RWBY Chibi
RWBY Chibi is an American anime-style 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 the second season's premiere in May 13, 2017 on Rooster Teeth First and May 20, 2017 on YouTube.[2] A third season premiered on January 27, 2018 on Rooster Teeth and February 3, 2018 on YouTube.[3]
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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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No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 64 (list of episodes) |
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Producer(s) | Koen Wooten |
Editor(s) | Stan Lewis Richard Norman |
Production company(s) | Rooster Teeth Animation |
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Original network | Rooster Teeth YouTube (2016–2018) |
Original release | May 7, 2016 – August 18, 2018 |
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Voice cast
- 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
- Neath Oum as Lie Ren
- Samantha Ireland as Nora Valkyrie
- Michael Jones as Sun Wukong
- Kerry Shawcross as Neptune Vasilias
Development
A spin-off series of the show, RWBY Chibi, was announced by Gray Haddock in April 2016.[4] 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.[5]
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | U.S. viewer average (millions) | |
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1 | 24 | 7 May 2016 | 15 October 2016 | 2.31 |
2 | 24 | 13 May 2017 | 14 December 2017 | 1.68 |
3 | 16 | 27 January 2018 | 18 August 2018 | 1.04 |
Season 1 (2016)
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 | Story by : Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Teleplay by : Kerry Shawcross | 3:37 | May 7, 2016 | 4.20 | |
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2 | 2 | "Cat Burglar" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:10 | May 14, 2016 | 2.72 | |
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3 | 3 | "Reloading" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:11 | May 21, 2016 | 2.62 | |
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4 | 4 | "Fighting Game" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross and Sean Murphy Teleplay by : Kerry Shawcross and Sean Murphy | 3:03 | May 28, 2016 | 2.44 | |
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5 | 5 | "Sissy Fight" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Miles Luna and Sean Murphy Teleplay by : Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, and Sean Murphy | 3:37 | June 4, 2016 | 2.73 | |
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6 | 6 | "The Vacuum" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Austin Hardwicke, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Teleplay by : Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:20 | June 11, 2016 | 2.48 | |
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7 | 7 | "Prank Wars" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Melanie Stern and Miles Luna Teleplay by : Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna | 3:11 | June 18, 2016 | 2.29 | |
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8 | 8 | "Magnetic Personality" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:42 | June 25, 2016 | 2.37 | |
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9 | 9 | "Ren Plays Tag" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Luis "Paco" Vazquez and Miles Luna Teleplay by : Kerry Shawcross | 3:39 | July 2, 2016 | 2.18 | |
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10 | 10 | "Love Triangle" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 4:21 | July 9, 2016 | 2.32 | |
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11 | 11 | "Nurse Ruby" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Kerry Shawcross Teleplay by : Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 5:09 | July 16, 2016 | 2.14 | |
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12 | 12 | "Little Red Riding Hood" | Kerry Shawcross | Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna | 6:03 | July 23, 2016 | 2.23 | |
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13 | 13 | "Spin the Bottle" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross and Tom Alvarado | 3:27 | July 30, 2016 | 2.22 | |
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14 | 14 | "Big Vacation" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Tom Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 4:31 | August 6, 2016 | 2.34 | |
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15 | 15 | "Neptune's Phobia" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Tom Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna, and Kerry Shawcross | 4:38 | August 13, 2016 | 1.80 | |
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16 | 16 | "Bike Race" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Tom Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado and Miles Luna | 4:23 | August 20, 2016 | 1.91 | |
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17 | 17 | "Save Nora!" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Tom Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado and Kerry Shawcross | 4:48 | August 27, 2016 | 1.68 | |
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18 | 18 | "Evil Plans" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Tom Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 5:21 | September 3, 2016 | 2.22 | |
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19 | 19 | "Pillow Fight" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Tom Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 3:34 | September 10, 2016 | 1.90 | |
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20 | 20 | "Roman's Revenge" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Tom Alvarado Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado, Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 4:36 | September 17, 2016 | 1.92 | |
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21 | 21 | "Cinder Who?" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Icha Hamkim and Youngjin Hur, Kin Zaibatsu and Darcelle Majors Teleplay by : Icha Hamkim, Miles Luna and Youngjin Hur, Kerry Shawcross, Kin Zaibatsu and Darcelle Majors | 3:32 | September 24, 2016 | 2.29 | |
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 | 1.74 | |
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23 | 23 | "A Slip Through Time and Space" | Kerry Shawcross | Story by : Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross Teleplay by : Kerry Shawcross and Miles Luna | 4:49 | October 8, 2016 | 2.71 | |
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24 | 24 | "The One with a Laugh Track" | Kerry Shawcross | Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross | 5:54 | October 15, 2016 | 2.08 | |
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)
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 (Parent Teacher Conference), Andrew Caprotti (Blake Beauty Vlog), Paula Decanini (Surprise Parties) | Tom Alvarado | 4:11 | August 5, 2017 | 2.38 | |
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38 | 14 | "Cannonball!" | Koen Wooten (Cannonball), Billy Burson III (Winter Is Coming), Paula Decanini (Inner Lives of Beowolves) | Tom Alvarado (Cannonball, Inner Lives of Beowolves), Miles Luna (Winter Is Coming) | 4:55 | August 12, 2017 | 2.18 | |
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39 | 15 | "Nurse Nora" | Eric Tello (Sister Stuff), Luis "Paco" Vazquez (Nurse Nora) | Tom Alvarado | 3:21 | August 19, 2017 | 1.80 | |
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40 | 16 | "Neptune Noir" | Miles Luna (Neptune Noir), Brian Arndt (Man Up with Port), Kerry Shawcross (Tai's Tech Vlog) | Tom Alvarado (Neptune Noir, Man Up with Port, Tai's Tech Vlog), Miles Luna (Man Up with Port) | 4:13 | August 26, 2017 | 1.23 | |
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41 | 17 | "The Mystery Bunch" | Dustin Matthews (Rolling Thunder), Koen Wooten (Computer Virus), Joel Mann (The Mystery Bunch) | Tom Alvarado (Rolling Thunder, The Mystery Bunch), Miles Luna (Computer Virus) | 3:43 | September 2, 2017 | 1.39 | |
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42 | 18 | "The Fixer" | Miles Luna (The Fixer), Gary Crane (Jr. She-Tectives) | Tom Alvarado | 3:28 | September 9, 2017 | 1.26 | |
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43 | 19 | "Steals and Wheels" | Gray Haddock (Yang Boops), Zane Rutledge (Steals and Wheels), Kate Warner (Fugitive) | Tom Alvarado | 4:08 | September 16, 2017 | 1.34 | |
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44 | 20 | "Monsters of Rock" | Kerry Shawcross (The Ride Along), Patrick Rodriguez (The Great Escape), Dustin Matthews (Monsters of Rock) | Tom Alvarado | 2:48 | September 23, 2017 | 1.09 | |
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45 | 21 | "Happy BirthdayWeen" | Eric Tello (The Geist Pumpkin), Billy Burson III and Gary Crane (Devotion Potion), Miles Luna (Happy BirthdayWeen) | Eric Tello (The Geist Pumpkin), Billy Burson III and Gary Crane (Devotion Potion), Miles Luna (Happy BirthdayWeen) | 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 hospitalized due to his heart literally becoming too big for his body. |
Season 3 (2018)
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 (Grimm Passengers), Zane Rutledge (Punished) | Story by : Tom Alvarado (Grimm Passengers), Zane Rutledge (Punished) Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado (Grimm Passengers), Miles Luna and Zane Rutledge (Punished) | 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 Alvarado (Kids vs Adults vs Pups), Amelie Alvarado (Fireflies) Teleplay by : Tom Alvarado (Kids vs Adults vs Pups, Fireflies), Amelie Alvarado (Fireflies) | 3:50 | March 17, 2018 | 1.36 | |
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57 | 9 | "Tea Party" | Paula Decanini | Kerry Shawcross (Tea Party), Tom Alvarado (Leisurely Stroll of Doom) | 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 (QrowCrow), Tom Alvarado (JNPR Dreams) | 3:41 | July 21, 2018 | 0.80 | |
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61 | 13 | "Cousins of Chaos" | Paula Decanini | Tom Alvarado | 3:54 | 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 (Tough Customer), Tom Alvarado (RWBY Dreams) | 4:03 | August 18, 2018 | 1.04 | |
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References
- "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. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
- "Get ready! #RWBY Chibi season 3 is coming for you on 1/27!". Rooster Teeth. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- 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. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
External links
- Official website
- RWBY Chibi on IMDb
- RWBY Chibi (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia