Odd Taxi is unlike any anime series that hit the airwaves, the TV show focuses on a murder mystery where its heroes and villains look like anthropomorphic characters who might look more at home in a Sanrio production. with the movie Odd Taxi: Into The Woodswhich was recently released on Crunchyroll, the streaming service took the opportunity to interview director Baku Kinoshita about how the series came to be and how he felt about his directorial debut.
To start, Kinoshita described the origins Odd TaxiThe anime series that follows a taxi driven by a walrus that is dragged into the mystery of life and death, as it waits in the wings for a massive secret to be revealed:
“Originally, I wanted to create a dramatic story with the animals. That was my original idea. Initially, I presented the idea to the producer and we felt we could modify [the story] A little refined. This is how we kind of modified it. also, [Kazuya] Konomoto was on this project, and he came up with a lot of good ideas. This is how we came up with the work of human animal-like species, on which we settled. So, the story came from myself, the producer, and Konomoto-san who brainstormed together to create this story about taxis.”
Kinoshita then discussed his directorial debut, thanking fans for their dedication to the series:
“When doing this project, I was very happy to hear that so many people enjoyed the story ODD TAXI. I was really happy and grateful to be working on it. Being the first time, I got a lot of advice from a lot of my colleagues, like senpai. So I really appreciate them helping me and giving me advice to get this project done. I just want to try to build on that and gain more experience to become a better director.”
While Odd Taxi Having a definitive ending to its first season, the film promises to explore more of the world, although the second season has yet to be confirmed as an anthropomorphic.
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