Series synopsis
RWBY: Ice Queendom, also known as RWBY 氷雪帝国 is a Japanese animation action & adventure sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on July 3, 2022. It ended on September 18, 2022. It stars Saori Hayami, Yoko Hikasa, Yu Shimamura and Ami Koshimizu.
In the world of Remnant, a place where science and fairy tales coexist, human civilization is plagued by deadly monsters known as the Grimm. For a time, victory by the Grimm seemed all but certain, if not for the heroism of those sworn to protect humanity -- Huntsmen and Huntresses. These warriors are trained and assembled into teams at schools like Beacon Academy, where Ruby meets Weiss and Blake -- forming Team RWBY along with Ruby’s sister, Yang. While team RWBY studies to become the greatest ...
Premise
In the world of Remnant, a place where science and fairy tales coexist, human civilization is plagued by deadly monsters known as the Grimm. For a time, victory by the Grimm seemed all but certain, if not for the heroism of those sworn to protect humanity -- Huntsmen and Huntresses. These warriors are trained and assembled into teams at schools like Beacon Academy, where Ruby meets Weiss and Blake -- forming Team RWBY along with Ruby’s sister, Yang. While team RWBY studies to become the greatest Huntresses the world of Remnant has ever known, they are faced with a horrifying threat...
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Saori Hayami as Ruby Rose (voice)
- Yoko Hikasa as Weiss Schnee (voice)
- Yu Shimamura as Blake Belladonna (voice)
- Ami Koshimizu as Yang Xiao Long (voice)
- Hiro Shimono as Jaune Arc (voice)
- Soma Saito as Lie Ren (voice)
- Aya Suzaki as Nora Valkyrie (voice)
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Ozpin (voice)
Supporting cast
- Megumi Toyoguchi as Pyrrha Nikos (voice)
- Masumi Asano as Glynda Goodwitch (voice)
- Megumi Han as Penny Polendina (voice)
- Soichi Abe as Peter Port (voice)
- Shin-ichiro Miki as Roman Torchwick (voice)
- Tomoaki Maeno as Sun Wukong (voice)
- Kenyu Horiuchi as Taiyang Xiao Long (voice)
Guest cast
- Ayako Kawasumi as Winter Schnee (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | July 3, 2022 | September 18, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Red, White, Black, Yellow Ruby Rose, a girl who admires Huntsmen, along with her elder sister Yang Xiao Long enroll into Beacon Academy, a training school for Huntsmen. Her talents were discovered by Ozpin, the school’s Headmaster. Weiss Schnee, heiress of the world’s largest Dust manufacturing company, the Schnee Dust Company (S.D.C.), has disagreements with her father, defeats Arma Gigas, and leaves. Blake Belladona, a former member of White Fang, a terrorist organization and sworn enemy of the S.D.C., also leaves her organization. These two girls also become new students at Beacon. With hope and secret passion in their hearts, the story of these four girls who dream to become Huntsmen, now begin. |
July 3, 2022 |
| 2 |
This Is Beacon Young boys and girls wanting to become Huntsmen gather to attend Beacon’s entrance ceremony. As everyone gathers, a shy Ruby is being urged by Yang to make friends. However, after being dismissed by Blake and angering Weiss, she gets depressed. Ruby begins to feel uneasy when she learns about her upcoming placement test, which will determine the team members she would spend the rest of her school days together. As all new students must enter the forest where dangerous Grimm lurk, Ruby, impatient with the test’s rule of teaming up, pairs with the first person she sees, but… |
July 10, 2022 |
| 3 |
A Nightmare Comes Based on the test results, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang form “Team RWBY”, and their school life beings. However, the four are not able to open up to each other just yet. Weiss, unaccepting that Ruby was chosen as team leader, appeals to the professor that she is more capable of the role, but is advised to be “be the best teammate.” On the other hand, Jaune had been chosen as the leader of “TEAM JNPR”, with Nora, Pyrrha, and Ren as his teammates. Feeling discouraged about his lack of skill and cowardness, he is possessed by the Grimm “Nightmare”. |
July 17, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 3, 2022 |
| Last aired | September 18, 2022 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |