I can’t shake the feeling that this is all very prefab, like a kit house - a Bones mecha series as designed by ChatGPT or Google Bard.
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First Impressions – Metallic Rouge
What struck me is that Metallic Rouge was like a mecha anime written by an A.I..
Metallic Rouge – Ep. 1 (First Impressions)
May Bones continue on for 25 more years and then some.
Metallic Rouge
You ever watch something so familiar that you spend the whole time wondering where you’ve seen it before? ^_^ I’m not saying Metallic Rouge streaming now on Crunchyroll,…
Metallic Rouge
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Metallic Rouge – 01
「紅は暁に奏でる」 (Kurenai wa Akatsuki ni Kanaderu) "Crimson Is the Sound of Dawn" Bones delivers on cybernetic action and sleek visuals for its 25th-anniversary anime.
Metallic Rouge – 01 (First Impressions) – The Colors, Children!
On a terraformed, cosmopolitan Mars of the distant future, there are still nightclubs with sultry singers in gowns and long gloves. One such singer is Sarah Fitzgerald, and…
Metallic Rouge – Ep. 3
Remember kids, don’t discriminate when your friend wants to buy some chocolate.
Metallic Rouge – 03 – XX
Turns out Naomi and Rouge weren’t headed to Wellstown on a lark. Naomi delivers the “id” or core of Viola to a fellow agent and receives a new…
Metallic Rouge – Ep. 2
If nothing else, this looks like a showcase of how good Bones’ animation can get.
Metallic Rouge Review — D
Rouge likes chocolate. That’s more or less the only coherent part of the plot.
First Impression: Metallic Rouge
The roaring twenties are back in all their neon glory. Zeppelins fly around the art déco skyscrapers. On the surface, waiters in uniform serve the guests of an…
Metallic Rouge – Episode 1
Is this a good show? Or am I being dazzled by Our Lord and Savior Studio BONES and the joy of seeing adult women being extremely cool in…
First Look: Metallic Rouge
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe… Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion… I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All…
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As humanity branches out into the solar system, they are assisted by androids called Neans. These Neans are prevented by the laws of robotics from harming
Seasonal First Impressions: Mysteries on Mars in METALLIC ROUGE
The hotly anticipated action-yuri opens with a decidedly esoteric first episode, but will its obscure storytelling reel in viewers, or push them away?
Metallic Rouge Episode 2: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 2: Naomi and Rouge take a bus into the wilderness to look for clues. Unfortunately, they found mercenaries instead.
Metallic Rouge Episode 1: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 1: Sarah Fitzgerald's performances pack in the crowds. But someone wants her dead. Can Rouge find out who?
Metallic Rouge Episode 6: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 6: Naomi and Rouge headed to Earth on a luxury liner. Unfortunately, so did a murderer -- who could change appearance!
Metallic Rouge – 07 – Grinding Gears
After six episodes of both showing and telling us that Naomi and Rouge were buddies, now we’re supposed to accept that Naomi is actually the “Divine Facilitator” of…
Metallic Rouge Episode 3: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 3: Naomi and Rogue investigate an Immortal Nine sighting in a Nean settlement. Naomi's snark went on a rampage!
Metallic Rouge #01 — Bird Internet
This is why you don't stick your brain in birds. Impressions: It's nice to see something that's just baseline well-animated, even if the action was non-existent until…
Metallic Rouge Episode 4: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 4: Rouge, captured, tries to plan her next moves. Will Naomi help her? What will the detective from Earth do?
Metallic Rouge Episode 5: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 5: With Rouge missing, can Naomi trust the grave robbing stranger to help her? Or is it a not so elaborate trap?
Metallic Rouge Episode 12: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 12: Naomi and Rouge encountered someone they thought was Gene. But it talked a lot like someone else they knew.
Metallic Rouge #02 — Improper Babysitting
Are these people meant to be a recurring cast? Impressions: This episode kind of lost control of its script too, but it at least accelerated into nonsense…
Metallic Rouge Episode 13: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 13: We finally know who killed Roy Junghardt – and now that person is about to wrap up the operation.
Metallic Rouge Episode 10: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 10: Naomi had a plan. It was a good plan. She was sure it would impress Rouge and Ash. There was only one problem...
Metallic Rouge Episode 7: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 7: Rouge is imprisoned. Naomi, still free, drops a major bombshell about her true identity. Or did she?
Metallic Rouge Episode 11: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 11: Naomi and Rouge lead a team to Venus. Where their enemy is waiting for them. In force.
Metallic Rouge #10 — Sister Act
Okay, sure. Let's totally rewrite this character in the eleventh hour. Impressions: Not helping the impression that the writing has totally fallen apart here with another pretty…
Metallic Rouge – 11 – Strings Attached
The Alters are all in attendance for the curtain to go up on the New World Silvia intends to lead. With the help of the Puppetmaster and Opera,…
Metallic Rouge Episode 9: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 9: Rouge had hoped Aes would help her. But it wasn't Aes; it was Alice. How will Rouge get out of this battle intact?
Episode Guide for Metallic Rouge
Episode Guide for Metallic Rouge: Naomi and Rouge's mission: kill the people who killed Rouge's father. But things weren't what they seemed.
Metallic Rouge Episode 8: Favorites
Metallic Rouge Episode 8: Ash Stahl, Noid 262, Rouge, and Gene search her old home for clues to her origin. It was not a happy homecoming.
Winter 2024 Impressions: Villainess Level 99, Doctor Elise, Metallic Rouge
This is the first of two Impressions posts today, so keep an eye out for the second in case you miss it! Villainess Level 99: I May Be…
Metallic Rouge Episode 6 Review – Rouge Kicks A Dog
Rouge, Naomi, Ash and Noid try to solve a murder mystery.
Winter 2024 Taste Test: Metallic Rouge
I made the mistake of watching this while I was multitasking and totally missed the start of the pilot episode. I considered writing my reaction anyways, but ended…
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 10
So it turns out that red doesn’t have to go versus blue.
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 4
Another down, five “Immortal Nine” to go, and it’s time to send in the clowns.
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 6
Everybody gets punched day.
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 8
Answers and purpose at last!
Metallic Rouge #09 — Perfectly Symmetrical Violence
Oh, right. The space mermaids. Obviously. Impressions: I have definitely lost all understanding of whatever the hell is going on with the story in this show. Or…
Metallic Rouge – 06 – Killer Space Cruise
Naomi and Rouge try to enjoy a post-mission vacation aboard a luxury space liner en route to Earth, but Hell Giallon has stowed away disguised as a member…
Metallic Rouge – 10 – Rocket to Venus
Rouge has decided that she wants to protect both humans and Neans. On the trip to Venus, Naomi is eager to unveil a secret weapon that will help…
Metallic Rouge – Episode 7 – Rouge’s Dilemma
Episode impressions of Metallic Rouge Episode 7 as Rouge is apprehended, you might wonder what Naomi is up to. It only puts into question Gene’s mission with his…
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 13
“It was me, last episode villain!”
Metallic Rouge – 04 – Through the Fog
I really didn’t like where Naomi and Rouge left things, so even if Naomi doesn’t technically apologize for her harsh words, she does end up refuting them, telling Rouge…
Metallic Rouge – 05 – Sound and Fury
After Rouge is knocked unconscious following her battle against Verde, a mysterious and creepy individual who later introduces himself as the “Puppetmaster” puts her in a tube and…
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 5
If you have trouble following what’s going on this episode, I think that’s intentional.
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 11
Just let them put the action set pieces into play.