RWBY is a Rooster Teeth production that follows Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long (team RWBY) through their adventures in the fantastical world of Remnant. The series, created by the late Monty Oum, was first released on November 17th, 2012. Since this time, the show has been developed thoroughly, with two seasons under its belt and a third in production. Currently, the project is headed by Kerry Shawcross, Gray Haddock, and Miles Luna, all supported by a wide team of diverse technical and creative talents. In short, RWBY has come far since its inception and continues to grow more impressive by the day.
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Season one of RWBY found the team, much like the viewer, getting its bearings in a new environment. The characters learned all about each other and of Beacon, the Huntsman and Huntress training school that they attend. Ruby and the gang discovered secrets and schemes, ultimately allowing them to come together as friends and comrades in arms
while still bringing up plenty of questions desperately waiting to be answered. With season two came the removal of “shadow people” (rest in peace) but brought significant improvement to animation quality. Everything looked more natural. Additionally, longer episodes allowed for much more to happen during the season. Time was spent on deeper character and plot engagement, taking the audience and the story much farther developmentally than the previous season. In fact, there were very few low points in season two. Aside from a few awkward exposition pieces (Yang and Blake’s Semblance explanations, respectfully), the only off moment was the finale. The issue here was that the climax of the season happened in the episode before, leaving the height of the finale lower and unsatisfying in comparison. It was an issue of pacing, which the rest of the season accomplished very well.