Metallic Rouge

Metalic Rogue is a Sci-Fi, Action, original anime series by studio Bones and created by Izubuchi Yutaka.

Set in the far future, where human technology has progressed to space travel, the settling of other planets, and the creation of androids called Neans. The main character, Rogue Redstar is a Nean, tasked to stop a certain group of rebel Neans.

When I first realized this was an original anime by one of my favorite studios, I was very intrigued. The trailer and concept seemed promising and the art style looked nice, I was sold.

While watching the first 5 episodes weekly, and later binging the remaining episodes. This show reminded me what boredom from certain media feels like, and how grateful I am for the existence of the Playback speed feature. A feature that greatly secures my sanity when dealing with shows like these, since I prefer not to drop shows.

The premise sounds promising, but it is overly complicated to seem smart, poorly executed, and boring. It tries to show you how mistreated the androids are, you know the same cliche of robot slavery and freedom for machines, but it is so forced and non-dynamic.

I developed 0 attachment to any of the characters throughout this show's runtime. There are too many characters and they do not get enough screen time, and their motivations are convoluted and all over the place. One character is just a troll, switching sides, playing a murder mystery game, and just being random for fun. Maybe my attention span was diminishing too fast and there was a reason for all of it, but I do not care really. This is not a show worth caring about trust me on that.

Rogue and Naomi, the main duo... their relationship is very static. Some good moments, but they ultimately feel like and I quote a user's comment: "like a parent and their autistic child" and they go trying to save the world or whatever.

The production quality is solid, the fight scenes look cool and I like the idea of the characters transforming into their battle armor. A lot of the scenery looks nice, especially in the 1st episode. The voice acting is pretty good and so is the music, the opening was hard to skip.

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Overall this show is incredibly mediocre, but the final episode is particularly bad.
Stuff just happens... daddy issues. deus ex machinas. a bait and switch. bad character conclusions. unanswered questions.
The ending just makes you go "Ohhh this was supposed to be a 2 cour that got cut down to 1 cour, I see".

My personal enjoyment was low, if you wanna watch an anime featuring androids and sci-fi just watch Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song