Story

Oddtaxi is probably one of the best mystery stories ever told in anime. It takes place in modern Japan, and follows Odokawa Hiroshi, a middle-aged Taxi driver, showing how driving his cab and interacting with shady passengers gets him into trouble. While this may seem like a perfect SoL Comedy setting, Oddtaxi is nothing of that sort. Well, except the comedy part.
Along the ride we get to meet new characters and see their struggles in life, which I found very relatable.
One of the strong points of Oddtaxi is its ability to explore new 21st Century issues. Enough with poverty and drugs, we get to watch characters suffer from gaming addictions, Social media FoMO and even simping. All of these very serious issues are being carried out with great and unique, almost Americanized comedy, and great music.

Art

The art style of Oddtaxi was probably its biggest obstacle to success. While the animation is undoubtedly good enough, the so-called "furry" character design is not very welcoming for most viewers, who tend to stay away from such shows. However, once you start watching the show and meet the characters, you realize how fitting each design is to each character, and almost pay no attention to the fact you are watching animals, and not actual humans. In fact, each character being a completely different species helped me memorize the characters and remember their interactions across the episode, even when after waiting a whole week for the next episode.

Characters

Oddtaxi has an unusually large cast of characters, who may seem unrelated to each other at first, but slowly we learn the importance and connection of each character to this web of relationships. One of the only problems with Oddtaxi is that some characters failed to interest me as much as the others did. While I counted every second for Yano to appear, I honestly couldn't stand some other characters like Kakihana or Dobu, although they had much bigger roles in the plot and I do respect the message they deliver to the audience. Luckily, having a witty Main Character like Odokawa helped me not fall into boredom when some of the "weaker" characters made an appearance, and I would say that overall, the cast of characters for oddtaxi was very good and unique, even if you don’t count the fact that they aren't human.

Conclusion

Oddtaxi unfortunately never got any hype during this anime season, and honestly, if I didn’t make an attempt (which failed) to watch every anime coming out this season, I probably never would've watched it. I sincerely hope more people watch this odd yet amazing show, even if you are scared of the fur or even if you are not interested in the genre, you should check it out because it is truly excellent from every aspect.