RWBY Panel News from RTX@Home!

We got all kinds of news today- here’s a breakdown of the biggest things announced!

First up, the RWBY V7 BlueRay is done, and will be available online and in big box stores starting September 22!

We have all kinds of new merch coming up, including a fall apparel line (featuring a Yang flannel, RWBY logo fleece set, and a denim jacket with art from Amnity Arena) and a set of RTX exclusive Ts with reimagined team RWBY designs! The shirt with all 4 is a First Member exclusive

Also coming down the merch pipeline is a new set of cosplay jackets and pins. We’ve got Yang’s V7 bomber jacket, cosplay hoodies for Neo and Penny, and a pin set with team RWBY+Qrow!

They also set a date for the Babs Tarr collab merch, to be relased on RWBY’s birthday (10/30)! And a reminder that the Fairy Tales of Remnant book is now available!

Next up, we have some new mangas: a RWBY beacon-era arc expected to come out 1st quarter of 2021, and a team JNPR-centered manga set to release July 2021. There’s a new collection of T-shirts based on the manga art, created in partnership with atsuko!

We also got an update on the Popup Parade partnership- featuring a look at the previously announced Ruby figure and a new Weiss figure with preorder open now til October 14! Both are expected to ship February 2021.

There’s also a new line of Nendorid figures of team RWBY in the works, with the Ruby figure available for preorder today! It comes with several face swaps, a split cape for posing, and 2 versions of crescent rose.

Additionally, they announced a GeekiTikis set of team RWBY to be released this year, exclusive to the RT store, and a Mistral Mountains brand coffee in partnership with the female owned and operated Kings Coast Coffee Co.

Finally we have a new RWBY Combat Ready expansion pack featuring “everybody’s favorite B-team” JNPR!

Last thing announced was a brand new RWBY video game- set for release in 2021! It’s being produced in partnership with WayForward and copublished with ARC SystemWorks. They didn’t have a ton of details yet, but it’ll be an original story, possibly set sometime during the events of V7!

We also got some updates on the upcoming volumes!

V8 expected to release on November 7, and will be 14 episodes long. They’re about 2/3 of the way through animation, with everything else having moved on to working V9. Production wise, v8 and v9 are being treated as one season, which has let them get almost the whole way theough writing for V9 already.

A few new character details were revealed in the Q&A too!

We got official birthdays for several characters: Weiss is May 15, Blake is Jan 19, Yang is July 28, Jaune is Feb 29, Neptune is May 1, and Sun is (possibly) April 1.

They also revealed that Watts does not have a semblance. He learned basic self defense but mostly focused on his intellect, and thought that working on finding his semblance would be a waste of time. Ironwood, however, does! It’s a passive semblance like Qrow’s or Clovers, and is called “Metal”. Essentially, he has an iron resolve/will that powers a state of stubborn hyper focus that allows him to do most anything to achieve his goals.

At the end of the panel, we got the trailer for V8, which looks absolutely amazing! Video of that has already been posted elsewhere ;)