Original TV animation "Metallic Rouge" by BONES x Yutaka Izubuchi, music video by Taisei Iwasaki using theatrical accompaniment is released! Main character Rouge & his buddy Naomi appear in the music video!

A special music clip for the TV anime " Metallic Rouge " scheduled to start airing on Fuji TV's "+Ultra" and other channels in January 2024 has been released.

This is the latest original animation work by BONES, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, with Yutaka Izubuchi. Set in a world where humans and artificial humans coexist, it is the latest battle-action work in which the main character, a synthetic girl named Rouge, transforms and fights. Ruju is tasked with the mission of "killing nine artificial humans who are hostile to the government," and she and her buddy Naomi throw themselves into the battle...
⇒BONES and Yutaka Izubuchi's battle action original TV anime "Metallic Rouge" will be broadcast on Fuji TV "+Ultra" and other channels in January 2024!
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A special music clip linking the animation and the music of this work has been released.
In addition, a report on the event held during "Anime NYC 2023" in New York, USA, from November 17 to 19, has also arrived. The event was a great success, with Yutaka Izubuchi, who is in charge of supervising the film, Taisei Iwasaki, who is in charge of music, and Masahiko Minami, president of the animation production company BONES, taking the stage. Please check out this report as well.

Special music clip of "Metallic Rouge

This special music clip features the music accompaniment by Taisei Iwasaki, who is in charge of music, and the emotional music and lyrics are played over the scenes in the anime. The music clip features Naomi, Rouge's buddy, and Rouge's transformed form, Metal Rouge, as well as other gladiators fighting.

The first episode premiere screening and panel event report from "Anime NYC 2023" has arrived!

The official report from the event held on November 18 at "Anime NYC 2023" in New York City, USA, is as follows.

Official Report

Anime NYC 2023" was held at JACOB JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER in New York, USA from November 17 (Fri.) to 19 (Sun.). The first episode premiere screening of "Metallic Rouge" was held at 3:15 p.m. local time on Saturday, November 18 on the Crunchyroll Stage. A panel was held in conjunction with the screening, with appearances from the "Metallic Rouge" team including Yutaka Izubuchi, general supervisor, Taisei Iwasaki, music director, and Masahiko Minami, president and producer of Vons.

When the event started and the speakers appeared on stage, the audience applauded and cheered.
First, speaking about "Metallic Rouge," which is also the 25th anniversary of VON'S, Mr. Minami said, "It has been a blessing for me to have been able to start a company called VON'S and create animation at this studio for 25 years.
I worked with Mr. Izubuchi more than 20 years ago on a film called "Rahxephon. This was a work that we planned when BONDS was established. I feel very fortunate to have been able to work with Mr. Izubuchi on "Metallic Rouge" on the occasion of the 25th anniversary." Mr. Izubuchi then spoke of his joy at being able to create this work at the timing of the studio's milestone.

In response, Mr. Izubuchi joked, "I have been working with BONDS in a 25-year cycle (laugh)," and added, "Between the last "Rahxephon" and the current "Metallic Rouge," I have been working with BONDS continuously in design and project cooperation, but it has been a long time since we worked on a major project together. I am very happy to be able to work with them on a big project after a long time.

Mr. Minami added, "I have been working with Mr. Izubuchi on this project for about five or six years, and we created it with the hope that it would be a work that would be enjoyed by viewers for a long time. We at BONES also place great importance on original works, and we are working on this project with high hopes that we will be able to create an original work with Mr. Izubuchi on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the company. He also revealed how the work was chosen to commemorate the 25th anniversary.

In addition, Mr. Minami, Mr. Izubuchi, and Mr. Iwasaki talked about the highlights of the film,

Minami: "The main characters are two female buddies, who are cute but also have a serious side as agents of an organization. I hope you will pay attention to their buddy relationship and how they interact with each other.

Izubuchi "The highlights are all there (laughs). The worldview and setting of this film are well-developed, and I hope you will experience the matching of the wonderful music created by Mr. Iwasaki and the visuals created by BONDS.

Iwasaki: "I was a teenager when BONZ was established (laughs). I have admired BONZ's original works since that time, and I think that creating a world view is the most difficult thing in the visual field. The world view that Mr. Izubuchi and Mr. Minami created with "Metallic Rouge" is very original, and I think that is the most appealing part of it. With these words, the world premiere screening of the first episode of "Metallic Rouge" began.

Once the screening began, the audience was overwhelmed by the original and detailed science fiction worldview created by Mr. Izubuchi, the dynamic and stylish battle action by Bonds, and the fascinating characters beautifully visualized in the film, and the story of the main characters, Rouge and Naomi, as their buddy unfolded took their breath away. The audience was breathtakingly fascinated by the story of the main characters, Ruju and Naomi, as they watched the film with their eyes glued to the screen.

After the screening, the audience cheered and applauded, and the talk panel resumed with the excitement still unabated.
The panel began with a question from Mr. Minami: "This time, there were a lot of proper nouns that are original to this film, but wasn't it difficult for you to understand? (Laughs) This film is about humans and artificial humans called "Nairn," and the relationship between the two is the key word of the film. The key point of this work is the relationship between the two.

Mr. Izubuchi said, "This work, 'Metallic Rouge,' is actually a story that cuts out a part of a very large world. The main character, Luju, is an artificial Nairn, a girl who is given the mission to kill nine Nairns who are hostile to the government. The worldview is one in which there are barriers between the human side and the artificial Naeans, who are used by the human side as labor. In such a world, Luge, a Nairn, confronts herself and her relationship with humanity in the mission she bears. He added, "It's a story about transformation.

Furthermore, when asked if there was any influence from tokusatsu works in this work, which is also a "transformation story", Mr. Izubuchi replied, "Yes, there was. Mr. Izubuchi replied, "I have been involved in many tokusatsu works in addition to anime works, such as creature design. In "Metallic Rouge", Rouge is on a mission to kill Nairn, the same as himself, and it is a story of "killing one's own kind". This part of the story was influenced by "Android Kikaider" and other films. He added, "At the time, I was asked to feed back my sense of anime design to the live-action genre of tokusatsu, which led me to get involved in tokusatsu productions. For this work, conversely, I wanted to import the design of tokusatsu works back into the anime genre. As a result, two great designers, Takayuki Takeya and Tamotsu Shinohara, participated in this project. That alone is enough to convince me that this production will be great." He also talked about the influence of tokusatsu on the design.

Mr. Iwasaki talked about the music that would color the work, "As I mentioned before, this is a work that has been thoroughly detailed with Mr. Izubuchi and Mr. Minami playing the central roles. In supporting such a story with music, we thought about it by unraveling the world view. We came to the conclusion that the world of "Metallic Rouge" has a long history, and that there must have already existed a variety of music unique to this world (......). From this point of view, we dared to create music with many variations by using a multi-person production system." Regarding the song "CRIMSON LIGHTNING" used in the battle scene of the first episode, which the host said was particularly impressive, he said, "When I talked with director Motonobu Hori, the keyword 'macaroni western' came up. From there, we used early music by Enrio Morricone and others as references for the song. This song expresses the main character, Luge herself, and I wrote it with the image of her mission and the fate she has taken on. said Mr. Iwasaki.

At the same time, a special music clip of the song and lyrics of "CRIMSON LIGHTNING" was shown along with scenes from the anime, and the audience was filled with excitement by the wonderful images and music, and the excitement of the panel reached its peak.

Finally, Mr. Izubuchi, Mr. Iwasaki, and Ms. Minami sent messages to the fans who had come to the event.

Iwasaki: "This "Metallic Rouge" is a story about a part of the big world, and I think it will continue to expand. I hope I can enjoy this world with you all."

Izubuchi: "As Mr. Iwasaki said, this work is part of a larger story, so if everyone enjoys and loves "Metallic Rouge", this work will expand even further. Please support us, everyone!"

Minami: "Toshihiro Kawamoto, who designed the characters for "Cowboy Bebop," has been designing the characters for this work for quite some time. I hope you will look forward to that aspect of the work as well. In Japan, the production team is working very hard to create this work. I hope you will all enjoy this new work, "Metallic Rouge," with us!

The panel talk by the creators ended with a loud cheer and a commemorative photo taken with the approximately 2,000 audience members who filled the venue.

*The event report is in Japanese only.

Anime NYC 2023" "Metallic Rouge" Episode 1 Premiere Screening & Panel Overview

Date: Saturday, November 17, 2023, 15:15~ *Local time
Venue: JACOB JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER Crunchyroll Stage
Appearance: Yutaka Izubuchi (Supervisor & Series Composition), Taisei Iwasaki (Music), Masahiko Minami (Representative Director of BONES)

Production Information

TV animation " Metallic Rouge
＜Broadcast Information
Broadcasting is scheduled to begin in January 2024 on Fuji Television Network's "+Ultra" and other channels.

＜Introduction
The latest battle action work by BONES and Yutaka Izubuchi.
The birth of an amazing tech noir science fiction in which synthetic humans fight for their destiny!

The animation production company BONES, which produced "Eureka seveN", and
and Yutaka Izubuchi, the mechanical designer of "Mobile Police Patlabor" and the general director of "Space Battleship Yamato 2199," have come together to create the first film since "The Rahxephon" in the 1960s.
The director is "Carol & Tuesday," and the producer is "Carol & Tuesday," and the director is "Yutaka Kuroyanagi!
Directed by Hori Motonobu of "Carol & Tuesday" and "Super Crooks",
Character design is by Toshihiro Kawamoto of "Cowboy Bebop" and "Bloodline" fame, and the film is directed by Hori Motonobu of "Carol & Tuesday" and "Super Crux,
The top-notch staff has come together to create an epic tech noir science fiction film.
Metallic Rouge," an original animation commemorating the 25th anniversary of the founding of Bonds, will be unleashed on the world in January 2024.

A world where humans and artificial beings are intermingled--
A synthetic girl named Rouge is on a mission on Mars with her buddy Naomi.
It is to "kill nine artificial humans who are hostile to the government.
The story of the synthetic girl Luge's battle begins.

<Staff
Supervisor : Yutaka Izubuchi
Series Composition : Yutaka Izubuchi, Toshizo Nemoto
Director : Motonobu Hori
Character Design : Toshihiro Kawamoto
Special Effects Director : Yasushi Muraki
Gladiator Design: Takayuki Takeya, Tamotsu Shinohara
Mechanical Design: Tomoyuki Hirao
Product Design: Kazutaka Miyatake
Set Design: Shingo Takehan, Yasushi Ishizu
Costume design cooperation: Akihiro Yamada
Art Director: Takuya Ebisawa
Color Design: Hiroko Umezaki
Director of Photography: Masataka Ikegami
3DCG Supervisor: Yoshikazu Kon
3DCG Director: Hiroki Uchida
Setting Designer: Miho Sakai
Cultural Archaeology: Katsuie Shibata
Sound Director: Yo Yamada
Music: Taisei Iwasaki, yuma yamaguchi
TOWA TEI
Animation Production: BONES

＜Cast
Ruge Redstar: Yume Miyamoto
Naomi Altman: Tomoyo Kurosawa

＜WEB
Official website: #
Official X (former Twitter): #

(c)BONES, Yutaka Izubuchi / Project Rouge