RWBY: World of Remnant

RWBY: World of Remnant was an American mini-series created by Monty Oum and produced by Rooster Teeth Productions, documenting various areas, beings and objects in Remnant, the world in which RWBY is set.

Summary

World of Remnant episodes varied in length, but are on the whole much shorter than the average RWBY episode, at around 2–4 minutes in length.

Individual episodes of the series provided information on specific subjects within the RWBY universe, with narrative exposition accompanied by illustrative visuals. The art style of World of Remnant is heavily stylized and mostly rendered in 2D as compared to the 3D look of the main series.

The episodes accompanying Volume 2 were narrated by Salem (at the time known only as the Mysterious Narrator). The episodes accompanying Volume 3 were narrated by Ozpin and those released with Volume 4 are narrated by Qrow Branwen.^[1] Various characters from the main series also occasionally appeared as silhouettes in the videos.

Release

The first set of World of Remnant episodes aired on an irregular release schedule concurrent with RWBY Volume 2's original run. World of Remnant episodes aired during the main series' "off-weeks" when the main series did not have a new episode. These weeks followed the release of the episodes "Painting the Town...", "Dance Dance Infiltration" and "Mountain Glenn". Volume 2 concluded with a total of four episodes, the last of which was exclusive to the Volume 2 DVD and Blu-ray releases.^[2]

The fifth World of Remnant episode was released several weeks prior to the premiere of RWBY Volume 3. In a similar fashion to the previous year, subsequent episodes aired after every third episode of RWBY.

Episodes

Volume 2

Chapter	Title	Original Air Date	Run Time	External Link
1	"Dust"	August 21st, 2014	2:38	Dust Dust
2	"Kingdoms"	September 18th, 2014	1:57	Kingdoms Kingdoms
3	"Grimm"	October 16th, 2014	3:36	Grimm Grimm
4	"Aura"	November 14th, 2014	2:04	Aura

Volume 3

Chapter	Title	Original Air Date	Run Time	External Link
1	"Vytal Festival Tournament"	October 8th, 2015	2:40	Vytal Festival Tournament Vytal Festival Tournament
2	"Huntsmen"	November 21st, 2015	2:36	Huntsmen Huntsmen
3	"Cross Continental Transmit System"	December 26th, 2015	3:07	Cross Continental Transmit System Cross Continental Transmit System
4	"The Four Maidens"	January 23rd, 2016	7:02	The Four Maidens The Four Maidens

Volume 4

Chapter	Title	Original Air Date	Run Time	External Link
1	"Vale"	October 17th, 2016	2:23	Vale Vale
2	"Mistral"	October 18th, 2016	2:20	Mistral Mistral
3	"Atlas"	October 19th, 2016	3:12	Atlas Atlas
4	"Vacuo"	October 20th, 2016	2:58	Vacuo Vacuo
5	"Between Kingdoms"	November 12th, 2016	3:25	Between Kingdoms
6	"Faunus"	November 26th, 2016	4:40	Faunus
7	"Schnee Dust Company"	December 17th, 2016	4:28	Schnee Dust Company
8	"The Great War"	January 14th, 2017	7:20	The Great War

Trivia

• On March 29th, 2016, series writer and director Kerry Shawcross asked fans to give their ideas for future RWBY: World of Remnant episodes.^[3]
• Starting with February 8nd, 2020, between Volumes 7 and 8, Rooster Teeth started re-releasing episodes on their new animation channel. The only difference is new thumbnails.

References