The fifth volume of Viz Media's official RWBY manga anthology -- which puts the spotlight on Team JNPR -- had revealed its official cover art ahead of its release on July 20.The cover art for RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 5: Shine comes courtesy of artist and longtime RWBY character designer Eileen "Ein Lee" Chang. Modeled after a rough version of the cover that was shared when the manga volume was announced in September, Ein Lee's final cover art finds Team JNPR -- Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren -- ready for action. Viz revealed a render of the book in a post to Twitter, with the RWBY Official Manga Anthology account sharing the cover art by itself.RELATED: RWBY: Fairy Tales of Remnant Spinoff Show Set for 2021

The full synopsis for RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 5: Shine reads as follows:

Team JNPR stars in this short story collection based on Rooster Teeth's hit animation series!

The world of Remnant is filled with horrific monsters bent on the destruction of humanity. Fortunately, the kingdoms of the world have risen to combat these forces by training powerful Huntsmen and Huntresses at academies around the planet. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long are four such Huntresses in training.

Thrilling and silly stories featuring Team JNPR!

Team RWBY is not the only group of Hunters and Huntresses in the world of Remnant!

Get to know Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos and Lie Ren, one of the strongest—and most fun—teams of Grimm Hunters in the hit series RWBY! From a team of exciting new manga artists comes the fifth volume in a series of short story collections, this time showcasing Team JNPR!

Based on Rooster Teeth's anime-esque animated series RWBY, the manga anthology was launched by Viz in 2018 (2017 in Japan), with the first four volumes being dedicated to main protagonists Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, respectively. In addition to RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Viz published a standalone RWBY manga in 2015. Another title -- RWBY: The Official Manga -- ran from 2018 to 2020. Meanwhile, DC Comics has published its own comic book adaptation of the popular animated series.

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As a show, RWBY is in the midst of its eighth season. RWBY Volume 8 is currently 12 episodes in, with the season's 14th and final episode set to arrive Saturday, March 27. Work on Volume 9 is already well underway, with the writing process having begun in June 2020 before concluding a few months later in September. Moreover, voice recording for RWBY Volume 9 began in August 2020 ahead of Volume 8's November premiere.

RWBY: Official Manga Anthology, Vol. 5: Shine goes on sale July 20, 2021 from Viz Media.

Rooster Teeth Animation's RWBY stars Lindsay Jones as Ruby Rose, Kara Eberle as Weiss Schnee, Arryn Zech as Blake Belladonna and Barbara Dunkelman as Yang Xiao Long. New episodes of Volume 8 premiere Saturdays on Rooster Teeth FIRST.

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