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“Silent traveler Tortov Roddle explores a surreal land on his pig, observing quirky customs and reflecting on his past.”
A Traveller's Diary
或る旅人の日記
7.04
4,491 rank · 28,253 viewers · 131 favorites
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Silent traveler Tortov Roddle explores a surreal land on his pig, observing quirky customs and reflecting on his past.
Tortov Roddle is a man of few words on a journey through a calm and obscure new land, interacting with its inhabitants along the way. As he rides on his long-legged pig through the desert from town to town, he observes the interesting and quirky customs of the locals and reminisces about his past.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 16 sampled reviews
8.6
/10
What 16 viewers settled on.
93%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.58
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.58 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.1 pts
Recommenders 9.1 · others 5.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.38
Running avg · Jan 2008 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Thought provoking, melancholic, imaginative, quiet, strange yet so beautiful and calm. I like to see myself just exactly like that. A very artistic short series that leaves you wanting more....”
- 7 “A beautiful short series. Has wonderful animation and the sound track is very calming. This is wonderful series you can watch when you had maybe a bad day, or need some inspiration. This is...”
- 9 “The Diary of Tortov Roddle shows us in a somewhat unique way. The story starts where Tortov Roddle, the main character and somewhat the narrator, introduces himself and tells us a bit about his...”
Verbosity
Short · 44%
Medium · 44%
Long · 13%
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A Ona Production
Robot Communications.- Format 6 × 3′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 18m all episodes
- Aired Mar 2003 – Jun 2003
- Source Ona media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-1099 catalog