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Metallic Rouge, Anne Shirley Anime Screen in Competition at Annecy
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In addition, Crunchyroll's Executive Vice Producer of Global Commerce Michel Berger will host a titled "Crunchyroll Studio Focus: Niche No More – Anime's Global Growth is Delighting Fans Worldwide" on June 12 at 9:00 a.m.
The 2025 Annecy International Animation Film Festival will be held in Annecy, from June 8-14.
The original television +Ultra programming block. Crunchyroll streams the series worldwide excluding Asia as it airs in Japan.
The "tech noir" anime takes place in a world where humans and androids coexist. The story follows Rouge, an android girl, who is on a mission on Mars with her partner Naomi. The mission is to murder Immortal Nine, nine artificial humans who are hostile to the government.
The Tatami Galaxy) is composing the music.
The first novel is set in the late 19th century in the fictional town of Avonlea in Prince Edward, Canada, where an 11-year-old orphan girl named Anne Shirley is sent by mistake to middle-aged siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. The siblings originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm. The novel tells of Anne's adventures in school and within the town.
The anime adaptation depicts Anne's growth from a girl to a woman, through her bond with the siblings Matthew and Marilla, her friendship with Diana, and her romance with Gilbert. (Some of these story elements appear in Montgomery's later sequel novels.)
Source: Press release
