Redline (2009)

A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.

Director:

Takeshi Koike

Writers:

Katsuhito Ishii (original story), Katsuhito Ishii (screenplay)

Stars:

Takuya Kimura, Yû Aoi, Tadanobu Asano

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Takuya Kimura	...	JP (voice)
Yû Aoi	...	Sonoshee (voice)
Tadanobu Asano	...	Frisbee (voice)
Yoshiyuki Morishita	...	Shinkai (voice)
Kanji Tsuda	...	Trava (voice)
Ken'yû Horiuchi	...	Titan (voice)
Akemi	...	Bosbos (voice)
Takeshi Aono	...	Old Man Mole (voice)
Tatsuya Gashûin	...	Lynchman (voice)
Kôji Ishii	...	Machine Head (voice)
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Colonel Volton (voice)
Kenta Miyake	...	Little Deyzuna (voice)
Chô	...	Inuki Boss (voice) (as Yûichi Nagashima)
Yoshinori Okada	...	Johnny Boy (voice)
Patrick Seitz	...	JP (voice)

Storyline

A story about the most popular racing event in the galaxy, the Redline, and the various racers who compete in it.

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Plot Keywords:

younger version of character | nudity | topless | childhood crush | tournament | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi | Sport | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was intended to premiere at the 2009 Annecy International Animated Film Festival and follow Summer Wars (2009), Mai Mai Miracle (2009), and Yona Yona Penguin (2009) as the fourth and final feature film Madhouse planned to release between summer 2009 and spring 2010. However, further delays resulted in the delay of its world premiere, pushed back a few months to August 14, 2009, at the Locarno International Film Festival and its Japanese release to fall 2010.

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Quotes

Roboworld soldier: Fuck this, they're too fast!

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits are lit up in different colors against a black background.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Anime Movies (Redux) (2017)

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Soundtracks

Redline Day
Written By James Shimoji
Performed by James Shimoji and Rob Laufer

User Reviews

Just enjoy the ride

There aren't any spoilers in this review, but even if there were, the whole movie is on youtube cutesy of the creators. It's English dub, which is done really well, for a movie the dub really didn't even need to be good for.

Wow is this movie an experience. OK first of what everyone is going to say, the visuals are amazing, maybe the best I've ever seen. They spent 7 years(7 YEARS) drawing this film. So it's worth watch once to look at.

The other things that keeps you in this movie, besides the awesome racing scenes, the characters are entertaining, maybe more than the creators realized. JP is a kid at heart, and has high ambitions, a great protagonist for this movie. All the other characters are fun as well.

The plot was not deep, but like it needed to be at all for a movie like this. I actually felt the movie focused to much on the roboworld plot(anyone else get a Nazi feeling from them?). It's like they were trying to emphasize how crazy the final race was going to be when I'm sitting here like "hey you have cool characters here let's develop them more." But none the less you don't need a crazy plot for this movie.

Basically, if you enjoy anime, this movie is a must see. To everyone else, if you just want to completely lose yourself for an hour and half and go on a thrill ride, than buckle up and put on Redline.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

9 October 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Redline

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$214,180

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gastonia, Madhouse, Madhouse

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1