I cannot stress enough: this is one of those videos where you need to watch the entire thing. Watch it in chunks if you have to, on 2x speed, but there isn’t one part of this that is more important than another part. So I urge you to please take the time 💖
@ghastly_128 ай бұрын
I was most scared for the content creators when I heard the news, especially given how some of them made their initial boom off of RT’s projects. But I’m proud to say that no matter the content, I’ll stick by no matter what you guys put out. Keep walking toward your chosen horizon; keep moving forward ❤
@TimDespairBear118 ай бұрын
Will do
@DimondMilk8 ай бұрын
Your explanation of the strengths and limitations of the monetization structures of 'internet content' was truly eye opening. I feel like I knew bits and pieces of the system, but you put it all together so succinctly. Thank you for putting together some structure to the chaos that is happening right now.
@h_4victory2938 ай бұрын
I'm still upset about that. First I find out about this, and then the day after (yesterday) Akira Toriyama passed away. I mean seriously, not a good week.
@cartoonsplanet46998 ай бұрын
Agreed. It's been a rollercoaster
@weirdgamer15948 ай бұрын
@@cartoonsplanet4699yep, one that's only going down
@trishamcmillan81717 ай бұрын
We love you Cal and Hunter! We will never leave your side.
@yourwellnesscheck7 ай бұрын
I will be there forever and ever supporting you, Murder, and Hunter on Patreon or wherever the future takes us. You have my bow.
@greatness94288 ай бұрын
I'm only ten minutes in, but I'm hooked, and thank you for making it. People need to settle down and think nowadays, and I'm glad you discussed the facts and brought something other than sensationalism to the topic. I know for a fact that your perspective helped ground *me* throughout this on Twitter, and even now, your energy despite the bad news continues to bring hope to something that sounds hopeless on the surface. Nice job, Cal. I'll watch the rest when I can and as much as I can.
@davidlafoy92478 ай бұрын
I hope the RWBY series will be sold to someone who will finish it even if the remaining arcs have to be turned into movies. Come on Universal.
@ventustbb32298 ай бұрын
I want an animated reboot at this point tbh. Like ice Queendom style instead of the 3D animation.
@broden48387 ай бұрын
Start over from scratch. Do NOT finished forged writings of uneducated, lying, con artists
@broden48387 ай бұрын
I'd rather have the series start over from scratch and the original crew brought to justice
@fadedneonzzz92598 ай бұрын
I may be too optimistic, but my hope is that whoever buys RWBY retains as much of CRWBY as possible. Like I really don’t want RWBY to get the gen:LOCK treatment…please anything but that.
@broden48387 ай бұрын
I would just grab the IP and leave CRWBY to burn for their sins
@nightdevil60858 ай бұрын
I wish all the workers good luck on finding jobs and hope they find safe job enviroments
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Everyone is so talented, I hope we see a lot of original stories from them in the future 💖💖💖
@nightdevil60858 ай бұрын
@@calxiyn agreed im excited to see whats next for everyone
@MrSheen968 ай бұрын
Heyo, MrSheen from Ariveofpimps here! We are absolutely trying to archive absolutely everything whether it be first content, extra episodes, podcasts, the lot. I believe we even have the RSS feed that told people when episodes released. We won’t stop until it is done!
@thatonetemplar8 ай бұрын
There's a lot of talented and hardworking people at RT, I have full confidence they'll land on their feet. Wishing them the best
@UM4DBRO2108 ай бұрын
thanks for your take cal, i was definitely there since your very first rwby vol1 reviews so even with this coming just over the hill its still pretty surreal, i cant say ive kept up with it quite as much as yall which is party why i subbed forever ago, for updates, monty made me wanna be an animator, tho i sucked at drawing i eventually ended up in the film and stage industry. i know everyone will end up where they'll need to after the companys gone, but the name will be around forever.
@deadpoolchimichangas71118 ай бұрын
Really hope RWBY, Camp Camp and RvB can be saved. Let’s see if Dillon actually buys RWBY and keep on the series.
@broden48387 ай бұрын
But they're going to have to take the IP only and abandon the original crew
@UnrealNeoBat8 ай бұрын
It feels like it will take some kind of revolution or civil to make the industry right again. I'm just so filled with rage, hatred, and desperation for things to get better.
@bliss47128 ай бұрын
Thank you for going in depth about this 💕 you brought up several nuances to the situation that I’ve never even considered. If RT isn’t safe from going down, that makes me question the livelihood of other studios in general. This is a tough situation, for the many in RT who lost their jobs, and creatives in general.
@mememe32498 ай бұрын
Good video. It’s always interesting to see the little human connections that are fostered through art. I think RWBY will live on through its fanworks for years to come. I’d love to see you two react to Cake Station’s RWBY OVA’s for example.
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Thank you! That is one of the ones we recorded reactions to the other day (I mention Hunter and I recorded some RWBY fan project reactions a couple days ago but I didn’t mention what it was) so please stay tuned!!
@shelbybayer2008 ай бұрын
We fans can also help keep RWBY more alive with Fan Projects. (I'm working on doing a RWBY fan project to help keep RWBY stories out there) I hope the official RWBY doesn't end up completely rebooted cause that would be annoying
@ventustbb32298 ай бұрын
If done correctly I think a reboot would be better than continuing atm tbh. They should stick to the Ice Queendom animation style though.
@smokeyalexia69318 ай бұрын
never watched your channel before. Thank you for making this video it was informative and I hope more people see it. keep on working hard
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I appreciate it!
@NecroWolfExPaladin6 ай бұрын
1:18:00 It feels weird talking about something not Rooster Teeth related, but the feeling you described resonated with me. I don't know why, but there was a band I used to listen to very regularly on the way to/from college, two of them actually now that i think about it. And in part because i listened to them so much and in part because I liked them so much, and in part because I had so many minuets of driving and listening but my ADHD brain wanted to also think about things at the same time, I ended up writing stories in my head for each album. The songs strung together to make a whole story, and different albums of the same band stung together to make a world. I was a very crap writer back then, and though I'm much improved I'm still not great, but much like you and RWBY theory stuff, these stories just kind of came to me. I actively polished them up and made them shine a bit more, but I feel like they were spontaneously born in me rather than me creating them. I've never felt the same way again and I worry that I've lost the ability to be inspired like that. I don't know if anything will do that for me again and the thought kind of terrifies me a little.. To tie this superficially back to Rooster Teeth and RWBY, I love music in general, and RWBY music has been among my all time favorite songs.
@DB61958 ай бұрын
The 400 employes thing comes from one of the news articles and was cited as the peak number for FT employees during the companies prime. We know from Barb in the recent reddit AMA that they’re making less now than in 2011 when they were a much smaller company.
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Yeah, I’m just not sure how that circulated on Twitter as the current number lol.
@DB61958 ай бұрын
@@calxiyn well as a general rule on the internet people can’t read
@JayLaliberte-xs3ky7 ай бұрын
That is the way I feel, I am truly sorry these guys lost their jobs, but somehow one way or another RWBY needs to at least finish it 10 or 13 volume run or however long it was supposed to be. I guess I'm Kinda biased It took an Unexpected Emotional hold on me, and I didn't expect it to do so.
@sylviacatagona83048 ай бұрын
such a great comprehensive video, your heartfelt stories at the end got me teary ❤️
@miaicefyre67368 ай бұрын
No lie, the first thing I thought when I heard about rooster teeth and rwby was 'if I could I'd buy the rights to rwby myself to keep it going, even if it's just so I can get more official content of oscar'...
@noonyakaleka20987 ай бұрын
I remember when Gen:Lock cast information was trickling out, I thought it was spam, a joke, I really didn't think it was real, and I thought that up until the week before Gen:lock released.
@greyworld62428 ай бұрын
I was patiently waiting for what you guys had to say about all this and how you would handle everything and so far after watching a minute of this video I can safely say so far I’m not hating it lol.
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
The bar must be on the floor 😂🤣 (/j)
@greyworld62428 ай бұрын
@@calxiyn lol yeah
@averageanimefan5198 ай бұрын
I'm gonna miss your RWBY merch videos ;-;
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
WE DIDNT KNOW IT WOULD BE THE LAST TIME 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@NecroWolfExPaladin6 ай бұрын
1:10:00 It's annoying that we live in a world where we don't feel free to express ourselves because we are made to feel that we are annoying.
@burni9888 ай бұрын
I missed watching you guys. I'm glad it's your thoughts I get to hear explain this as the channel who I liked most when it comes to RWBY content when I was a mega RWBY fan. I also love getting to hear more of Hunter's opinions and personality without as many of the jokes (but we LOVE the jokes ofc). Both of you make this channel what it is.
@Karxrida8 ай бұрын
The "any new owners would probably reboot RWBY" idea keeps coming up because it doesn't make sense for most companies to try to finish it as-is. The show was not profitable, and from a hard numbers perspective it is hard to justify a purchase (and likely further investment on top of that to continue production) if you're only reaching roughly the same audience. Just doesn't make sense to corporate entities. A reboot would get more eyes on the franchise since it would lower the barrier to entry (making it infinitely easier to market) while also removing production and story baggage to streamline everything. Also, like it or not, a decent chunk of people did get burned on the show and would probably only come back if a reboot was announced. Dillon Goo and his studio nabbing the rights is probably the only way RWBY survives in its current form, and I'm not sure how he's supposed to get enough money for that. Plus we don't even know if WBD will actually sell the IP and instead hold onto it or, at the unthinkable worst, send it to tax rewrite-off hell. As an aside, I don't get why people think Crunchyroll is one of the frontrunners to potentially buy RWBY. Volume 9 clearly didn't do well enough for them since Volume 10 never got greenlit, it's cheaper to rely on the license to shows they already have (which includes new megahit Frieren), Sony shuttered their Originals brand, and there's actually little overlap between their core audience and RWBY fans.
@Lilydu972mag7 ай бұрын
I totally agree. RWBY is too long and has too much history to be bought back as is. And it feels like in order for the story to end in a satisfying way you need like 4-6 more Volumes, which is just waaaayyyy more than companies are willing to pay for animated works nowadays. A reboot just makes sense business wise but also for CRWBY, that would be for the better. They were amateurs when the show started and unfortunately they just had the secret sauce of super awesome fights and a good enough story so we didn't really question it until much later. Now that they're 10 years stronger and they already have an outline for the story I think they would make a much better show. I don't think Crunchyroll wants to continue the project either, just because they have bigger cash cows, I just hope Warner Bros, will just sell it to whoever instead of tossing it to the tax write-off bin. I know it sounds silly, but my hope is either Prime or Netflix. With the success of Invincible (though they kinda shat the bed by making it go on hiatus after the first episode of season 2 so yikes), I think you could make an argument for Prime to reboot RWBY. Same for Netflix, Arcane and Castlevania are popping, and since RWBY is an already established licence, I think in their heads it would work the same as adapting cause they're afraid of Orignal projects... So I'm crossing my fingers that the IP will be bought back and the show rebooted and most of CRWBY will be offered to come back and make it work.
@Jay-fw6jo8 ай бұрын
This feels like a nightmare
@vex34888 ай бұрын
I’m so lost, I remember the announcement that they were continuing Camp Camp and than saw some random comments about Rooster Teeth ending, thought it was some bs and only a day latter did I discover the official confirmation. Now I see from what you posted they were gonna do more RWBY DnD, we’re doing more releases on their site, it was looking hopeful… I just pray that the rights of stuff can get to good hands. Even if splits up, maybe this can be the start of the revival of stuff like Nomad of Nowhere or a Gen Lock Reboot(Cleared of S2), just trying to think of some possible positives…
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Yeah, I totally agree. There was all this stuff in the works so it was really shocking to see the announcement. But hopefully the RWBY stuff will still come out (since they said they want to / will release it). Camp Camp is still releasing. I hope that another company will see the value in Camp Camp, RWBY, NoN and the other projects that deserve good homes 💖💖
@NovelVanguard8 ай бұрын
@@calxiynI think RWBY is going to be fine it’s the most likely thing to get renewed or pickup by someone but man I would kill for another season of Nomad to Nowhere. Also are the future episodes of Rwby dnd (that were recently announced) still going to be published and what about the stuff on their website that behind first member paywall will that stuff just get released to the public?
@RIP.Topaz_03_238 ай бұрын
I'm Really Hoping That Crunchyroll Buys RWBY To Continue the Show or Netflix Could Buy RWBY or More Rooster Teeth Shows because Netflix Always Brings Back Canceled Shows Like Arrested Development and Lucifer
@thatonetemplar8 ай бұрын
Try not to place your bets on big companies like Netflix or Amazon. RWBY is not big enough to catch the attention of companies like that. Even Crunchyroll doesn't appear to have wanted to fund Volume 10, so I highly doubt they want to acquire the whole IP.
@Rairosu8 ай бұрын
Can't those who have a passion for the shows branch off as a separate company or become independent. It's not fair that they cannot just split apart into there own thing on its own. Instead they have to close it all down because having 1 aspect of Rooster Teeth breaking off into its own name and small company is as if it was to big of a ordeal or something. *sigh*
@dudebladeX8 ай бұрын
2024 has been a hell of a year… And it's only March.
@thequeenjess8 ай бұрын
Whoa, I had no idea someone tried to kill Gavin?!
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Yeah, Gavin talks about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYnbc5upnrqXaJYsi=hhHNysdca98XDkuu
@FoolsGil8 ай бұрын
I don't know how any of this works so bear with me, but what if RWBY's tenth season is partially or fully crowdfunded?
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
We talk about that later but short answer: I don’t think so
@owohscorner8 ай бұрын
You two can get into Genshin Impact lore, or the story of Honkai Impact.... In some circles Honkai Impact 3rd was touted as "better RWBY" for a while.
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
I don’t think Hunter will ever get into the game (she’s just not really a gamer ya know what I mean?) but I am getting back into it: kzbin.info/aero/PL6iN70H9RZS2EanSOTjacQWRn1k-2kOPZ&si=IEni3DaibF43JTUl
@TheRockhound1198 ай бұрын
Roosterteeth is actually done? And it isn't fake? I was a naysayer, but that seems out of nowhere.
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Yup, this is exactly what we’re seeing like. Even people who thought the company was not doing well think this is really sudden. But it is true.
@NothingWillChangeIfYouDont8 ай бұрын
@calxiyn it's a retaliatory strike for the failure of x justice league. Purging that opinion from your comments and discord server will change nothing
@TimDespairBear118 ай бұрын
rip 😢😢😢
@britneythesnowboarder79438 ай бұрын
Rip rooster teeth 😢
@thomashoward54508 ай бұрын
I'll be honest. I do not trust Crunchyroll with RWBY unless RT staff is behind it. NOBODY has forgotten that god awful Ex-Arm "anime"
@adventurethis8 ай бұрын
Can I get a TLDR
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
No.
@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb8 ай бұрын
WB still owns RWBY
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Yea, they do!
@NovelVanguard8 ай бұрын
@@calxiynoh dear god really surely not that’s got to be still owned by RT or someone anyone else right. If WB owns it volume 10 is officially never gonna happen.
@NothingWillChangeIfYouDont8 ай бұрын
WB shut down roosterterth in retaliation for the failure of x justice league, they are going to sell rwby to the lowest bidder. WB doesn't get animation
@yuukianimates33188 ай бұрын
Hopefully Dillongoo gets the rights for RWBY
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
Like the video said guys, they’re trying to sell it. That’s all we know right now.
@jamespagel81438 ай бұрын
48:30 calxian hololive fan confirmed 😁
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
I love them so much! I have a lot of merch in the background if you look closely lol
@jamespagel81438 ай бұрын
Lol also is that just me or is the plushy to the bottom right of the neon sign a demondice plush
@calxiyn8 ай бұрын
It is!
@jamespagel81438 ай бұрын
I love her song along with calliope mori's(😂 funny how that works) and gawr gura's
@graveyardshift66918 ай бұрын
Frankly, good riddance. Hardly any of the original crew was there and the gross financial mismanagement around Genlock is what caused the rot to set in. I'm just glad that some of the series get to finally rest.