User blog:HalointheSkye/Volume 3 Livestream - Commentary on Episodes 1-11

Heyo! So I decided to watch the Livestream that RT had over on their site, and it just about finished so I'd thought I'd go and punch in a few notes that I wrote down.

Note that my stream was real glitchy and buffered every second so I had a lot of help from Gastro to try compile this, but he was completely sleep-deprived so we've probably missed quite a few things and got stuff wrong. But here goes: Most of the details aren't really necessary, but eh useless trivia for you guys :) I'm not sure about some of them, so it'd be great to check back on those. But yeah - ONE MORE DAY EYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
 * The RWBY Volume 3 Soundtrack will be coming out "soon".
 * The RWBY Manga is not officially canon-canon, but the Manga team have run everyting by Miles and Kerry to make sure nothing contradicts with the show.
 * Elizabeth's favourite trailer was the Black Trailer.
 * There was originally another fight in Chapter 5 - Never Miss a Beat, with Neptune and more water, but it was cut out for time and flow.
 * Kim, Shaun and (????) did the animation for the SSSN vs NDGO fight in Chapter 3
 * Dustin animated the JNPR vs BRNZ fight (not sure if he did all of it though)
 * Maggie Tominey, Mel and Miltia's VA, did the mocap for Ruby (not sure if it was throughout the whole series or specific scenes)
 * Kerry came up with the name "Crow Bar" and Gray hated it.
 * More weapon details for cosplayers and others (possibly turnarounds and close-ups) are coming soon.
 * Joel Mann animated the Qrow vs Winter fight scene.
 * Penny's death was something they had in mind since before they started writing Volume 1.
 * Roman Torchwick was never meant to be a major character, but the crew loved the character and Gray's performance so much they started to use him more.
 * Velvet's summoning of the different weapons are only temporary. Miles adds that she is not OP.
 * DVD and Blu-Ray will be released on May 3rd in the US.
 * Kerry came up with Ruby's line of "Break a leg, sis!" before Yang's fight with Mercury.
 * Shannon's favourite part of the volume was the Four Maidens World of Remnant.
 * Samantha's favourite part of the volume was revealing her Semblance.
 * Jen's favourite part was being able to do darker scenes, such as screaming in Chapter 11 (which while recording it, scared the whole office)