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rynlingI finished watching ODDTAXI last night. Because I'm not super into crime drama, it was never going to be one of those anime that fucking changed me holy fuck, but it's still a solid 9/10 show with interesting art and excellent writing and voice acting.
About halfway through, around Episode 7, you start to get a sense of why everyone looks like an animal. I don't want to spoil it, except to say that there are no actual elements of fantasy or science fiction. The twist is something that could only be done with animation, and it's brilliant.
I think the closest comparable show is probably the first season of Durarara, which also has an urban ensemble cast who all turn out to be connected at the end. In addition, both shows are oddly heartwarming despite being filled with child trafficking and murder.
All of the ODDTAXI characters appear as human during the final episode, and it's really cool. I think getting to see what nonhuman characters look like as human might be one of my favorite visual tropes. The story game Mutazione handles this in an interesting and memorable way too. If I had to be honest, I think this is one of the appeals of Ganon for me as well, that he's secretly human (and also attractive). Fingers crossed that Breath of the Wild 2 does as good of a job with its villain-monster's human form as a one-season anime about a middle-aged taxi driver.
About halfway through, around Episode 7, you start to get a sense of why everyone looks like an animal. I don't want to spoil it, except to say that there are no actual elements of fantasy or science fiction. The twist is something that could only be done with animation, and it's brilliant.
I think the closest comparable show is probably the first season of Durarara, which also has an urban ensemble cast who all turn out to be connected at the end. In addition, both shows are oddly heartwarming despite being filled with child trafficking and murder.
All of the ODDTAXI characters appear as human during the final episode, and it's really cool. I think getting to see what nonhuman characters look like as human might be one of my favorite visual tropes. The story game Mutazione handles this in an interesting and memorable way too. If I had to be honest, I think this is one of the appeals of Ganon for me as well, that he's secretly human (and also attractive). Fingers crossed that Breath of the Wild 2 does as good of a job with its villain-monster's human form as a one-season anime about a middle-aged taxi driver.
