Though many had assumed that the Faunus were inspired by the many animal characters that exist in anime, Monty Oum revealed that they actually stem from his love of the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon Snagglepuss.
Monty's Twitter responses clarified that Summer is definitively dead, not just missing.
A livestream done by the cast and crew a day before "Heroes and Monsters" confirmed Roman Torchwick didn't survive being eaten by the Griffon during the episode.
Miles and Kerry confirmed during an AfterBuzz livestream that Salem is not the original Winter Maiden. Their similar designs were just a coincidence.
Contrary to popular belief about the "shipping" songs in the soundtrack, Jeff Williams has stated in an interview that the songs on the soundtrack are just independent ideas he had and then edited to fit RWBY. To give two examples: "Cold"note primarily about Monty Oum's death, not Pyrrha's, which the extended version of the song makes clear and "Home"note about him and his daughter.
Monty, in an interview, stated that the characters of RWBY are somewhat based off fairy tale characters, in which one can spot some references, but that they are not necessarily governed or controlled by their origins. He continues, stating that they put their own spin on it instead of retelling it as they are not interested in that.
The reason that there are not many animals shown in the series is due to issues with the budget of the show.
While many believed that Adam's fairytale allusion is to Gaston, or the cursed rose, Gray Haddock has already confirmed during the end of Volume 3 that Adam's fairytale allusion is to the Beast. He further comments that Adam and Blake are a little bit of both Beauty and Beast. However, in their twist for the allusion, the Beast isn't saved by love in the end. Barbara and Amity Arena reiterate the point.
According to the Volume 7 Commentary, the writers thought it would be cool to end the Volume exactly how it began in the form of Book Ends.
Ironwood Slowly Slipping Into Evil was meant to be subtle and make sense by naturally happening over the course of the show.
The writers called Atlas "Checkov's Floating City" due to always knowing it was planned to fall to the ground. Similarly, Ironwood's bomb was called "Checkov's Nuke" due to always being planned to blow up.
The Volume 8 Director's commentary confirmed that all of the refugees caught up in Cinder's attack and fell off the platforms during "Worthy" were killed by the attack.
During RWBY Roundtable Volume 9 episode 1, Eddy Rivas stated that the idea of Volumes 7, 8 and 9 was always to end it with a more personal story focusing on Team RWBY and mainly Ruby Rose as it's climax.
During RWBY Roundtable Volume 9 episode 3, Erin Winn stated that the design of much of the Ever After including the Crimson Castle were based off of the art of M C Escher in order to differentiate it from the location designs on Remnant being based off of locations from the real world.
During RWBY Roundtable Volume 9 episode 7, Kerry Shawcross stated that he estimated Jaune was in the Ever After for at least over 10 to 20 years after he went back in time.
During the same episode, they stated that "The Perils of Paper Houses" was only the beginning of Ruby's breakdown.
During RWBY Roundtable Volume 9 episode 8, it was stated that the Curious Cat's creators were indeed the Brother Gods and that everyone at Neo's "Tea Party" was everyone that Ruby believed that she either failed to save or had a part in their deaths.
Eddy Rivas stated that the last two episodes of Volume 9 together make up the finale for the Volume with the shortest episode of the volume being the first half and the longest episode of the volume being the second half.
While talking about RWBY: The Grimm Campaign, Eddy Rivas confirmed on Twitter that Vermillion Raddock's boss was in fact Salem.
One of the animators for Volume 9 has confirmed that the Curious Cat's second form becoming black and white is a deliberate Actor Allusion to Akechi's second Persona, Loki, in nod to how they're both voiced by Robbie Daymond.
During an AMA on Twitter, Kiersi Burkhart revealed that Team FNKI had survived the destruction of Atlas.
When asked about Oscar Pine's allusion on Cameo, Miles Luna confirmed that he alludes to "The Little Prince", something he previously teased at on Twitter.
Miles Luna revealed on Cameo that Lien is more-or-less based on Japanese Yen and is card-based because Monty Oum thought it would be a cool way of giving the world a futuristic vibe, and would probably be more resilient and practical to carry than either paper money or coins. He also admitted that the one time they wanted to price noodles in Volume 3, they took the price of real life ramen and added several zeroes.
According to the commentary of volume 9 episode 6, Blake knew she was bisexual for a long time. However, Yang didn't know she was attracted to women until she falls in love with Blake. In fact, it's also revealed Blake was the first person Yang was in love with ever which means Blake is Yang's First Love and Closet Key.
The Dramatic Spotlight above Ruby's head at the beginning of "Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble" represents what the world felt like in Ruby's head with her worsening mental state.
The commentary for Volume 9 reveals that the Dark Acre was originally where the Gods conducted their experiments in the Ever After before they departed to create Remnant.
The character of the Blacksmith was inspired by the God Entity from Futurama and her tall appearance was also compared to Lady Alcina Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village.
The Blacksmith was made to talk almost like a therapist would, not giving Ruby the answers she needs, but gently guiding her to them. Similarly, the weapons offered to Ruby were used because of their connection with how Ruby was introduced and her core identity.
The writers wanted to give Neopolitan somewhat of a neutral ending to her story, and letting her Ascend also makes it more open-ended as to where Neo will end up and who she will become.
The writers knew viewers would become attached to Somewhat and Juniper, so they tried to give them essentially a fairy tale ending.
The Writers stated in the volume 9 commentary that they consider the volume was the characters "therapy".
The hopeful ending of Volume 9 is meant to contrast the bleak ending of Volume 8.
that the songs on the soundtrack are just independent ideas he had and then edited to fit RWBY. To give two examples: "Cold"note and "Home"note .