Story (7/10) Good
The Story for Redline good and simple and some for a movie like this I don't really need and super deep story especially when you know the what the entire plot is. It isn't anything deep but like I said it doesn't have to be for a racing anime movie I thought it was good enough.
Art and Animation (10/10) Outstanding
The is probably the best thing about this movie, the art style and animation are outstanding some of the most unique and best I've ever seen. Everything is so damn colorful, vibrant and full of life. How everything movie was so unrealistically amazing.
Sound (10/10) Outstanding
For sound effects along I have to give this a 10, I watched it in english dub and the voice actor was very good nothing to complain about and not BGM music really stood out and I'm not saying just because it didn't stand out it's bad. I think it's because the sound effects on literally everything in the movie was so damn good it overpowered everything else when it came to enjoyment and authenticity on how a vehicle sounds and the fictional sound effects on the alien effects to the explosions everything sound effects related blew my mind.
Characters (9/10) Great
For an anime movie with only 1 hour and 42 minutes it really made me enjoy majority of the characters in the movie from the main character JP to the side characters just acting like fools in the background. It probably had something to do with the way they presented all of the characters they were going to be racing in Redline it gave me this Wacky Races feeling and I haven't felt that feeling since that classic show. This anime movie definitely captured that essence perfectly if that's what it was going for and the characters benefited from it.
Enjoyment (9/10) Great
This anime movie knows what it wanted to be not focusing on anything other than the main things it should have and needed to focus on and that's the world they live in and how crazy and over the top the racing in the movie can be. They start you off with the crazy race of Yellow Line the basically the rest of the movie is hyping up the race that is Redline itself and from an outside perspective it sounds simple which is probably when it came to story I only gave it a 7 but it as far as execution of that story I don't think they could have done a better job. No censorship in the version I was watching either I'm glad the held no punched blood, guys, nudity it was all there and I was actually surprised by it, I just didn't see it coming is all. The movie like I said earlier hypes of the final race that is Redline itself and I think the payoff was worth it as it was one of the if not the craziest race I've ever seen. Fast and Furious ain't got shit on this.
Overall (9/10) Great
Man I have no clue what took me so long to watch this movie and usually I like to go in blind not knowing anything about an anime movie before I hop in there so that might be the reason. But I was recommended this movie years back and finally sat down and got taken for a ride. This movie was great. The animation director Takeshi Koike and everyone else at Madhouse did their thing with this one I was blown away by it's hype and animation alone.
