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What are the long series to an Marathoner? I am going to be honest. I got into anime seriously in June 2017, when I had a marathon of Attack on Titan. I had heard about it a lot, and I wanted to give it a go. Before that, my anime knowledge consisted of Dragon Ball Z/GT, Zatch Bell, YU-GI-OH, Pokemon, Doraemon, Ninja Hattori and Kochikame, and I had watched only DBZ, Doraemon and Ninja Hattori out of it with a little bit of Kochikame. All of them in my local dub, because I was a seven years old kid, and subs are not famous with seven year olds. Fast forward twelve years, and my friend mentioned he had Dragon ball Z/GT burned on his DVDs. I was like ‘Okay, will watch some cartoons to relive my childhood.’ Boom. 200+ episodes later, I love it. I wanted to watch more. But then five months after this I came to Canada [I live in Canada BTW]. Still no touch with anime. I came to Canada in December, and in May, summer break came around. 4 months of nothing but work. During th...

Do I consider RWBY as an anime? I have asked that question ever since I had a marathon six months ago. Five volumes worth of material, all crashing down. And let me tell you what, I ate it up with some OST on the side. For context, RWBY is an online show produced by Rooster Teeth. It started in 2013, with sequels coming out every year after. At this moment Volume 6 is streaming on Rooster Teeth, which is kicking all kinds of ass. Back to the topic, is RWBY an anime? Well let me tell you what I think makes an anime. For me, an anime is mad up of 3 components. ANIMATION, MUSIC AND VOICE ACTING. And according to me, RWBY has always rode the 66 Wave. If there is a term for this, im sorry, but I am claiming it for myself. Now, what is 66 Wave? Out of the three factors which factors an anime, RWBY has always focused on two aspects. Or actually, they tried all three, but one of them didn’t stick. That makes the success rate of 66%. Hence, the 66 Wave. Again ...