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The following interview is from Plus Madhouse 5, published in 2010. He’s currently directing the forthcoming Gamera reboot.

Following Redline, he worked again with Koike as a creative advisor on Lupin III: Jigen’s Gravestone in 2014.

Katsuhito Ishii, Producerīest known for live-action films like A Taste of Tea or Funky Forest, Ishii also worked on the anime sequence of Kill Bill: Volume 1. After completing Redline in 2009, Koike went on direct the Lupin III film, Daisuke Jigen’s Gravestone in 2014. After working on Trava Fist (a prequel of sorts to Redline) in 2003, he directed the The Animatrix short World Record and directed, storyboarded and created key animation for the pilot episode of Afro Samurai. He moved up to key animation duties for titles like Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990), Ninja Scroll (1993) and Birdy The Mighty (1996) before starting to direct his own projects in the 2000s. Koike began working for Madhouse in 1986, doing in-between animation on Yoshiaki Kawajiri projects like Wicked City (1987) and Demon City Shinjuku (1988).

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The film appealed to fans who felt like their interests had been abandoned by the modern anime industry, while still entertaining those with zero interest in VHS-era classics.īut, as Daryl Surat wrote for Otaku USA Magazine, “It will most likely be the last anime movie made that is primarily hand-drawn animation, and it’s not painstakingly calculated to appeal to the Japanese otaku demographic at the expense of everybody else.” Unencumbered by production committees, full of vigor, style and purpose Redline was a labor of love, as this interview illustrates. Redline managed to combine the visceral ferocity of old-school Madhouse titles like Ninja Scroll with a modern style that felt as familiar and nostalgic as it was fresh and exciting.