Redline (2009), directed by Takeshi Koike and produced by Madhouse, is a hyper-stylized, adrenaline-fueled anime that took seven years and over 100,000 hand-drawn frames to complete. It follows Sweet JP, a slick racer with a towering pompadour, as he enters Redline—the galaxy’s most dangerous illegal race, held on the heavily militarized planet Roboworld. Blending sci-fi chaos, ‘80s-inspired aesthetics, and hand-drawn animation at its most extreme, Redline explodes with motion, color, and energy