snow White and
6232-411: The movie franchise created by Edward Neumeier and Paul Verhoeven , had already spawned several animated projects, including Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles , itself heavily reminiscent of anime. Additionally, Starship Troopers was also an unexpectedly popular in Japan, leading to the development of three separate animations from that country. The 1988 anime miniseries of the same name
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6384-417: The 1980s and the 1990s, many American shows started to be outsourced to Japanese animators, most notably TMS Entertainment , which animated popular television productions such as Inspector Gadget , The Real Ghostbusters , Mighty Orbots , Rainbow Brite , Tiny Toon Adventures , DuckTales , Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers , Animaniacs , The Littles , The New Adventures of Zorro , Dennis
6536-464: The Ace-Ops and is occasionally controlled by his virus. At the vault, Penny opens it for Team RWBY and succumbs to the virus. But her soul is separated from her robot body by Ambrosius, and she is given a human body as her old one is terminated. In the passageways to Vacuo, Penny is mortally wounded by Cinder. She lets Jaune kill her so that she can pass the Maiden's power to Winter. Penny alludes to
6688-410: The Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Tangled , has credited Hayao Miyazaki as a "huge influence" on Disney's animated films ever since The Rescuers Down Under (1990). Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise , the directors of Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast , Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), are fans of anime and have cited Miyazaki's works as
6840-745: The Crystal Gems, are directly inspired and modeled after magical girls , and there are plenty of references to anime throughout the original and sequel shows. There was even an episode in the fourth season, " Mindful Education ", that had animation assistance from Japanese animation company Studio Trigger . Furthering the cartoon’s similarity to Japanese animation, the manga series Land of the Lustrous and its television series adaptation animated by Orange are shown to be somewhat based on Steven Universe , particularly in terms of plot, characters, and visuals. However, this similarity and whether or not it
6992-465: The Curious Cat (one of the brother deities' early creations) with Neo's help, who makes peace with Roman's death and stays behind, and return to Remnant where they witness the world mobilized against Salem in Vacuo. RWBY had been a long-standing concept of Oum's for years before it began development. Towards the end of his work on the tenth season of Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue , he developed
7144-489: The English and Japanese (with English subtitles) language versions of the series were also released on Crunchyroll . Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen is a two-part direct-to-video film that was announced on July 1, 2022, at RTX , and was produced by Rooster Teeth in collaboration with Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment . It acts as a crossover with characters from DC Comics and
7296-707: The Ever After in volume 9, Jaune picked a fruit that sent him decades back in time which resulted in him becoming the Rusted Knight, a fairytale character from the Girl Who Fell Through the World. His name is a reference to the French heroine Joan of Arc . Nora Valkyrie An orange-haired student at Beacon and old friend of Ren who carries Magnhild, a war hammer that can be converted into
7448-513: The Ever After. Having been created by that world's Great Tree to help it make the Ever After, the brothers' differences and arguments forced the Tree to send them out of the Ever After. This way, they could create and experiment until they understand the true nature of balance, eventually leading to the creation of Remnant. In the present day, having formed a cabal to guard their world's secrets, one of Ozma's incarnations, Ozpin, establishes academies in
7600-546: The Fall Maiden, and kills Professor Ozpin and Pyrrha. Ruby defeats Cinder, forcing her and her minions to retreat. Team RWBY is separated from each other with each being in different parts of the world. Ruby travels to Haven Academy in Mistral, with her uncle Qrow Branwen , Nora, Jaune and Ren. Weiss forcefully returns to Atlas by her abusive father Jacques , Blake returns to Menagerie to reconnect with her family and help
7752-570: The Fall of Beacon and are the main protagonists of RWBY: After the Fall and Before the Dawn . The team's members have a red and brown color scheme and are named after desserts. An original character in Ice Queendom , which takes place between Volumes 1 and 2 of the series. They are a special type of Huntsman called a "Nightmare Hunter", armed with a dreamcatcher -like weapon that helps with capturing Nightmare Grimm. Shion arrives to Beacon during
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#17327658479547904-514: The God of Light to lead the resurrected humanity, leading to an endless war against Salem, whom Jinn reveals that Ozma cannot kill. Every time he dies, his soul transmigrates into a new like-minded host, allowing him to take control of his host body at will while both can access each other's memories with Professor Ozpin being his current incarnation at the start of the series and referred as such before his origins are revealed. One of his past incarnations
8056-817: The Japanese films and has a more directly anime-looking aesthetic throughout the show. Godzilla himself is made to look more in line with his earlier Japanese design. Other notable examples of series with an anime influence are Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series , both of which were actually partially outsourced to Japanese artists, as well as Gargoyles , Todd McFarlane's Spawn , Samurai Jack , X-Men: Evolution , Teen Titans , Exosquad , Megas XLR , Loonatics Unleashed , The Jackie Chan Adventures , Xiaolin Showdown , Xiaolin Chronicles , Wolverine and
8208-470: The Menace , and Spider-Man , most of which visually or thematically were not reminiscent of Japanese anime. TaleSpin (the animation was done at Walt Disney Animation Japan ) did, however, take inspiration from Hayao Miyazaki 's 1989 manga Hikōtei Jidai . Throughout the 1990s, some American cartoons began showing a strong influence from anime without having any Japanese artists directly involved in
8360-530: The Netflix series Castlevania , created by Warren Ellis , its sequel Castlevania: Nocturne , created by Clive Bradley , and Blood of Zeus , created by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides. These anime-influenced series have become defined as "anime" by some sources, in an attempt to classify all Japanese-anime styled works of non-Japanese origin. Since the 2000s there have already been countless independent projects for animated series inspired by anime. One of
8512-596: The Norse god Thor . According to the show's producers, the concept of her weapon was based on the annual Festival of Exploding Hammers in Mexico. Pyrrha Nikos A red-haired student with a long ponytail and bright green eyes. She wielded Miló, a javelin that could transform into a rifle or a xiphos sword, and a shield called Akoúo̱. Her Semblance is "Polarity", which is the ability to manipulate objects with magnetism. Due to her many achievements, Pyrrha has earned
8664-1239: The Power of Juju is an American cartoon series loosely based on the 2003 video game of the same name and has quite a handful of anime visuals and aesthetics. The American videogame Dante's Inferno , loosely based on Dante Alighieri 's Divine Comedy , particularly Inferno , was adapted into a 2010 anime-based movie that was developed by the combined efforts of American, Japanese, and South Korean artists. Several known Korean and Japanese animation studios have done their part to contribute to this film, such as Production I.G , Dong Woo Animation , Manglobe , and Digital eMation . The EA videogames Dead Space and Dead Space 2 has developed two animated films, Downfall (2008) and Aftermath (2011), both of which were released direct-to-video . Both films were aesthetically influenced by anime and were distributed by Manga Entertainment , which typically produces and distributes Japanese animation . The popular BioWare and EA videogame franchises Mass Effect and Dragon Age have both developed their own Japanese-American animated projects in 2012, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost and Dragon Age: Dawn of
8816-535: The Relic of Knowledge. Jaune unlocks his boosting semblance, Ruby reconciles with her friends, and together overwhelm their enemies and obtain the relic. Jinn , the spirit within the Relic of Knowledge, reveals that Salem cannot be killed, causing a falling out between Ozpin and the heroes. They meet Maria Calavera , who helps Ruby control the power of her silver eyes. Ruby defeats Caroline Cordovin , while Blake and Yang kill Adam after he disbanded White Fang. After saving
8968-483: The Seeker . Both anime films were made to promote the release or to give clarity to the plot holes of certain videogames as official prequels, particularly for that of Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 3 , respectively. Dragon Age would appear in animated form again in 2022 as Dragon Age: Absolution , where unlike Dawn of the Seeker , the series is not an actual anime, nor was it made in Japan. However, it
9120-532: The Seven Dwarfs , which was the first full-length cel animated film. Mortal Kombat has had several animated movies, many of which were aesthetically similar to that of anime, with some recent examples including Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms , Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match , Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge , and Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind . Tak and
9272-607: The Staff of Creation, the Sword of Destruction, the Crown of Choice and the Lamp of Knowledge, leading to an endless conflict between him and Salem, as she believes that the gods' final judgement is the only way she can die. The discovery of the element Dust triggered a technological and industrial revolution for humanity. The two brother deities themselves come from a separate world known as
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#17327658479549424-498: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its film adaptation were both strongly influenced by anime visuals and iconography, using imagery and animation similar to that of Japanese studios such as Studio Trigger . My Adventures with Superman was primarily an American production, but was thematically and visually inspired by Japanese anime, with its animation and aesthetics heavily reminiscent to that of
9576-586: The United States and their primary influence being other American cartoons, such as Disney's musicals. That said, both cartoons indeed possess plentiful anime references, particularly in terms of animation, visual effects, and iconography, making Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss recent examples of American cartoons being comparable to that of actual Japanese anime. Even though it derived from an American comic strip , Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
9728-1020: The Wachowskis visited some of the creators of the anime films that had been strong influences on their work, and decided to collaborate with them. After the success of The Animatrix, companies such as Lionsgate , Warner Bros. , DC Entertainment , Sony Pictures , Legendary Television , Disney+ , Netflix , 343 Industries , and Amazon Prime Video all decided to take advantage of its success by using other films and comics to make their own adaptations directly influenced by Japanese animation, such as Hellboy Animated , Van Helsing: The London Assignment , Batman: Gotham Knight , Ultraviolet: Code 044 , Halo Legends , Underworld: Endless War , Love, Death & Robots , Pacific Rim: The Black , Bright: Samurai Soul , Star Wars Visions , What If? , and The Boys Presents: Diabolical . Universal Home Video and Japanese animation studio Gonzo even personally tried to replicate
9880-461: The X-Men , and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes . Batman Beyond displayed some characteristics of anime; in particular, some of its production processes were outsourced to Japan. Glen Murakami was also a strong influence in inspiring American cartoons with Japanese elements. He animated alongside Bruce Timm on Batman: The Animated Series and its sequel, Batman: Beyond . Keeping
10032-402: The animated series RWBY Chibi and RWBY: Ice Queendom and the two-part direct-to-video film Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen . The story takes place in the fictional world of Remnant, composed of four kingdoms (Vale, Mistral, Atlas and Vacuo), which are under constant assault by malevolent monsters known as the " Creatures of Grimm ". Prior to the events of the series,
10184-666: The animation was noted to be extremely similar to that of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the works of Madhouse Studios , especially its character designs and fight scenes. Finally, the most recent one to date, G.I. Joe: Renegades , despite it being primarily an American cartoon, had plenty of anime references, particularly its frequent usage of Ninja culture and stylized fight choreography. ThunderCats , both its 1985 and 2011 cartoons, are outsourced and produced by Japanese animators, like that of Studio 4°C , and thus both cartoons have several references to anime all throughout. The most recent one, Roar , made in 2020, even has
10336-429: The animations involving the franchise, they each more or less satirize Western politics and military and glorifies gratuitous violence through dark comedy in a similar manner to that from the movies. Japanese anime has majorly influenced Disney , Pixar and DreamWorks productions. Glen Keane , the animator for successful Disney films such as The Black Cauldron (1985), The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and
10488-486: The anime series premiered on July 3, 2022, on Tokyo MX , BS11 , and MBS and concluded on September 18, 2022, after twelve episodes. The English language version premiered on Rooster Teeth on September 25, 2022, and concluded on December 11, 2022. The series is produced by Shaft and directed by Toshimasa Suzuki , with Kenjirou Okada in charge of chief direction, Gen Urobuchi in charge of animation concept, and Tow Ubukata in charge of script; in addition, Huke designed
10640-403: The blades can be projected from the guns to act as grappling hooks. His Semblance, "Tranquility", masks negative emotion , which allows him and his targets to avoid detection from Grimm, Which was unlocked when he lost his village and family in a Grimm attack, leaving him and Nora as the only survivors. . Ren's Semblance eventually evolves, allowing him to see the emotions of those around him in
10792-417: The character Pinocchio , hiccuping every time she tells a lie. Team STRQ (pronounced "stark") is a now-defunct team composed of Ruby and Yang's relatives, commented to have similarities to Team RWBY like being favored by Ozpin. An ancient warrior who was Salem's lover before dying from an illness. As Salem's desire to resurrect Ozma resulted in her rebellion against the gods, Ozma is brought back to life by
10944-525: The character Qrow Branwen on RWBY for volumes 3–6), premiered on October 17, 2016, and concluded on January 14, 2017. RWBY Chibi is a series of comedic animated shorts that comprises 64 episodes across three seasons. It was first announced as part of Rooster Teeth's 13th-anniversary celebration on April 1, 2016. Each episode consists of several individual segments where aspects of characters from RWBY are usually exaggerated for comic effect. The episodes follow no strict chronological order, nor do they follow
11096-399: The character concepts, and Nobuhiro Sugiyama designed the characters for animation. Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi are composing the music. The cast for the Japanese dub of the original series reprised their respective roles. Void_Chords feat. L performed the opening theme song "Beyond Selves", while Ruby's Japanese voice actress, Saori Hayami , performed the ending theme song "Awake". Both
11248-600: The characters with assistance from artist Ein Lee. Oum had been browsing Lee's DeviantArt work and asked if she wanted to do some designs. The only rule provided for the series was "everyone must be badass." Lee also said that some of the characters were conceived between her and Oum, where he would provide a description followed by her sketching some ideas, or vice versa. Others were from brainstorming with other people. The characters utilize designs inspired by classic fairy tale characters. Each character has an associated color, and it
11400-560: The characters' reaction shots and the fight sequences. Ultimate Spider-Man goes further with the anime references by including the Japanese chibi on the characters, which occurs throughout the cartoon series; there were multiple episodes that involved the characters becoming exclusively made as chibis similar to the style used in Teen Titans Go! , Thundercats Roar , and RWBY Chibi . Witchblade and Super Crooks , from Icon Comics and Top Cow Productions , are both adapted from two separate American comic book series of
11552-469: The color-coding approach to character names and design as a hook for the series. During production on Red vs. Blue season 10, Oum asked series creator Burnie Burns if they could produce RWBY following the conclusion of that season. Burns, worried for the production schedule, told Oum "If you finish Season 10, then you can do whatever you want." Production on RWBY began as intended, with the first trailer being finished within two weeks and premiering after
11704-529: The credits of the Red vs. Blue season 10 finale on November 5, 2012. Oum designed the characters with assistance from artist Ein Lee, utilizing designs inspired by classic fairy tale characters. Each character has an associated color, and it is the first letters of the main character's colors, red, white, black, and yellow, that give the series its name. The series was originally written by Oum, along with fellow Rooster Teeth employees Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross. Oum
11856-455: The death of its creator, the remaining crew members confirmed their intention to continue the series. Following the eighth volume, the series was moved to Crunchyroll . Volume 9 premiered on Crunchyroll on February 18, 2023. In March 2024, with the announcement of Rooster Teeth's shutdown, plans were made to sell the IP rights to RWBY , among other Rooster Teeth properties. On July 5, 2024, Viz Media
12008-641: The emotions related to the scene, adds tempo, drumbeats, rhythm, and eventually composes the song from there. In December 2022, Williams announced his retirement from music composition, with his daughter Casey taking over as the lead composer for RWBY starting with Volume 9. She is joined by Martin Gonzales, her fellow Ok Goodnight band member. RWBY: World of Remnant is a series of animated shorts that comprises 16 episodes across three seasons. Each season aired concurrently with volumes 2–4, with each episode providing expository information on various subjects within
12160-399: The end of March and was the first to include voice-acted dialogue. Following the premiere of the "Black" trailer, Oum noted with regret that the first two trailers were shorter and had less character development. The "Yellow" trailer was shown at Rooster Teeth's A-Kon panel on June 1, 2013. Music from the trailers was sold as digital downloads at several online retailers. On July 5, 2013, at
12312-576: The fairy tale character Little Red Riding Hood . Weiss Schnee The former heiress to the Schnee family, a powerful high-class family based in Atlas. Their Schnee Dust Company provides much of the worldwide supply of Dust, despite the family being targeted by the White Fang due to the immoral business ethics of Weiss’ father Jacques, which included mistreatment of Faunus laborers. While inheriting her family's white hair and blue eyes, Weiss gained
12464-523: The film's development included George Lucas , Chuck Jones , Ray Bradbury , Isao Takahata , Brad Bird , Jerry Rees , Chris Columbus, Ken Anderson , Frank Thomas , Oliver Johnston , Paul Julian , Osamu Dezaki , Andy Gaskill , Roger Allers , the Sherman Brothers ( Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman ), Hayao Miyazaki (who was working at TMS at the time), and Gary Kurtz . The production on The Animatrix began when
12616-399: The first American anime production to be exported to audiences in Japan." — Rooster Teeth CEO Matt Hullum Lindsay Jones (Ruby Rose) said "We were worried about the reception we'd get, since we're a western company producing something normally related to Japan. Funnily enough, we showed our Japanese cohorts RWBY and they started arguing about whether it was anime or not! But seeing
12768-466: The first attempts was an animated adaptation of the popular manga-styled comic Holy Avenger after its completion in 2003, however due to financial and production problems the series was never developed. Over the years several other attempts for independent projects for animation inspired by Brazil were created, the most notable being Dogmons! , XDragoon and Magma . In 2021 an independent platform for anime-inspired animations titled Anistage
12920-529: The first eight volumes of RWBY has been composed primarily by Jeff Williams, with additional composition by Steve Goldshein, Mason Lieberman, and Alex Abraham. Williams was a member of the band Trocadero , who did the music for Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue , and eventually composed by himself the music for the three seasons of Red vs. Blue that preceded RWBY . Most of the vocals are provided by Williams' daughter Casey Lee Williams, with some additional vocals by Lamar Hall and Sandy Casey. The soundtrack features
13072-407: The first episode was screened at Rooster Teeth's convention, RTX , and premiered on their website on July 18, 2013. Subsequent episodes were released weekly, first to Rooster Teeth subscribers and then to YouTube a week later. Following Oum's death in 2015 during the production of the third season (stylized as volumes), there was an overall shift in the series production and release schedule. Despite
13224-671: The first noted attempts from American companies on making a series visually inspired by anime was The King Kong Show in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was the result of a collaboration between Toei Animation from Japan and Videocraft from America. The result was an animation with an anime-like visual style and a Japanese kaiju theme, that incorporated the cartoonish style of the Hanna-Barbera era in American TV animation. Likewise, Hanna-Barbera's earlier series Frankenstein Jr.
13376-591: The form of lotus petals with various colors. He eventually admits his feelings for Nora. While his name in Chinese (猎人) translates to "huntsman", Ren (蓮) is also Japanese for "lotus", which is his emblem. He alludes to the legendary Chinese hero Hua Mulan . An orange-haired student came to the Vytal Festival to compete in the combat tournament. She wields Floating Array: a small backpack that contains an array of gun-bladed weapons and wires. She can also use
13528-560: The four kingdoms of Remnant to train Huntsmen and Huntresses against the Grimm, with each academy concealing one of the relics. The series focuses on four girls attending Beacon Academy in the kingdom of Vale: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long. Together, they form Team RWBY ("ruby"). With their friends Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren forming their own team, JNPR ("juniper"). Ruby and Jaune become
13680-452: The fourth volume, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross were now the only writers for the series. The fourth volume premiered on October 22, 2016. In January 2017, a fifth volume was announced to be in development, and premiered on October 14, 2017. Following the conclusion of the fifth volume, Rooster Teeth First members would get episodes one week earlier than the general public for future releases. In September 2018, Rooster Teeth announced that
13832-421: The fourth volume, Volumes 1–3 were condensed into 12 episodes for broadcast on Tokyo MX and AbemaTV in July 2017 under the title RWBY 1–3: The Beginning . Over the course of the later half of 2021 the japanese dub of Volume 5 through 8 were released on Blu-Ray on August 25, September 29, October 27 and December 22 respectively. The Japanese dub of Volume 9 released on Blu-Ray on October 25, 2023. The music for
13984-623: The full power for herself. After confessing her feelings to Jaune, Pyrrha faces Cinder alone but is killed. . After the fall of Beacon, a memorial statue of Pyrrha was made in her honor in Argus. Monty Oum stated that Pyrrha was given her name for her red hair, and her full name is a reference to a Pyrrhic victory . She also alludes to Achilles from Homer 's The Iliad . Lie Ren A black-haired student at Beacon who dual wields machine pistols with attached blades, collectively called StormFlower. In Volume 7, Pietro upgraded StormFlower so
14136-533: The heroes and Mantle, deciding to save Atlas. Despite the overwhelming odds, the heroes warn Remnant about Salem, but Arthur Watts corrupts Penny with a virus. Team RWBY, with the guidance of Ozpin, obtains the Staff of Creation, and uses its spirit Ambrosius to turn Penny into a human and evacuate Atlas into Vacuo. However, Cinder intercepts them and mortally wounds Penny, who asks Jaune to kill her in order to transfer her Maiden powers to Weiss' sister Winter . Cinder betrays Neo and sends her, Jaune and Team RWBY into
14288-501: The increasing brutality and callous disregard for civilian lives by her former lover and mentor Adam. Blake's weapon is the Gambol Shroud, a "variant ballistic chain scythe" according to Oum with a sharpened sheath that has a pistol in the hilt, which is also attached to a long ribbon. Blake uses blade and sheath in attacking combinations, while also using the momentum of the blade anchored to an object to maneuver herself with
14440-555: The intimacy of funny quirky characters." Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois described Miyazaki's flight and pacifist themes as an influence for creating How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Joel Crawford , the director of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), cited Akira (1988) as an influence on the design of the characters and action within the film. Additionally, the film utilized 2D animation to "highlight
14592-550: The issue was still being debated among the anime community, while Sabrina Pyun of ComicsVerse wrote "The show is known for many things, from its dubious status as an anime to its unique 3D animation style." However, mainstream news articles dated after Hullum's statement and previewing later seasons and the franchise have referred to RWBY as an American anime, including Variety , Collider , iDigitalTimes , Entertainment Weekly , Adweek , and Deadline Hollywood . Anime-influenced animation Anime-influenced animation
14744-466: The leaders of their respective teams. Blake reveals herself as a cat Faunus (a human possessing animal traits) and former member of the White Fang organization. Cinder Fall , Roman Torchwick along with his assistant Neopolitan and the White Fang led by Adam Taurus, invade Beacon Academy. Roman is killed in the chaos. Yang loses her arm after seeing a conflict between Blake and Adam. Cinder becomes
14896-480: The licensing agreement, saying "This is the first time any American-made anime has been marketed to Japan. It definitely usually works the other way around, and we're really pleased about that." In 2013, Monty Oum , the creator of RWBY , said "Some believe just like Scotch needs to be made in Scotland, an American company can't make anime because it's impossible at all. I think that's a narrow way of seeing it. Anime
15048-440: The loss of Pyrrha, is inspired by historical figures who had taken on the appearance of the opposite gender. In Volume 4, Ruby temporarily joins their group and they informally rename themselves Team RNJR ("ranger"). Jaune Arc A blond-haired student and the leader of Team JNPR who uses a sword and shield combination called Crocea Mors, an heirloom formerly belonging to his great-great-grandfather. His shield can fold into
15200-481: The main antagonist of the Ice Queendom . Weiss alludes to Snow White , as her full name Weiss Schnee is German for "White Snow". Character designer Ein Lee said that Weiss was her favorite character among the four main girls to draw: "She's so delicate, and I love princess types." Blake Belladonna A cat Faunus with a love for books. She is a former member of the White Fang who left in disgust over
15352-526: The most notable examples being seen in the characters' reaction shots. In addition, a parody of the anime series Voltron: Defender of the Universe was featured within the series throughout the second season, titled Super Robo Mecha Force Five! Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series The Legend of Korra are other examples of American series influenced by anime so heavily that they started discussions among fans and viewers about what anime
15504-465: The pacing the series has "always been a strange experience". She also said the pacing of early seasons "seems strange" and argued that the series took a "long time" to solidify its plot, but stated that more recent episodes are "more consistent" in their structure, and said the series is "engrossing, charming, and fun". Ruth Johnson of ComicsBeat argued that the series has expanded so much over its run since Season 1 that it can be "hard to keep track of all
15656-595: The people fight back against the White Fang, and Yang resists post-traumatic stress disorder in Patch. Ruby and her friends later accompany Oscar Pine, Ozpin's current reincarnation. Weiss and Yang have Raven send them to Ruby and the others, and reunite with them. Cinder believes that Raven harbors the Spring Maiden (who is actually the Spring Maiden), and strikes a deal with her to open the vault containing
15808-841: The personal touch of hand-drawn animation that is found in traditional anime", as noted by Variety ' s Jazz Tangsay. While the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is originally a Japanese IP, it also has influence in Italy , France , Canada , and the United States, which led to animated co-productions in the form of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1996), the TV series of the same name (1993–1994), Underground (1999), Boom (2014–2017) and Prime (2022–2024). Meanwhile, in Sonic's home country, Japan, two animated projects exist in form of
15960-402: The popular Pixar films Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Up (2009) as well as a co-creator of other Pixar works, has also described anime, specifically Miyazaki, as an influence on his work. Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck cited the influence of Miyazaki's anime productions on Frozen (2013), stating that they were inspired by their sense of "epic adventure and that big scope and scale and then
16112-436: The premiere as making Oum the "rock star" of Rooster Teeth. By mid-2013, the series had reportedly contributed to a 9% increase in views for Rooster Teeth's official YouTube channel. Kotaku ' s Richard Eisenbeis praised the series for its clever use of fairytale elements, fun and enjoyable dialogue, and the fighting choreography, but was critical about the short nature of the episodes, stating that, "The biggest drawback in doing
16264-460: The production switched to using Maya entirely alongside additional modelling and animation being outsourced to the Monterrey -based studio CGBot. The series' music is composed by Jeff Williams, who previously composed the soundtracks for seasons 8–10 of Red vs. Blue , and features vocals by Williams' daughter, Casey Lee Williams. A series of four promotional trailers, one for each lead character,
16416-843: The project. A few notable examples of this can be seen in the Cartoon Network show Dexter's Laboratory , the ABC show Clerks: The Animated Series , the Nickelodeon show My Life as a Teenage Robot , the Disney Channel show Kim Possible , or the Jetix show Yin Yang Yo! . At the same time, Godzilla: The Series is technically an adaptation of the American Godzilla movie , but has plentiful references to
16568-674: The promotional trailers lauded the show's animation style and soundtrack. The trailers prompted enthusiastic anticipation for the series premiere. When the first episode premiered at RTX, it was so popular with attendees that seating was full at all three screenings. Amanda Rush, writing for Crunchyroll, noted the anime and Western influences of the series, and praised it as "quick-witted, exciting, lovely to look at" saying fans of anime would enjoy it. The Yakima Herald-Republic called it "thrilling" and "captivating" and praised its "beautiful" 3D character animation. The Austin Chronicle described
16720-443: The reception from audiences is so surreal, and we never expected it." A Movie Pilot blog listed the RWBY -as-anime topic among its "flame wars you don't want to be part of". Anime News Network writers Paul Jensen and James Beckett wrote: "We don't have any formal reviews of RWBY here on ANN, but it is kind of cool to see an American production make it to the release encyclopedia." Michael Mauer of The Cornell Daily Sun wrote that
16872-415: The ribbon, even in midair. Her Semblance, "Shadow", allows her to create a hollow clone of herself that functions as an afterimage decoy while she moves in a different direction. Blake can give the clone an additional effect depending on the type of Dust used, such as teleporting between them, or absorbing hits for her or her friends. In Volume 9, Blake and Yang confess their feelings for each other and become
17024-465: The risk of being targeted by Salem, Maria was trained by her father instead of attending a school. She meets Team RWBY, Qrow and Oscar after they crash-land into the snow region of northern Anima. Upon learning that Ruby has silver eyes, Maria teaches her to consciously use her powers when they are attacked by the Apathy Grimm. In Argus, she becomes a mentor to Ruby and shares what she knows about
17176-476: The same animation process that was used from The Animatrix , which led to the creation of Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo and The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury . The two projects were notably produced through collaborations with Mahiro Maeda and Peter Chung , both of whom had worked in The Animatrix . Starship Troopers , including the novel made by Robert A. Heinlein and then
17328-477: The same name ; Witchblade is loosely based on the film and television series ; Super Crooks is a spinoff of Jupiter's Legacy . The Witchblade comic book series was influenced by the magical girls and ecchi genres, which are utilized throughout the animation, whereas the Super Crooks comic book series and the resulting animated series is often compared to that of My Hero Academia . Witchblade
17480-466: The screen when something shocking happens or when someone screams, etc. Although outside Japan, anime is specifically used to mean animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes, there is a debate over whether the culturally abstract approach to the word's meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan. One of
17632-480: The series include the 1986 comic book limited series The Man of Steel , as well as the works of Dan Jurgens , Jon Bogdanove , and Louise Simonson . Additionally, Superman's transformation sequence is particularly inspired by Pretty Cure , specifically Cure Mermaid from Go! Princess PreCure . The Hazbin Hotel cartoon series and its web spinoff Helluva Boss have been frequently interpreted by viewers and fans as an anime despite both shows being made in
17784-531: The sharp-edged angular style of Timm and mixing in his own personal influences, the show was given cyberpunk and sci-fi elements with a Japanese twist. American television producer Sam Register - who created anime inspired works such as Ben 10 , its sequel Alien Force , Transformers Animated , Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated , Beware the Batman , Mike Tyson Mysteries , Unikitty! , Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi - also worked alongside Murakami to create
17936-594: The silver eyes. She alludes to the typical image of the Grim Reaper in popular culture, and her last name means "skull" in Spanish. A light green-haired girl with dark skin who was an associate of Cinder's and uses Thief's Respite, a pair of pistols with attached blades that can also extend via chains, similar to a kusarigama. Her Semblance, "Hallucinations", allows her to cast hallucinations on people's minds, advantageous for her thieving skills, though it becomes
18088-527: The sixth volume would be released exclusively on the company's website, which later premiered on October 27, 2018. This decision was made after many episodes of RWBY on YouTube were demonetized. The seventh volume premiered on November 2, 2019. On October 28, 2020, all episodes of RWBY , save the trailers, character shorts, and the pilot episode, were removed from YouTube in an effort to promote Rooster Teeth's website and mobile, TV, and game console apps. Volume 8 premiered on November 7, 2020. In January 2023, it
18240-408: The storylines", but praised the voice acting, animation, and writers, and said that show is "consistently...growing stronger." Eric Francisco of Inverse described the series as "beautiful" and "captivating". Anime News Network reviewer Michael Basile reflected on the series eight volumes, concluding that the plot structure, writing, and pacing has changed since the beginning of the series, praising
18392-599: The strict canon of the main series. The first season premiered on Rooster Teeth on May 7, 2016, and concluded on October 15, 2016. The second season premiered on May 13, 2017, and concluded on December 14, 2017. The third season premiered on January 27, 2018, and concluded on August 18, 2018. Following the conclusion of the third season, the series was put on an indefinite hiatus. Ten additional RWBY Chibi segments were later produced as part of Rooster Teeth's animated anthology series, Neon Konbini, which premiered on May 27, 2021, and concluded on July 15, 2021. RWBY: Fairy Tales
18544-464: The studio Toei Animation , who was also known for making The Transformers . The second, G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 , was actually the closest known G.I. Joe property to ever be translated into Japanese animation in any form; it was animated by the Japanese studio Gonzo , and it was produced by 4Kids Productions in America. Third, G.I. Joe: Resolute was a web series produced by Titmouse, Inc. , and
18696-466: The swords as an energy beam cannon. She is known to act awkwardly around people, though she quickly becomes friends with Ruby. Penny is an android capable of generating an Aura that originally belonged to her creator, Pietro. In Volume 3, during Penny's battle against Pyrrha in the Vytal Festival, Pyrrha is affected by Emerald's hallucinating Semblance, reflecting Penny's attack, causing the wires connected to her swords to tear her apart. In Volume 7, Penny
18848-569: The team. Nora was living on the streets of Kuroyuri when she was a child. When the village was attacked by Grimm, Ren saved her, beginning their friendship. Nora eventually admits her love for Ren but wants to find her own identity before entering a relationship with him. Her first name comes from the Nora Barlow Columbine , while her last name, " Valkyrie ", is inspired by the female warriors found in Norse mythology . She alludes to
19000-399: The terrain, fire projectiles, block attacks, generate midair platforms, and summon creatures. Weiss's fighting style consists of a mixture of these glyphs, Dust and her weapon. Weiss chose to become a Huntress at Beacon Academy with aspirations of restoring her family's honor, as she disagreed with her father's business methods. The Nightmare version of Weiss, known as Negative Weiss, serves as
19152-430: The third American cartoon to have a Japanese anime adaptation. The Japanese version was first released as five short films from March 29, 2020, to November 12, 2021. Each of those short films depict the characters in Japanese settings, ranging from samurai and Neon Genesis Evangelion to even other anime-based projects such as Pacific Rim . The series aired on Adult Swim starting from August 16, 2024. The series
19304-399: The very first anime-based cartoons to have actually developed a true Japanese animation based on an American project. The Powerpuff Girls cartoon series, as well as its reboot and film adaptation were all heavily influenced and stylized by anime to begin with, with the three main characters being obvious examples. For this, the franchise was revered by not just American viewers, which
19456-402: The visual style was inspired by paintings by Remedios Varo, John Bauer , and Hieronymus Bosch, as well as Russian architecture . Steven Universe , as well as its television film adaptation and Future , are notable for possessing anime aesthetics resembling that from Dragon Ball Z and especially the works of Osamu Tezuka and Harvey Kurtzman . Most notably, the protagonist team,
19608-501: The void. After defeating Ironwood with her new powers, Winter joins the others in Vacuo. Cinder delivers both relics to Salem, leaving Ironwood and Watts to die in the falling kingdom. Team RWBY, Jaune and Neo end up in the Ever After, where they are forced to struggle with their feelings and burdens of their losses, especially Ruby and Jaune, who blame themselves for the fall of Atlas and Penny's death respectively. The heroes ultimately come to terms with their shortcomings, defeat and destroy
19760-438: The world of Remnant. The first season, which was narrated by Jen Taylor (who voices the character Salem on RWBY ), premiered on Rooster Teeth on August 21, 2014, and concluded on November 14, 2014. The second season, which was narrated by Shannon McCormick (who voices the character Ozpin on RWBY ), premiered on October 8, 2015, and concluded on January 23, 2016. The third season, which was narrated by Vic Mignogna (who voices
19912-488: The world was overseen by two opposing brother deities , the God of Light and the God of Darkness. Humanity was obliterated by the gods, due to the actions of Salem , a vengeful woman cursed with immortality for trying to manipulate them into reviving her beloved Ozma . Ozma was subsequently reincarnated by the Gods to guide a new human race toward harmony and after succeeding, summon the gods back for judgement using four relics,
20064-441: The wrist. In Volume 7, Yang has Pietro add sticky grenades to her arsenal. Her Semblance, "Burn", works on a "recoil-based system"; it lets her store up energy from taking hits. The harder enemies hit her the harder she's able to hit them back. In Volume 9, Yang and Blake confess their feelings for each other and become a couple. Yang is an allusion to Goldilocks . Team JNPR (pronounced "juniper"), renamed JNR ("junior") after
20216-399: The writing of General Ironwood and the show's seventh volume, but criticizing the writing, "lack of creativity" in fight scenes, the show's tone, and called Volume 8 "nasty and mean-spirited". He also expressed the belief that the show's ninth volume would give the series a "directional reset" and said that he hoped the writing would improve. "As huge fans of anime, we are honored that RWBY is
20368-457: The year the production of The Lion King started, and that he was very impressed by the adventures in Doraemon, and that The Lion King was greatly influenced by Doraemon . Fujiko Fujio , despite the controversy, later thanked Disney in 1995 for being impressed by Disney's The Lion King and praising Doraemon . Controversy surrounded another Disney film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire , which
20520-541: Was alleged to have plagiarized the Studio Gainax anime series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990). Atlantis directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise denied the allegation, but nevertheless acknowledged Miyazaki's films as a major influence on their work. Miyazaki's work deeply influenced Pixar co-founder John Lasseter , who described how Miyazaki's influence upon his life and work began when he first saw Castle of Cagliostro . Pete Docter , director of
20672-535: Was animated by the Japanese company Tokyo Movie Shinsha and thus is often considered an anime film, although it was a joint production of Japanese and American animators and production companies. Despite being infamously trapped in development hell for much of the 1980s, many notable people were involved with the film's production at some point before dropping out, with the workers coming from Disney , Lucasfilm , Warner Bros. Animation , and Studio Ghibli . Those who expressed interest in or were involved at some stage of
20824-460: Was announced that the ninth volume would be released on Crunchyroll as part of a one-year exclusivity deal. The ninth volume premiered on February 18, 2023. It was later released on Rooster Teeth's website on March 30, 2024, alongside a bonus animatic episode that acts as an epilogue for the volume. The Blu-ray and DVD releases in Australia were handled by Hanabee Entertainment. The first volume
20976-467: Was announced to have acquired the RWBY IP. RWBY earned acclaim, with praise going towards its animation and soundtrack; it became an instant viral hit after the airing of its pilot. The series has been dubbed in Japanese and broadcast by Tokyo MX , in partnership with Warner Bros. Japan , and has spawned several spin-off media , such as the video games RWBY: Grimm Eclipse and RWBY: Arrowfell ,
21128-420: Was co-produced with Toei Animation, who handled several stages of the animation production process, the series was ultimately written in the United States. Transformers showed many influences and elements of anime including story, themes, and a style that resembled Mecha anime. This trend continued throughout the 1980s with series like Dungeons & Dragons , again co-produced by Toei Animation. Throughout
21280-470: Was created. List of RWBY characters#White Fang This is a list of characters who appear in RWBY , an original anime -style CG-animated web series created by Rooster Teeth Productions . According to series creator Monty Oum , every character's name is tied to a specific color. There are also other teams with their name combining to form acronyms that are also tied to a color. Oum designed
21432-653: Was drawn by High School kids who try to draw anime". For the Ballmastrz: Rubicon special, series creator and voice actor Christy Karacas intended for the special to "dive into the actual anime world," using the teams from the Japanese animation studio Studio 4°C for this express purpose. The Mexican-American Onyx Equinox , created by Sofia Alexander , and the American High Guardian Spice , created by Raye Rodriguez, are both Western cartoons that were released on Crunchyroll ,
21584-429: Was first screened at RTX on July 4, 2014, before its premiere on July 24. The second volume consisted of twelve episodes, and concluded on October 30, before being released on DVD and Blu-ray. In February 2015, Rooster Teeth announced that both volumes of RWBY were released on Netflix . The third volume premiered on October 24, 2015, along with an episode of the RWBY spinoff series World of Remnant . Starting with
21736-595: Was heavily inspired by the Gigantor anime series, although its art style was more similar to that of other American cartoons of the time. Another early example of this might be Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero and Hong Kong Phooey . Toei Animation continued this type of collaboration in the Transformers TV series and its associated film , both of which aired in the 1980s. While Transformers
21888-593: Was initially concerned about a story focusing on female characters being developed by a primarily male crew, but said they managed to do well developing the female characters. Regarding the design, Oum wanted to "present a two-dimensional, toon-shaded look, but with all of the depth and complexity of a 3D-animated production". Volumes 1 to 3 were animated by the internal animation team of Rooster Teeth's studios in Austin using Smith Micro 's Poser software, out of assets built on Autodesk Maya ; however, starting with Volume 4,
22040-454: Was its intended target audience, but also Japanese viewers as well. As a result of the cartoon's major popularity in Japan, the show was given an anime spin-off known as Z that debuted in July 1, 2006. The Z spinoff is loosely based on the original cartoon, with plot details and characters very similar to their depiction from the cartoon. The Powerpuff Girls stands as one of the very first anime-based cartoons to have actually developed
22192-611: Was later added to Max on July 24, 2023. Part Two was released on October 17, 2023 and was later added to Max on January 29, 2024. The Complete Adventure , which combines both parts into a single film, was released on December 5, 2023. RWBY Beyond (also known as RWBY Volume 9: Beyond ) is an anthology series of animated shorts that focuses on events that occur on Remnant during and after Volume 9. The series premiered on April 13, 2024, and concluded on April 27, 2024, after four episodes. RWBY has received mostly positive reviews from critics ever since its debut. Commentators discussing
22344-620: Was originally a silver-eyed Huntress known as the Grimm Reaper before being blinded by the Faunus assassin Tock. Maria received her prosthetic eyes from Pietro, and they have been close friends ever since. The cane she uses was one of her two kamas , Life and Death, that combine at the ends to form a twin-bladed weapon. Her Semblance, which she calls "Preflexes", allows her to react to attacks almost before they happen. Unlike most Hunters, due to
22496-546: Was produced by Red Dog Culture House, a South Korean animation studio, and the series does thematically resemble anime in many ways, particularly through the animation, character design, and fight scenes. Chronologically, Absolution is established to take place after the conclusion of Dragon Age: Inquisition , as characters make reference to events in that game, but before the events of the upcoming video game Dragon Age: Dreadwolf . Other heavily anime-inspired American-made shows that were based from popular videogames are
22648-505: Was released in the UK by Animatsu Entertainment on May 4, 2015, on DVD. On August 15, 2014, Rooster Teeth announced that a Japanese dub was being developed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Japan. Warner Bros. has also acquired local merchandising rights as well. The third volume was screened in select theaters on December 3, 2016. The fourth volume was released in select theaters for a limited two-week run from October 7 to 20, 2017. To promote
22800-484: Was released on April 6, 2006, and Super Crooks was released in Netflix on November 25, 2021. Both animated series were animated by Japanese studios Gonzo and Bones . Rick and Morty was already heavily influenced by Japanese anime, and has multiple references throughout many episodes. Due to the cartoon's resulting popularity in Japan, the series was given an actual anime adaptation , making Rick and Morty
22952-530: Was released. They were primarily produced by Oum and assistant animator Shane Newville. Each trailer begins by unveiling one of the four primary characters and then showing a detailed action sequence. The "Red" trailer was shown after the credits for Red vs. Blue's season 10 finale in November 2012. It was followed by the "White" trailer in February 2013. The "Black" trailer was unveiled at a PAX East panel at
23104-431: Was the basis of the wizard from a story based on the creation of the first Maidens, another being a king who fought through the war. In each lifetime, he forms an inner circle to aid him. Though he is stoic and affable to those around him and can be blunt at times, he is a humble man who deeply cares for his students despite admitting to be slightly paranoid due to countless acts of betrayal he suffered across his past lives,
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