The cars look incredible, the bold-outlined and stylized characters are modern and hiply-designed, and everything is animated with a special care that makes the work clearly and only one from Takeshi Koike. The turbo-boost might destroy the car and kill you? But you're so close to winning, go ahead and punch it in at the last lap.This is what makes "Redline" special: it is ecstasy for all the senses, and is an ode to the spirit of racing and competition. ![]() Shred those chords and those tires, pedal to the metal, don't look back. What could make the scene more exciting? A thumping bass-powered rock track, heavy on the drums and the electric guitar. Again, these cars are hand-drawn, lovingly so to enhance their elongated forms, warping as the camera struggles to keep up with them. Cut to the racers in a bevy of tricked-out cars, built with weapons and armor and speed-boosting engines that would cost millions of dollars to build, and are likely to be wrecked minutes later. It starts in a baren desert, with all manner of alien creatures hanging around the race track's finish line, taking bets and cheering when they see the racers coming in from the distance. A science-fiction tale orbiting around a passion for racing, the opening eight-minutes is of the qualifying race to the "Redline" final on a completely different planet. But even if not knowing anything about the production history, or not knowing that this was an anime, "Redline" is a visually unique feast for the eyes. It's something of a miracle that Studio Madhouse's film, and Koike's magnum-opus, would ever see the light of day. ![]() It was directed by Takeshi Koike, a man who was something of a maverick Japanese animator with bold and stylized character designs and movement, but aside from the short film "World Record" in "The Animatrix" anthology, he didn't really have much experience as a director. Visuals: 5.00 | Animation: 4.50 | Music: 5.00 | Acting: 3.50 | Story: 3.00 | Fun: 4.50 | Personal Bias: 5.00įew animated films have as much of a fascinating or troubled production history as 2009's "Redline." With evidence of its world being developed as early as 2003 (a loosely-tied OVA was released that year), "Redline" would reportedly be released several years later than planned, being entirely hand-drawn with barely any CGI. Review of Redline "2DAniCritic" Review: Redline Review Score: 4.36 / 5.00
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