Redline US Home Video Release Now Slated for 2012

[media-credit name=”Madhouse” align=”alignright” width=”200″][/media-credit]The Twitter account for England’s Manga Entertainment has confirmed that the US release of Madhouse’s 2009 feature film Redline will now be released in 2012 rather than the previously slated November 2011 date given to retailers earlier this summer. The film was screened in North America last year at Viz Cinema on the same day as its Japanese theatrical release and was slated for a nationwide theatrical release earlier this year. The film was released on Japanese home video on August 10th and was ranked as high as #55 on Amazon Japan’s new release chart.

Plot
Following his dream, “Sweet” JP becomes a racer and gains a large following because of his retro-style sense of fashion and his frequent and spectacular crashes toward the ends of his races. He gets by with money the mob pays him for losing, although he is out on bail for something possibly related to match-fixing. During a qualification race called the Yellowline, JP’s engine explodes. On the verge of giving up, he learns that, by popular vote, he has qualified for the prestigious no-rules race called Redline after two other drivers dropped out. The reason behind this is that the government of Roboworld, the military planet the race is to take place on, is opposed to the race and has threatened anyone participating with death. JP participates in Redline in spite of the danger.

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