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Premiered

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Ended: Thursday, November 7, 2013

When does RWBY Season 1 come out?

RWBY Season 1 premiered Thursday, July 18, 2013 on Crunchyroll and ended Thursday, November 7, 2013. The season has 16 episodes.

A young hero, an exalted heiress, a troubled rogue, and a party girl- These are the four members of RWBY, a team brought together and trained for the sole purpose of combating the rampant evils that plague the fantastic world of Remnant. If these four girls want to graduate Beacon Academy they'll have to learn to work together both on the battlefield and in the classroom.

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RWBY Season 1 release schedule

RWBY Season 1 episode release dates
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1. Ruby Rose

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

2. The Shining Beacon (1)

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

3. The Shining Beacon (2)

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

4. The First Step (1)

The students are introduced to the initiation process.

Thursday · 13 years ago

5. The First Step (2)

The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.

Thursday · 13 years ago

6. The Emerald Forest (1)

Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.

Thursday · 13 years ago

7. The Emerald Forest (2)

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.

Thursday · 13 years ago

8. Players and Pieces

Trapped between two huge Grimm, eight students split up into the nascent Teams RWBY and JNPR in a fight for survival.

Thursday · 13 years ago

9. The Badge and The Burden (1)

Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.

Thursday · 13 years ago

10. The Badge and The Burden (2)

Ruby and Weiss both struggle with Ruby's promotion to team leader.

Thursday · 13 years ago

11. Jaunedice (1)

Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.

Thursday · 13 years ago

12. Jaunedice (2)

Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.

Thursday · 13 years ago

13. Forever Fall (1)

Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.

Thursday · 13 years ago

14. Forever Fall (2)

Jaune decides to stand up to Cardin's bullying.

Thursday · 13 years ago

15. The Stray

Team RWBY's cohesion collapses when an argument about the White Fang becomes personal for both Weiss and Blake.

Thursday · 13 years ago

16. Black and White Finale

While the rest of Team RWBY search for the missing Blake, Blake and Sun investigate the local White Fang activities.

Thursday · 13 years ago

RWBY Season 1 guest stars

  • Adam Ellis

    Adam Ellis

    Cardin Winchester (voice)

  • Michael Jones

    Michael Jones

    Sun Wukong (voice)

  • Joel Heyman

    Joel Heyman

    Bartholomew Oobleck (voice)

  • Shannon McCormick

    Shannon McCormick

    Professor Ozpin (voice)

  • Gray Haddock

    Gray Haddock

    Roman Torchwick (voice)

  • Kathleen Zuelch

    Kathleen Zuelch

    Glynda Goodwitch (voice)

  • Jessica Nigri

    Jessica Nigri

    Cinder Fall (voice)

  • Patrick Rodriguez

    Shopkeep / Cyril Ian (voice)

  • Jen Brown

    Jen Brown

    Lisa Lavender (voice)

  • Taylor McNee

    Taylor McNee

    Penny Polendina (voice)

  • Jen Taylor

    Jen Taylor

    Mysterious Narrator (voice)

  • William Lopez

    Goon (voice)

  • Isaiah Torres

    Goon (voice)

  • William Orendorff

    William Orendorff

    Grimm (voice)

  • Kerry Shawcross

    Kerry Shawcross

    Student (voice) (uncredited)

  • Ryan Haywood

    Ryan Haywood

    Professor Port (voice)

RWBY Season 1 FAQ

When does RWBY Season 1 come out?

RWBY Season 1 premiered Thursday, July 18, 2013 on Crunchyroll.

How many episodes are in RWBY Season 1?

RWBY Season 1 has 16 episodes.

Are new episodes of RWBY Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the RWBY Season 1 finale?

The RWBY Season 1 finale (Episode 16) aired Thursday, November 7, 2013.

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