Metallic rouge is up next for my review list and let's just say I arrived happy and hopeful in the beginning of this anime but left utterly clueless at the end. Literally what was the end goal for this anime? Did the MC complete the mission? I guess in a way yeah, but we’ll talk more about that below.
Story
I’ll try to keep the synopsis short. Far within the future people coexist with robots called Neans... on Mars. There is a code provided to all Neans called the Asimov Law which makes robots unable to harm humans except the immortal 9. Within this anime we see the immortal 9 (super robots) try to help overthrow the Asimov Law which they don’t abide by to help all Neans become the superior race to humans. I guess nothing is wrong with that, but with our MC we see Rouge Redstar and her partner Naomi take on the task of their mission to take out the immortal 9. However, as the mission continues Rouge begins to question if she’s acting of her own accord or if she’s just preprogrammed to do whatever her mission entails.
The synopsis sounds great honestly speaking but this is where Metallic Rouge loses most points. Just being blunt, the plot of the show isn’t bad, but it’s so convoluted with more information provided each episode. There are 13 episodes in the anime and the show rarely answered any questions the plot provided. There are many things I want to question, but we just never got an answer.
Animation
I won’t turn this review into a questionnaire but something Metallic Rouge did hit the bullseye on is the animation. Personally, I love the design of the characters especially Naomi but even down to the immortal 9 the animation to when they turn to their robot forms is nice too. Now even though this is a Sci-Fi genre anime there is still action within it and the fight scenes just left me wanting a little more. The fight scenes literally lasted for 2 minutes then they would stop to talk.
Characters
There are only two characters I will talk about, which is Rouge and Naomi. The introduction of the characters was pretty dope, Rouge playing undercover to get to one of the immortal 9 and Naomi being her guy in the chair. Now don’t get me wrong, neither character is a bad character but with it being a robot show imitating humans the characters could have shown more emotion. For example, Naomi portrayed being Rouge’s best friend when there were multiple instances where she betrayed Rouge which was pointless then to make the ultimate sacrifice to save her which I had many questions regarding this. Now as for Rouge she seemed more of a human than anyone, but I find it abysmal to have the main character journey throughout the entire anime without deciding what she wants to fight for. There was more of a I’m doing this just to prove that I’m not being controlled feeling than I’m doing this because it’s right from Rouge.
To conclude, even though I did give Metallic Rouge enough of a beat down it does capture the audience's attention with the cyberpunk and Sci-Fi vibe. The animation is great nothing too crazy but well enough to appreciate it and shout out to the studio for making Naomi as a black anime character. However, in the end there were just too many questions and not enough episodes to help answer the questions. Not one character really stood out to me, even though the robot form of the immortal 9 was cool. Ultimately it was a cool show but as it progressed it slowly but surely bored you and made you wonder why you are watching it. I rate this anime with a – Eh why am I watching this
__Anime with a score of 60-70 receives a “Eh why am I watching this”. _
