A young hero, an exalted heiress, a troubled rogue, and a party girl...
The future-fantasy world of Remnant is filled with ravenous monsters, treacherous terrain, and more villains than you can shake a sniper-scythe at. Fortunately, Beacon Academy is training Huntsmen and Huntresses to battle the evils of the world, and Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang are ready for their first day of class.
Ruby Rose (Episode 1) 7.0
Writer: Kerry Shawcross
Air date: 2013-07-18
Runtime: 12 min
Overview: A fifteen-year-old girl with exceptional combat skills is hand-picked by a famous headmaster to join his elite school for training Huntsmen and Huntresses.
And so the adventure begins.
The Shining Beacon (1) (Episode 2) 6.0
Writer: Kerry Shawcross
Air date: 2013-07-25
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: The airship carrying the new students arrives at Beacon Academy and Ruby faces the daunting prospect of having to meet new people and make new friends.
The Shining Beacon (2) (Episode 3) 7.0
Writer: Kerry Shawcross
Air date: 2013-08-01
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: Professor Ozpin welcomes the new students to his school and Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Blake find themselves all in the same room together for the very first time.
The First Step (1) (Episode 4) 6.0
Air date: 2013-08-08
Runtime: 8 min
Overview: The students are introduced to the initiation process.
The First Step (2) (Episode 5) 6.0
Air date: 2013-08-15
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.
The Emerald Forest (1) (Episode 6) 6.0
Air date: 2013-08-22
Runtime: 7 min
Overview: Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.
The Emerald Forest (2) (Episode 7) 6.0
Air date: 2013-08-29
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch assess the students while Jaune and Pyrrha's search for the relics doesn't go as well as Yang and Blake's.
Players and Pieces (Episode 8) 7.0
Air date: 2013-09-05
Runtime: 14 min
Overview: Trapped between two huge Grimm, eight students split up into the nascent Teams RWBY and JNPR in a fight for survival.
The Badge and The Burden (1) (Episode 9) 6.0
Air date: 2013-09-12
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.
The Badge and The Burden (2) (Episode 10) 6.0
Air date: 2013-09-19
Runtime: 7 min
Overview: Ruby and Weiss both struggle with Ruby's promotion to team leader.
Jaunedice (1) (Episode 11) 6.0
Air date: 2013-09-26
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.
Jaunedice (2) (Episode 12)
Air date: 2013-10-03
Runtime: 7 min
Overview: Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.
Forever Fall (1) (Episode 13)
Air date: 2013-10-10
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.
Forever Fall (2) (Episode 14)
Air date: 2013-10-17
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: Jaune decides to stand up to Cardin's bullying.
The Stray (Episode 15)
Air date: 2013-10-31
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: Team RWBY's cohesion collapses when an argument about the White Fang becomes personal for both Weiss and Blake.
Black and White (Episode 16)
Air date: 2013-11-07
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: While the rest of Team RWBY search for the missing Blake, Blake and Sun investigate the local White Fang activities.