The Series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOCKFkmZczmDmjqAcfYDmXgEkG-PGIc7W
The Behind The Scenes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOCKFkmZczmD78ZPM722jHspyiK7AhNn8&si=GPvD9tkQyf4oXzRB
I thought I'd mention this to everyone. It is called RWBY Season 5 Redux.
The tl;dr is that it is a fan edit of RWBY Season 5 by two amateur filmmakers that extensively cuts down and redits the season. They reached out to Roosterteeth, the show's owners, and got approval to release the fan edit as long as it wasn't being charged for. Each week will air a new season. There will be 10. 7 have been released so far.
To expand on things, RWBY Season 5 is considered by far as the absolute worst season of the show. It was considered full of head scratching moments, it was very slow, and generally just seemed like a huge drop on quality. This fan edit features no new material or changes to the plot. It takes what already exists (including the trailer footage and character shorts) and extensively redits and reorders the story to great effect. The plot flows more naturally and hits with a bigger omph. They recolored the entire season to remove the washed out effect. They even did while shit like cut out redundant or pointless dialog midsentence and seemingly cut down on the overwrought writing of the season.
The effect is this hits really hard. It's actually kind of shocking what editing can do. The story and characters and everything are the same. But the story just feels way fucking better just by cutting some scenes, reareanging others, and cutting out some of the dialog. It's wild.