 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. Kotokawa is a taxi driver who lives an ordinary life, taxing some quirky customers around. A slightly eccentric stranger who has no relatives nor any relations with other people, Kotokawa'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 Kotokawa: 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 Miya (Mystery Kiss): Manatsu Murakami Daimon (Older Brother): Kousei Daimon (Younger Brother): Aso Shibagaki: Yuusuke Baba: Atsuhiro Tsuda Kabasawa: Takashi Taeko: Tomoko Murakami Fukumoto: Keisuke Takai Kondou: Pheonix 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 Akira/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 Modified by Mako995, Jan 17, 3:06 PM |
weird trailer but looks interesting  |
Well that's a lot of cast members lol they also have 3 love live voice actresses in here |
Looks like April 2021 is gonna be full of new/original show... The sequels feel non-existent   𝒾'𝓂 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒶 𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒. |
Looks interesting and fresh. Character designs a bit weird though, maybe not in a bad way.  |
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. "Keep grinding on what you love but always take a breather once in a while" Rudy's face was just that amusing for me to make me put it as my forum pfp |
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.  |
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. |
Seems really intriguing, even tho I'm not sold on the visuals yet. One Piece episode 914 & 915 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation 🙋🏼♂️: Hey Levi |
It seems interesting and the music was good too but will it be full CGI? The teaser gave me Disney vibes... |
sounds like a mystery series that uses the Taxi as it's driver, might keep an eye on this one |
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? |
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... |
.....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 |
At first, I was confused on why they called it “Odd Taxi” but after watching the trailer, I think I understand why.  |
I really like the character designs 😳 in conclusion,, |
It looks different and interesting, I might give it a shot. |
That pic just makes me think of Oldboy, damn. But that trailer makes me go whaaaat Probably the owner of the best bio on MAL. |
reminds me of Great Pretender lmao. this will be fun to watch. |
Just the right sort of slightly unnerving PV, this could actually be great. |
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. Modified by chocolattebjorn, Yesterday, 10:02 PM |
This could be hit or miss but the synopsis sounds fine enough. Hopefully it'll be at least watchable |
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. |