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Original TV Anime 'Odd Taxi' Announced for April 2021

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Jan 15, 2021 11:41 AM
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Pony Canyon opened an official website for an original television anime titled Odd Taxi on Friday, revealing the cast, staff, a teaser visual (pictured), and promo. The anime series is set to air in April 2021.

Synopsis
In a city which should be familiar, there is the feeling of something a little different.

Odokawa is a taxi driver who lives an ordinary life, driving some quirky customers around. A slightly eccentric stranger who has no relatives nor any relations with other people, Odokawa's hobby is to listen to Rakugo on the radio before going to bed. For the time being, the only people he can consider as friends are his family doctor Gouriki, and his high school classmate Kakihana.

Kabasawa, a college student who wants a buzz, Shirakawa, a nurse who's hiding something, comedian group Homo Sapiens, who isn't selling well, the city hoodlum Dobu, and the rookie idol group Mystery Kiss—the conversations with these people, which should not have meant much, lead to a girl who disappeared.

Cast
Odokawa: Natsuki Hanae (Ikebukuro West Gate Park)
Shirakawa: Riho Iida (Jashin-chan Dropkick Dash)
Gouriki: Ryouhei Kimura (Kamisama ni Natta Hi)
Kakihana: Kappei Yamaguchi (Taisou Zamura)
Rui Nikaidou (Mystery Kiss): Suzuko Mimori (Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur)
Shiho Ichimura (Mystery Kiss): Moeka Koizumi (Shoujo Kageki-Revue Starlight)
Yuki Mitsuya (Mystery Kiss): Manatsu Murakami
Daimon (Older Brother): Kousei
Daimon (Younger Brother): Asei
Shibagaki: Yuusuke
Baba: Atsuhiro Tsuda
Kabasawa: Takashi
Taeko: Tomoko Murakami
Fukumoto: Keisuke Takai
Kondou: Phenix
Dobu: Kenji Hamada (Ishuzoku Reviewers)
Imai: Koudai Sakai (A3 Season Spring & Summer)
Tanaka: Souma Saito (Kabukichou Sherlock)
Yamamoto: Makoto Furukawa (Yuukoku no Moriarty)
Sekiguchi: Chado Horii (Infinite Dendrogram)
Kuroda: Takaya Kuroda (Maou-jou de Oyasumi)
Donraku Shoufuutei: Houchuu Ootsuka (Ninja Batman)
Kanon: Amane Shiomiya
Reina: Chika Kagura (Maesetsu!)
Yano: METEOR
Satoshi Nagashima: ???

Note: Official romanizations for all names and kana for most names were not provided. Due to this, romanizations for character names in this article may be incorrect.

Staff
Director: Baku Kinoshita (Sensou no Tsukurikata chief animation director)
Assistant Director: Norio Nitta (Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama director)
Script: Kazuya Konomoto (Setoutsumi manga)
Character Design: Baku Kinoshita, Hiromi Nakayama (Pokemon Movie: Ring no Choumajin Hoopa key animation)
Art Director: Kenji Katou (Super Robot Taisen OG: Divine Wars)
Color Design: Tatsue Ooseki (Utawarerumono)
Director of Photography: Miyabi Amada (Kirakira Happy★Hirake! Cocotama)
Editing: Yoshiki Ushiroda (Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori)
Sound Director: Kouhei Yoshida (Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! recording)
Sound Production: Pony Canyon Enterprise
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Music Production Cooperation: SUMMIT
Studio: P.I.C.S., OLM

Production company P.I.C.S. is also credited for planning and the original story. Japanese hip-hop MCs and producers PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB are composing the music.

Teaser PV


Official site: https://oddtaxi.jp/
Official Twitter: @oddtaxi_

Source: PR Times

Odd Taxi on MAL
VindstotDec 25, 2021 2:39 AM
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weird trailer but looks interesting
Jan 15, 2021 2:07 PM
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Well that's a lot of cast members lol they also have 3 love live voice actresses in here
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Looks like April 2021 is gonna be full of new/original show... The sequels feel non-existent
Jan 15, 2021 7:20 PM
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Looks interesting and fresh. Character designs a bit weird though, maybe not in a bad way.
Jan 15, 2021 10:37 PM
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This looks ODDly interesting huh. I'm gonna try this out, more like a seinen SoL with some mystery beneath it. Might be nice to try something like this, hope they don't make it bad though.
Jan 15, 2021 10:45 PM
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This is somehow roping me in. Not sure what makes this appeal to me, but I'll keep an eye on this when this comes out.
Jan 15, 2021 11:13 PM
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Not sure if I'll watch this.
Jan 15, 2021 11:44 PM
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anzu-no-uta said:
Well that's a lot of cast members lol they also have 3 love live voice actresses in here

3? I only see 2. That Manatsu Murakami seems to be a different person from Ai's seiyuu.
Jan 16, 2021 5:19 AM

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Seems really intriguing, even tho I'm not sold on the visuals yet.

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Jan 16, 2021 7:53 AM

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It seems interesting and the music was good too but will it be full CGI? The teaser gave me Disney vibes...
Jan 16, 2021 9:47 AM
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sounds like a mystery series that uses the Taxi as it's driver, might keep an eye on this one
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Rickydory123 said:
It seems interesting and the music was good too but will it be full CGI? The teaser gave me Disney vibes...


Disney Vibes? Really? How do ya figure that if ya don't mind me asking?
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NG_Chloe said:
Rickydory123 said:
It seems interesting and the music was good too but will it be full CGI? The teaser gave me Disney vibes...


Disney Vibes? Really? How do ya figure that if ya don't mind me asking?


Just the animation...
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Rickydory123 said:
NG_Chloe said:


Disney Vibes? Really? How do ya figure that if ya don't mind me asking?


Just the animation...


.....I could see that, the PV's animation looks kind of like one of those old CG Disney properties, or the movies where they integrated CGI with 2D animation
Jan 17, 2021 8:38 AM

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At first, I was confused on why they called it “Odd Taxi” but after watching the trailer, I think I understand why.

Jan 17, 2021 2:31 PM
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It looks different and interesting, I might give it a shot.
Jan 18, 2021 10:18 AM

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That pic just makes me think of Oldboy, damn.

But that trailer makes me go whaaaat
Jan 18, 2021 10:49 AM

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reminds me of Great Pretender lmao. this will be fun to watch.
Jan 19, 2021 1:48 AM

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Just the right sort of slightly unnerving PV, this could actually be great.
Well I for one already loved Lain.
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FlyingEgg said:
anzu-no-uta said:
Well that's a lot of cast members lol they also have 3 love live voice actresses in here

3? I only see 2. That Manatsu Murakami seems to be a different person from Ai's seiyuu.

I think they meant Riho Iida, Suzuko Mimori, and Moeka Koizumi. Moeka voices Shioriko in Love Live All Stars and the character haven't appeared in Nijigasaki anime.
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This could be hit or miss but the synopsis sounds fine enough. Hopefully it'll be at least watchable



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chocolattebjorn said:
FlyingEgg said:

3? I only see 2. That Manatsu Murakami seems to be a different person from Ai's seiyuu.

I think they meant Riho Iida, Suzuko Mimori, and Moeka Koizumi. Moeka voices Shioriko in Love Live All Stars and the character haven't appeared in Nijigasaki anime.

Thank you for clarifying. I'm actually quite familiar with Moepii (and Nijigasaki in general), but I only recently learned about Rippi. She's the one I missed lol.

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