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ODDTAXI
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Natsuki Hanae
Hiroshi Odokawa (voice)
13 eps
Ryohei Kimura
Ayumu Goriki (voice)
13 eps
Riho Iida
Miho Shirakawa (voice)
13 eps
Takashi
Taichi Kabasawa (voice)
13 eps
Kappei Yamaguchi
Eiji Kakihana (voice)
13 eps
Kenji Hamada
Dobu (voice)
13 eps
Koudai Sakai
Imai (voice)
13 eps
Makoto Furukawa
Fuyuki Yamamoto (voice)
13 eps
Yusuke Nishizawa
Homosapiens Shibagaki (voice)
13 eps
Atsuhiro Tsuda
Homosapiens Baba (voice)
13 eps
Mahiro Takasugi
Satoshi Nagashima (voice)
2 eps
Tomoko Murakami
Taeko Harada (voice)
6 eps
Miki Kousei
Older Daimon (voice)
6 eps
Asei Miki
Younger Daimon (voice)
6 eps
Soma Saito
Tanaka (voice)
7 eps
Suzuko Mimori
Rui Nikaidou (voice)
5 eps
Moeka Koizumi
Shiho Ichimura (voice)
7 eps
Manatsu Murakami
Yuki Mitsuya (voice)
4 eps
Akari Kito
Yuki Mitsuya (voice)
1 eps
METEOR
Yano (voice)
6 eps
Takaya Kuroda
Kuroda (voice)
4 eps
Chado Horii
Togo Sekiguchi (voice)
7 eps
Keisuke Takai
Fukumoto (voice)
2 eps
Phoenix
Kondo (voice)
2 eps
Hochu Otsuka
Donraku Shofutei (voice)
1 eps
Show Hayami
Hayami (voice)
1 eps
Yukihiro Nozuyama
Nozuyama (voice)
1 eps
Hironori Miyata
Teacher (voice)
1 eps
Teiya Ichiryusai
Wadagaki's Mother (voice)
1 eps
Taishi Hasegawa
Bank Clerk (voice)
1 eps
Ryu Morimiya
Host (voice)
2 eps
Chika Kagura
Rena (voice)
6 eps
Amane Shiomiya
Kanon (voice)
7 eps
Taro Nanami
Doctor (voice)
1 eps
Hinata Tadokoro
Boss (voice)
6 eps
Takaaki Torashima
Tanaka's Father (voice)
5 eps
Saori Terai
Kabasawa's Mother (voice)
5 eps
Atsushi Tamaru
Man (voice)
4 eps
Shunichi Maki
Boss (voice)
1 eps
Atsushi Kosaka
Waiter (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How ODDTAXI actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
ODDTAXI reads strongest on Tension, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
While working as a taxi driver on the hectic streets of Tokyo, a reticent walrus gets pulled into a mystery involving a missing teenage girl.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Tanaka's Revolution
It's business as usual for privately-owned taxi driver Odokawa as he drives a variety of passengers around the city. Sometimes he drives in a little bit of a hurry.
- Directed by Hideaki Ōba
- Written by Kazuya Konomoto
S01E01
The Eccentric Driver
It's business as usual for privately-owned taxi driver Odokawa as he drives a variety of passengers around the city. He also pays a visit to his doctor.
- Directed by Sayaka Yamai
- Written by Kazuya Konomoto
S01E03
Beware of Borrowed Plumes
It's business as usual for privately-owned taxi driver Odokawa as he drives a variety of passengers around the city. He also has a wanted criminal armed with a gun get into his taxi.
- Directed by Mayu Numayama
- Written by Kazuya Konomoto
S01E02
How to Spend a Long Night
It's business as usual for privately-owned taxi driver Odokawa as he drives a variety of passengers around the city. He also visits the sauna.
- Directed by Kenichi Nishida
- Written by Kazuya Konomoto
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E01
Odd Taxi Picture Drama
S01E11
If We Could Go Back to That Day
- Directed by Hideaki Ōba
- Written by Kazuya Konomoto
S01E10
We Have No Tomorrow
- Directed by Rokusuke Okimitsu
- Written by Kazuya Konomoto
S01E09
The Hero's Melancholy
- Directed by Kenichi Nishida
- Written by Kazuya Konomoto
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Daisuke HiragaProducer
- Hideki KamaProducer
- Akiko NabeiwaProducer
- Aya IizukaProducer
- Takashi TakemuraProducer
- Hirofumi ItoProducer
Writing
- Kazuya KonomotoWriter
Direction
- Rokusuke OkimitsuDirector
- Sayaka YamaiDirector
- Shigeki AwaiDirector
- Kenichi NishidaDirector
- Hideaki ŌbaDirector
- Mayu NumayamaDirector
Cinematography
- Miyabi AmadaDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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