Volume 8 is the ongoing eighth season of "RWBY". It premiered on November 7th, 2020, and is scheduled to run for 14 episodes. The volume was preceded by Volume 7. It will be followed by Volume 9.
Overview
Characters
Major Characters
- Ruby Rose
- Weiss Schnee
- Blake Belladonna
- Yang Xiao Long
- Penny Polendina
- Jaune Arc
- Nora Valkyrie
- Lie Ren
- Oscar Pine
- Ozpin (Voice)
- Qrow Branwen
- Robyn Hill
- James Ironwood
- Salem
- Cinder Fall
- Neopolitan
- Arthur Watts
- Tyrian Callows
- Hazel Rainart
- Emerald Sustrai
- Mercury Black
- Vine Zeki
- Elm Ederne
- Harriet Bree
- Marrow Amin
- Jacques Schnee
- Willow Schnee
- Whitley Schnee
- Winter Schnee
- The Hound
Other Characters
Minor Characters
- Clover Ebi (corpse)
- Fiona's Uncle
Episodes
- Main article: Episodes
| Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
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| 1 | "Divide" | November 7th, 2020 | 18:58 |  Divide
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| 2 | "Refuge" | November 14th, 2020 | 17:37 | Refuge
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| 3 | "Strings" | November 21st, 2020 | 17:50 | Strings
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| 4 | "Fault" | November 28th, 2020 | 19:31 | Fault
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| 5 | December 5th, 2020 | [ ]
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| 6 | December 12th, 2020 | [ ]
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| 7 | December 19th, 2020 | [ ]
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| 8 | January 2nd, 2021 | [ ]
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| 9 | January 9th, 2021 | [ ]
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| 10 | January 16th, 2021 | [ ]
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| 11 | January 23rd, 2021 | [ ]
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| 12 | January 30th, 2021 | [ ]
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| 13 | February 6th, 2020 | [ ]
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| 14 | February 13th, 2020 | [ ]
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Development
- Main article: RWBY Development
On October 3rd, 2019, a month before Volume 7 began airing, the crew announced that writing for Volume 8 had already begun.[2]
During the "Live from Remnant" Volume 7 Hype stream on November 1st, 2019, Miles announced that they had completed the first scripts for Volume 8 and were about to start the storyboards.[3]
Concept art and development was well underway by the end of November, 2019.[4]
Voice recording sessions for key characters began on February 4th, 2020.[5]
Animation for Volume 8 had started by March 2020.[6]
The writing process of Volume 8 was completed on April 8th, 2020.[7]
On May 21st, 2020, Rooster Teeth Productions and Full Sail University announced a collaboration for the production of Volume 8. Full Sail University students and graduates are given exclusive opportunities to design a Grimm that will be featured in Volume 8. The RWBY animation team will select the top five submissions for Rooster Teeth fans to vote on, with the contest ending on June 21st, and voting starting on July 7th and ending on July 12th, 2020.[8] On July 13th, a community announcement was made by Rooster Teeth, in which it was felt that the voting and response to contestants online violated the Code of Conduct upheld for the community and staff. For this reason, they closed voting and instead will select a winner via a panel of judges from the show.[9]
On July 18th, it was announced[10] that the Sulfur Fish Grimm design by Landon Ellis was the winner of the contest, with the Grimm set to appear in Volume 8.
A clip from the volume was revealed during the Comic-Con@Home Rooster Teeth Panel on July 25th, 2020. According to Barbara Dunkelman, the theme of the volume's story is distrust.[11]
On September 7th, 2020, more sneak peak clips were released through the Mark AR app at a Pre-RTX event in Dallas, Texas.[12]
The teaser trailer for the volume was released on September 16th, 2020 as a part of the RTX @ Home RWBY Panel. It was also revealed that the volume will premiere on November 7th, 2020, and will run for 14 episodes.
Volumes 8 and 9 are being created together and are unofficially even called a single volume with how things flow together.[13]
As of the production of Volumes 8 and 9, this Volume proved to be the most challenging season to write in the series.[14]
A full trailer was released on October 14th, 2020.[15]
Image Gallery
Official Graphics
Full Sail University Competition
References
- ↑ Entertainment Earth
- ↑ Eddy Rivas' Twitter
- ↑ Live From Remnant Volume 7 Hype Stream
- ↑ Erin Winn on Twitter
- ↑ Arryn Zech on instagram
- ↑ I Have Notes: "Staying Creative in Quarantine!"
- ↑ Eddy Rivas' Twitter
- ↑ Full Sail University website
- ↑ Rooster Teeth Community Update
- ↑ Rooster Teeth Animation YouTube
- ↑ Rooster Teeth | Comic-Con@Home 2020
- ↑ Mark AR App on Twitter
- ↑ RWBY Panel | RTX 2020
- ↑ RWBY Volume 7 Crew Commentary – Chapter 13
- ↑ RWBY Official Twitter
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