RWBY Chibi was an American animated web series and spin-off of RWBY produced by Rooster Teeth Productions. The show featured stylized "chibi" versions of RWBY characters, and focused on lighthearted comedy rather than plot and drama.
Summary
Each episode of RWBY Chibi is around 2-4 minutes long and consists of several self-contained comedy shorts (or segments) with little to no overarching storyline, though there are multiple recurring themes and running gags throughout the series. Individual shorts range from a few seconds to a few minutes in length.
RWBY Chibi is non-canon to the continuity of the main show.[1] According to Gray Haddock, it is meant to be a spin-off series for younger audiences after RWBY became more mature.[2]
Release

The show was first announced as part of Rooster Teeth's thirteenth Anniversary celebrations on April 1, 2016.[3] Sneak peeks of the show were shown as extra content at RWBY Tugg screenings on April 27, 2016.[4]
The first episode premiered on May 7, 2016 as part of Rooster Teeth's "Summer of Animation", alongside Camp Camp and season 14 of Red vs. Blue.[5] Like RWBY, episodes are released weekly, airing on Saturdays for Rooster Teeth sponsors and the following day for registered users of the site. Episodes are also uploaded to YouTube the week following the sponsor release.
RWBY Chibi ran weekly until the start of RWBY Volume 4,[4] which premiered on October 22, 2016 (totalling 24 episodes).
Season 2
On January 23, 2017, a second season of RWBY Chibi was announced, set to be released for May 2017.[6] On May 3, 2017, Rooster Teeth released a trailer and revealed the Season 2 premiere would be on May 13, 2017.[7] An exclusive trailer for Season 2 was posted on Entertainment Weekly on May 10, 2017. [8]
Season 3
On January 16, 2018, it was confirmed that the third season of RWBY Chibi would begin airing on January 27, 2018.[9] Just before the eighth episode on March 17th, director Paula Decanini confirmed that the show would enter a midseason break until June.[10]
Rooster Teeth later revealed that the series would return on June 30, 2018. [11]
The third season abruptly ended after its 16th episode aired on August 18, 2018, despite announcements at RTX that further episodes were planned and a preview of Chibi Coco Adel was shown to the audience. Rooster Teeth then announced that that was considered the season finale, which makes Season 3 have a shortage of episodes with it having only 16 than the regular 24 per season.
In 2020 Rooster Teeth began moving some of their animations to a designated Rooster Teeth Animation YouTube channel. On July 4th, 2020 the first two RWBY Chibi episodes were uploaded on YouTube as a combined video. Due to Professor Port's voice actor Ryan Haywood's departure, some scenes of Professor Port were edited out in the reuploaded episodes.
Neon Konbini
It was revealed in 2021 that RWBY Chibi would be returning as a part of Rooster Teeth's new anthology series Neon Konbini,[12] which premiered on May 27th, 2021, and ran for eight episodes.[13] It was confirmed every episode will have RWBY Chibi skits in them.[14] However, unlike previous seasons of RWBY Chibi, the Neon Konbini episodes are First member exclusive, except for a few promotional episodes.
Due to Qrow's voice actor Vic Mignogna being accused of sexual harassment, he was replaced by Jason Liebrecht as Qrow's new voice actor like in the main series. Similarly, Peter Port is now voiced by Anthony Sardinha due to Haywood's departure from Rooster Teeth. Despite Joel Heyman having left the company by the time Neon Konbini was released, his voice was still used for Bartholomew Oobleck.
On March 4th, 2023, most RWBY Chibi skit episodes would be reuploaded on RoosterTeeth Animation YouTube Channel though not in order.
On October 3rd, 2023, the Neon Konbini segments were included on the Volume 9 Bluray release.
Development
Original ideas for shorts stemmed from collaborative pitching sessions, where various Rooster Teeth staff members were invited to share ideas and jokes that could be further developed into shorts.[15] Some shorts were also based directly on fan-comics, with the original artists given writing and story credits on the final episode.[16] Shorts each have their own titles and are worked on by individual teams.

The character designs for the show were created with help from Hajime "Mojojoj" Nakamura, a Japanese fan artist well known in the RWBY fan community for his fanart. He was contacted by Rooster Teeth and the designs he provided were later used as references for creating the 3D models used in the show itself.
The show is animated in 3D in the program Autodesk Maya, unlike previous volumes of RWBY, which were animated in Smith Micro's Poser.[17] Unlike the main series, RWBY Chibi does not use motion capture.
The show is divided into segments rather than episodes, and animators were also given much more creative freedom than on the main show, as shorts are less closely storyboarded, allowing them to get their own intuitive feel for the comedic timing of the shorts.[15] Chibi has also been described as a testing ground for animation techniques, new tools, the Maya pipeline, and the workings of the crew.[18]
The animation team working on the spin-off show is separate to the team that was working on Volume 4 of RWBY.[19] Animation for the first season of RWBY Chibi wrapped on September 16th, 2016.[20]
Originally, Coco Adel was meant to appear in Season 3 of the show and reveal that she was a lesbian before the release of RWBY: After the Fall. However, the creators decided against it in order to be respectful to the character. She finally appeared in episode "Cool as Coco" in Neon Konbini over three years after Season 3 ended. Because of this, it has been speculated that many of the skits featured in Neon Konbini were originally planned to be part of Season 3 before its abrupt finale.
Soundtrack
Jeff Williams and Alex Abraham, who compose the music for the main series, also worked on music for RWBY Chibi. The music includes remixes and rearrangements of songs from the RWBY soundtrack in a variety of styles, including 8-bit versions, as well as new compositions.[21] Casey Lee Williams contributed vocals.
Alex Abraham had uploaded some tracks from the soundtrack to his SoundCloud for free public streaming.
- "Mirror Mirror" (Ice Queen Remix)
- "From Shadows" (Little Black Bow Remix)
- "Beacon Theme" (Carnival Remix)
- "I Burn" (PleaseDon'tSueUs Remix)
- "Ren is 'It'"
- "Boop" (Pancakes Remix)
- "Little Red Riding Hood"
- "I May Fall" (Unauthorized Snuggles Remix)
- "This Will Be The Day" (Friendship Is Semblance Remix)
- "Junior Detectives — Upgrade Time"
- "Pillow Fight"
- "Red Like Roses — Lazy Little Butt Remix"
- "Cinder ________?"
- "The Sitcom"
Characters
Season 1
- Ruby Rose (Season 1–3)
- Weiss Schnee (Season 1–3)
- Blake Belladonna (Season 1–3)
- Yang Xiao Long (Season 1–3)
- Jaune Arc (Season 1–3)
- Nora Valkyrie (Season 1–3)
- Pyrrha Nikos (Season 1–3)
- Lie Ren (Season 1–3)
- Zwei (Season 1–3)
- Shopkeep (Season 1–3)
- Sun Wukong (Season 1–3)
- Neptune Vasilias (Season 1–3)
- Emerald Sustrai (Season 1–3)
- Mercury Black (Season 1–3)
- Cinder Fall (Season 1–3)
- Roman Torchwick (Season 1–3)
- Neopolitan (Season 1–3)
- Lisa Lavender (Voice)
- Ozpin (Voice)
- Peter Port (Voice)
- Glynda Goodwitch (Mentioned)
- Thumbelina Peach (Mentioned)
Season 2
- Penny Polendina (Season 2–3)
- Taiyang Xiao Long (Season 2–3)
- Bartholomew Oobleck (Season 2–3)
- Tukson (Photograph)
- Ozpin (Season 2–3)
- Velvet Scarlatina (Season 2–3)
- Peter Port (Season 2–3)
- Qrow Branwen (Season 2–3)
- Winter Schnee (Season 2–3)
Season 3
Neon Konbini
The characters of RWBY Chibi are noted as having slightly different personas to their counterparts from RWBY. For example, Miles Luna says that chibi Jaune is more "angry and feminine" than his canon incarnation, while chibi Ruby is "kind of a little shit".[22] Michael Jones has described chibi Sun as "dumb as a brick" while his canon counterpart is positive and encouraging.[23] There are more objective differences as well, the most noticeable being Neopolitan constantly "speaking" in signs materialized from nowhere, a trait seen nowhere in canon; also, unlike in the series proper, Pyrrha makes no attempt to hide her Semblance, nor Blake with her Faunus ears, despite habitually wearing the bow she wore to hide them in the first three volumes.
Most characters have one or more unique screen wipes that transition between scenes in an episode. Each wipe matches the character's personality and theme. For example, Ren's takes the shape of a yin-yang symbol while Zwei's wipe takes the shape of dog bones.
Episodes - Original releases
Season 1
Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
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1 | 1 | "Ruby Makes Cookies"
"Ruby Makes Cookies" |
May 7th, 2016 | 3:37 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | "Cat Burglar"
"Cat Burglar" |
May 14th, 2016 | 3:10 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | "Reloading"
"Jaune Calls Weiss" |
May 21st, 2016 | 3:11 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | "Fighting Game"
"Fighting Game" |
May 28th, 2016 | 3:03 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | "Sissy Fight"
"Costume Party" |
June 4th, 2016 | 3:37 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | "The Vacuum"
"The Vacuum" |
June 11th, 2016 | 3:20 | ![]() |
7 | 7 | "Prank Wars"
"Jaune Experiments" |
June 18th, 2016 | 3:11 | ![]() |
8 | 8 | "Magnetic Personality"
"Pickle Surprise" |
June 25th, 2016 | 3:42 | ![]() |
9 | 9 | "Ren Plays Tag"
"Weiss Studying" |
July 2nd, 2016 | 3:39 | ![]() |
10 | 10 | "Love Triangle"
"Love Triangle" |
July 9th, 2016 | 4:21 | ![]() |
11 | 11 | "Nurse Ruby"
"Ren Makes Pancakes" |
July 16th, 2016 | 5:09 | ![]() |
12 | 12 | "Little Red Riding Hood"
"Littering" |
July 23rd, 2016 | 6:03 | ![]() |
13 | 13 | "Spin the Bottle"
"Spin the Bottle" |
July 30th, 2016 | 3:27 | ![]() |
14 | 14 | "Big Vacation"
"Tired Blake" |
August 6th, 2016 | 4:31 | ![]() |
15 | 15 | "Neptune's Phobia"
"Bad Boy Jaune" |
August 13th, 2016 | 4:38 | ![]() |
16 | 16 | "Bike Race"
"Bike Race" |
August 20th, 2016 | 4:23 | ![]() |
17 | 17 | "Save Nora!"
"Bathroom Break" |
August 27th, 2016 | 4:48 | ![]() |
18 | 18 | "Evil Plans"
"The Return of the Pickles" |
September 3rd, 2016 | 5:21 | ![]() |
19 | 19 | "Pillow Fight"
"Life of Zwei" |
September 10th, 2016 | 3:34 | ![]() |
20 | 20 | "Roman's Revenge"
"Double Trouble" |
September 17th, 2016 | 4:36 | ![]() |
21 | 21 | "Cinder Who?"
"Friend Forever" |
September 24th, 2016 | 3:32 | ![]() |
22 | 22 | "Security Woes"
"Game Night" |
October 1st, 2016 | 4:10 | ![]() |
23 | 23 | "A Slip Through Time and Space"
"The Great Dust Robbery" |
October 8th, 2016 | 4:50 | ![]() |
24 | 24 | "The One with a Laugh Track"
"The One with a Laugh Track" |
October 15th, 2016 | 5:54 | ![]() |
Season 2
Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
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1 | 25 | "Director Ozpin"
"Director Ozpin" |
May 13th, 2017 | 3:46 | ![]() |
2 | 26 | "Geist Buster"
"Book Lovers" |
May 20th, 2017 | 3:08 | ![]() |
3 | 27 | "Magic Show"
"Magic Show" |
May 27th, 2017 | 3:58 | ![]() |
4 | 28 | "Dad Jokes"
"Neptune's Game" |
June 3rd, 2017 | 2:58 | ![]() |
5 | 29 | "Girls Rock!"
"Fearless Hero" |
June 10th, 2017 | 3:50 | ![]() |
6 | 30 | "Super Besties"
"Super Besties" |
June 17th, 2017 | 4:00 | ![]() |
7 | 31 | "Must Be Nice"
"Late for Class" |
June 24th, 2017 | 4:34 | ![]() |
8 | 32 | "Boy Band"
"Pet Party" |
July 1st, 2017 | 3:08 | ![]() |
9 | 33 | "Coming Home to Roost"
"Coming Home to Roost" |
July 8th, 2017 | 3:00 | ![]() |
10 | 34 | "Cool Dad"
"Cool Uncle" |
July 15th, 2017 | 4:21 | ![]() |
11 | 35 | "Movie Night"
"Movie Night" |
July 22nd, 2017 | 3:00 | ![]() |
12 | 36 | "Evil Genius"
"Dangerous Quests" |
July 29th, 2017 | 4:32 | ![]() |
13 | 37 | "Parent Teacher Conference"
"Parent Teacher Conference" |
August 5th, 2017 | 4:11 | ![]() |
14 | 38 | "Cannonball!"
"Cannonball" |
August 12th, 2017 | 4:55 | ![]() |
15 | 39 | "Nurse Nora"
"Sister Stuff" |
August 19th, 2017 | 3:21 | ![]() |
16 | 40 | "Neptune Noir"
"Neptune Noir" |
August 25th, 2017 | 4:13 | ![]() |
17 | 41 | "The Mystery Bunch"
"Rolling Thunder" |
September 2nd, 2017 | 3:43 | ![]() |
18 | 42 | "The Fixer"
"The Fixer" |
September 9th, 2017 | 3:28 | ![]() |
19 | 43 | "Steals and Wheels"
"Yang Boops" |
September 16th, 2017 | 4:08 | ![]() |
20 | 44 | "Monsters of Rock"
"The Ride Along" |
September 23th, 2017 | 2:48 | ![]() |
21 | 45 | "Happy BirthdayWeen"
"The Geist Pumpkin" |
September 30th, 2017 | 3:02 | ![]() |
22 | 46 | "Battle of the Bands"
"Battle of the Bands" |
October 7th, 2017 | 3:57 | ![]() |
23 | 47 | "A Slip Through Time and Space Pt. 2"
"A Slip Through Time and Space, Pt. 2" |
November 27th, 2017 | 3:40 | ![]() |
24 | 48 | "Nondescript Holiday Spectacular"
"Nondescript Holiday Spectacular" |
December 14th, 2017 | 3:34 | ![]() |
Season 3
Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 49 | "Road Trip"
"Road Trip" |
January 27th, 2018 | 3:45 | ![]() |
2 | 50 | "Evil Interview"
"Evil Interview" |
February 3rd, 2018 | 3:32 | ![]() |
3 | 51 | "Mortal Frenemies"
"One Shot One Pill" |
February 10th, 2018 | 3:34 | ![]() |
4 | 52 | "Grimm Passengers"
"Grimm Passengers" |
February 17th, 2018 | 3:36 | ![]() |
5 | 53 | "Girls' Night Out"
"Mercury's Girl" |
February 24th, 2018 | 3:21 | ![]() |
6 | 54 | "Teenage Faunus Ninja Catgirl"
"Teenage Faunus Ninja Catgirl" |
March 3rd, 2018 | 3:23 | ![]() |
7 | 55 | "Mysterious Red Button"
"Books Fix Everything" |
March 10th, 2018 | 3:33 | ![]() |
8 | 56 | "Kids vs Adults vs Pups"
"Kids vs Adults vs Pups" |
March 17th, 2018 | 3:50 | ![]() |
9 | 57 | "Tea Party"
"Tea Party" |
June 30th, 2018 | 4:11 | ![]() |
10 | 58 | "Prank War"
"Sailor Jaune" |
July 7th, 2018 | 4:05 | ![]() |
11 | 59 | "In The Clutches of Evil"
"In The Clutches of Evil" |
July 14th, 2018 | 4:09 | ![]() |
12 | 60 | "JNPR Dreams"
"QrowCrow Part 1" |
July 21st, 2018 | 3:41 | ![]() |
13 | 61 | "Cousins of Chaos"
"Don't Pet the Grimm" |
July 28th, 2018 | 3:53 | ![]() |
14 | 62 | "Nefarious Dreams"
"Nefarious Dreams" |
August 4th, 2018 | 3:43 | ![]() |
15 | 63 | "Play With Penny"
"Play With Penny" |
August 11th, 2018 | 3:48 | ![]() |
16 | 64 | "RWBY Dreams"
"Tough Customer" |
August 18th, 2018 | 4:03 | ![]() |
Neon Konbini
Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 65 | "Cool as Coco" | May 27th, 2021 | 1:58 | ![]() |
2 | 66 | "True Blue Friend" | June 3rd, 2021 | 0:49 | |
3 | 67 | "Master Thief" | June 10th, 2021 | 0:57 | |
4 | 68 | "Behind the Scenes" | June 17th, 2021 | 1:49 | ![]() |
5 | 69 | "He Does It All" | June 17th, 2021 | 1:33 | |
6 | 70 | "Port's Fort" | June 24th, 2021 | 0:55 | |
7 | 71 | "Cardin's Club" | June 24th, 2021 | 1:09 | |
8 | 72 | "Love Life" | July 1st, 2021 | 1:07 | |
9 | 73 | "Tai the Sub" | July 8th, 2021 | 1:50 | ![]() |
10 | 74 | "Bad Criminal" | July 15th, 2021 | 1:28 |
Episodes - Reuploaded versions
Season 1
Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
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1 | 1 | "Ruby Makes Cookies & Cat Burglar"
|
July 4th, 2020 | 6:08 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | "Reloading & Fighting Game"
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July 11th, 2020 | 5:33 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | "Sissy Fight & The Vacuum"
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July 16th, 2020 | 5:43 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | "Prank Wars & Magnetic Personality"
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July 25th, 2020 | 5:47 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | "Ren Plays Tag" & "Love Triangle"
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August 1st, 2020 | 6:50 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | "Nurse Ruby" & "Little Red Riding Hood"
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August 8th, 2020 | 10:14 | ![]() |
7 | 7 | "Spin the Bottle" & "Big Vacation"
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August 15th, 2020 | 7:06 | ![]() |
8 | 8 | "Neptune's Phobia" & "Bike Race"
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August 22nd, 2020 | 8:03 | ![]() |
9 | 9 | "Save Nora!" & "Evil Plans"
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August 29th, 2020 | 9:09 | ![]() |
10 | 10 | "Pillow Fight" & "Roman's Revenge"
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September 5th, 2020 | 7:31 | ![]() |
11 | 11 | "Cinder Who?" & "Security Woes"
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September 12th, 2020 | 7:08 | ![]() |
12 | 12 | "A Slip Through Time and Space" & "The One with a Laugh Track"
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September 19th, 2020 | 10: 13 | ![]() |
Season 2
Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
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1 | 13 | "Director Ozpin" & "Geist Buster"
|
September 26th, 2020 | 6:24 | ![]() |
2 | 14 | "Magic Show" & "Dad Jokes"
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October 3rd, 2020 | 6:26 | ![]() |
3 | 15 | "Girls Rock!" & "Boy Band"
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October 10th, 2020 | 6:02 | ![]() |
4 | 16 | "Movie Night" & "Cannonball!"
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October 17th, 2020 | 7:52 | ![]() |
5 | 17 | "Nurse Nora" & "The Mystery Bunch"
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October 24th, 2020 | 6:36 | ![]() |
6 | 18 | "Happy BirthdayWeen" & "The Fixer"
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October 31st, 2020 | 6:02 | ![]() |
7 | 19 | "Steals and Wheels" & "Monsters of Rock"
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November 7th, 2020 | 6:26 | ![]() |
8 | 20 | "Super Besties" & "Must Be Nice"
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November 21st, 2020 | 6:48 | ![]() |
9 | 21 | "Coming Home to Roost" & "Cool Dad"
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November 28th, 2020 | 6:41 | ![]() |
10 | 22 | "Evil Genius" & "Parent Teacher Conference"
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December 5th, 2020 | 7:03 | ![]() |
11 | 23 | "Neptune Noir" & "Battle of the Bands"
|
December 12th, 2020 | 6:39 | ![]() |
12 | 24 | "A Slip Through Time and Space Pt. 2"
|
December 19, 2020 | 3:40 | ![]() |
13 | 25 | "Nondescript Holiday Spectacular"
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December 26, 2020 | 3:36 | ![]() |
Season 4 (Neon Konbini)
Chapter | Episode | Title | Original Air Date | Run Time | External Link(s) |
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1 | 65 | "Cool as Coco" | March 4th, 2023 | 2:49 | ![]() |
2 | 66 | "Love Life" | March 11th, 2023 | 1:57 | ![]() |
3 | 67 | "Tai the Sub" | March 18th, 2023 | 2:01 | ![]() |
4 | 68 | "True Blue Friend" | March 26th, 2023 | 1:20 | ![]() |
5 | 69 | "Cardin's Club" | April 1st, 2023 | 1:48 | ![]() |
6 | 70 | "Master Thief" | April 8th, 2023 | 1:47 | ![]() |
7 | 71 | "He Does It All" | April 17th, 2023 | 2:02 | ![]() |
In Other Media
In "BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle", the Chibi versions of Team RWBY separately and Neo appear as avatar profiles.
In RWBY: Crystal Match, the Chibi versions of Team RWBY, Nora, Cinder, and Neo appear as playable for this puzzle mobile game.
Inconsistencies
- Main article: RWBY Chibi/Inconsistencies
Trivia
- Neon Konbini was the only season that does not feature Roman due to his original voice actor being fired from Roosterteeth.
References
- ↑ Rooster Teeth Podcast #375
- ↑ KVUE ABC News October 18, 2016 0:55
- ↑ Trailers: RWBY Announcement!
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gray G. Haddock's Rooster Teeth Journal
- ↑ Rooster Teeth Twitter
- ↑ RWBY Chibi New Season Announcement
- ↑ RWBY Chibi New Character Intro - Season 2 May 13
- ↑ RWBY Chibi Season 2 Trailer
- ↑ RoosterTeeth Twitter
- ↑ Chibi Season 3 Update
- ↑ Return of RWBY Chibi Season 3 Update
- ↑ Neon Konbini Official Trailer
- ↑ Jordan Cwierz on Twitter
- ↑ https://twitter.com/OfficialRWBY/status/1395424162362142726
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 RT Summer of Animation Live Stream
- ↑ Miles Luna's Twitter
- ↑ RT Summer of Animation Live Stream
- ↑ RTX 2017 3D Animation Panel
- ↑ Miles Luna's Twitter
- ↑ Luis Vazquez's Twitter
- ↑ PAX East Panel
- ↑ RT Summer of Animation Live Stream
- ↑ Off Topic Podcast #120
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