With Teeth
Thoughts on Odd Taxi by Kazuya Konomoto
Contrary to my self-image as a discerning anime fan, I picked up Odd Taxi based only on the faintest of Internet whispers and a handful of images. This approach probably wouldn’t work for slow-burn series, but Odd Taxi peacocks plenty of its strengths from the very beginning.
For one, it boasts the most inviting character design of any anime I can bring to mind. Every one of the characters–anthropomorphized animals, all–is rendered with a playful sense of anatomy and an Inafune-like balance of simplicity and legibility.
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