RWBY, Vol. 5

This is an excellent DVD!

One of the best Anime's I've watched in a long time.

It's entertaining, with lots of great characters and fight scenes. The storyline is something both children and adults can relate to.

This edition picks up where the volume 4 left off (obviously). I feel like they really did a good job of furthering the plot this time and there were some big revelations buried towards the end. The animation and character development have also progressed nicely since the series inception and this edition showed a bit more polish on the details and shading of the animation. The action was as always breathtaking and they did a good job with tone inflection and emotion with the voice acting. All things considered I think it’s the best season yet. Though I was disappointed that they removed the watch as a movie feature. It was a much more immersive experience when it was uninterrupted by the start of episode and end of episode credits and music. So I guess even with the best shows there’s always room for improvement.

Personally, I enjoyed this season of RWBY immensely.

First of all, the animation looks great. They really have improved a lot every season and it really shines in season 5.

As far as the pacing goes, I felt that the plot of season 4 kind of meandered a bit and didnt move forward as well as it should. Season 5 did a much better job of keeping my interest. The reveals were good, as were the twists.

I want to also point out that RWBY season 5 did a better job with its villains. While some remain the "Evil for Evils Sake" sort, season 5 really expanded on some of the villains and gave a sense that they are more 3 dimensional than originally thought. Some of the villains are more "broken" than evil and it made them more interesting.

Clearly, many disagree with me, but I feel season 5 is well worth your time.

Poor RWBY. Even though you died, I will always appreciate Monty's creative legacy.

R.I.H You Badass Mastermind 💛🕊🙏

it arrived on time and worth getting

I am a huge RWBY fan, the characters, story, everything about it is excellent! It is the story of a group of exceptional people trying to do what they can when the proverbial manure impinges upon the rotational air handling device, in spite of them not being quite ready for what is coming. It is also about how they build a strong team and become close friends along the way. But .... you probably know that already if you're looking at Volume 5. So, instead of an in-depth look at the story, I'll make some comments about the Vol. 5 "Combo set" RWBY: Volume 5 COMBO [Blu-ray].

First; the term "combo" is rather misleading. I had expected, as with the Vol. 4 RWBY: Volume 4 [Blu-ray] Blu-ray that had both a blu-ray AND a DVD, that the combo meant it had both disc formats. This does not. Instead it has 2 blu-ray discs ... one with the show and one with the extras. This works fine for me, however if you have a DVD player you need to be aware of this when you buy it.

Also, as other reviewers have noted, there is not really a "play as a movie" option on this set. You can select a "play all" type of function, but it simply strings the individual episodes together ... you will have the opening theme (admittedly an excellent song) play for every episode and the ending credits for every episode. This is inconvenient if you want to watch Vol. 5 as a single movie (as we have been able to do with every previous volume). Of course, you can fast-forward through the ending credits and the next episode's opening sequence, but that becomes a tad inconvenient after a while. Along this same vein, if you go to the episode selection option and select an episode, it only plays that episode then stops, so you can't use that to jump in where you left off, then play the rest of the volume. I really liked being able to play the volume as a single movie and it was one of the things I really looked forward to on this disc. So, a little disappointed in that. I do love the fact that I can play the show with the commentary, though admittedly, I haven't done so yet. But the option is there.

Now to the 2nd disc with the extra content. There's a nice little bit about "5 years of RWBY" which I enjoyed. There is also a selection of their character shorts; Weiss, Blake and Yang. Wait! What??? Where the heck is the Ruby character short? Yeah ... not there. I do not understand this at all. WHY would they give us those character shorts but NOT include the one for the main character, Ruby Rose??? I mean, it's on YouTube and, I assume, on RT ... so it's not a secret, un-released, spoiler-providing thing. I was quite disappointed in not having this included.

Finally, the 2nd disc has no closed captioning / subtitles. I am a little hearing impaired and usually rely on these when I'm watching DVD's (or Blu-ray's) so I don't have to have the volume up as high. However the extras on the second disc do not have this function. Again, slightly inconvenient for me (more so for anyone with a worse impairment) and something I really wish they had included. But then, the extras on previous discs didn't have CC either.

Fortunately, the show itself does make up for the disappointments of this "combo" disc set. And, honestly, the fact that I love RWBY so much is the main thing that brought my rating back up to 4 stars. The RWBY creators have given me so much enjoyment in the story and characters that I can overlook these disappointments.

The show is absolutely out standing but a little dissapointed that the dvd didnt have a movie mode

Reminds me of how harry potter books grew better as the author gained experience. This is a really fun anime. I love their use of colors and humor. Gets even better as you progress through the seasons and it starts off hot

I had to send it back. The product photo mentioned Region ABC on the backside and the blu-ray I got was only region A...

言語が英語onlyですので、日本語の字幕などは有りません。英語学習にも役に立つかも知れません。何故このディスクの日本版が無いのか不明です。ドイツから発送されました。

just arrived, I put it in my ps5 and it didn't play, same for my pc. the error message is that its the wrong Reigon.

I really liked this 5th installment. Since the end of the third, all during the fourth, it was all leading up to this. And now, I can't wait for the 6th.

The story keeps getting better and deeper and deeper and better, and the characters also grow, which I really appreciate. And the animation has gotten better.

I really like the voices of team Rwby and team Juniper, but I must say that the voice of Illian was above the rest. It provided much emotion. Well Done!!!

I also liked the different story-arcs of the different characters and how they all weave together. Very good story and animation and character development.

Exactly what I was expecting, great art work and reasonably priced.