RWBY: ICE QUEENDOM is an Anime Launching Based on the Anime-Inspired Series RWBY
RWBY is a popular series from Rooster Teeth inspired by Japanese anime and now it’s getting a Japanese anime based on it. The anime will be called RWBY: Ice Queendom and Bandai Namco Arts, Good Smile Company, and Rooster Teeth Announced it at the end of last week.
Something about it sounds weird but awesome. The trailer is absolutely gorgeous and I would honestly watch it if it were just RWBY with those visuals. That being said, the official synopsis says that Ice Queendom will introduce us to the world of RWBY and then give fans a new adventure to follow. I wonder what it could be.
‘RWBY: Ice Queendom’ presents a new RWBY story in beautiful 2D anime visuals. RWBY imagines a world filled with horrific monsters bent on death and destruction, and humanity's only hope is dependent upon powerful Huntsmen and Huntresses. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, and Yang Xiao Long are four such Huntresses in training whose journeys will take them far past the grounds of their school, Beacon Academy. Though each may be powerful on their own, these four girls must overcome dark forces and work as a team if they truly hope to become the next generation of Remnant's protectors. ‘RWBY: Ice Queendom’ will establish the world of RWBY before taking viewers on a brand new adventure that RWBY fans have never seen.
Ice Queendom is set to premiere later this year on Japanese television and subtitled and dubbed versions will be available to U.S. audiences on the same day on Crunchyroll and Rooster Teeth FIRST. New episodes will premiere weekly. Sharing his excitement, Kerry Shawcross said:
It’s difficult to put into words just how honored and thrilled we are to see the show that we imagined into the world inspire a Japanese anime. I’ve been a fan of anime all my life, so to see RWBY in this new medium is surreal. I can’t wait for fans to see this show, I think it’s going to blow them away.
The Japanese case of Ice Queendom follows:
Saori Hayami as Ruby Rose
Yoko Hikasa as Weiss Schnee
Yu Shimamura as Blake Belladonna
Ami Koshimizu as Yang Xiao Long
The dubbed version will feature the original RWBY cast reprising their roles.
Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose
Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee
Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna
Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long
The core creative team for Ice Queendom includes the following:
Gen Urobuchi (NITRO PLUS, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero)
Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble, Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer, Fafner in the Azure)
huke (Black Rock Shooter, chitocerium, Steins;Gate)
Toshimasa Suzuki (Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne, Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth)
I’m very interested to see what the new story in Ice Queendom is. What do you think it will be?