The Metallic Rouge original anime from Studio Bones has revealed a new trailer, detailing the first cast information for the series. They include Yume Miyamoto as Rouge Redstar and Tomoyo Kurosawa as Naomi Ortmann. Check out their trailer:
The anime will be released in January 2024. Motonobu Hori (Carole & Tuesday, Super Crooks) is directing the series, with Yutaka Izubuchi as the chief supervisor. Izubuchi is also working on the series composition. Meanwhile, Toshihiro Kawamoto is doing the character designs and Taisei Iwasaki is composing the music.
The Metallic Rouge anime was first announced in March this year, with an official trailer released in July. The official website describes the plot as:
The main character is an artificial girl named Rouge, who transforms herself and fights in this latest battle action work. She, together with her friend Naomi, is tasked with killing nine artificial creatures who are hostile to the government. The story of the battle of the synthetic girl, Rogue, begins.
This is not the first time Studio Bones has worked on an original anime series. Some of their previous works include Hiwou War Chronicles (2000), Wolf’s Rain (2004), Eureka Seven (2005), Ghost Slayers Ayashi (2006), Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 (2009), and Space Dandy (2014). Their more recent original anime works are Carole & Tuesday (2019), SK8 the Infinity (2021), and Godzilla Singular Point (2021).
Source: Official Website
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