The Last Blossom From the ODDTAXI Team Opens August 30
The most intriguing anime film of the summer arrives August 30. The Last Blossom, from ODDTAXI director Baku Kinoshita and writer Kazuya Konomoto with Studio CLAP, opens in US theaters as a thrillingly original work from some of animation’s most inventive talent.
Why expectations are sky high
ODDTAXI remains one of the great surprises of the decade, a talking animal noir that unfolded into razor sharp crime fiction. Studio CLAP, the team behind Pompo the Cinephile, brings its own reputation for craft and playfulness. The same minds converging on an original theatrical film with no franchise safety net is exactly the kind of bet anime cinema needs more of.
Original films live and die on their opening weekends, and the US release arriving so close to the film’s debut signals real distributor confidence. For anyone whose favorite film conversations start with the words you have never heard of it, this is the date to circle.
Source: Anime Atelier
My take: The ODDTAXI team has earned blind faith. Whatever The Last Blossom turns out to be, I am seat one, row center, no trailer needed.
