When A Genius Anime Meets Terrible Writing 

I think the writers wanted to portray the robot immortal characters as complicated and deep by showing that they're not single-handedly focused on solving slavery and have their stuff going on but it just backfires.

I remember watching the trailer for this at Anime Expo and getting so hyped, just be realize that it's another one of those "good premise" but the author suffered a writer's block and decides to use "random bullshit go" for the rest of the season to make deadlines... we all got baited.

Bro cooked the story so quick 😂

I'm 100% convinced that Bones is the Japanese equivalent of Dreamworks in terms of consistency in the quality of its shows/movies.

naw, Sakamoto Days DID NOT miss out on a Studio Bones adaptation for this 😭

"oh look a mecha anime from the modern day that isnt real robot OR shitty cgi. " "oh no the story is terrible" i hate that cliche

I think some of the biggest problems with Metallic Rouge is that it went nowhere with what it was trying to tell, also that it was an anniversary anime for the whole studio and they screw it up which is sad because Bones had a decent track record with some mecha stuff and most importantly the other mecha show that was airing around it release Bang brave bang Bravern was something it couldn't compete agaisnt

This is why slow pace yet good story is a must.

Good staff, anime original and a cool ost. An absolute fumble and the ending lol

This is a common thing for a lot original anime, seems like studios need a manga writer to write the story first for it to be good.

My glorious king, Karu, returns.

I feel like they wanted too much but had too little time and didn't want to compromise on any ideas so they just bullshited a lot of stuff that would have made sense if the show went on for longer and had time to explain. Same thing happened to darling in the franxx I think.

Nevertheless, I really enjoyed The witch and the beast. Loved the setting, art style and characters. Will continue with the manga. edit: The manga has phenomenal art. The only good thing I can say about Metallic Rouge is that the OP is a banger.

Random unrelated comment: Yknow all the isekais where the mc wakes up with a 16 yr old body that looks similar to his original body. Is there a manga or whatever that shows the life of the original owners before the swap. There could even have a character that is supposed to swap with a truck-kunned teenager but somehow manages to not swap and instead tries to understand what causes isekais to happen. Would be a cool idea, i hope its already been made

At least I was interested enough to watch The Witch and The Beast till end and the manga is immaculate art wise. Metallic Rouge other hand i dropped after ep 9, it had 2 good opening episodes and the rest was either 'meh' or 'ehh?!'. The OP, ED and the insert song were great though in my opinion, still listen to them every once in a while

You know how people sometimes complain about Marvel having characters who are objectively correct in ideology, but then they like, bomb an orphanage or something so they're the bad guys? It sounds like they did this. Like it reminds me of that Scales movie that Danny Gonzalez reviewed where it's like "oh yeah mermaids can cure any disease, even incurable chronic ones" and they just stay in the ocean and you're supposed to think they're the good guys. Like, when you mentioned the one guy seeing the harsh conditions and believing death to be the freedom, i think thats an interesting idea to use, but like, all the other characters need to have a similar thing going on for me to believe the protagonist DOESN'T want to stop the slavery business. Like, that's actually pretty down to earth to agree with the basic goal, but not trust the people on an ideological level because of their philosophies they hold. It happens all the time in real life.

"Oh hey cute girl"

so basicallyt a dumbed down version of og bladerunner mixed with detroit become human?, how do you mess that up?

I think The Witch and the Beast was phenomenal. The manga is also incredible. But regarding Metallic Rouge it had sooo much potential the art was spectacular IMO, but they fumbled so hard with the plot. I didn't even know what I was watching after Ep.7/8 Also something I think you (or I) missunderstood is the fact, that the blue haired Rouge clone is also part of the immortal 9.

Bro can start his own anime studio 😐👍

This anime's story actually reminds me of the Detroit become human game like if you don't know about that game make sure to check it out

The opening is a banger thou XD

hearing you sum up the idea of the story makes it so sad knowing the writing is ass 😭

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="245">04:05</a> FUGA: melodies of steel ost- elegy of winds jumpscare

I decided to watch it. Liked it a lot,then the puppet guy got introduced and the anime became just a bunch of half-flashbacks and weird stuff. Animation is good,though. 7/10

these robo modes be lookin like warframes ngl

And this is why we get very few original anime... If you haven't written it trough completely before starting production, don't start the production. If you are given 24 episodes, and suddenly are cut short, then just end on a cliffhanger and hope that you get the rest you needed, don't try to shove it in shorter time than planned... And to whom ever cut the anime shorter: eat shit! :(

I love that you actually took the time to propose something more interesting plot-wise. I also do it myself 😅

unironically when i was watching this I felt like it was a chore. Like "yeah sure the idea is cool enough and I saw some funny clips of it so why not". Nothing you said when describing the plot was wrong, from what I remember it makes sense but when you mentioned Aes's hypocrisy in fighting Rouge I realized I entirely forgot that happened because i just didn't care anymore because nothing made sense. When Naomi was revealed to be the ambassador, origin nean, whatever the hell, I just DIDN'T CARE because it kept pulling out so many damn plot twists. It reminded me of a Sci-Fi book called Cinder, based on Cinderella, that similarly kept pulling out bullshit plot twits so much that I just stopped caring and hated the book. it was always just: ->start watching episode >the feck >sure i guess that makes an iota of sense >end episode >forget 90% of what happened immediately >okay time to watch an episode of something else that released this season good idea, it started being absolute bs fast

Anime has good idea but bad writing 😔

Cooking so hard it get's overcooked 🤣🤣🤣

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="378">6:18</a> that "Watch me cook" line was absolute fire 🔥🔥

That Ape Escape music is low key genius considering the story line of Spectre wanting to free the apes from captivity and take over the world.

Bro hearing the Magic Knight Rayearth music at the beginning just sent me on a nostalgia trip 😂

So happy I’m not missing out on anything.

your channel is a death trap bro ive been binge watching you for hours

Finally he's back

my man really used the hub world music from ape escape...GOATED!

aint no way you're not making a video of the dangers in my heart

I need to thks you for make me free of watch this anime ending, i already feel something wierd in that story from that circus cap and you confirm my worst fears about that story with your video about where was going all, so thks buddy for taking that bullet for me and the boys 😌👍🏼✨💻👍🏼✨

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="190">3:10</a> Ah, yes, the "beat the sh!t out of people" reasoning approach. Always works in KH! <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="480">8:00</a> omg, I can't believe you put that one song there lol Dude just doxxed his own age

I don't know how people can be so interested in such dead on arrival concepts. Who gives a fuck about robot feelings, we created them, they are only tools, thus "slaves". The real moral question is why people made them with personalities and emotions in the first place. Now THAT is fucked up...

Well, the opening is just beautiful and another song Crimson lightning

Hey man what's the background song in the middle? (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="255">4:15</a>)

Yeah, I had feeling something was off from ep 1, but I wanted to stick around due to the influences from tokusatsu (aka Power Rangers/Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, etc.). Probably a mistake seeing how convoluted the plot became. TBH, I'd suggest to watch Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song if you want to see a well-executed, emotionally-gripping story about the same things Metallic Rouge failed to address.

Honestly I really liked the henshin hero transformation part, it gave the show a unique part

apparently, this anime was made by their E studio, the newest studio, led by Makoto Watanabe and mainly known for the Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution trilogy

I feel drawn to this for some reason before I’ve even started writing (I’m terrible at writing and procrastinative)

do you have a video on grand blue?

I feel like a lot of anime original shows just drop the ball hard

I feel they tried to do something like Andor were the main character is morally gray and he doesn't give a fuck about the rebels and the empire only to survive the day.

The rewrite at the end feels like a mix of Kill La Kill and Metal Gear Reveneagance

By the end, I was wondering who WASN'T a neon

Dam this was anime I was going to try cause it looked cool in the clips I saw…. Thanks for the video cause god dam this is a mess

This is megaman with extra steps no seriously....it's just a more elaborate version of mega man's plot

dont even know what this video about but from title i can already say that i 100% agree

there is a reason why the gay super robot was the highlight of the season last season.

Exactly what so genius about Carole and Tuesday with robots?

Metallic Rouge was the shovelware anime of the winter season lmao.

im pretty sure Casshern Sin was in the same ballpark and hit the emotional notes this series was trying to in places

My critic that you left out is the fact they one have that banger ost... as the only ost. Holy shit how many times would they use the same ost across the whole 13 ep? And the answer is YES.

This honestly seems on brand with Bones. If you look at their track record, anything that isn't an adaptation (or og Eureka Seven) is bound to fumble the story so hard. I've watched plenty of other original shows from Studio Bones, from Rahxephon, to Kurau Phantom Memory, to the many E7 clones, and pretty much all fall short of being truly great. There's a lot of good ideas but poor execution. They all have this overly ambitious feel that ultimately can't meet these high expectations.

Dude n now I m invested in the karu version

I remember watching the first few episodes since I had this on my give it a shot list. Bones, great visuals, and a great premise? I should e loved it! I fell asleep after episode 2, I was disappointed.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="149">2:29</a> One of them is Swarthz kun (i think the left bottom) and he is a joke character in Bishojou Fantasy (he is a wannabe nerd, granted the strongest edgiest sword in existence but one-punch platonic best friend Jinguji tops him in every aspect)

The yellow Immortal was so generically crazy. Like, i watched Gigguk's recent video at the time where he went through some anime tropes and that he said the quickest way to know someone is crazy is just laughing like a dumbass. Cut to Joker's proper introduction, annnnnd he's laughing like a dumbass

Gotta hate it when a really nice production goes to waste on a mid-at-best show, even worse when it had potential, it's also been pretty common this year like why?

You also made a video talking about Ninja Kamui which also fell off midway through lol 😅

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="219">3:39</a> "just take my nectar away" that's what she said

I just realized after watching your video that I barely remember anything from this show and I definitely finished it. That shows how bad it was. The OP and ED were slap, though.

I just gotta say, man I loved Witch and The Beast. Sure, animation got really iffy at moments, but I fell in love with that bizzare world and its characters.

It's always hard for me to get in to these sorts of stories, as I really dislike the 'robots as slaves' trope. There's no reason to build a sapient robot just to limit it's freewill. You could just build a robot that wasn't sapient. The entire thing falls apart from the beginning unless you accept that humans deliberately built a group of people just to mistreat and enslave them.

I recommend Unwanted undead adventure, gives off Frieren vibes and just very chill fantasy anime. It’s NOT an isekai but a cool little fantasy anime that I hope gets a second season. It was my second or third anime of the season. It certainly has Best story of the season. Its manga hasn’t been out for too long though it only had 60 chapters when the season ended I think.

I've never said "huh? " every 30 seconds like I did watching this

Someone give this man an anime to direct

at least the opening still bops

that history remembers me Pluto, the only diference, it is good

I sorta liked the alien war reveal. The idea that the androids were created by indifferent aliens and given to humans as a military trade. And that the android rebellion we see in the plot was actually instigated and manipulated by another alien faction using the androids to wage a proxy war. If executed right it could be interesting commentary on how inscrutable factions exploit and use people like chess pieces against each other. And a commentary on how easy it is for a justified revolution to get co-opted by malicious parties and create a pointless cycle of violence. It wasn't executed well, and the story was already over bloated by fifty other pointless plot twists and melodrama, but this show could've been saved by another revision in the writer's room.

Other ideas you could do with the immortal 9 just off the top of my head, not watched this and probably never will: Change the "lol random violence character" into being a violent nihilist/pessimist due to something like "I've already done such horrible things, so why not embrace anarchy and mess stuff up while im at it since the world sucks anyways" Character who is very robotic, similar to... Well... A robot. But they're more cold and calculating, and have come to the conclusion that an extremist approach of trying to force Rouge into making the decision with violence, believing that the wrongdoings of one are worth it for the betterment of them all. Character who is in high up standing among humans (as far as a robot can get anyway) and feels that his high but ultimately subservient position isn't worth trying to risk by breaking the worlds order Make that one girl who wanted to run away then went to go fight robots be actually doing it because of a mental break, basically self delet via a last stand due to her feeling internally overwhelmingly hopeless I feel like the concept of this type of society with robots being treated like second class citizens is a very interesting way you could go into potential people this would end up forming and the mental burden it has on them, idk if this is too heavy but I think the robots offset it enough where you could cover dark topics while simultaneously not turning into a depression thing Could probably write more but I forgor lolol

Me and my wife watched episode 1 and immediately dropped it. So so bad, none of it was even remotely coherent.

bro really cooked 💀

Not everything has to feel copy and paste. If you want something that I think is fresh, try 'Walk Me Home: Dating a Monster Girl'. It's summarised like this: *_"Walking your OP monster girlfriend home is easy. No one messes with you. Getting back on your own? That's tricky. In a city where light-sensitive monsters come out at night, Norman Newman is a normal human ... which makes him a target for everything else. Will parkour, martial arts and a high-powered flashlight be enough to keep him alive on date night?"_* It's not an anime or manga, though. It's an online novel ... that I wrote 😅 ... but so far the reviews suggest that I'm onto something: "I have to say, this is close to the most alien I've ever seen monsters depicted as which is very hard to pull off, and your way of worldbuilding is equally good, both in the sense of the state of the world as well as the relationship between the two leads. [...] Kinda disappointed that this series isn't more popular and very glad I tried it on a whim after seeing the most recent post" "The premise of this story is definitely intriguing. And in the first five chapters at least it delivers characters with good depth and great world building. If the author manages to keep this interesting adding new monsters, new gadgets and more development in the relationship between the characters, this story is heading for great things. I also appreciate that there are no grammar errors that I have noticed." "Dude. Man. Dudeman. You've got a dope story spinning here. Be like water my friend. Fitting words from the Master." "This isnt getting the Attention it deserves, your Worldbuilding is incredible, and your characters are great and fleshed out."

This anime sounds like it was made by some AI robot with all the storylines lmao

Gotta admit sounds like a fun ride

Metallic Rouge definitely fumbled the ball, that's the unfortunate truth. Trying to tell this kind of story in a seasonal 13 episode limit was never going to pan out. They could have at least given it the Back Arrow treatment and given it DOUBLE the episode count to flesh out the story a bit more and give it time to breathe. My solution? (And this likely wouldn't happen due to the poor ratings) Throw it into a Super Robot Wars game. The series is already out in the ether, for better or worse. But SRW has a history of "fixing" plots and writing decisions for both story and character development. Like every time they use Evangelion, they give Shinji a healthy support system with characters like Koji Kabuto from Mazinger Z to make him a more rounded out human being who actually has confidence in himself as a pilot and just... As a person. It would also give us more of a chance to explore the alien war going on if you have the interactions with other space opera mech series.

"Rouge's dad." "Shocked I tell ya, I'm shocked! Never saw that coming!"

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="247">4:07</a> song name?

Thank you for trying to make it look good at the end lol.

i want that hyper x gaming pc tf

You should make a video about genocyber

sakamoto days got a trailer

so basically full metal alchemist brotherhood in 13 episodes

so it's bladerunner ideas with the hunger games execution

It seemed like it was gonna be a sort of megaman/gunvolt story and i was down for it, but it all fell apart halfway through

Ngl, bro actually kinda cooked with that short storyline in the end

It was bones 25th anniversary...they just had a fun time weaving stories. It just a cool and great looking show

So many plot twists.. What is this, an M. Night Shyamalan movie?

Great now I've watched the whole show

Puppet lord looks like an evil Peter Capaldi

This sounds a lot like the animatrix ngl