![]() ![]() Initially, Redline was meant to premiere on the 2009 edition of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, where it would have competed in the Feature Film category. Soundtrack Īn official soundtrack to the film by James Shimoji ( ジェイムス下地 ?) was release on October 6, 2010. ![]() Īccording to Tim Maughan of Anime News Network, Redline was released several years later than originally planned, its development having taken seven years and 100,000 hand-made drawings, which, as he points out, is all the more unusual as it is Koike's directorial debut. The films music was composed by James Shimoji. The film's character designs, original and otherwise, were done by Katsuhito Ishii, who also served as one of the film's sound directors. The task of writing the script was shared by Yoji Enokido, Katsuhito Ishii, and Yoshiki Sakurai. Masahiro Fukushima served as executive producer. The film's producers were Yukiko Koike and Kentarō Yoshida. Redline was produced by Madhouse and directed by Takeshi Koike, who also wrote the storyboard and served as unit director and animation director. But JP participates in spite of the danger. The reason behind this is that the government of Roboworld, the military planet the race is to take place on, is opposed to the race and has threatened anyone participating with death. On the verge of giving up, he learns that, by popular vote, he has qualified for the prestigious no-rules race called Redline after two other drivers dropped out. During a qualification race called the Yellowline, his engine explodes. He gets along with money the mob pays him for losing, although being out on bail for something possibly related to match-fixing. JP drives a Yellow TransAM20000 which looks so damn good speeding through the space-age tracks.Following his dream, JP becomes a racer and gains a large following because of his retro-style sense of fashion and his frequent and spectacular crashes toward the ends of his races. There’s racers with rockets, lasers and huge race cars each with their own flavor to them. This movie just keeps going and going like an anime Energizer bunny. The characters’ shapes becomes distorted and they even have nosebleeds from how fast they go. The way that it makes you feel like the characters are going as fast as the speed of light is a sight to behold. ![]() The animation and action scenes serve as this movie’s main course. When anime is done right it just gives you an all-around good feeling, and Redline epitomizes that. It has a plot that never gets lost in the animation and crazy action scenes that are the meat of this film. Honestly, without spoiling anything, there’s not much I can tell you about the plot other than that it’s satisfying in all the right ways. Well, it revolves around him and his journey to the ultimate race, “Redline.” The plot has action and drama as expected from a racing story, with plenty of twists and turns. The plot revolves around a cool cat named JP (nicknamed “Sweet” JP) and his boss hairdo. Redline is full of action and characters that are pretty fleshed out even though the main motive of the film is actually to bombard you with beautiful set pieces and a bangin’ soundtrack. The movie was produced by Madhouse so you know the animation is on point. Redline is an anime movie about racing that was released at a film festival in 2009 and officially in 2010. Just know that your life is incomplete without watching this movie at least 2 times. First question, have you heard of Redline? You most likely haven’t and that’s okay, don’t feel bad. ![]()
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