Shows that have to include “the Animation” in their title don’t have a great track record, do they? Which is to say, most of them that follow that scheme seem to be mobile gacha adaptations, which are a troubled corner of the already troubled video game to screen pipeline.
I may have said this in the past, but it doesn’t need to be this way. Video Games can have amazing stories, even if the addition of “viewer” agency tends to lens how those stories are told. Even mobile gachas, while no doubt rife with no-effort cash-grabs, include engaging tales told with memorable characters. There are barriers to adaptation, and some uncomfortable choices can be made, but with a good base material and a clever and invested studio involved, it could be done. It could even be amazing.
Considering that the game itself shut down entirely in about a year after this thing came out, though, I’m going to lower my expectations. The pitch is fractured fairy tales? Let’s just hope that it’s better than later RWBY seasons.
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