8.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestFreed from the nightmare, Team RWBY resume their school life. The teammates had opened their hearts to each other more than before. Ruby decides to do her best as leader, and Yang supports her younger sister’s decision. Weiss and Blake promise to accept each other as teammates.
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...
Direction
Toshimasa Suzuki's Shaft flair transforms Monty Oum's fights into psychedelic tableaus.
Cinematography
Weiss's mindscape: head-tilts, impossible architecture, and color-coded trauma rooms.
Score
Void_Chords slaps different when the nightmare versions drop.
Saori Hayami
Ruby Rose (voice)
Yoko Hikasa
Weiss Schnee (voice)
Yu Shimamura
Blake Belladonna (voice)
Ami Koshimizu
Yang Xiao Long (voice)
Hiro Shimono
Jaune Arc (voice)
Soma Saito
Lie Ren (voice)
Aya Suzaki
Nora Valkyrie (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Ozpin (voice)
Megumi Toyoguchi
Pyrrha Nikos (voice)
Masumi Asano
Glynda Goodwitch (voice)
Megumi Han
Penny Polendina (voice)
Soichi Abe
Peter Port (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Roman Torchwick (voice)
Tomoaki Maeno
Sun Wukong (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Taiyang Xiao Long (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Rooster Teeth's first major Japanese co-production, with Shaft bringing their signature 'head-tilt' aesthetic to American IP—basically anime fanfiction with budget.
The Nightmare creatures were designed specifically for this AU; they don't exist in mainline RWBY canon, making Ice Queendom essentially a 12-episode 'what-if' fever dream.
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