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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Just like Beastars, an anthromorphic animal society of a walrus being a taxi driver whilst a mystery of a missing school girl ensues. Definitely an Odd Taxi with a wide cast of characters. I dig the OP, it has a quirky and city-pop feel to it. The walrus Odokawa is innocent, yet the others are as crude and shady. Odokawa isn't one to follow the trends, and seems like someone whom everyone loathes. This sure feels cranked up to 11 though. With an inexperienced production team of P.I.C.S (who is credited for the original work and planning) with OLM Team Yoshioka, I'm not entirely sure if this could take off being as it is. But being an OLM product, it definitely has the kids' feel to it. |
KANLen09Apr 6, 2021 6:45 AM
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| Episode duration? |
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
Gaichi said: 23:50, atleast on the site where I watched it.Episode duration? |
Totally felt all this time it will be totally some short anime :o |
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
Gaichi said: Yeah, same lmao, hopefully they atleast do a decent job on it.ScraF said: 23:50, atleast on the site where I watched it. Totally felt all this time it will be totally some short anime :o |
| Ooooookey, I was here expecting a relaxing anime, since I didn't read the synopsis xd, but I come across a first episode that blew my mind The plot was very interesting, the OP isn't too bad either, I hope to enjoy this a lot 😂 |
Clas1ckApr 6, 2021 2:23 AM
| The humor is absolutely spot on. I love it! It's almost like a Coen Brothers production. |
GlorditApr 5, 2021 12:39 PM
| You can definitely say this is odd. It has the setting of Beastars but tells a more laid-back and mysterious story. It definitely has a lot of interesting characters and unique dialogue. I love that the first half of this anime was basically about Twitter lmao. From the OP you can also tell that in the scene Odokawa is talking to an unknown figure in his house that it isn't the missing high school girl, but a stray cat. And since we are talking about the OP, damn it is so excellent. The visuals are stylish and minimalistic, but the song is such a groove. I can't stop replaying it. Definitely a contender for OP of the season. |
| Didn’t expect much, thought it’d be the same as the onigiri man anime a couple of seasons ago but was pleasantly surprised with a well thought out and executed anime with an honestly eerie ambience that reminded me on tpn season 1! Will definitely watch more since I’m liking it a lot already! |
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| Definitely fuck with that OP song I have to say. |
| Holy shit, loved every minute of this anime. Can't wait for second episode, didn't expect it to be so good. The main character is someone who works shit job but actually is intellectual, that's the type of people you sometimes get to meet IRL. No degrees and etc. just smart for who they are. |
| I liked the OP a lot. It was a good first episode, I'm not sure if I like the taxi driver's personality but he was spitting facts when he was talking to that boy who wanted to go viral. I really want to know connection between the taxi driver, nurse, police and the criminal. This show definetly has potential, I hope they won't blow it up. |
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| Taxi driver The Animation. Robert de Niro sure does look good in here. Also, the closet scene raised a slightly unnerving feeling. |
| Frankly, so far, that might be my favorite first episode this season after Megalo Box 2. |
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| I'm already hooked. The writing seems really good, and the pacing set the atmosphere really well. Not sure what they meant by biotech at the end, but hopefully they keep the mystery part grounded and don't go off the rails. First episode shows a lot of promise though. The art is interesting and their was a lot of music throughout. Not sure if those idols are gonna come into play, but they were showing them and playing their music a lot. |
| Definitely excited to see where this is going. The world is looking to be interesting. |
| Really good episode. I liked the eerie feeling from some scenes. Pretty excited for future episodes. Also that OP is great. |
ReigningRain said: Taxi driver The Animation. Robert de Niro sure does look good in here. Also, the closet scene raised a slightly unnerving feeling. Though I've never seen that film I got the same vibe from this, was expecting something more like taxicab confessions, pleasantly surprised it wasn't. |
| Well that definitely was odd. Decided to pick this up on a whim to fill the hole Beastars left behind. Wasn't expecting it to be so dark and serious, almost felt film-noir esque. I'm not huge on the look, but I'm intrigued by the story. Let's see where it goes from here... |
| I find this show to be pretty surreal, and interesting at that. |
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| I hated this, the dialogue was not my cup of tea to say the least. |
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| Well, that was not what I expected, but I'm all for mystery animes!! |
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| It was oddly satisfying how the walrus guy always spoke his mind without carrying too much about social consequences. Despite looking like children's book this anime is the most seinen thing I have watched lately (Mars Red including). Caricaturisation and dark humour aside those characters felt like real people with real life and reals problems. A lot of twists and turns, even overarching mystery. The hidden gem of the season? |
| I had no idea what to expect of this and thought it was gonna be one of my filler shows this season, but instead this one is the show I'm currently looking forward to the most, I'm a sucker for mystery. |
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| I love this new anime direction since Beastars. I enjoyed every minute of the episode. I believe that since the characters are not human, you pay more attention to the plot than the designs (you are not distracted by seducing anime women) and this adds a charm. I even got the chills at one point. |
| About Odd Taxi, episode 1: Come on, I liked it, you have an interesting idea: a taxi driver on a link to a case or a potential grandiose crime. Our sea lion is nothing more than an apathetic, indifferent and, frankly, surly character (I identify a lot with him, when it comes to thinking about the difference in generational thoughts and adaptation in other friendly relationships). Odokawa is worthy of a great character for this perspective introduction. The idea of corruption of the story's own villain, in addition to the policeman and the Alpaca, puts the show wrapped in a mystery that tends to be good. Nothing great here, but let's consider, it is something bigger than we imagined from an anime in which a taxi driver is the protagonist ... BNA and Beastars, you have a new successor |
| Not a bad first episode. Love the type of animation they have done for this. |
| my expectations were pretty low because i never saw people talk about it and I kinda went into it blind but omg that was great def like beastars |
| Really enjoyed it, i've never seen beastars but I'm gonna check it out since it's similar to this. Also the cops character design is similar to Stewie Griffin lmao |
| Im not entirely sure what i was expecting tbh but it was actually pretty decent, reminded me of ACCA somewhat and hopefully its just as good(or better). The establishment of the mc was more or less the main focus of the ep, the highly cynical and heavily medicated taxi driver struggling, or not caring to, connect with the world and people around him, while hiding a secret or two, and seemingly shares one shared with a corrupt cop I never thought id have ever been so intrigued by a fat depressed walrus taxi driver |
| This first episode got me nailed to my chair, what a great first episode! Animation looked nice and smooth and the main character has some weird but funny characteristics, very original. Does anyone know how many episodes are planned? |
apbooyah said: Really enjoyed it, i've never seen beastars but I'm gonna check it out since it's similar to this. Also the cops character design is similar to Stewie Griffin lmao Funny i thought the mc looked like peter, if theres a horny weasel with a big chin we'll know its no coincidence |
| The OP looked pretty good to me, although I didn't like the song as much. I enjoyed the episode, I was pleasantly surprised, I guess I just got into it with low expectations. A lot of shady stuff going on for all sides, I'm interested to see how it shapes up. Odokawa is definitely an individual that kids these days would call 'based', but we should drop this generation gap crap. |
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| A great first episode! I really like the simplistic art style and yet it sets the mood perfectly. This is a sort of beast noir type of setting and it really has my interest. The OP had me tapping my feet too. |
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| Was just a confusing episode for sure. I hope next episode give me secure vision of what this anime is about, genre-wise. |
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| Odokawa sure is a mood. |
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| This looks a lot better animation wise than I had anticipated. It's actually really funny too! I'm excited to see where the plot progresses! That cop guy is dirty! |
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| This guy's are fans of The Boss and Stevie Wonder, respect. |
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| I'm intrigued...there a lot of Shady shit going on and I don't know who is good and who is bad. Odokawa has abduction and murderer vibes going on so Idk how i feel about him now. Everyone is shady except Gorilla. |
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| shit this was good i wrote this off as some kind of animal SOL short so i was like eh i don't need more this in my life but this ended up being one of the more recent grounded shows i've seen despite it being in a animal world lol i'm intrigued with whatever plot is going on within the background |
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