![]() Who is, just speaking honestly, not a character who particularly endeared himself to me when he first showed up a few episodes ago. When we were introduced to the Nightmare Grimms concept (not a name explicitly given to them in-dialogue, but I can think of nothing else to call them), the first person they afflicted was Jaune. This is lightyears ahead of what the first three episodes were doing, both in terms of visuals and, to an admittedly lesser extent, writing. If nothing else, Ice Queendom deserves some sort of “most improved” award here. The actual plot here is very simple-one of the ‘Nightmare Grimms’ introduced in episode 3 gets its hooks into Weiss, and it’s up to Ruby to rescue her from the confines of the resulting dream-prison-but the way its presented is another beast entirely. In a way that feels a whole universe removed from what Ice Queendom had been doing up until this point. To really just lay the matter on the table it’s really good. Today, here, in the very first of the new Anime Orbit columns, I’d like to talk about episode 4, the first new episode since the series began its normal weekly airing schedule.īecause 4 is something else entirely. I stand by those statements as they hold to episodes 1-3, which together made up the series premiere on Crunchyroll, and they might still hold true going forward, but we’re not here to talk about any past or future episodes of this show. In that context, I meant it negatively a slapdash, hacky story given a wildly uneven production that felt like it was being carried on the backs of individual boarders and animators rather than being directed with any strong sense of purpose. ![]() When discussing that first episode, I called the show a mess. I didn’t make a secret of the fact that I wasn’t super impressed by RWBY: ICE QUEENDOM‘s premiere. I really did not think I’d ever be writing about this show again. Anime Orbit is an irregular column where I summarize a stop along my journey through anime, manga, and the related spheres of popular culture over the past week.
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