But Tomoe has her own grander goals in mind… ![]() Shiro himself has now become the vehicle, and he and Tomoe aim to be faster than ever in the upcoming race. Shiro is revived by the mechanic Tomoe, with his body changed and heart replaced with a new special engine. Among these drivers is Shiro, who gets into a life-threatening accident just as he’s about to overtake the simulated ghost of his hero and rival, “Loser King”. High speed racing has been glorified, as these “Tailenders” scope out the constantly changing Earth as they race. In the Tailenders universe, mankind and other various creatures have been forced to live nomadic lives on gigantic moving cities due to a malfunctioned terraforming machine that’s been going around wreaking havoc on the environment for years. Imitation is the best form of flattery, and if the people behind Tailenders saw greatness in Redline then I applaud them for recognizing what worked and doing an impressive enough job at emulating it. Redline is possibly my favorite anime movie ever, and anyone who feels strongly about it wishes they just had more of it. Personally, I couldn’t care less about the Redline similarities, intentional or otherwise. Whatever the case, Tailenders is here and it’s all we got. ![]() Perhaps it was a pilot to secure possible funding for a full movie or TV series. If it’s a movie for the sake of making one then I find it odd it’s Picograph studios’ only work. I also couldn’t even find the purpose of Tailenders’ creation. is surely anime’s greatest coincidence because of all the similarities. It’s much more likely Tailenders took inspiration from what little they saw in the Redline pilot in January 2009, because if they went completely without encountering it than this It would’ve basically been impossible for it to have been made in that timeframe even as short as it is. Oddly enough, Tailenders aired a mere month after Redline’s debut at the Locarno International Film Festival. This 27-minute short movie has often been compared to the phenomenal full movie Redline, either favorably or derisively for being a copy. I spent a couple of minutes trying to find info on Tailenders but came up with very little. The sci-fi touch given is also nice and improves the potential, if developed further it can turn out to be really good. If I had to say, I suppose the main cast are introduced pretty well even though they don't have an air of originality to them.Īll in all I think it has a decent plot which is skilfully executed with nice animation, for a time pass its really good. I'd rather not comment on characters cause 27 minutes is hardly time enough to define and develop a character. what to say, your usual noise of engines revving up, tires screeching and the like, nothing more, nothing less. The rest of the animation is much better and impressive. The action scenes are somewhat lacking in both depiction and direction, what is expected is sometimes skipped and the focus, angles and timing do not come out so well in some racing scenes. ![]() The art and graphics have been done really well with minimal use of CG. The art and animation are good if not great. ![]() 'Loser King' as a hero and 'Tailenders' as great racers. I hope you notice the use of contradictions. However sometimes too many elements are introduced all at once in a not so impressive manner, the racing course also didn't impress me much. The fiction introduced is nothing extraordinary but original enough. Though its mainly focused on racing other aspects are also glimpsed at nicely. The plot is fast-paced but not rushed and doesn't seem to have missing/skipped parts, I'm saying that most people can easily comprehend the plot and all its sci-fi inventions and appreciate it. By going haywire Terraformers produce disastrous consequences of tectonic shifts, environmental changes and 'stampede'.The protagonist, having an engine as his heart, must now participate in a precarious race with the Terraformer as the final destination risking his life to achieve what the Loser King couldn't 100Ī rapid plot development and simple sci-fi imagination about racing form the core of the movie. The story is set in future when mankind plants Terraformers on planets in an attempt to colonize them. stunningly enough Tailenders broke the record in this case, utilizing a meager half an hour this movie gave me an unexpectedly good and entertaining experience. I never thought that a single 27 min episode would be good enough for a movie.
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