RWBY is an ongoing American web series created by Monty Oum and produced by Rooster Teeth Productions. It premiered on July 18, 2013 on the Rooster Teeth website, and episodes were later uploaded to YouTube and streaming websites such as Crunchyroll. Nine seasons, referred to as "Volumes", have been released. As of January 2019, 92 episodes, which are referred to as "Chapters", have been released. The seventh volume started on November 2, 2019 and contains 13 chapters. As of October 6, 2019 at New York Comic Con, volumes eight and nine were announced, with the fact that the eighth volume had already started production.
Series overview
World of Remnant
Trailers
Before the premiere of Volume 1, four [|trailers] were released: the "Red", "White", "Black", and "Yellow" trailer, each focusing on one of the series' protagonists. They are a prelude to the main story and act as an introduction to both the main characters and world of RWBY.
Episodes
(2013)
Volume 1 was released between July 18 and November 7, 2013. Chapters premiered to the public Thursdays at 7 pm Central Standard Time on the Rooster Teeth website and were released two hours early for "sponsors". They were uploaded to YouTube a week later. Crunchyroll announced on August 16, 2013, that RWBY would be simulcast on the video streaming site. The DVD/Blu-ray release of Volume 1 has 10 episodes, resulting from combining the "Part 2" episodes with their respective first parts.
(2014)
Volume 2 premiered on July 24, 2014, following an exclusive screening of Chapter 1 at RTX on July 4, 2014. The weekly release date and time for new chapters were the same as for Volume 1. The Volume concluded on October 30, 2014.
(2015–16)
Volume 3 was confirmed at the Rooster Teeth panel at PAX Prime 2014, where creator and director Monty Oum stated that he planned to go into development of the next Volume right after he was done with Volume 2. The release of Volume 3 was postponed because of Oum's sudden passing in early 2015. Weeks later, producer Gray Haddock announced that the series would continue, with Volume 3 premiering in 2015. Chapter 1 was released for "sponsors" only on October 24, 2015, followed by the release on YouTube the following day. Starting with Volume 3, the release day for new Chapters was changed from Thursday to Saturday, with a new release time of 10 am CST. Before the release of Chapter 7, Gray Haddock announced that from this point on, RWBY would be incorporating darker and more mature elements to the story. He advised those responsible "for a very young viewer" to watch the episodes before deciding if they want to show them to a child. Volume 3 concluded on February 13, 2016.
(2016–17)
Volume 4 was announced by Gray Haddock on April 1, 2016, with the premiere set for Fall 2016. Before the Volume officially began, the "Volume 4 Character Short" was screened at RTX 2016 and was later released online on October 3, 2016, the first "trailer" since Volume 1 to include a unique part of the story. Chapter 1 premiered on October 22, 2016 for Rooster Teeth "First members", 24 hours later for members of the Rooster Teeth website, and one week later for the general public on YouTube. Weekly release day and time were the same as for Volume 3. This release schedule was continued throughout the Volume, which concluded on February 4, 2017. Volume 4 picks up about six to eight months after the Fall of Beacon in Volume 3's finale and is the first series produced on Autodesk Maya after transitioning from Poser.
(2017–18)
The fifth Volume premiered on October 14, 2017, a date which was first announced at the RTX Austin 2017 event. The episodes are released to Rooster Teeth FIRST members Saturdays at 10am CT, then to Rooster Teeth registered members the following Tuesday, and to the general public the following Saturday. On July 17, 2017, Rooster Teeth released the first trailer for the upcoming Volume, the "Volume 5 Weiss Character Short". It was followed up by the "Volume 5 Blake Character Short" on September 4, 2017, and the "Volume 5 Yang Character Short" on October 14, 2017. These Character Shorts, like the original four trailers and the "Volume 4 Character Short", tell unique parts of the story. At New YorkComic Con 2017, it was announced that Volume 5 will be 14 episodes long, instead of the usual 12.
(2018–19)
Second announced at RTX Austin 2018, the sixth volume premiered on October 27, 2018. Unlike prior volumes, volume 6 did not originally air on YouTube. Volume 6 episodes later began airing on YouTube on November 2, 2019, alongside the Volume 7 Premiere on the RoosterTeeth website.
(2019–20)
The seventh volume premiered on November 2, 2019.
''World of Remnant''
World of Remnant is a series of short special videos detailing recurring story elements in RWBY. Each episode explains details about a specific topic and are narrated by a character from the show. The first four World of Remnant episodes were released alongside Volume 2, narrated by Jen Taylor, the "mysterious narrator" in Volume 1's first episode who is later revealed to be the primary antagonist of the series, Salem. The four episodes released alongside Volume 3 were narrated by Shannon McCormick, the voice of Professor Ozpin. The eight episodes released alongside Volume 4 were narrated by Vic Mignogna, who voiced Qrow Branwen prior to the conclusion of Volume 6.
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Home media
has released box sets for each season of RWBY. In Japan, Volume 1 was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Warner Bros. Japan on December 9, 2015, with a Japanese dub.
