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Japanese singer-songwriter Yu-ka's official YouTube channel began streaming a dance lyric dance video for her latest song, "Rouge," the opening theme for the winter 2024 TV anime Metallic Rouge . The song was included in her first full album "Brighter" released on January 17. Kenichiro Shimizu, who specializes in CG, Ar, and VFX direction, directed the lyric dance video shot inside a 4-sided LED panel. Yu, of the dance company Elevenplay led by director/choreographer Mikiko, participated as a performer. Yu-ka was dressed in a mini-dress reminiscent of Rouge Redstar, the main character in Metallic Rouge . Yu-ka "Rouge" lyric dance video Metallic Rouge anime creditless opening movie "Brighter" CD jacket Related: Korean Singer Dazbee Releases Metallic Rouge Anime Ending Theme Music Video "The song 'Rouge' is a song about a strong determination to 'hold the reins of one's own hand' while wavering between child and adult, cuteness and strength, reason and instinct,...

Studio Bones is celebrating their 25th anniversary with the docuseries Bones 25: Dreaming Forward. Studio Bones prioritizes storytelling over merchandising, setting it apart from other anime studios. Studio Bones is known for their commitment to originality and constant deviation from mainstream trends, and that's earned them praise from many industry professionals.

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of Studio Bones, the acclaimed studio behind My Hero Academia and many other incredible anime. The studio has already set up a multitude of projects to commemorate the historic achievement, the first of which has been the premiere of the original series Metallic Rouge, whose director, Motonobu Hori, also directed Studio Bones’ 20th-anniversary anime, Carole & Tuesday.

Continuing with the celebration of Studio Bones’ 25th anniversary is a 4-part docuseries streaming exclusively on Crunchyroll. A collaboration between Crunchyroll and French production company DeltaRocket, the Studio Bones docuseries, Bones 25: Dreaming Forward, is split into four parts,...

Crunchyroll announced that it will start streaming a four-part documentary on Studio Bones to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the studio starting Feb 13, 2024.

The four parts include The History of Bones, Style and Originality, Successful Adaptation and Metallic Rouge: The Future of Bones.

Titled Bones 25: Dreaming Forward, each episodes of the documentary will be 24-minutes long. It is produced by Crunchyroll along with a French production company DeltaRocket.

A trailer and visual were revealed along with the announcement.

Bones 25: Dreaming Forward is directed by DeltaRocket founder Jace.

The documentary will feature interviews of 30 personalities from the industry including the president Masahiko Minami, Mob Psycho 100 author One, director Shinichiro Watanabe, Bungo Stray Dogs creator Kafka Asagiri and Metallic Rouge staff members Motonobu Hori (director) and Yutaka Izubuchi (conceptual author and series composition writer).

Bones president Masahiko Minami expressed his enthusiasm on the documentary, stating, “We wanted to build a...

Crunchyroll is releasing an exclusive four-part documentary about Bones, the acclaimed animation studio behind the likes of My Hero Academia.

As detailed in a recent press release, Crunchyroll is partnering with a French production company called DeltaRocket to produce Bones 25: Dreaming Forward, a new series documenting Bones' gradual evolution from a fledgling production house to an animation giant. The series is intended to commemorate the studio's 25th anniversary in addition to the release of its latest original anime project, Metallic Rouge. Crunchyroll will begin streaming the documentary series on Feb. 13, intentionally coinciding with the debut of Metallic Rouge's sixth episode.

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Watch the first episode of the documentary Bones 25: Dreaming Forward right here ! This season's Metallic Rouge anime is just one part of the big celebration of the 25th anniversary of anime production house Studio Bones. Crunchyroll announced that it has produced a brand-new, four-part documentary series titled Bones 25: Dreaming Forward , which will start streaming on the service on February 13, 2024. The Bones 25: Dreaming Forward documentary — produced by Crunchyroll and French production company DeltaRocket — will consist of four 24-minute episodes. The series will explore the creation of Studio Bones, which has spent the past 25 years working on some of the most iconic anime out there, from the Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door anime film to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood , My Hero Academia and more. Shot entirely in Japan, the four parts include "The History of Bones," Style and Originality," "Successful Adaptation" and "Metallic Rouge: The Future of Bones." Over...

Exclusive: Anime streamer Crunchyroll is dropping a doc-series on renowned Japanese animation maker Studio Bones.

The platform has been quietly working on Bones 25: Dreaming Forwards, which will drop tomorrow (February 13), timed with the release of the studio’s latest series, Metallic Rouge, and its 25th anniversary.

Bones 25 will comprise four 24-minute episodes about the studio, which is behind anime titles such as Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, My Hero Academia and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The studio currently has more than 30 specials and series on Crunchyroll, including Bungo Stray Dogs, The Case Study of Vanitas, Eureka Seven and SK8 the Infinity.

Sony-owned Crunchyroll and French producer DeltaRocket have teamed for the series. DeltaRocket’s founder Jace, who is behind more than 40 docs for French TV, is the director.

Shot entirely in Japan, Bones 25 will divide into four parts: ‘The History of Bones’, ‘Style and Originality’, ‘Successful Adaptation’ and...

Metallic Rouge is an anime that makes use of persisting science-fiction themes of co-existence between humans and androids in a futuristic society where prejudice is easy and emancipation is hard to come by. Produced by Bones, the studio behind My Hero Academia and both anime adaptations of Fullmetal Alchemist, Motonobu Hori's latest directorial venture brings politics and mecha-battles to a vibrant cyberpunk world beset with inequalities in its very foundations. Co-created by Yutaka Izubuchi, with a screenplay from Toshizo Nemoto and music composition from Towa Tei, the series features the voices of Yume Miyamoto as Rouge Redstar, Tomoyo Kurosawa as Naomi Orthmann, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Jaron “Joker” Fate, and Yu Shimamura as Sarah Fitzgerald in the debut episode.

From time immemorial, humanity filled the gaps in its understanding of the world and rationalized its own fear with the conception of God as an all-powerful being atop the known universe.

Metallic Rouge is a visually stunning anime with amazing animation, fight choreography, and shot composition. The series relies on minimal exposition, allowing the audience to figure things out on their own and showcasing the intelligence of the storytelling. The protagonist, Rouge Redstar, is a complex character with a balance of quirkiness and coldness, and the series explores her growth through her conflicts of morality.

Metallic Rouge is the latest anime from Studio Bones and serves as a celebration of its 25th anniversary. Set in the future on Mars at a time when humans and androids called Neans are meant to coexist, the series follows Rouge Redstar and Naomi Orthmann, two government agents assigned to hunt down the Immortal Nine, a group of powerful Neans striking a violent fight against the oppression of their kind.

Only a few episodes of Metallic Rouge have been released so far, but it’s already...

The official YouTube channel for Korean singe Dazbee has started streaming a music video for her latest digital single song "Scarlet," which is now featured as the ending theme for the winter 2024 TV anime Metallic Rouge . Dazbee is a female vocalist living in South Korea who began posting "Utattemita" videos covering Vocaloid songs on video-sharing websites in 2011. She made her major debut from Universal Music in March 2022 and provided the opening theme song "Ibitsuna Kotoba" for the TV anime Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte in January 2023. The music video for "Scarlet" features plenty of footage from the story of Metallic Rouge , creating a collaboration between the worldview of the anime and the city pop sound of the song. Dazbee "Scarlet" music video Metallic Rouge creditless ending movie Digital single jacket Dazbee artist visual Metallic Rouge is directed by Motonobu Hori ( Carole & Tuesday ) at Studio Bones,...

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie will be shown in over 300 theaters in the U.S. for three days only, from January 21 to January 23, as part of Anime Expoìs Cinema Night series. The movie takes place during the timeline of the anime series and focuses on a high-stakes bounty case that the crew of the Bebop must solve. Fans appreciate the movie's cool vibe and how it enhances the anime experience with better animation, storytelling, and mesmerizing music.

As part of its Cinema Night series, Anime Expo (Ax) is bringing back Cowboy Bebop: The Movie later this month for a limited time in select theaters across the United States. This will be only the fourth time the jazz-noir, cult classic film has been made available to watch in American theaters, with the most recent showing having come way back in 2018.

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Studio Bones is celebrating its 25th anniversary in style with original TV anime Metallic Rouge , and the series goes live today as part of Crunchyroll's Winter 2024 lineup! To get everyone primed for the action to come, we have a slew of information ranging from the characters and their respective voice actors to key staff, trailers, visuals and more. Watch Metallic Rouge on Crunchyroll! In This Guide Metallic Rouge Release Date: When Does the Metallic Rouge Anime Come Out? Metallic Rouge Characters and Voice Cast Metallic Rouge Anime Staff Metallic Rouge Anime Official Trailers Metallic Rouge Anime Art & Key Visuals Metallic Rouge Anime Synopsis Metallic Rouge Additional Information Metallic Rouge Release Date: When Does the Metallic Rouge Anime Come Out? Metallic Rouge officially comes to Crunchyroll starting January 10, 2024 at 10:25am Pt . Where can I watch? Crunchyroll Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and...

A new sci-fi action series from the acclaimed studio Bones, is coming to you soon, and we have all the premiere details for you! Metallic Rouge will premiere on Crunchyroll on Wednesday, January 10 at 10:25 a.m. Pt with dubs for the series following shortly after. Read on for everything you need to know for the launch! Watch Metallic Rouge Episode 1 right here ! Motonobu Hori ( Carole & Tuesday ) will direct Metallic Rouge at studio Bones, with Yutaka Izubuchi ( RahXephon ) serving as conceptual author and handling series composition. Toshihiro Kawamoto ( Cowboy Bebop ) provides character designs, and Taisei Iwasaki ( Blood Blockade Battlefront ) composes the music.

The official website for Studio Bones's upcoming 25th-anniversary original TV anime series, Metallic Rouge , has announced its seven additional voice cast members as below. Puppeteer: Hiroshi Yanaka (Luomen in The Apothecary Diaries ) Opera: Mariya Ise (Urara Kasugano/Cure Lemonade in Power of Hope ~ PreCure Full Bloom ) Ace Machias / Alice Machias: Minami Tsuda (Lucy Webster in The Ancient Magus' Bride ) Graufon Berg: Hiroki Yasumoto (Qual in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ) Cyan Bluestar: Haruka Shiraishi (Asirpa in Golden Kamuy ) Eva Cristella: Yoko Hikasa (Utahime Iori in Jujutsu Kaisen ) Roy Yunghart: Yoshimitsu Shimoyama (Desha in Ranking of Kings ) Ahead of its TV premiere in Japan on January 10, the anime's creditless opening and ending movies have been streamed on Fuji TV's official anime YouTube channel . The opening theme "Rouge" is sung by Japanese singer-songwriter Yu-ka, while the ending theme song "Scarlet" is performed by Korean singer Dazbee. Related: Metallic Rouge Anime Suits...

Studio Bones has released more details about its upcoming sci-fi anime, Metallic Rouge.

Unlike the studio's previous hit, My Hero Academia, Metallic Rouge is not based on any other existing works. The anime's official website now showcases a third promotional video, which teases exciting mech-style action scenes. Bones has also revealed the full staff and cast list for Metallic Rouge. The series is scheduled to start broadcasting in Japan in January 2024, airing on Fuji Television's Ultra+ programming block. Earlier this year, Crunchyroll confirmed that it will stream Metallic Rouge for subscribers in all major territories, excluding Asia.

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Metallic Rouge is classified as "tech noir" -- a science-fiction subgenre that blends film noir with dystopian plot elements. Its story is set in a world where androids and humans coexist. The series' hero Rouge and her partner Naomi are sent to...

The self-described "tech noir" anime Metallic Rouge has plenty of interesting ideas and creative staff behind it that makes it worth keeping an eye on. Its Blade Runner-esque premise, combined with Bones' excellent animation, promises a dark but stylish spectacle. With Crunchyroll already locked in to stream the anime, it's only a matter of waiting to see what it will deliver in terms of visuals and action.

Trailer footage and the description of the plot make Metallic Rouge look like a sci-fi classic blasting right out of the past. Bones itself is also hyping up the idea of a genre throwback, as the anime's website boasts of how the staff involved last teamed up 19 years ago for the cult classic mecha show RahXephon. Regardless, the story of an interplanetary manhunt should stand out among the season's offerings.

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Netflix anime continues on the move, as the streamer announced the feature film Drifting Home for a 2022 premiere, and updated the casts, dates and teasers on several other projects.

The Tudum virtual fan event was presented and hosted by Netflix Anime V-Tuber N-ko, highlighted by the Drifting Home news, the next feature film project by Studio Colorido, the team behind 2020’s A Whisker Away.

The upcoming original story about two childhood friends that drift into a mysterious sea alongside an entire housing complex will join previously announced heist story Super Crooks based on a story by comic book legend Mark Millar, and Bright: Samurai Soul, an anime spin-off to the original Hollywood film starring Will Smith.

Netflix also gave fans a glimpse at some of their returning series, including Aggretsuko Season 4 (premiering December 2021) and Ultraman Season 2 (premiering in 2022), revealing a new teaser art for the long-awaited sophomore season of Ultraman,...

Netflix unveiled teaser art for a handful of upcoming anime projects during a morning panel at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival today. The streamer also discussed the anime feature expansion of hit Netflix series The Witcher, The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf which showrunner and executive producer Lauren Schmidt-Hissrich said will be a prequel about “what it takes to become a witcher.”

The original fantasy series has been a big success for the streamer and centers on Henry Cavill as the grim Geralt of Rivia, the bane of supernatural beasties. The series story follows the intertwined destinies of three individuals in the vast world of The Continent, where humans, elves, witchers, gnomes, and monsters battle to survive and thrive, and where good and evil is not easily identified.

The film will focus on Geralt’s mentor Vesemir, how Geralt became a witcher and “how did he learn the things...

As streamers continue to carve out their niches for specialized content, Netflix has established a firm foothold in original anime production of both established and original IP. On Tuesday morning, the platform outlined a group of exciting upcoming titles, headlined by the hugely anticipated “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf” animated spinoff, in a pre-recorded Studio Focus panel, streamed as part of the Annecy Film Festival.

In “The Witcher,” one of Netflix’s most popular original series to date, Henry Cavill plays Geralt of Rivera, the outcast monster hunter who is loathed by most he comes across and willing to do dangerous and unsavory work for pay, earning himself a guarded admiration from some he’s helped. But, before Geralt came Vesemir, a headstrong young witcher who relishes his job and the earthly benefits he reaps in doing what others can’t or won’t. Seemingly unshakable, Vesemir will face...