And if you think it does look good, you think it looks GOOD. The bright colors and other-worldly aliens might be a bit much to take in, but its hard to deny this took a lot of effort. 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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