'Metallic Rouge' Unveils Additional Cast, Theme Songs, First Promo

by Doshigatai
Dec 7, 2023 6:25 AM | 16 Comments

The official website of the Metallic Rouge television anime unveiled additional cast, theme songs, key visual (pictured) and a first promotional video on Thursday. The anime is scheduled to premiere on January 11 at 0:55 a.m. on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block, followed by TV Nishinippon, Kansai TV, Toukai TV, AT-X, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, and BS Fuji.

Cast
Jean Junghardt: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Akudama Drive)
Sara Fitzgerald: Yuu Shimamura (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Jaron Fate: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Kidou Senshi Gundam 00)
Jill Sturgeon: Yui Ogura (Black Bullet)
Afdar Bashar: Kenjirou Tsuda (Cop Craft)
Eden Baruque: Kazuyuki Okitsu (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova)
Ash Stahl: Atsushi Miyauchi (Nomad: Megalo Box 2)
Noid 262: Chiaki Kobayashi (Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise)

Singer-songwriter YU-KA (Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi) is performing the opening theme "Rouge." Korean singer Dazbee (Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san) will perform the ending theme "Scarlet." Both theme songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Motonobu Hori (Super Crooks) is directing the television anime at Bones. Yutaka Izubuchi (Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199) and Toshizou Nemoto (Steins;Gate) are in charge of the series composition and script, respectively. Toshihiro Kawamoto (Cowboy Bebop) is the character designer, and Taisei Iwasaki (Kekkai Sensen) is composing the music.

Metallic Rouge is an original action sci-fi TV anime commemorating the 25th anniversary of studio Bones.

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@EcchiGodMamster Indeed the legs look really promising on these miladies. Too bad I dont like robot/mecha megazord animes but will do research on their fan art for sure!

Dec 8, 2023 7:05 AM by Ramkec

@EcchiGodMamster Well, at the moment it doesn't look like an all-female show with a few supporting male characters. But who knows what it will be like when the premiere actually happens.

Dec 7, 2023 3:14 PM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert

you already know what the main thing that can ruin a show like this is for me... so im not even gonna go there, ill just have to keep inhaling hopium until it airs

Dec 7, 2023 3:10 PM by EcchiGodMamster

@EcchiGodMamster Judging by the interviews they have really high hopes for it, even to the point of turning it into something like UC Gundam. Although, as far as I understand, with very various protagonists if it really takes off in the future.

Dec 7, 2023 1:54 PM by RobertBobert

the colors and compositing is bad though so hard to see the visuals but im hype for this one

Dec 7, 2023 1:53 PM by deg

@RobertBobert

Good, I like those characters and im not really into robot girls although there's exceptions like Cutie Honey and Nikke

Dec 7, 2023 1:36 PM by EcchiGodMamster

@Fluffygreygrass Pls tell your MAL moderator colleagues to add the yuri tag, thx.

:)

Dec 7, 2023 12:46 PM by Swagernator

@Yubisoft The reason for this is not so much that they know what they want or not, it’s just that the Japanese market loves to tease more than to give some kind of objective canon like in the West. Not to mention that G-Wtich fell into the typical trap of "we want to attract Western audiences with yuri, but also don't want to lose the original traditional (to put it mildly) market." People always say that the creators simply didn’t have the balls to make the characters in some ship bait show a couple, but in reality everything is much simpler. So, whether it will be yuri or not still depends on the original intentions of the creators, which we will only have to find out in January.

Moreover, given the controversy I mentioned with G-Witch, it is much easier to create formal just friends and attract both shippers and waifu-seekers to the show with them, than to strictly move in one direction and create disputes or misunderstandings. So far they have announced SoL short anime about the daily lives of the characters, which will be released before the premiere, as far as I understand.

Dec 7, 2023 11:55 AM by RobertBobert

It would be nice if the creators know what they want and decide if they are gonna make it Yuri or not because most creators lately create yuri baits like Lycoris Recoil and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury. It's been sometime since I have seen a good yuri anime . Also people need to finally understand that the fact that the cover art has two girls together doesn't automatically mean it's yuri and a recent example of that is how people reacted to the Edomae Elf anime before it came out ... just saying .

Dec 7, 2023 11:41 AM by Yubisoft

@EcchiGodMamster Well, if so, the producer describes her as comedic relief, created to balance out the MC in what seemed to be too dark and ideologically heavy a story if she were a single protagonist.

Such heavy themes make for a serious story, and it was originally going to be Rouge’s story only. “Initially, this wasn’t a duo story,” Izubuchi said. “But when I was thinking about the story, [I realized that] I wanted to add a little bit more dialogue for comedic relief, have little moments of lightness, bring some fun, cute laughter. And all of this could be made possible … by having a dual main character.”

Dec 7, 2023 11:08 AM by RobertBobert

@RobertBobert i can usually tell from a promo if im going to love a character... theres girls in my favorites that i knew would probably be

Dec 7, 2023 10:50 AM by EcchiGodMamster

Nice Yuri anime and it's also gonna be an original so I'm really excited. Yuri anime are always welcome

Dec 7, 2023 10:37 AM by Fluffygreygrass

I love the vibes of old action shows, but the level of drama at the end of the trailer seems unusual and intriguing.

@Old_School_Akira Yes, if a show has two female leads, then it will undoubtedly be an anime about romance between them and nothing else. At the moment the synopsis describes them as “buddies”, to find out the rest you just have to wait and see.

@EcchiGodMamster I don't know why you were attracted specifically to her, but judging by the announced characters, there will be quite a few female characters with interesting designs.

Dec 7, 2023 10:31 AM by RobertBobert

tan girl looks like top 5 girl of the season

Dec 7, 2023 8:44 AM by EcchiGodMamster

yeah I’m watching this. I’ll take any 2D mecha nowadays no matter what

Dec 7, 2023 7:56 AM by Xenocrisi

Yuri between an Android and a human?

Dec 7, 2023 7:12 AM by Old_School_Akira