Damn, how long has it been since this blog was properly updated? I am sorry for being so lazy… And I apologize on Tasha’s behalf as well. Even though she might have an excuse other than laziness, unlike me. So! In order to get back into the blogging scene, I’ll post a short review about a short little anime called The Diary of Tortov Roddle. And when I say short, I mean really short. I watched the entire thing in about 15 minutes. I mean, damn.
Does this remind you of any puzzles?
TDoTR‘s concept is quite similar to that of Kino’s Journey, which I reviewed this summer. Tortov Roddle is a man with a top hat from the country Tortalia. He spends his days travelling the world on his horse-pig… thing. The six-episode anime is about his strange adventures. Perhaps “adventures” is the wrong word, since TDoTR is very slow-paced. There is no spoken dialogue, but I felt very attached to Tortov anyway. How, you may ask? Because we get to see a couple of pages from his diary. He writes about his discoveries in it. It made me feel a bit bad for him. I mean, why is Tortov travelling? There’s no backstory, he just… does it. Why is he doing it alone? Since he has noone to talk to he puts his thoughts into a journal. This made the last episode, which had a little bit of romance, especially sad.
Awww.
As you probably can tell just from seeing these two pictures above, the art style in TDoTR is different from what you usally see in anime. It’s very beautiful though, and surreal in a Dali-like way. Kind of like a dream. It’s even better when it moves. While there is very little music, what little we get to hear is very beautiful. It’s calming and there is a lot of accordions in it.
Let the acid trip begin.
TDoTR is truly a piece of art. While not exciting, it’s inspiring and good to relax to. I really wish they could continue this anime though… It has potential, but there’s only so much that can be done in 15 minutes. Which is sad, because I really liked the main character. If I could, I’d definitely write a fanfiction about this.
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Good review bbz. Sounds like La Maison En Petits Cubes, it’s like 10 minutes but hdfdls so moving. I like your reviews. :3
I’ve been meaning to watch this.
@ Crackers: Thank you very much! Actually, La Maison En Petits Cubes is made by the same guy who made this, Kunio Kato. I really should watch that too.
@ neo: It’s really short. There’s no excuse to not watch it.
Yes there is. It isn’t streaming.
This blog post reminds me of a puzzle.