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Waking up in hospital with an arm and a leg in casts and his dreams in tatters, JP is shocked to find he has in fact made the grade. It turns out the venue has been announced-- and it's the fascistic, authoritarian military superpower state of Roboworld, who aren't exactly pleased about their world being used as an impromptu racetrack and make it perfectly clear that they intend to stop the racers with extreme prejudice before the starting flag has even been dropped. As a result, two racers have already dropped out, and JP (through a popularity contest) is voted in.

Produced by [[Madhouse]] Studios, the directorial debut feature of Takeshi Koike and recently released in 2010 after spending half a decade in development, ''REDLINE'' is a racer movie unlike anything seen before and potentially one of the most daring and important anime movies of the decade. Visually, it's easy to see that Koike is a huge fan of western graphic art, and has been influenced as much by French comic artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud, the US animated film ''[[Heavy Metal (~~Animation~~)|Heavy Metal]]'', cult UK sci-fi comic ''[[~~Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|~~2000 AD]]'', and even the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies as much as he has by the likes of Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroyuki Imaishi or Leiji Matsumoto. Not that ''REDLINE'' feels or looks like a mash-up of different styles – somewhere in the visual chaos it unrelentingly throws at its audience it becomes something that is far more than the mere sum of parts, a unique piece of animation that at times doesn't even feel like anime in the traditional sense.

Produced by [[Madhouse]] Studios, the directorial debut feature of Takeshi Koike and recently released in 2010 after spending half a decade in development, ''REDLINE'' is a racer movie unlike anything seen before and potentially one of the most daring and important anime movies of the decade. Visually, it's easy to see that Koike is a huge fan of western graphic art, and has been influenced as much by French comic artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud, the US animated film ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal]]'', cult UK sci-fi comic ''[[2000 AD]]'', and even the ''[[Star Wars]]'' movies as much as he has by the likes of Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroyuki Imaishi or Leiji Matsumoto. Not that ''REDLINE'' feels or looks like a mash-up of different styles – somewhere in the visual chaos it unrelentingly throws at its audience it becomes something that is far more than the mere sum of parts, a unique piece of animation that at times doesn't even feel like anime in the traditional sense.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t26m_Q6ENo Check out the totally sweet trailer.] And if that's not enough for you, check out almost ten subbed minutes of it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Z8x35iEy0&feature=related here] and as of late December 2011 it has been released on Bluray and DVD in the UK, with the official North American release to follow on January 17th 2012. It was dubbed under Manga Entertainment.

=== ''[[~~Redline~~]]'' embodies the following tropes: ===

=== ''[[Red Line]]'' embodies the following tropes: ===

* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: JP's mechanic Old Man Mole has a revolver shotgun that fires ''screwdrivers'', {{spoiler|and he uses it to [[Boom! Headshot!|devastating effect]] during his [[Big Damn Heroes]] [[Dynamic Entry|rescue of Frisbee.]] }}

* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Boiboi.

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** "Sweet JP"

*** [[Word of God]] says his full name is James Punkhead.

** [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|"Machinehead"]] Tetsujin and his vehicle, "God Wing"

** [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"Machinehead"]] Tetsujin and his vehicle, "God Wing"

** {{spoiler|The bio-weapon "Funky Boy".}}

** Secretary Titan

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* [[Curse Cut Short]]: twins Miki and Todoroki during their interview.

{{quote| '''Miki and Todoroki:''' GORI-RIDER, YOU MOTHERF-[[This Trope Is Bleep|*BEEP*]]}}

* [[Cute As a Bouncing Betty]]: {{spoiler|Funky-Boy, Roboworld's top secret biological superweapon.}}

* [[Cute as a Bouncing Betty]]: {{spoiler|Funky-Boy, Roboworld's top secret biological superweapon.}}

* [[Cyber Cyclops]]: Big Deyzuna

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: JP.

* [[Deranged Animation]]: Think of a more realistic ''[[Dead Leaves]]''.

* [[Dirty Cop]]: The racer "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Dirty Policeman]] Hamashi Frini, AKA Gori Rider" was caught on camera beating up his opponents (Miki and Todoroki to be precise), and having an affair with a [[Fair Cop]]. When asked about it by reporters, he attacked ''them'' too.

* [[Dirty Cop]]: The racer "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Dirty Policeman]] Hamashi Frini, AKA Gori Rider" was caught on camera beating up his opponents (Miki and Todoroki to be precise), and having an affair with a [[Fair Cop]]. When asked about it by reporters, he attacked ''them'' too.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: the Boincar is a pink dragster styled to look like a woman lying on her back with her legs in the air. Make of it what you will.

** The President of Roboworld makes grandiose statements about "ensuring justice" and "being a symbol of humanity that exists for peace". They also build an alarming number of weapons of mass destruction. Hmm.

* [[Doing It for ~~The~~ Art]]: This is animation for the sake of animation. It took 7 consecutive years to make the damn movie, after all.

* [[Doing It for the Art]]: This is animation for the sake of animation. It took 7 consecutive years to make the damn movie, after all.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Everybody.

* {{spoiler|[[Earn Your Happy Ending]]}}

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** Also, Machinehead (well he ''is'' voiced by Michael McConnohie after all).

** And let's not forget Colonel Volton, voiced by the largest ham of voice actors: Jamieson Price.

* [[Leaning On the Fourth Wall]]: Sonoshee comments that her butt can be seen on the TV, while viewers of the movie [[Ms. Fanservice|can see her topless]] while [[Erotic Eating|eating cherries very suggestively]] during that particular moment.

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Sonoshee comments that her butt can be seen on the TV, while viewers of the movie [[Ms. Fanservice|can see her topless]] while [[Erotic Eating|eating cherries very suggestively]] during that particular moment.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Most characters have them, though the notably reoccurring ones are Machinehead's, Lynchman and Johnny Boya's, and the Super Boins'.

* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: '''''ALL''''' of the racers (well, except Gori Rider). On the track, they're perfectly willing to blast each other with Sidewinder missiles, but off it, "We're all racers, we're here to show off how badass we are, not slaughter each other like those fuddy-duddy Roboworlders." Machinehead shows up while Little Deyzuna is picking a fight with Trava, and the mere ''presence'' of a seven-foot tall cyborg distracts the Roboworlder enough for the racer to wander off. He then gets in Machinehead's face, but the big man merely says "Fine. I'll walk around you." Heh. Manly men are Redliners, even when they're sexy girls.

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** [[Patrick Seitz]] - JP

** [[Michelle Ruff]] - Sonoshee McLaren

** [[Liam O Brien]] - Frisbee

** [[Liam O'Brien]] - Frisbee

** [[Steve Kramer]] - Old Man Mole

** [[Spike Spencer]] - Redline race commentator Void Do (the one with the square head)

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* [[Panty Shot]]: Despite the [[Naked in Mink|mink]], Bosbos and Boiboi are not quite as daring as [[Basic Instinct|Sharon Stone]].

* [[Planet of Hats]]: Roboworld, though slightly different to how you might expect.

* [[Putting On the Reich]]: The Roboworld flag resembles the Nazi flag, and their [[Mooks]] have a stormtrooper-esque look to them.

* [[Putting on the Reich]]: The Roboworld flag resembles the Nazi flag, and their [[Mooks]] have a stormtrooper-esque look to them.

* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: Latches onto the part of the brain that likes high-speed racing, breasts, explosions and bright colours.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Trava and Shinkai.

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* [[Weaponized Car]]: All of them, except JP's TRANSAM 20000, as JP refuses to have any weaponry mounted on it.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: JP using his [[Nitro Boost]] to ''rock-skip his car across an entire lake'' while it's spinning on its own axis ''upside down''.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: There's all this dramatic build up for {{spoiler|Funky Boy}}, but as soon as {{spoiler|Volton}} turns himself into a monster and fights him head on, they both vanish from the plot and never return.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: There's all this dramatic build up for {{spoiler|Funky Boy}}, but as soon as {{spoiler|Volton}} turns himself into a monster and fights him head on, they both vanish from the plot and never return.

** There was also a build-up for Miki and Todoroki seeking revenge on the Gori Rider, but that actually never comes up during the race.

* [[Wilfully Weak]]: During their interview the Superboins Bosbos and Boiboi make it known that they won't be using magic out of respect for the other racers. {{spoiler|Once it becomes apparent just what sort of hell Roboworld's got prepared for them, though, all bets are off.}}

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** ''[[IGPX]]'' meets ''[[Dead Leaves]]''.

** ''[[Initial D]]'' meets ''[[FLCL]]''.

** Its also being called ''[[F Zero]]'' meets ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'', taken both [[Up to Eleven]] in sheer [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Serial Escalation]].

** Its also being called ''[[F-Zero]]'' meets ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'', taken both [[Up to Eleven]] in sheer [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Serial Escalation]].

** ''[[Speed Racer]]''(from the film) races to take down [[V for Vendetta|Adam Sutler]].

** ''[[wikipedia:Paris-Dakar|Paris-Dakar]]'' revisited à la ''[[Oban Star Racers]]''