Spoiler: Sign of things to come?
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Hello and welcome to the 10th iteration of the RWBY threads!

RWBY is an western made, anime style, 3d computer animation, freely available, web series, with variable length episodes, originally created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. Unfortunately, Monty Oum has passed away, but his creation lives on. Born in America, Monty Oum was of Cambodian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese descent.

RWBY is pronounced "ruby" and is an acronym for the four main team members: Red, White, Black, Yellow - aka Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang. All of the main characters have some folklore, fairy tale, or historical reference, but are very much their own characters and are not based on that reference. In addition, every character (with the only known exceptions being Ozpin and one other character) and team name is based on a colour. While some are obvious, others need to be traced back a fair way to find something that is associated with a colour.

Watch:
First Episode: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Latest Episode: Rooster Teeth
Playlist: Rooster Teeth, YouTube

Trailers:
Red: Rooster Teeth YouTube
White: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Black: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Yellow: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Volume 4 - Ruby Character Short: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Volume 5 - Weiss Character Short: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Volume 5 - Blake Character Short: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Volume 5 - Yang Character Short: Rooster Teeth YouTube

Wikis:
Wikia

RWBY Chibi: Spoiler Warning (watch Volume 3 first)
Playlist: Rooster Teeth YouTube

Previous threads:
0 - Rwby
1 - RWBY (Ruby)
2 - RWBY 2sday: Birdie, NO!!!
3 - RWBY III: These kids just keep getting weirder.
4 - RWBY IV: I Love These Guys
5 - RWBY V: Inspired by Real Physics!
6 - RWBY VI: This thread is also a gun tribute to Monty Oum
7 - RWBY VII: Winter is coming here
8 - RWBY VIII: Well, THAT escalated quickly
9 - RWBY IX: Fractured Fairy Tales

New episodes are available to Rooster Teeth FIRST subscribers at 10:00am CST (4:00pm GMT) Saturday, then to the public at 10:00am CST (4:00pm GMT) Tuesday on the Rooster Teeth website (free membership required). A week after the initial release, episodes then become available on YouTube. no idea, Rooster Teeth don't tell you anything. The information is probably buried somewhere in some hard to find spot that isn't coming up in any searches. Will update later.

Rawhide's viewing recommendation:
Watch Episode 1 first, followed by the four trailers in order, then all remaining episodes starting with Episode 2 in order. You can skip all remaining trailers (and most bonus footage, such as opening titles animation) except the character shorts listed below, as they are your more traditional trailers made from scenes from the show, while the first four trailers are new footage and include story elements not included in the series proper. However, do not skip the World of Remnant videos, as they include useful information regarding things such as how the technology in the series works. Warning: Don't watch the first volume of RWBY Chibi until after completion of Volume 3, as it contains spoilers.

Starting with Volume 4, RWBY introduced character shorts. Like the four initial trailers, these are canonical short stories that aren't repeated in the episodes.

Watch between Volume 3 and 4:
Ruby: Rooster Teeth YouTube

Watch between Volume 4 and 5:
Weiss: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Blake: Rooster Teeth YouTube
Yang: Rooster Teeth YouTube

Notes on terminology:
Throughout these threads you will see people refer to things as a volume, season, chapter, and episode. There is currently no functional difference between a volume and a season, so these two terms are currently synonymous. In most of their material, Rooster Teeth refer to a season as a volume.

While it is largely synonymous, there is, however, an important distinction between chapter and episode that you should be aware of to prevent confusion. For Volume 1, 10 episodes (termed "chapters") were planned. However, in order to release one episode per week to the internet, Rooster Teeth opted to slice some of these chapters into two parts. This resulted in the 10 original chapters (released on the DVD and BluRay in their original 10 episode form) being split into 16 episodes on the web. This can make some things confusing when referring to the episode numbers between different mediums. Rooster Teeth have promised not to do this for future volumes.

Spoiler: Volume 1 Chapter/Episode Breakdown
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Chapter Title Episodes
1 Ruby Rose 1
2 The Shining Beacon 2 & 3
3 The First Step 4 & 5
4 The Emerald Forest 6 & 7
5 Players and Pieces 8
6 The Badge and The Burden 9 & 10
7 Jaunedice 11 & 12
8 Forever Fall 13 & 14
9 The Stray 15
10 Black & White 16


Due in part to the staggered release of the episodes (e.g. not making it to public for a full week), we have a much tighter ship regarding spoilers than you may be used to. Please be sure to read the full spoiler rules for RWBY below.

Spoiler: Official note on spoilers
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Official note on spoilers:
  • Discussion about a particular episode will be considered spoilers (and must be in a correctly labelled spoiler box) until a full week has passed since it was posted anywhere (e.g. paid subscription services such as RoosterTeeth FIRST) or 72 hours (3 days) after it is posted for everyone to view without charge on RoosterTeeth's own website, whichever is the latest.
  • (Note: This means it will never be less than one week and, based on the current release schedule, will usually be 10 days from paid subscription release.)
  • Anything released prior to that (RTX, leaks, etc.) will be considered spoilers until no earlier than the same timeframe after the official reveal in the episode it relates to.
  • All spoiler boxes must indicate clearly in the spoiler box's title (i.e. [spoiler=title]) what episode it is spoiling (even when replying), including the volume and episode number.
  • This period is a minimum amount only. You should consider using spoiler boxes for longer, particularly for larger spoilers.
  • It is recommended, but not mandatory, that you consider using spoiler boxes for older information to assist new fans still catching up. Again, please indicate the episode in the spoiler box's title.

The free to view videos are a week behind, and on top of new people walking into the thread from YouTube without knowing, we have people who cannot watch it from the official site. Keeping them labelled like this is important for those behind so that they know what is safe to open and what isn't. When replying to spoilers without a title, it becomes difficult to determine which episode it was referring to. e.g. "Was the original post about the current episode or a previous episode but the discussion is still ongoing?"

For the purposes of this thread, please never use a spoiler box without a title. If it's not a spoiler but, for example, you're just keeping things such as images, off topic discussion, or walls of text tidy, please mention that in the spoiler box title. When breaking up quotes, always remember to reinsert the spoiler box title.


Purchase:
Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of RWBY are available to purchase on BluRay/DVD, or several digital movie services such as iTunes, Google Movies, or Steam.

WARNING:
My recommendation is that you don't touch the Steam versions with a 100 foot barge pole. All movies/shows available to buy or rent on Steam are for streaming only. You cannot download, save, store, backup, transfer, etc. any video purchases from Steam. This isn't Rooster Teeth's doing, it's Valve's.

I've also read reports that it doesn't include any bonus content. So, you are literally paying to stream what you can stream for free. If you'd like to support Rooster Teeth/RWBY, I suggest you buy the DVD(s) or BluRay(s) and/or become a Rooster Teeth FIRST member (which, amongst other things, grants you access to RWBY a week early). Don't support Valve's business model.