![]() ![]() ![]() Then there's the matter of Sonoshee, the beautiful driver he's known for a long time who's too much of a gearhead to find time for romance.Īs I mentioned earlier, Redline is amazingly animated. JP is going to need all the help he can get to get his TransAm up and running again, especially since he'll not only have to outrun some of the most insane racers in the universe but also the government forces that have been ordered to shoot to kill. It turns out that Redline is scheduled to be run on Roboworld, whose militaristic government is violently opposed to this crazy contest, and a couple more clearheaded drivers wisely decline. Battered up in his car's latest crash, JP isn't sure what to do next until it's revealed that he's qualified for Redline, the ultimate race in the galaxy - because a couple of his competitors dropped out. It doesn't help that he was found guilty years ago of race fixing in collusion with the interplanetary mafia. With an Elvis 'do and a TransAm rather than a weapon-equipped supercar, JP has plenty of flash but can't seem to pull off a success. The film begins with an awesome race that JP almost wins.yet again. It's too bad that it's so amazingly dumb at times otherwise it would certainly be a classic. When earlier critics called this a "must-see," they weren't begs to be viewed. In fact, Redline is among the most amazing looking animated films ever, and not just among Japanese artists. It stands in the line ofNinja Scroll, Midnight Eye Goku, and Wicked City, yet with artwork that puts all those to shame. Hand-drawn over the course of seven years, Redline feels like an anime that came out in the 1980s. Redline is a throwback to the way things were. You can argue about whether things have gotten better or worse, but you can't argue that things certainly are different. Computers are now part and parcel of the business it's been years since you could find a genuine cel used in an anime production. ![]() And then there's the change in the way anime is made altogether. The OVA, part of the industry's bread and butter, is now on life support, even if you count original web animation. Sci-fi, once theb mainstay of anime, is passe and mecha is right out moe and slice-of-life is in. We've gone from seeing mostly male protagonists (and male fans) to something closer approximating a 50/50 split. In the two and a half decades I've been following anime, a lot has changed. ![]()
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