

Blue season 10, Oum asked series creator Burnie Burns if they could produce RWBY following the conclusion of that season. Blue, he developed the color-coding approach to character names and design as a hook for the series. Towards the end of his work on the tenth season of Rooster Teeth's Red vs. RWBY had been a long-standing concept of Oum's for years before it began development.

Monty Oum, 2013 Monty Oum, the creator of RWBY

I wanted to be able to move the cameras and characters freely while still capturing the essence of the flat, line-drawn look of traditional anime. My vision for the show was to present a two-dimensional, toon-shaded look, but with all of the depth and complexity of a 3D-animated production. Japan, and has spawned several spin-off media, such as the video games RWBY: Grimm Eclipse and RWBY: Arrowfell and the animated series RWBY Chibi and RWBY: Ice Queendom. The series has been dubbed in Japanese and broadcast by Tokyo MX, in partnership with Warner Bros. The first three volumes of RWBY earned acclaim, with praise going towards its animation and soundtrack it became an instant viral hit after the airing of its pilot. Volume 9 premiered on Crunchyroll on February 18, 2023. Following the eighth volume, the series was moved to Crunchyroll. Despite the death of its creator, the remaining crew members confirmed their intention to continue the series. Following Oum's death in 2015 during the production of the third season (stylized as volumes), there was an overall shift in the series production and release schedule. Subsequent episodes were released weekly, first to Rooster Teeth subscribers and then to YouTube a week later. įollowing several promotional trailers, the first episode was screened at Rooster Teeth's convention, RTX, and premiered on their website on July 18, 2013. The name RWBY is derived from the four main protagonists' forenames: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, and their respective thematic colors (red, white, black and yellow). It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntresses") to protect their world from monsters called Grimm. RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced computer-animated series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth.
