 A television anime based on Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth's RWBY 3DCG web series was announced by Bandai Namco Arts on Friday. The anime series, RWBY: Hyousetsu Teikoku (RWBY: Ice Queendom), is scheduled for a 2022 broadcast. The official website also revealed the main staff, cast, and a key visual (pictured).Staff Chief Director: Kenjirou Okada (3-gatsu no Lion, Monogatari Series: Second Season episode director) Director: Toshimasa Suzuki (Heroic Age, Bakemonogatari episode director) Animation Concept: Gen Urobuchi (Aldnoah.Zero, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) Series Composition, Script: Tow Ubukata (Psycho-Pass 2, Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor) Original Character Design: huke (Black★Rock Shooter, Steins;Gate) Character Design: Nobuhiro Sugiyama (Nisekoi) Visual Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi (Natsu no Arashi! design works) Chief Animation Director: Nobuhiro Sugiyama, Yoshiaki Itou (Hidamari Sketch), Hiroki Yamamura (Bishounen Tanteidan) Main Animator: Hiroto Nagata (Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden 2nd Season - Kakusei Zenya), Kazuki Kawada (Assault Lily: Bouquet key animation) Production Design, Alternate Space Design: Rui Tomono (Black★★Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall concept design) Art Board: Hisaharu Iijima (Mekakucity Actors) Art Director: Ken Naitou (Muv-Luv Alternative) Color Design: Hitoshi Hibino (Dance in the Vampire Bund) Director of Photography: Takayuki Aizu (Fate/Extra: Last Encore) Editing: Rie Matsubara (Vanitas no Karte) Music: Nobuko Toda (Isshuukan Friends.), Kazuma Jinnouchi (Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045) Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (86) Studio: Shaft Cast Ruby Rose: Saori Hayami (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) Weiss Schnee: Youko Hikasa (Rokka no Yuusha) Blake Belladonna: Yuu Shimamura (Shingeki no Kyojin) Yang Xiao Long: Ami Koshimizu (Macross Δ) Jaune Arc: Hiro Shimono (Musaigen no Phantom World) Nora Valkyrie: Aya Suzaki (Happy Sugar Life) Pyrrha Nikos: Megumi Toyoguchi (Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation) Lie Ren: Souma Saitou (Yuukoku no Moriarty) Ozpin: Kazuhiko Inoue (Natsume Yuujinchou) Void_Chords feat. L is performing the opening theme "Beyond Selves." Saori Hayami is performing the ending theme "Awake," composed and arranged by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure (Psycho-Pass). Rooster Teeth Productions released the 16-episode first season on their website between July and November in 2013. Crunchyroll began streaming the season on their catalog in August that year. The eighth and latest season premiered in November 2020 and ended with 14 episodes last March. A ninth season is currently in development, scheduled for a 2022 debut. Shirow Miwa (Dogs: Bullets & Carnage) serialized a manga adaptation in Ultra Jump from November 2015 to February 2017. VIZ Media released the manga in English weekly on their Weekly Shounen Jump magazine and published the single volume in January 2018. Synopsis In the world of Remnant, humans and Faunus—human-animal hybrids—carry on their everyday lives despite the omnipresent threat of the monstrous Grimm. Dedicated Huntsmen and Huntresses battle Grimm with both customized weapons and their own "Semblances," unique abilities derived from the energy of one's soul. Some warriors also utilize a crystallized energy propellant, "Dust," to bestow their weapons with elemental properties. In this dangerous line of work, rigorous training is required to stay alive. To that end, each of Remnant's four Kingdoms have established schools to properly groom children holding aspirations of becoming licensed Huntsmen. At Beacon Academy in the Kingdom of Vale, a promising group of future Huntresses make their debut as Team RWBY. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long each come from different backgrounds and often butt heads as a result. However, when they cooperate, they are a formidable force who have even attracted the attention of Beacon's headmaster Professor Ozpin. Alongside fellow students such as those in Team JNPR, the young prodigy Ruby and her friends engage in adventures which pit them against an extremist Faunus group known as the White Fang. Every explosive encounter also brings them closer to the true villains orchestrating conflicts from the shadows. [Written by MAL Rewrite] Official site: https://anime.team-rwby-project.jp/ Official Twitter: @TeamRWBYProject Source: Moca News RWBY: Hyousetsu Teikoku on MAL |
DatRandomDudeMar 25, 2022 8:09 AM
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| Looking forward to another project from Shaft, also cast and staff are pretty stacked. |
| hmm i definitely know some who'd like this. Glad for the fans of the series... seems like they will do it very well, if not better. Lots of promising staff and cast, wow. But too bad the Williams aren't going to be composing the music |
| WOAH WHAT, STUDIO SHAFT? RWBY? |
| let's gooooooooooooooo, official RWBY anime by Shaft :0 |
| oh so its ACTUALLY gonna be an anime now??? time to give a shit about it |
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| AnimeJapan 2022 stage also getting online streaming https://twitter.com/TeamRWBYProject/status/1504623872062242819 |
tsubasaloverMar 24, 2022 8:26 PM
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KingKurto said: On one hand im super excited for this but also not sure how im gona feel about RWBY without the original voice actors It'll be an interesting watch for sure. The main series is in English, so I hope the Japanese VA's do them justice. Kind of funny it's the reverse from normal. |
ChaduosMar 24, 2022 6:42 PM
KingKurto said: On one hand im super excited for this but also not sure how im gona feel about RWBY without the original voice actors crunchyroll lists that the english voice actors are returning to dub it, if that's what you mean |
| Massive hype. Was so hyped for this when the project was first announced but I was never expecting a RWBY project to get some top tier talent on board. |
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| So is getting an actual anime now. |
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| A RWBY remake by studio Shaft with Japanese staff and I even see Urobuchi's name on there. Uhmm....okay. I guess for now I'll remain optimistic with a healthy dose of skepticism. |
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| Now if they'd just release the actual fucking volume 9. |
| So now it's officially gonna be an anime, but where does it fit in the story, is it a spin-off, a remake is it like GT? |
| Welp, there goes the "RWBY is/isn't an anime" meme. I can see it dying before my very eyes On one hand, I like RWBY. It's not great, but it's far from terrible either, IMO. Haven't watched it since Volume 5 originally came out on YouTube though. Plus Void_Chords for the OP? The band who did the Princess Principal OP and which features a musician from my favorite Touhou doujin music circle? Heck yeah! I love seeing them get more work On the other hand, and I know this is gonna be very controversial, I do not like Urobuchi's work. He seems like a great guy, don't get me wrong, but it's just not my cup of tea, personally. Same can be said of Studio Shaft. Only thing I've really been wowed by in terms of Shaft was one of the Kid Icarus Uprising ONA shorts. Still, while both of their participation makes me a bit cautious, I will reserve judgement until I actually see the anime. Maybe it (and the upcoming Madoka movie that I'm probably gonna watch with my roommate who is a huge PMMM fan) will change my views on both of them? Small correction to MAL rewrite though (unless something has changed in this adaptation or since I last watched RWBY) - IIRC, the Faunus are not "hybrids". They're just a different humanlike race that happen to be distinguished by having animal ears or tails. At-least, I think so, anyway. Definitely gonna have to double-check that though |
KanoeHitokoujiMar 24, 2022 8:45 PM
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| Shaft making RWBY anime? Wow! |
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| very excited about this, i miss getting rwby content |
| Surprised for sure. It's made by shaft and it looks like it has quite the solid team. Now I wonder if this is a remake? I'll wait for the PV before judging. |
| I have watched every season of RWBY so hopefully the anime will be good. |
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| Absolutely stacked staff and cast. Never watched RWBY, but I’ll check this out. |
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| Wtf this is actually gonna be good. Hype fr. |
| Eh.. Most probably going to ignore this anime. |
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| SHAFT gonna animating this series it's kinda unexpected, but since i love this series, this gonna be awesome !!! |
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| A RWBY anime by Shaft? We will get some good RWBY content. (Finally) |
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| wow RWBY is an anime now? |
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| Shaft is still a thing? Lol |
| Cast makes it almost painful that I will deliberately ignore this show lol. Also, I don't see anything strange in this, Shaft was already working on an adaptation of the all-female action figure franchise last year. I don’t know if this is due to the need for money, but this is the second their consecutive adaptation of the media franchise. Kii_Ibarra said: Welp, there goes the "RWBY is/isn't an anime" meme. I can see it dying before my very eyes Well, the same anime as X-Men or Batman. I don't know how the final show will turn out, it looks like they put quite a lot of money into it. But your franchise doesn't become an anime because you commissioned an anime adaptation from the Japanese. Also, I don't quite understand why you listed Gen as the screenwriter. The script will be written by the current writer of Psycho-Pass. |
RobertBobertMar 25, 2022 1:38 AM
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| I'm not really sure what to expect, hopefully it will be good |
| It's by Shaft, so I think I'll take a look around. |
RobertBobert said: Indeed, the original CGI RWBY cartoon itself will never be an anime (unless its production shifts to Japan as well, but I don't think that's likely). But I don't think people (jokingly or not) who are arguing whether RWBY is an anime or not will not have much to say since, well, there is now an anime that is RWBY. Then again, maybe that will just increase the amount of people who think the original show was an anime too? IDKBut your franchise doesn't become an anime because you commissioned an anime adaptation from the Japanese RobertBobert said: Me? I didn't? I said he was working on the show (which he is, as "animation concept", whatever that means) and that I've never been fond of anything he's worked onAlso, I don't quite understand why you listed Gen as the screenwriter. While writing is the main aspect of a show that I look for, both when watching, and when criticizing, I can still point towards other aspects of a series if I don't like them (or, in the case of pre-release, if they set off a few red-flags). For the same reason I identified Shaft as a studio whose works I've never liked, the same is true of Urobuchi I have nothing against Urobuchi or anyone from Shaft as people, I'm just stating that their inclusion raises a few red-flags for me, personally (mainly in regards to animation, since both of them are in animation positions here) |
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| SHAFT doesn't really fill me with hope TBH, I find their animation to be rather hit or miss. Still, judging by the promo art, it looks like this one might be a hit, at least in terms of animation so I guess I'll just have to see how it turns out. |
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Kii_Ibarra said: RobertBobert said: Indeed, the original CGI RWBY cartoon itself will never be an anime (unless its production shifts to Japan as well, but I don't think that's likely). But I don't think people (jokingly or not) who are arguing whether RWBY is an anime or not will not have much to say since, well, there is now an anime that is RWBY. Then again, maybe that will just increase the amount of people who think the original show was an anime too? IDKBut your franchise doesn't become an anime because you commissioned an anime adaptation from the Japanese RobertBobert said: Me? I didn't? I said he was working on the show (which he is, as "animation concept", whatever that means) and that I've never been fond of anything he's worked onAlso, I don't quite understand why you listed Gen as the screenwriter. While writing is the main aspect of a show that I look for, both when watching, and when criticizing, I can still point towards other aspects of a series if I don't like them (or, in the case of pre-release, if they set off a few red-flags). For the same reason I identified Shaft as a studio whose works I've never liked, the same is true of Urobuchi I have nothing against Urobuchi or anyone from Shaft as people, I'm just stating that their inclusion raises a few red-flags for me, personally (mainly in regards to animation, since both of them are in animation positions here) I think you should just look forward to something like the past Lily Bouquet. I doubt that this show will be especially SHAFTy or just CG made by the Japanese. |
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| WOAH WOAH WOAH This is something that I never would have even imagined happening....Wow....So is this starting from Volume 1? |
| Woah, cool! Shaft doing RWBY? I am cautiously optimistic about this. |
| LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL edit: they actually using the same VA from the fighting game. |
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| What a weird announcement and staff. I enjoyed the first few seasons of RWBY when it was about funny school hijinks and cute girls and cute boys doing occasional cool things. When the "story" kicked off, the show's writing took one hell of a nosedive. From what I have heard, it gets even worse and worse. So, I actually think this anime is gonna be a huge improvement. Japanese voices are superior to the original btw |
| oh wow, I never expected this getting an anime adaptation. It's quite nostalgic since i watched the CGI animated one like 5 or 6 years ago. I don't know if I still like it up to this day because it gets pretty worse later from what I've heard from some people. The staff looks packed, even TK is composing the op theme. That's double the points I might take a look on this one |
| of course frikin RWBY would be animated by studio Shaft of all things...of course...why did I not see this coming? of freaking course. |
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| I like RWBY already, but done in true anime style? I've gotta watch this. |
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VanishingKira said: I didn't care about this enough to notice at first but... Main Animator: Hiroto Nagata (Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden 2nd Season - Kakusei Zenya), Kazuki Kawada (Assault Lily: Bouquet key animation) damn. Don't know about story, but it'll have god like animation (atleast after they fix it in bluray). I guess it's after a long time (if not for the first time) that Shaft is working with someone not called Aniplex. |
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