Redline

[yellowlightman]

Watch these trailers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aDJe218UYM

Read this review:

http://www.colonydrop.com/index.php/2010/10/12/redline?blog=1

And then find a way to see Redline. It's exciting in the way anime used to be. It's gorgeously animated and well produced. It is a wonderful, amazing film and everyone should see it.

Edited October 12, 2010 by yellowlightman

[shiroth]

This is something i've been looking forward to for a good while now. 2011 is when it's being released here, so that will be Blu-ray preorder when the time comes.

I've always said Madhouse produce some of the best looking animated films. :3

[Graham]

Watched the trailer.

While I like Madhouse, this doesn't look like my cup of tea at all, as I'm not into racing or hotwheels looking cars.

Will pass.

Graham

[wolfx]

i think we posted this in the anime thread. Its pretty awesome.

[Keith]

Looks like something that would have been produced in the 80's, iwth currend stylings, can't wait until it comes out over here (I think funi snagged it).

[jenius]

love the look... will there be a monkey and boy hiding in one of the trunks?

[shiroth]

Looks like something that would have been produced in the 80's, iwth currend stylings, can't wait until it comes out over here (I think funi snagged it).

You've just explained why i'd love it so much. :3

[myk]

That was sexy, thanks for the heads-up...

[reddsun1]

Looks pretty cool. Kinda like a mash-up of some of the most popular shows/imagery that have come and gone; Cowboy Bebop-meets-Hot Wheels Battle Force 5-meets-Star Wars pod racing-meets-Rock n Rule-meets-Running Man(animated short from WAAAAAAAY back, on Liquid Television).

The yellow "hero" car looks a little like a stretched Ford Capri nose, grafted on a S-197 Mustang. Yeah, weird image association, I know.

Edited October 13, 2010 by reddsun1

[the white drew carey]

Vewwy interestink.

[yellowlightman]

The yellow "hero" car looks a little like a stretched Ford Capri nose, grafted on a S-197 Mustang. Yeah, weird image association, I know.

The name of it is TRANSAM, but I didn't see much resemblance to an actual Trans Am.

[Shin Densetsu Kai 7.0]

This looks BEAST thanks for the link!

[Renato]

Yeah, I mentioned this a few months ago on this board I thought I made a thread about it but it must have been in some other thread.

I had the chance to attend a press screening in either July or August and I was going to write a full review somewhere but I never managed to do so. Instead all I managed to get into print was a tiny anonymous quote in the latest issue of "Great Mechanics DX".

I agree with the Colony Drop review in that Redline is certainly a miracle of a movie, one that we had thought a movie of its caliber -- 2D cel art only, no 3D CG -- would never get made again. Well, it did get made, and I have to second the motion that everyone should watch this film, just because.

That is not to say it is the greatest movie ever made. In fact, it makes me sad, in a way, because it only reminds me of how awesome anime was in the 80s. Had the movie been released in the 80s, it would have been well-received, but probably not a classic. I watched it all the while thinking, man, what happened? Why is this special? Is it special just because all other new anime sucks? Well, that is pretty depressing!

Another thing is that story-wise, it's pretty standard, nothing much to talk about there.

Overall, I liked it, it has a sense of style, and I admire the work put into it. Visually, it was very impressive, but personally I am still more impressed with the likes of Akira, DYRL, Wings of Honneamise, the opening scene (and later Unicron's transformation) in Transformers the Movie, and such. I guess I just wish we were back in the late 1980s, when Japan reached the pinnacle of cel animation.

Redline is an attempt to show the world that Japan can still create amazing 2-dimensional visuals, and it proved that in a way. Certainly, their aim was to achieve what still cannot be done (easily) with 3D rendering.

But more than anything, it proved that Madhouse is still Madhouse. I don't know if I want the "Madhouse style" to equate to the whole of 2D anime. Wishful thinking: if this is the start of an all-2D trend, then I want to see many different styles of detailed, fluid animation appearing, and I want the young generation of animators to learn the techniques of yesteryear from veteran animators.

One more thing, Kimura Takuya is the voice of the lead. I thought he did quite well, but, yeah, make of that what you will.

Edit: Found an old post I made about this, with some interesting info I had forgotten about. I still think there was a separate thread, though.

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=29490&st=35&p=861125&hl=REDLINE&fromsearch=1entry861125

Edited October 14, 2010 by Renato

[Phyrox]

The name of it is TRANSAM, but I didn't see much resemblance to an actual Trans Am.

It could well be named after the race series from which the Pontiac car got its name. It does bear some resemblance to a "generic" trans am racer, with the aero parts and the late-60s/early-70s styling cues.

[yellowlightman]

It could well be named after the race series from which the Pontiac car got its name. It does bear some resemblance to a "generic" trans am racer, with the aero parts and the late-60s/early-70s styling cues.

Ahh, that could be it. It's clearly inspired by classic American cars in some fashion.

Renato is right on with this comments about the film. A big part of what makes Redline special is how different it feels from everything else released these days. Had it been made in the 1980s or early 1990s, it probably wouldn't have stuck out quite as much.

[PetarB]

I missed the play of this in Sydney, Australia, so I got in contact with Madman Entertainment, they couldn't give me a release date yet for the DVD. I'm certainly going to pick it up when it comes out.