User blog comment:GhostX108/RWBY Volume II: Speculation v2/@comment-10380701-20140529095752

1 is already answered. Every episode should be 15 minutes. But there's gonna only be 12 episodes with random breaks in-between.

2. Eh, the stakes always get higher the longer a story goes.

3. I'd say it's a little early.

4. It's already the second semester apparently, which means the first Vytal tournament kinda ended already.