The official account of the LINE Manga revealed on Twitter that the original anime “Metallic Rouge” is getting a webtoon adaptation, which will be released on March 7th.
Meika Tokyo and Chita Tsurushima are drawing the webtoon, and whomor is in charge of production.
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Yume Miyamoto stars in the series as the android Rouge Redmaster, and Tomoyo Kurosawa co-stars as her partner Naomi Orthmann.
Other cast members include (character name spellings unconfirmed):
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Jean Yunghart
- Yu Shimamura as Sara Fitzgerald
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Jaron Fate
- Yui Ogura as Jill Sturgeon
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Afdal Bashal
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Eden Vallock
- Atsushi Miyauchi as Ash Stahl
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Noid 262
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Puppeteer
- Mariya Ise as Opera
- Minami Tsuda as Ace/Alice Machias
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Graufon Berg
- Haruka Shiraishi as Cyan Bluestar
- Yōko Hikasa as Eva Cristella
- Yoshimitsu Shimoyama as Roy Yunghart
Synopsis
The "tech noir" anime is set in a world where humans and androids coexist. The story focuses on Rouge, an android girl, who is on a mission to Mars with her partner Naomi. The mission is to assassinate nine artificial humans who are hostile to the government.
Technical team
- Anime Director: Motonobu Hori (Carole & Tuesday)
- Animation Studio: BONES
- Chief Director and Writer: Yutaka Izubuchi (mecha designer for Mobile Police Patlabor, Star Blazers 2199, RahXephon)
- Screenwriter: Toshizo Nemoto (Macross Delta)
- Character Designer: Toshihiro Kawamoto (Cowboy Bebop)
- Music Composers: Taisei Iwasaki (BELLE), Yuma Yamaguchi, Towa Tei
The anime premiered on January 10th on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block. Crunchyroll streams the series worldwide, except in Asia, where it airs in Japan.
Source: Official website
