Last month, Rooster teeth was closed by Warner Bros. after a fairly long run of 21 years. Before and after its end, there were questions about what would happen with REd vs Blue And RWBY, its two flagship animated series. The first one officially concluded its activities with a feature film in May, while RWBY was in a kind of weird limbo period after being moved to Crunchyroll with its final season last year.
But the story isn’t over yet for the anime series. During this weekend’s Anime Expo, Viz Media revealed that it has picked up RWBY completely, including a possible return of the series. Series co-creator Kerry Shawcross has not said they have been given the green light for a 10th season, but Viz has explained that it is “exploring the production of new chapters in the RWBY saga.” Discussions about what will happen next with the franchise are currently ongoing, but a piece of concept art from longtime artist Erin Winn indicates that Viz wants the series to resume with the characters facing off against the series’ long-running big bad, Salem.
Viz already had a pre-existing relationship with RWBY since over the years it has published various manga spin-offs of the series, as well as a collection. Blog As for the future of the series, Viz hinted that it plans to dive deep into “even more great stories” in the works. It also said that Shawcross would still be involved in the “next phase” of the series, with no mention of returning staff members like longtime co-writers Miles Luna, Kiersi Burkhart, or Eddy Rivas. It also didn’t say much about the series’ return to streaming after it and its soundtracks were pulled earlier this week. (On the musical front, singer Casey Lee Williams assured that these soundtracks would return “soon” on all the usual platforms.
There are many questions around RWBY future, of which only a few To know I barely responded. But for now, the show has a slightly clearer sky ahead of it than with WB, so if you like the show, that’s something to celebrate.
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