by Well, it was a knothole. What is my eye? I had to think so after seeing the whole story of “Odd Taxi.” This work is a so-called “spring animation” in which 13 episodes were broadcast and distributed from April 2021. I wanted to see it now because it was recommended separately by two acquaintances in different communities.
Although they like anime, they don’t recommend it because they have different hobbies. The area where I live is also about 400km away. I was interested in the fact that the same title came out from these two people. “I think this is a little tricky, isn’t it?” However, I (Nakazawa) didn’t want to see this work right away. Because …
One episode cut
This is because when this work was released, it was a work that saw one episode and said, “I don’t need to see this.” Because it’s a story about a walrus taxi driver carrying strange passengers, right? All the characters are animals. In addition, the picture does not have modern glitter, and it feels like a dark picture book, so I thought this.
” I wonder if it’s a type of anime that gives you a vague atmosphere that completes one episode .” And I decided that it wasn’t my hobby. Many anime lovers cut off one episode by looking at this picture, setting, and atmosphere.
Since when
However, it wasn’t a lie that I was interested in, so during the holidays in early August, I pressed the play button with Amazon Prime to try to see about three episodes again to kill time.
If you notice it, it’s night. Since when have you seen this kind of anime? “Odd Taxi” was a masterpiece so much that I couldn’t help thinking about it.
Impression without spoilers
So, what was so good was the scenario. Contrary to what I felt when I cut off one episode, “Odd Taxi” was a work that depicts a significant episode in episodes 1 to 13. Moreover, the story is by no means a picture book-like world, but rather violence dominates.
Some people may imagine that animals form a human-like society and that violence is now like “BEASTS.” However, if anything, the violence of this work is a Takeshi Kitano movie.
However, because it’s an animal, something terrible doesn’t look that bad. There is a dumb atmosphere somewhere, and even if the story is undulating, the line of sight is plain. This imbalance is like Ryu Murakami.
Of course, this is a personal impression, so I think I can afford to say “it’s completely different,” but I feel like reading the text when I’m watching anime. When I finished watching all the stories, I felt like I had read a good novel.
Looking at Amazon reviews
By the way, what I was interested in was how this work was perceived. So, when I looked at Amazon Prime reviews, as of August 10, 2021, even though there were 602 reviews, the average of studies with a maximum of 5 points was relatively high at 4.5 stars.
Furthermore, looking at the breakdown, 77% are five stars. As many as 87% of the respondents gave a high rating of 4 stars or higher. For example, it is not a visible boom like “Kimetsu no Yaiba,” but it seems that the slow spiral that spreads by word of mouth shows the goodness of this work.
Nowadays, many animations seem to have been made about spirits. Of course, I also love such works, but this work made me think like this. Maybe originality means something like this.
