Redline, possibly the most intense anime film ever made, turns 10 this year. Takeshi Koike’s sci-fi film about a no-holds-barred race in the future didn’t make much of a dent at the Japanese box office, but it’s become a cult favorite over the years, with …Read more »
It’s a terrible cliché, but films like Redline don’t come around very often. The popularity of sci-fi anime films seems to have died out with the rise of digital animation, but while Redline succeeds in appealing to old-school fans, it has plenty to offer newer fans as well. Takeshi …Read more »
Redline, one of the most raucous, eye-smashing films of the last, well, ever, has been made available for streaming on YouTube at no charge. In celebration, we’re posting this feature on the film, first featured in the magazine back in 2010: Once upon a time, …Read more »
Kimura played Howl in 2004's Howl's Moving Castle . Come 2017, the members of Japanese boy band SMAP are going to find themselves with some spare time on their hands. The group, which has been together for 25 years, is set to split up December …Read more »
Fans of the currently airing TV adaptation of Hunter x Hunter had a huge surprise in store for them this past year when Takahiko Abiru, one of the main animation directors on the show, started uploading scans of some of the more than 18,000 frames …Read more »
Hey man, let’s face it, as good as we want those yearly Lupin TV specials to be, they’re usually pretty mediocre affairs. So we were planning to go ahead the latest Lupin film – that is, until it was revealed the director would be none …Read more »
A contradictory scene in rural Japan: by the bank of a river, a master and his apprentices dye traditional Japanese fabric by hand, the way it’s been done for hundreds of years. In the river, a human-shaped robot plays in the water, trying to catch …Read more »
Looks like tickets are finally available for US theatrical showings of the highly anticipated Redline —from MADHOUSE and director Takeshi Koike—and those of you in or around Los Angeles can go ahead and pre-order some of your own! Showings at LA's Downtown Independent start on …Read more »
Still waiting to watch the Madhouse-animated and Takeshi Koike-directed film Redline ? So are a lot of people, and Manga UK aims to titillate us in advance of its home video release via a fresh English-dubbed racing clip. Hit the gas below: Redline can finally …Read more »
There is a small, albeit significant, minority of anime fans out there for whom the feature film Redline encapsulates the spirit of what they wished most anime produced was like. I consider myself one of them, which is why it’s that much more crushing that …Read more »
If you're looking for a place to catch the Los Angeles premiere of Takeshi Koike's Redline , look no further than this year's Los Angeles Animation Festival. The festival will screen Redline on December 5, both at 12:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., marking the official …Read more »
It's been a while since we posted a trailer for Takeshi Koike's upcoming film Redline , but that doesn't make us any less excited to check out it out when it finally hits North America. In fact, the trailer is just serving to make the …Read more »
My, my, my... this is awesome. Directed by Takeshi Koike ( Ninja Scroll ), with Katsuhito Ishii ( The Taste of Tea ) among the writers, Redline is looking every bit as hot as one would imagine in this new full English trailer. The story …Read more »
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