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A young hero, an exalted heiress, a troubled rogue, and a party girl- These are the four members of RWBY, a team brought together and trained for the sole purpose of combating the rampant evils that plague the fantastic world of Remnant. If these four girls want to graduate Beacon Academy they'll have to learn to work together both on the battlefield and in the classroom.

Volume 1 is the first season of RWBY. It premiered on July 18th, 2013 on the Rooster Teeth website, and ran until November 7th, 2013. It was preceded by the "color" trailers. It was followed by Volume 2.

There are sixteen episodes in the volume. However, the episodes vary greatly in length, with episodes 1, 8, 15 and 16 being around eleven minutes long, with all the other episodes running approximately six minutes.

The DVDs and Blu-rays of the first volume were released on November 12th, 2013, which included a "Complete" movie version of the volume. The Complete version was later posted to the Rooster Teeth website on September 29th, 2019 and to YouTube on September 30th, 2019.

Overview[]

The first Volume of RWBY introduces the main characters of Team RWBY and Team JNPR and side characters like Sun Wukong and Penny Polendina that appear throughout the show. It also introduces some antagonists such as Roman Torchwick and hints at bigger antagonists such as Cinder Fall and Jacques Schnee.

The Volume is dedicated to the main characters starting their school year at Beacon Academy with the Beacon Academy Initiation and later with attending classes. The end of the Volume is dedicated to expanding the world and the larger story such as the Schnee Dust Company and the White Fang.

Characters[]

Major Characters[]

Other Characters[]

Minor Characters[]

Episodes[]

Main article: Episodes
Chapter Episode Title Original Air Date Run Time External Link(s)
Trailer / Volume 1 Trailer November 15th, 2013 2:15 Rt-favicon Volume 1 Trailer
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RC1 / "RWBY Volume 1 Complete" November 12th, 2013 1:54:00 Rt-favicon Volume 1
1 1 "Ruby Rose" July 18th, 2013 12:20 Rt-favicon Ruby Rose
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2 2 "The Shining Beacon" July 25th, 2013 6:15 Rt-favicon The Shining Beacon
3 3 "The Shining Beacon, Pt.2" August 1st, 2013 6:39 Rt-favicon The Shining Beacon, Pt.2
4 4 "The First Step" August 8th, 2013 7:36 Rt-favicon The First Step
5 5 "The First Step, Pt.2" August 15th, 2013 4:33 Rt-favicon The First Step, Pt.2
6 6 "The Emerald Forest" August 22nd, 2013 7:15 Rt-favicon The Emerald Forest
7 7 "The Emerald Forest, Pt.2" August 29th, 2013 4:48 Rt-favicon The Emerald Forest, Pt.2
8 8 "Players and Pieces" September 5th, 2013 13:45 Rt-favicon Players and Pieces
9 9 "The Badge and The Burden" September 12th, 2013 5:32 Rt-favicon The Badge and The Burden
10 10 "The Badge and The Burden, Pt.2" September 19th, 2013 6:58 Rt-favicon The Badge and The Burden, Pt.2
11 11 "Jaunedice" September 26th, 2013 4:50 Rt-favicon Jaunedice
12 12 "Jaunedice, Pt.2" October 3rd, 2013 7:25 Rt-favicon Jaunedice, Pt.2
13 13 "Forever Fall" October 10th, 2013 6:09 Rt-favicon Forever Fall
14 14 "Forever Fall, Pt.2" October 17th, 2013 6:09 Rt-favicon Forever Fall, Pt.2
15 15 "The Stray" October 31st, 2013 10:41 Rt-favicon The Stray
16 16 "Black and White" November 7th, 2013 15:30 Rt-favicon Black and White

Development[]

Main article: RWBY Development

Trivia[]

  • Volume 1 was originally planned to only be a 4 episode mini-series about Team RWBY forming in the Emerald Forest, but the positive reception of the 4 character trailers extended it to the full volume.[1]
  • In every retelling of Volume 1 released so far including the Japanese dub of the series, the events of Jaunedice, Jaunedice, Pt.2, Forever Fall and Forever Fall, Pt.2 have usually been removed.

References[]

  1. The World of RWBY: The Official Companion, Page ---
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