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 that neither of …
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Metallic Rouge #04 — Send in the Clowns
Ah yes. The cyborg future blimp Cirque du Soleil. Impressions: So… a death squad is invading the reservation, shooting everybody in their path, but the leadership is…
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「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.
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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
Second Impressions – Metallic Rouge
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.
First Impressions – Metallic Rouge
What struck me is that Metallic Rouge was like a mecha anime written by an A.I..
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 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.
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 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 – 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 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 #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 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 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 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 #12 — The Purging of Midbosses
Why did 75% of these character even exist? Impressions: That was quite the unceremonious end for all these second tier antagonists. The Joker dude makes a few jokes…
Metallic Rouge – Episode 5 – The Suspicious Carnival
Episode impressions of Metallic Rouge Episode 5 as Rouge took down Phantom Verde, Naomi wondered where Rouge went. Given the suspicious-looking lady from the carnival, we may know…
Metallic Rouge – 02 – The Stairs to Adulthood
Metallic Rouge swaps the Blade Runner aesthetic for the sparser, dustier Mad Max as Naomi and Rouge book a commercial transport across the Martian wastes to Welltown. Among the…
Metallic Rouge – Episode 8 – More on Rouge and The Surprise Attack
Episode impressions of Metallic Rouge Episode 8 as Rouge made it out thanks to Investigator Ash and his assistant, they visited Rouge's older brother, Gene. Of course, we…
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Rouge, Naomi, Ash and Noid try to solve a murder mystery.
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 8
Answers and purpose at last!
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 9
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Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 3
Let’s build the world while we let Rouge fly solo for a bit.
Metallic Rouge #08 — Flashback Week Continues
I am so past ready for lore dump February to be over, in all the shows. Impressions: At least this one spiralled off into nonsense after spending…
Metallic Rouge – 12 – Live for Love
Here we are, back to having to hear the Puppetmaster drone on in his insufferably avuncular tone about puppets and plays and performances. I’m at the end of…
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 1
Our story takes place in the grungy, noir-ish cityscape of Mars, where humans and robotic persons live side-by-side in a setting that simultaneously evokes 1920 and something more…
Metallic Rouge – Episode 10 – Family Matters
Episode impressions of Metallic Rouge Episode 10 as Naomi and Rouge meet with X Noah about the Code Eve thing, Naomi and Rouge head to Venus to stop…
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 6
Everybody gets punched day.
Seasonal Selection – Metallic Rouge Episode 10
So it turns out that red doesn’t have to go versus blue.
Metallic Rouge – Ep. 1 (First Impressions)
May Bones continue on for 25 more years and then some.
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 4
Another down, five “Immortal Nine” to go, and it’s time to send in the clowns.