After watching the new animation for so many years, the most stimulating and stimulating my interest now may be some unpopular dark horse animation.
Unlike some works that have become famous before the start of the broadcast, the unpopular works have limited information before watching, so the process of chasing fans is similar to opening a blind box, and when the dark horse animation of quite good quality is found, the feeling of tension and excitement and the feeling of getting the most precious treasure is really fantastic!
And this year's April new fan, this little-known gem, should be "Odd Taxi" alone.
ODD TAXI is an original anime co-produced by P.I..C.S. and OLM Team Yoshioka, featuring an ordinary and ordinary taxi driver Otogawa as the main character, telling the story of his relationship with a missing girl, the ordinary life changes, and the gears of fate begin to turn...
The story of "ODD TAXI" is a rare social suspense reasoning theme in Japanese animation, the overall look and feel is different from most of today's Japanese comics, more like a Japanese drama, no exaggerated performance, but the rhythm is very stable, the plot is very strong, between the laughter point and the key points of the plot, the control of the audience's emotional flow is very decent.
At the same time, the characters in this drama are not humans, but anthropomorphic of various animals, furry control ecstasy at the same time, but also a potential foreshadowing of the story, to be further revealed by the plot.
Although this work uses the taxi driver Otogawa as the protagonist and the main point of view to tell the story, in essence, it is actually a standard group portrait drama, and Otogawa serves as the connection point between the clue characters and the characters of the plot, and cleverly connects the characters who have not intersected.
I was impressed by the plot arrangement of "ODD TAXI", as an animation with suspenseful reasoning as the selling point, its suspenseful plot part satisfies the audience's appetite, the core story is gradual, with other meaningful small stories, the dialogue and behavior between the characters, all of which pave the way for the subsequent plot development and lay the groundwork.
It is worth mentioning that the fourth episode of the anime, "Tanaka Revolution", is probably one of the best animated episodes I have seen this year.
The production team spent a whole episode telling a character who had little to do with the main plot - Tanaka, through excellent narrative techniques and wonderful performances, vividly interpreted to us how an ordinary person was destroyed step by step by the heart of comparison and kryptonite games.
In addition to the wonderful plot arrangement, the excellent character development is also the amazing thing about "ODD TAXI".
Friends who have watched the group portrait drama must know that it is actually a difficult thing to quickly shape the personality characteristics of multiple characters in a small number of pages, not only to rain and dew, but also to prioritize.
"ODD TAXI" does a good job in this regard, through the cross-interaction between the characters, it well reflects the key characteristics of their respective characters, and at the same time, with the further development of the plot, the multi-faceted and complex characters are also excavated step by step - the seemingly ordinary taxi driver Otogawa has an extraordinary past; the seemingly harmless nurse Shirakawa hides the unspeakable secrets; the idol trio that looks bright and beautiful is pregnant with ghosts and carries difficult secrets ......
The occupations represented by the characters in "ODD TAXI" all exist in reality, and their experiences and choices also have their own social backgrounds and meanings, and some common problems and dross in Japanese society have corresponding hidden shots and thoughts in the work.
The wonderful acting skills of the voice actors are also what impressed me, and you must have a hard time imagining that the protagonist taxi driver Otogawa and the 41-year-old uncle who contributed to the voice of Natsuki Hanae, who is famous for his juvenile voice!
Before looking at the CV list, it is really difficult to imagine that this sharp uncle voice is actually matched by Natsuki Hanae, and I have to sigh, the voice actors are monsters!
Overall, this "ODD TAXI", as the strongest dark horse animation in April, is still very worth watching, and I hereby solemnly recommend it to you to ensure that you can get a good viewing experience!