Before you start thinking lame live action movie from 2007 that featured a hot babe some killer cars and some of the worst acting this side of a B-movie I'm actually talking about the new Redline animated movie that was just recently show cased at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. A killer racing anime from Madhouse by director Takeshi Koike that is a wild cross between Speed Racer and Death Race.
The first time I saw the YouTube trailer for this movie was some weeks ago when it popped up on my subscription list as a new trailer and after that first initial viewing I was really trying to find out what the heck it was but with the trailer info in Japanese it was hard to figure out what it was and I quickly forgot about as other stuff got in the way. Then I happened upon a new trailer at twitch with a title and yet again I became very interested and with a title it became a bit easier to figure out what was going on.
After some digging around I finally found out more about what Redline was about other than a frenzied mix of music, mayhem and some of the best animated car chase scenes that I've ever scene. It just takes your breath away watching the trailer filled with action that a plot seems like a secondary notion so that you can explain to people what it is they just saw. Anyways I found this article that gives some hint to what is actually going on in the movie a sort of do or die race held every 5 years to see who the best of the best is and intertwined in that craziness of the race is a love story between old friends. All I know is that it every time I check out the trailers or find a new one I find myself watching it several times and drooling over how awesome it is.
Currently it's making it's way through the film festival circuit so I have no idea when it will be either licensed for an American release, which considering this is aimed squarely at the Western Market should be soon, or fansubbed when it's released on DVD in Japan. Either case I'm watching this as soon as I possibly can no ifs ands or buts about it. This movie would actually be worth the overpriced cost of a Fathom Events ticket.
It looks and feels a lot like Dead leaves has a style like Afro Samurai and it just looks like it'll kick all sorts of ass, don't believe me just check out the trailer below.
The first time I saw the YouTube trailer for this movie was some weeks ago when it popped up on my subscription list as a new trailer and after that first initial viewing I was really trying to find out what the heck it was but with the trailer info in Japanese it was hard to figure out what it was and I quickly forgot about as other stuff got in the way. Then I happened upon a new trailer at twitch with a title and yet again I became very interested and with a title it became a bit easier to figure out what was going on.
After some digging around I finally found out more about what Redline was about other than a frenzied mix of music, mayhem and some of the best animated car chase scenes that I've ever scene. It just takes your breath away watching the trailer filled with action that a plot seems like a secondary notion so that you can explain to people what it is they just saw. Anyways I found this article that gives some hint to what is actually going on in the movie a sort of do or die race held every 5 years to see who the best of the best is and intertwined in that craziness of the race is a love story between old friends. All I know is that it every time I check out the trailers or find a new one I find myself watching it several times and drooling over how awesome it is.
Currently it's making it's way through the film festival circuit so I have no idea when it will be either licensed for an American release, which considering this is aimed squarely at the Western Market should be soon, or fansubbed when it's released on DVD in Japan. Either case I'm watching this as soon as I possibly can no ifs ands or buts about it. This movie would actually be worth the overpriced cost of a Fathom Events ticket.
It looks and feels a lot like Dead leaves has a style like Afro Samurai and it just looks like it'll kick all sorts of ass, don't believe me just check out the trailer below.
