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| I thought it's an interesting episode with the sci-fi and eerie vibes. Rouge Redstar is one of the protagonists along with her partner Naomi. What's interesting is the setting with the futuristic look and technology involving androids. Both main characters are also interesting given their origins. Hope we can learn more about both. Music and animation looks sharp and it seems this is Bone's project to celebrate their work. Music and soundtrack is pretty good for this show too imo. |
| Remember Spring 2019's Carole and Tuesday? That was Studio Bones' 20th Anniversary show created by famed director Shinichirou Watanabe...done to decency for being unnecessarily stretched. And 5 years later, we're back with Bones' Quarter Century 25th Anniversary show of action sci-fi show Metallic Rouge, headed by the same director of C&T and Super Crooks's Motonobu Hori, this time with RapXephon creator Yutaka Izubuchi as both series composer and chief supervisor, alongside studio co-founder and director-cum-character-designer Toshihiro Kawamoto. In a world of humans and androids, with the ever so graceful Carole & Tuesday influence (such as the futuristic setting and singing), there exists Rouge Redstar being an assistant for the club's diva Sarah Fitzgerald, who's suddenly targeted by a mysterious red Gladiator, and her buddy of Naomi Orthmann operating the robot bird vying communications between both human and Nean, who thrive on Nectar to survive. The girls' intended target of Sarah, whose true colours is Purgatory Viola Keane of the Immortal Nine, yet another Nean working with Alters like the Vash-like Fate Jeron, requests a secret duel with her. The only variable is Hell Giallon who'd been researching with Viola to take out the red Gladiator, which is confirmed to be Metal Rouge. Lots of potential here, though subtle for now. |
KANLen09Jan 16, 2024 1:50 AM
| Interesting start. I like the setting and our main duo. |
| Every aspect of this episode are praise-worthy, bold visual esthetic and encompassing sound design hides the the more subtle elements perfectly. Top-tier is only way to describe it amazing overall quality. |
MainnusJan 10, 2024 9:36 AM
Bones original looking good so far. I hope they don't ruin it with unnecessary annoying side characters. Does this feel a little hollywood-y to anyone? |
karrotStickJan 10, 2024 9:48 AM
| This was a good start am looking forward to seeing how the story develops from here |
| Interesting world building and it's a brutal world. Cool looking battle armors and action. I do wonder why the main duo is after the immortal nine, maybe they commited some sin in the past? Rouge and Naomi are both cute btw. Sarah was beautiful but alas she died already. OP song was nice. |
MegamiRemJan 12, 2024 10:22 AM
| i was not expecting to enjoy that much the episode 1 i will be there next week |
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| Aaand the final anime for today. There is sure a lot airing on Wednesday. Now let's see what Bones cooked up for their 25th anniversary. I also heard that this is planned to become a whole franchise. I feel like there is way too few sci-fi anime these days, so I'm really excited for this one. Rouge looks beautiful So this is the type of story where they tell you stuff as it progresses. There is a ton of things we don't know right now, but it seems interesting. I'm thinking that Nean aren't actually a different race, but humans that are just a bit different somehow (genetically being less suted to Mars?). And the visuals are absolute fire. The music is pretty epic too. EDIT: From the trailers, Neans are actually androids. |
EmbientJan 10, 2024 8:09 PM
| looks interesting, hoping for some yuri action here, the poster definitely gives off that kind of vibes |
| Solid start, the production's pretty nice, music's great, love the atmosphere Hopefully the story will measure up once more is revealed and we spend more time with these characters. Very touch-and-go at the moment, but it was a good start. |
| I like the character designs, though Rouge looks like an elf at first glance with that earpiece XD Jaron is a fabulous villain, looking forward to seeing more of him in this series ^^ |
Reply to Inexplicable
looks interesting, hoping for some yuri action here, the poster definitely gives off that kind of vibes
| @Inexplicable If you're making these conclusions just based on the poster, then I'm afraid it's wishful thinking on the level of "they're close so they're gay." The official website describes MC as having the personality of a 10-year-old child. But this is only the first episode, who knows? Personally, I'm interested in something else. Why is the show so harshly receiving such negative score even though people in the comments seem to love it and why is everyone praising the lack of exposition so much when the writers promised in interviews that it would have a pretty big world with a ton of interesting themes and potential for universe building. Or is this a similar case of Licorice Recall where blind spots were deliberately left in the plot for potential story development? |
RobertBobertJan 10, 2024 11:24 AM
| Muraki Circus in Bones TV anime after 12 fucking years. Bruh 2D mecha porn and cracked ost, just all you need. The dialogue and the interactions between the main leads is so much better than what the PV made it seem like. I kinda see where the plot might go on from here : The last 2 PVs also somewhat shows Rouge questioning the state. I also wonder if the two people she killed before would be shown as a flashback or will be a separate story in the Metallic Rouge universe. Cool |
| Bones's 25th anniversary anime sure is looking full of potential. Every single line of dialogue and detail looks important. From the way each character reacts to the different races in this cyberpunk society to alusions to a previous conflict the Nine tribe Viola belongs to seems to have been a part of. It has a bit of comedy, some of somberness and all in all an immersive world that I want to see how will be expanded on in this season. |
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| Not impressed, I'll give it the 3 episode rule. |
| Rogue got me about to act up 😩 the girls are definitely hot in this one, but I’m pretty confused by what’s going on story wise. I think they introduced a lot of stuff in this episode that was kind of overwhelming at times but from what I gather there’s 9 immortal androids we’re going to see Metallic Rogue take on? The setting and characters were good so far. I didn’t know these were the same people behind Carole and Tuesday so that explains the singing set up at the beginning. Liked the two leads’ chemistry a lot. Their first meeting in the bar where Rogue repeats the sentence like 3x was hilarious. The action was great as well. The world feels like it’s buzzing and alive which is a plus. Hopefully they can continue to expand upon it. Nice start to this. |
Marinate1016Jan 10, 2024 12:04 PM
| Didn't love it, didn't hate it. I think the first episode tried to introduce too many things at once in so little time and end it with a cool fight scene just to satisfice the audience. We were given lots of names, alliances or groups, and barely know anything about the world and I was like "uh huh...". Like, I'm being told to care, why not make me care by showing me? Why are these androids fighting? I had to assume setting stuff from Detroit: Become Human and Cyberpunk 2077 because the show didn't bother doing it in this first episode. I know 22min is little time but some other studios have released more than 1 episode on the premiere to pad that (Re:Zero, or Frieren, for example) The waifus are cute, that's good, but I need more than this haha. I won't drop this since it's not bad, at all, but I need it to get better. This will probably be a 24 ep original anime so there's room for improvement. |
| Very elliptic and disorienting. It might be a few episodes before there's any sort of big picture. I hope the action dies down a little. |
| Yes, Metallic Rouge, you got me :) Scifi + colours there. A bit of mystery. |
| Aside from our two leads this episode didn't really introduce too much about this world, but I'm fine with that. This seems like it'll be the type of show where things slowly unravel over time before the big picture is finally revealed. If that's the case then I'm fine with incremental worldbuilding. I'm liking the vibes and the production so far (as expected of Bones), now let's see where the story is going. |
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| I'm glad that the score is slowly going up because a 6.7 is outta pocket lol. There's a lot of potential here and I truly believe this can be a standout this season. My biggest gripe is that this episode was just too short. Not only that, but it didn't feel like a first episode. Instead, it felt like the third or fourth in an already-established story. In the end, I was left with more questions than answers. However, I am curious to see where the story goes from here. |
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Reply to HumbertoZero
Didn't love it, didn't hate it.
I think the first episode tried to introduce too many things at once in so little time and end it with a cool fight scene just to satisfice the audience.
We were given lots of names, alliances or groups, and barely know anything about the world and I was like "uh huh...". Like, I'm being told to care, why not make me care by showing me? Why are these androids fighting? I had to assume setting stuff from Detroit: Become Human and Cyberpunk 2077 because the show didn't bother doing it in this first episode. I know 22min is little time but some other studios have released more than 1 episode on the premiere to pad that (Re:Zero, or Frieren, for example)
The waifus are cute, that's good, but I need more than this haha.
I won't drop this since it's not bad, at all, but I need it to get better. This will probably be a 24 ep original anime so there's room for improvement.
I think the first episode tried to introduce too many things at once in so little time and end it with a cool fight scene just to satisfice the audience.
We were given lots of names, alliances or groups, and barely know anything about the world and I was like "uh huh...". Like, I'm being told to care, why not make me care by showing me? Why are these androids fighting? I had to assume setting stuff from Detroit: Become Human and Cyberpunk 2077 because the show didn't bother doing it in this first episode. I know 22min is little time but some other studios have released more than 1 episode on the premiere to pad that (Re:Zero, or Frieren, for example)
The waifus are cute, that's good, but I need more than this haha.
I won't drop this since it's not bad, at all, but I need it to get better. This will probably be a 24 ep original anime so there's room for improvement.
| @HumbertoZero Honestly one of the reasons i liked this episode a lot is exactly because it didnt explain a lot of it. Sort of felt like an episode 2 rather than a 1. Makes the world feel more believable rather than a story being told to the audience as you feel its all have been there before this first episode. Of course I imagine the upcoming episodes will fix that of course, but even then i really do appreciate this approach. |
| This is literally just Blade Runner with cute girls and Kamen Riders. lol (Not that this is a bad thing.) |
| As somewhere in past on forums [AD/CD] people wanted predictions and just based on Visual Key I said that Metalic Rouge will be top/hidden gem, thankfully it seems like it will hit that spot if it keeps in this way. Bones artstyle vibing towards Carole and Tuesday which was a good anime, maybe it might be similar to newer stuff which I haven't followed. Plot - Let it Build. Music - good one, the vocal insert during the fight sounded like Sawano's stuff which is a good sign. Animation - So far it is nice, fights could be better, but that's the only part I can nitpick so far. Cyberpunk + Psycho-Pass + Gatchaman Crowds style. I hope it will keep better, some questions but revealing everything in episode 1 wouldn't motivate to watch the rest of 11 episodes if you have all answers are beginning. |
| Didn't feel super excited by the end of the first episode, but the soundtrack and animation is beautiful. I'm also getting S.CRY.ed and Bubblegum Crisis 2040 vibes from the powersuits the characters use whenever there's a Blade Runner-esque showdown. Either way I'm on board as of now. There's very little sci-fi this season so it's a nice change of pace compared to a lot of the other stuff I'm watching rn |
| not bad, good looking production, but pretty dry toku stuff so far. |
| fgsfds |
| Just as I thought, this does share the character designer with Towa no Quon. |
Reply to Mainnus
Every aspect of this episode are praise-worthy, bold visual esthetic and encompassing sound design hides the the more subtle elements perfectly. Top-tier is only way to describe it amazing overall quality.
| @Mainnus Agree. By far the most interesting show start this season. Old school cast into the action inmediately and then suddenly start giving you bits and pieces. It's going to be one of those shows that's not gonna do well in MAL tho. The show don't tell kind of storytelling doesn't fly with the crowd here who like having detailed dialogues and exposition or non stop action with fluid animation in between. |
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| As visual concept this is Eureka Seven + Vivy + Cowboy Bebop kind of a thing. Looks nice, but the déjà vu is killing me. Add the worldbuilding and the story coming nonsensical, the characters being cardboard cutouts and my deep disappointment this being power armour, not mecha show (the poster tricked me to think that). I mean, I will follow this for several episodes, but so far it is like Super Sentai title, but without the fun adventure parts. |
alshuJan 10, 2024 1:44 PM
| Anticlimactic, generic villain, nice animation but lackluster delivery. Bones it might be time to bring back Space Dandy and save yourselves. |
| Blade Runner anime version... Let's see if it's gonna reach the heights or go down below... |
| Liked it, but it's kind of weird that this seemingly subservient class of robots or whatever are powered by such a valuable resource. How do any of them manage to keep hold of their nectar? |
| As one of my most anticipated shows of the season, the 25th anniversary show for Studio Bones, I do feel that this missed the mark a little for me, but that's not to say it was a bad premiere by any means. I'll start with the positives and that would be the designs, visuals and music, which were very sharp, and fits the futuristic setting well. However, the villain, Jaron, was pretty bland, as were some of the other attempts at characterization, especially with Sarah. The premise itself isn't unique at all, another one of those humans and android coexisting/discrimination stories. It'll have to do a lot to stand out from the crowd, but it's only the beginning, and as this is an anime original, there is potential to make this more interesting, and I'm almost certain it will get better from here. Let's hope it doesn't let me down. |
| so far the universe seems like it's more thought out than say detroit: become human, but I'd prefer it if the whole transformation into metallic avatars idea was scrapped |
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