RWBY Chibi
RWBY Chibi | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Based on | RWBY by Monty Oum |
Developed by | Gray Haddock |
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Theme music composer | Jeff Williams |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 64 (+10 Neon Konbini) (list of episodes) |
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Producer | Koen Wooten |
Editors | Stan Lewis Richard Norman |
Production company | Rooster Teeth Productions |
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Network | Rooster Teeth |
Release | May 7, 2016 August 18, 2018 | –
Release | May 27 July 15, 2021 | –
RWBY Chibi is an American animated comedy web series produced by Rooster Teeth Animation for Rooster Teeth. It is a spin-off of RWBY, where each episode consists of several scenes where aspects of RWBY's characters are usually exaggerated for comic effect. The series was first announced as part of Rooster Teeth's 13th Anniversary celebration on April 1, 2016 and premiered May 7.[1] In January 2017, Rooster Teeth confirmed that the second season's premiere would be later in that year on May 13 on Rooster Teeth and May 20 on YouTube.[2] A third season premiered on January 27, 2018, on Rooster Teeth and February 3, 2018 on YouTube.[3] Following the conclusion of the third season, the series would go on an indefinite hiatus.
The animated anthology series Neon Konbini, which premiered on May 27, 2021 on Rooster Teeth, would continue RWBY Chibi by airing ten individual segments of the series across its eight episodes before concluding on July 15, 2021.[4] In March 2023, these segments were re-released on YouTube as the "fourth season" of RWBY Chibi.
Voice cast
[edit]- Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose
- Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee
- Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna
- Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long
- Miles Luna as Jaune Arc
- Jen Brown as Pyrrha Nikos
- Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie
- Neath Oum as Lie Ren
- Michael Jones as Sun Wukong
- Kerry Shawcross as Neptune Vasilias
Development
[edit]RWBY Chibi was announced by Gray Haddock in April 2016.[5] RWBY Chibi can be described as a comedy series consisting of two to five segments per episode. Each episode has a run time of about three to seven minutes. The series uses both the RWBY characters and world, but is animated in a different art style. RWBY Chibi is not considered to be canon, with characters repeatedly breaking the fourth wall. The first season premiered on May 7, 2016, and consisted of 24 episodes, which were aired weekly at the usual RWBY release time on Saturdays. It concluded on October 15, 2016, just one week before the release of the RWBY Volume 4 premiere. A second season of RWBY Chibi premiered on Rooster Teeth's web site on May 13, 2017. The third season premiered on January 27, 2018.[6]
Episodes
[edit]Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
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1 | 24 | May 7, 2016 | October 15, 2016 |
2 | 24 | May 13, 2017 | December 14, 2017 |
3 | 16 | January 27, 2018 | August 18, 2018 |
Neon Konbini | 10 | May 27, 2021 | July 15, 2021 |
Season 1 (2016)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Length | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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1 | 1 | "Ruby Makes Cookies" | Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross Story by : Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:37 | May 7, 2016 | N/A | |
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2 | 2 | "Cat Burglar" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:10 | May 14, 2016 | N/A | |
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3 | 3 | "Reloading" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:11 | May 21, 2016 | N/A | |
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4 | 4 | "Fighting Game" | Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross and Sean Murphy Story by : Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross and Sean Murphy | 3:03 | May 28, 2016 | N/A | |
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5 | 5 | "Sissy Fight" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, and Sean Murphy Story by : Miles Luna and Sean Murphy | 3:37 | June 4, 2016 | N/A | |
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6 | 6 | "The Vacuum" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Austin Hardwicke, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:20 | June 11, 2016 | N/A | |
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7 | 7 | "Prank Wars" | Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna Story by : Melanie Stern and Miles Luna | 3:11 | June 18, 2016 | N/A | |
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8 | 8 | "Magnetic Personality" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:42 | June 25, 2016 | N/A | |
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9 | 9 | "Ren Plays Tag" | Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross Story by : Luis "Paco" Vazquez and Miles Luna | 3:49 | July 2, 2016 | N/A | |
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10 | 10 | "Love Triangle" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 4:21 | July 9, 2016 | N/A | |
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11 | 11 | "Nurse Ruby" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Kerry Shawcross | 5:09 | July 16, 2016 | N/A | |
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12 | 12 | "Little Red Riding Hood" | Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna | 6:03 | July 23, 2016 | N/A | |
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13 | 13 | "Spin the Bottle" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross and Tom Alvarado | 3:27 | July 30, 2016 | N/A | |
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14 | 14 | "Big Vacation" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Tom Alvarado | 4:31 | August 6, 2016 | N/A | |
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15 | 15 | "Neptune's Phobia" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna, and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Tom Alvarado | 4:38 | August 13, 2016 | N/A | |
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16 | 16 | "Bike Race" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna Story by : Tom Alvarado | 4:23 | August 20, 2016 | N/A | |
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17 | 17 | "Save Nora!" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Tom Alvarado | 4:48 | August 27, 2016 | N/A | |
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18 | 18 | "Evil Plans" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Tom Alvarado | 5:21 | September 3, 2016 | N/A | |
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19 | 19 | "Pillow Fight" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Tom Alvarado | 3:34 | September 10, 2016 | N/A | |
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20 | 20 | "Roman's Revenge" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Story by : Tom Alvarado | 4:36 | September 17, 2016 | N/A | |
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21 | 21 | "Cinder Who?" | Kerry Shawcross | Icha Hamkim, Miles Luna and Youngjin Hur, Kerry Shawcross, Kin Zaibatsu and Darcelle Majors Story by : Icha Hamkim, Youngjin Hur, Kin Zaibatsu and Darcelle Majors | 3:32 | September 24, 2016 | N/A | |
Note: All the segments are based on fan comics, whose authors get story credits. | ||||||||
22 | 22 | "Security Woes" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado, Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna | 4:10 | October 1, 2016 | N/A | |
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23 | 23 | "A Slip Through Time and Space" | Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna | 4:50 | October 8, 2016 | N/A | |
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24 | 24 | "The One with a Laugh Track" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 4:54 | October 15, 2016 | N/A | |
The cast performs in a sitcom-esque episode, complete with laugh track and a commercial break, where Pyrrha (very reluctantly) advertises Pumpkin Pete's Marshmallow Flakes, followed by Roman and Neo advertising Neo's Neo, an ice cream flavor which they deny being poison. The episode ends in the style of Saturday Night Live, where the cast gathers together and Ruby thanks everyone, acknowledges the band playing, and invites the viewers back for the next season. |
Season 2 (2017)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Length | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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25 | 1 | "Director Ozpin" | Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross and Gray Haddock | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 3:46 | May 13, 2017 | 2.31 | |
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26 | 2 | "Geist Buster" | Gray Haddock, Koen Wooten and Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado | 3:08 | May 20, 2017 | 1.92 | |
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27 | 3 | "Magic Show" | Patrick Rodriguez, Dustin Matthews and Koen Wooten | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 3:58 | May 27, 2017 | 1.62 | |
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28 | 4 | "Dad Jokes" | Gray Haddock, Miles Luna and Koen Wooten | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 2:58 | June 3, 2017 | 1.45 | |
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29 | 5 | "Girls Rock!" | Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 3:50 | June 10, 2017 | 1.94 | |
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30 | 6 | "Super Besties" | Kerry Shawcross, Patrick Rodriguez and Gray Haddock | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 4:00 | June 17, 2017 | 2.51 | |
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31 | 7 | "Must Be Nice" | Gray Haddock, Luis "Paco" Vazque and Miles Luna | Story by : Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 4:34 | June 24, 2017 | 1.85 | |
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32 | 8 | "Boy Band" | Gray Haddock, Kate Warner and Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 3:08 | July 1, 2017 | 1.64 | |
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33 | 9 | "Coming Home to Roost" | Kerry Shawcross, Kate Warner and Koen Wooten | Story by : Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 3:00 | July 8, 2017 | 2.03 | |
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34 | 10 | "Cool Dad" | Miles Luna, Joel Mann and Gray Haddock | Tom Alvarado | 4:21 | July 15, 2017 | 1.76 | |
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35 | 11 | "Movie Night" | Patrick Rodriguez and Millvette Gonzalez | Tom Alvarado and Kerry Shawcross | 3:00 | July 22, 2017 | 1.42 | |
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36 | 12 | "Evil Genius" | Dustin Matthews and Zane Rutledge, and Paula Decanini | Story by : Tom Alvarado and Jarrett Blumenschein Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado | 4:32 | July 29, 2017 | 1.67 | |
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37 | 13 | "Parent Teacher Conference" | Kate Warner, Andrew Caprotti and Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 4:11 | August 5, 2017 | 2.38 | |
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38 | 14 | "Cannonball!" | Koen Wooten, Billy Burson III and Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 4:55 | August 12, 2017 | 2.18 | |
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39 | 15 | "Nurse Nora" | Eric Tello and Luis "Paco" Vazquez | Tom Alvarado | 3:21 | August 19, 2017 | 1.80 | |
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40 | 16 | "Neptune Noir" | Miles Luna, Brian Arndt and Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 4:13 | August 26, 2017 | 1.23 | |
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41 | 17 | "The Mystery Bunch" | Dustin Matthews, Koen Wooten and Joel Mann | Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 3:43 | September 2, 2017 | 1.39 | |
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42 | 18 | "The Fixer" | Miles Luna and Gary Crane | Tom Alvarado | 3:28 | September 9, 2017 | 1.26 | |
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43 | 19 | "Steals and Wheels" | Gray Haddock, Zane Rutledge and Kate Warner | Tom Alvarado | 4:08 | September 16, 2017 | 1.34 | |
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44 | 20 | "Monsters of Rock" | Kerry Shawcross, Patrick Rodriguez and Dustin Matthews | Tom Alvarado | 2:48 | September 23, 2017 | 1.09 | |
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45 | 21 | "Happy BirthdayWeen" | Eric Tello, Billy Burson III & Gary Crane, and Miles Luna | Eric Tello, Billy Burson III & Gary Crane, and Miles Luna | 3:02 | September 30, 2017 | 1.58 | |
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46 | 22 | "Battle of the Bands" | Kerry Shawcross | Tom Alvarado | 3:57 | October 7, 2017 | 1.43 | |
The Battle of the Bands event is about to begin, with Ozpin announcing the groups about to participate: Puns and Roses (consisting of Team RWBY and Nora), the Nep-Tunes (consisting of Jaune, Ren, Sun and Neptune), Trouble Clef (consisting of Roman, Neo, Emerald, Mercury, a Beowolf and a Geist) and P3N-3 (Penny as a disc jockey). Just as Trouble Clef is about to perform, the event turns out to be a literal battle of the bands, in which the participants all fight each other using their weapons and musical instruments. Amidst the chaos, Ruby thanks the audience for joining them for another season, before getting accidentally knocked out by Nora. | ||||||||
47 | 23 | "A Slip Through Time and Space Pt. 2" | Connor Pickens and Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross | 3:40 | November 27, 2017 | 1.31 | |
Nora takes a concentrated dose of coffee and slips into a parallel universe where the "Giant Ones" worship the characters through merchandise. There, Jaune tells her of the "Great One" and gives her the choice between two shirts, "Blue vs. Red" and "Red vs. Blue", before she retreats back into one of the toy boxes and regains consciousness in the normal world. | ||||||||
48 | 24 | "Nondescript Holiday Spectacular" | Miles Luna | Miles Luna | 3:34 | December 14, 2017 | 1.26 | |
Parodying How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Roman uses a new gadget to suck the holiday spirit out of everyone else and make them miserable. However, while this removes their love for the holidays, it has no effect on their usual cheer and kindheartedness. After accidentally tearing the sack open, Roman's heart grows three times bigger, and he decides to return everyone's holiday spirit. He is then taken to the hospital due to his heart literally oversizing. |
Season 3 (2018)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Length | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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49 | 1 | "Road Trip" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:45 | January 27, 2018 | 1.60 | |
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50 | 2 | "Evil Interview" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:32 | February 3, 2018 | 1.31 | |
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51 | 3 | "Mortal Frenemies" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:34 | February 10, 2018 | 1.93 | |
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52 | 4 | "Grimm Passengers" | Paula Decanini and Zane Rutledge | Story by : Tom Alvarado and Zane Rutledge Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Zane Rutledge | 3:36 | February 17, 2018 | 1.11 | |
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53 | 5 | "Girls' Night Out" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:21 | February 24, 2018 | 1.36 | |
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54 | 6 | "Teenage Faunus Ninja Catgirl" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:23 | March 3, 2018 | 1.48 | |
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55 | 7 | "Mysterious Red Button" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:33 | March 10, 2018 | 1.15 | |
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56 | 8 | "Kids vs Adults vs Pups" | Paula Decanini | Story by : Tom and Amelie Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom and Amelie Alvarado | 3:50 | March 17, 2018 | 1.36 | |
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57 | 9 | "Tea Party" | Paula Decanini | Kerry Shawcross and Tom Alvarado | 4:11 | June 30, 2018 | 0.45 | |
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58 | 10 | "Prank War" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 4:05 | July 7, 2018 | 0.53 | |
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59 | 11 | "In the Clutches of Evil" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 4:09 | July 14, 2018 | 0.70 | |
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60 | 12 | "JNPR Dreams" | Paula Decanini | Kerry Shawcross and Tom Alvarado | 3:41 | July 21, 2018 | 0.80 | |
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61 | 13 | "Cousins of Chaos" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:53 | July 28, 2018 | 0.41 | |
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62 | 14 | "Nefarious Dreams" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:43 | August 4, 2018 | 0.79 | |
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63 | 15 | "Play with Penny" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:48 | August 11, 2018 | 0.67 | |
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64 | 16 | "RWBY Dreams" | Paula Decanini | Kerry Shawcross and Tom Alvarado | 4:03 | August 18, 2018 | 1.04 | |
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Neon Konbini (2021)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Length | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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65 | 1 | "Cool as Coco" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 1:58 | May 27, 2021 | N/A | |
A group of the school's "coolest" individuals – Qrow, Winter, Ren, Cinder, and Neptune – gather and recount what makes them "cool". A new "threat" to the group presents itself as the upperclassmen Coco Adel, as she is significantly "cooler" than the group. Some members of the group run off to learn from Coco, leaving Qrow and Cinder by themselves. | ||||||||
66 | 2 | "True Blue Friend" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 0:49 | June 3, 2021 | N/A | |
Velvet is sitting alone outside, looking depressed when Coco strolls by and asks her what's wrong. Coco tries to offer help to Velvet, trying to figure out what is wrong (like if Cardin is bullying her); but Velvet says she needs to ride it out to feel better. Coco is sad that she isn't able to help Velvet, but offers to sit with her until she feels better. | ||||||||
67 | 3 | "Master Thief" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 0:57 | June 10, 2021 | N/A | |
A string of thefts, caused by Emerald, occur. Victims include Coco & her purse, Qrow & his clothes. Nora & Pyrrha team up as "Junior She-tectives" to find out who is causing all of these robberies while falling victim to the thief themselves. Pyrrha manages to catch Emerald, but Nora is oblivious to the fact that she was the thief. | ||||||||
68 | 4 | "Behind the Scenes" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 1:49 | June 17, 2021 | N/A | |
Professor Ozpin gives viewers a look at how RWBY Chibi is made in an exclusive tour of the show's production. | ||||||||
69 | 5 | "He Does it All" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 1:33 | June 17, 2021 | N/A | |
Klein's different personas cause "havoc" around Beacon Academy, specifically surrounding Team RWBY (with the exception of Weiss). Team "RBY" confronts Weiss; however, it turns out his "havoc" was actually him doing favors for each member of the team. They end the episode cheering for Klein, leaving Weiss confused. | ||||||||
70 | 6 | "Port's Fort" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 0:55 | June 24, 2021 | N/A | |
Jaune, Ren, Sun and Neptune attempt to make their way into Professor Port's secret man cave. | ||||||||
71 | 7 | "Cardin's Club" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 1:09 | June 24, 2021 | N/A | |
Cardin is trying to host his "Cardin's Cool Club", but it's empty besides Penny. He thinks he is the most popular guy in school (due to his "pranks everyone loves"). A montage of his various pranks then follows, featuring other characters like: Pyrrha, Neptune, Coco, & Yang. He then sees Jaune (calling him "Jone"), and asks him why no one wants to join the club. Jaune is honest with Cardin, which results in Cardin going to bully Neptune for more money. | ||||||||
72 | 8 | "Love Life" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 1:07 | July 1, 2021 | N/A | |
After being too focused on evil and her plans, Cinder tries speed-dating multiple characters, which mostly goes poorly. She finally gets the perfect date when she finds herself opposite a mirror, talking to herself. | ||||||||
73 | 9 | "Tai the Sub" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 1:50 | July 8, 2021 | N/A | |
Ruby and Yang are mortified when Tai comes to their class as a substitute teacher for the day, more so when Tai, claiming to "get today's youth", teaches their lessons through hip hop music. | ||||||||
74 | 10 | "Bad Criminal" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 1:28 | July 15, 2021 | N/A | |
Pyrrha goes to great lengths to try and get Jaune's attention by becoming the criminal vigilante, the Red Huntress. |
References
[edit]- ^ "RWBY Announcement!". Rooster Teeth. April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ "'RWBY' Volume 5 Coming to Rooster Teeth in 2017". Variety.com. January 23, 2017. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- ^ "Get ready! #RWBY Chibi season 3 is coming for you on 1/27!". Rooster Teeth. January 16, 2018. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ Dominguez, Noah (May 13, 2021). "Neon Konbini: RWBY Chibi Returns in Rooster Teeth's New Anthology Series". CBR.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ Haddock, Gray. "RT13 Hype -- RT Animation 4/1 Announcements". Rooster Teeth. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ Collis, Clark. "RWBY to return this fall — exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 24, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- RWBY Chibi at IMDb
- RWBY Chibi (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- RWBY
- 2016 web series debuts
- 2010s American adult animated television series
- American adult animated comedy television series
- American adult animated web series
- American adult animated television spin-offs
- American anime-influenced animated television series
- Animated television series about monsters
- Fiction about schools