Summer 2022 Preview - the Rise of HIDIVE

Sarah

Sarah

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Now the Summer 2022 Season is well underway, what series have caught the attention of the Anime UK News writers? Is this season as strong as Spring 2022?

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In fact, I was very happy with this anime version…until Part 3 where it starts to go wrong. Part 3 tries to cram 9 episodes of RWBY Volume 1 into 20 mins on top of giving the first look at the new Grim and how to battle it within Jaune’s nightmare, which I think they did WAY too soon. I understand why: to quickly establish to long-time RWBY fans that this is a new version and to keep watching, but the fight relies on the bonds between Team JNPR to fight the Grim, and since this version cuts a lot of the smaller scenes that introduce some of the members individually and they haven’t had a chance to bond as a team, it comes across as incredibly flat. Also, I am baffled that they cut the Penny fight from this version; one minute she’s introduced, we cut away and then cut back to find she’s somehow won the fight! I thought the video skipped on me!

Overall, RWBY Ice Queendom has a lot of potential, but I hope the third episode isn’t a sign of what the whole series is going to be, because otherwise what’s the point of going for a beautifully animated, newly paced and rewritten story if you’re just going to fast forward to the ending?
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@darkstorm: The reason why RWBY: Ice Queendom rushed through so much in the third episode is because from Episode 4 on out, the story diverges completely from the original series into an all-new side story that all takes place before the Fall of Beacon. That's why they put the first 3 episodes on YouTube, because those are just a rehashing of the original story - only a part of The Beacon Arc. The rest of the season will be a completely new story.

And I noticed just the other day that a lot of the shows I'm watching right now are on HIDIVE - although not all are from just this summer season.
 
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D1tchd1gger said:
@Sarah There's a few repeated sentences in your part of the review. Maybe you just wanted to reiterate how good Shadows House is 😜
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Oops! Thank you for pointing that out! I'll sort that - it's been a busy couple of days here😅! (And thank you for reading as well - it is a good series.) :)
 
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