RWBY Volume 4 Opening impressions

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

Well, since it's out, I might as well give my impressions on the RWBY volume 4 opening:
The music component will be the first to be covered. The song itself seems a lot more generic to me for some reason, like i've heard the chord structure or melody from some shonen anime. That said, it's tone does mean that we will start reconstructing the story of RWBY to be a bit more of a bittersweet but with a happy ending. This is supported by the lyrics which talk about the story not being a bedtime story but a tragedy but that we should "just live".

The visuals starts by showing us what the cast has been doing. Ruby has been exploring with the remainder of JNPR. Weiss seems to be studying while dealihg with her summoning power; my theory is that it causes some sort of feedback. Blake seems to be traveling with Sun and two others on a boat; they seem to be related to Blake as she seems to give a soft smile when with them. Yang has PTSD involving Adam cutting her arm and, judging by seeing her father as her old self, she might have confidence issues.

Next, we get a view of the villains; call me unimpressed. Besides Cinder, who has a scar on her face, the other three look like generic villain archetypes; the bruiser, the psychopath, and the plotter. My issues with the villains of this show still remain: they don't have anyone with the impact of a Makishima or Liebert villain or a Dio Brandy for a more fun counterpart due to them not having developed Cinder and adding new villains help.

The last portion shows some fights and a classic "stand while facing the distance" shot. this is standard for RWBY openings so nothing to really report

All and all, I'm more receptive to this opening compared to the volume 3 opening but the show itself still might disappoint.

 

[Scarim Coral]

It's seen to be a downgrade for me.

It's far less epic/ blood pumping and a tad less fast pace compared to the previous openings.

Hopefully this time, the new characters seen in the openning will appear in more than one episode.

 

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

It's seen to be a downgrade for me.

It's far less epic/ blood pumping and a tad less fast pace compared to the previous openings.

Hopefully this time, the new characters seen in the openning will appear in more than one episode.

I suppose that it's less fast in the tempo and tone but it fits what they were going for after the third volume

as for the new characters, I hope so as well but who knows.

 

[Aeshi]

Would it sound weird if I said it looked a little too detailed texture/model wise? Maybe I'm just used to the older character models.

 

[09philj]

The music is shit. I didn't like the Volume 3 but that was more of a failed experiment than outright crap. This however, is much less redeemable.

To start with, the tune itself is dull as shit. Cheesy and daft as RWBY's soundtrack tends to be, there's always been some on point singing and a couple of kick-ass solos to keep it afloat. Both of those have been taken away here and it's really noticeable.

In addition, the mixing here is awful. There's no fucking dynamic range, no fucking bass, and no fucking treble. The melody isn't the best thing ever either, but nothing a bit of enthusiasm and good post production couldn't have masked. As it is, I'm wondering how the hell the engineer/producer responsible can sleep at night.

 

[Izanagi009_v1legacy]

The music is shit. I didn't like the Volume 3 but that was more of a failed experiment than outright crap. This however, is much less redeemable.

To start with, the tune itself is dull as shit. Cheesy and daft as RWBY's soundtrack tends to be, there's always been some on point singing and a couple of kick-ass solos to keep it afloat. Both of those have been taken away here and it's really noticeable.

In addition, the mixing here is awful. There's no fucking dynamic range, no fucking bass, and no fucking treble. The melody isn't the best thing ever either, but nothing a bit of enthusiasm and good post production couldn't have masked. As it is, I'm wondering how the hell the engineer/producer responsible can sleep at night.

Yeah, they seemed to have defaulted to generic shonen opening. I noticed this but didn't have that strong a reaction or notice the range/ bass and treble issues.

Still, this does make me apprehensive for the show if they are this lazy with the op

 

[09philj]

The music is shit. I didn't like the Volume 3 but that was more of a failed experiment than outright crap. This however, is much less redeemable.

To start with, the tune itself is dull as shit. Cheesy and daft as RWBY's soundtrack tends to be, there's always been some on point singing and a couple of kick-ass solos to keep it afloat. Both of those have been taken away here and it's really noticeable.

In addition, the mixing here is awful. There's no fucking dynamic range, no fucking bass, and no fucking treble. The melody isn't the best thing ever either, but nothing a bit of enthusiasm and good post production couldn't have masked. As it is, I'm wondering how the hell the engineer/producer responsible can sleep at night.

Yeah, they seemed to have defaulted to generic shonen opening. I noticed this but didn't have that strong a reaction or notice the range/ bass and treble issues.

Still, this does make me apprehensive for the show if they are this lazy with the op

It's not something I normally pick up on but when I started listening I immediately thought "Well something's clearly not right here".