This review contains minimal or no spoilers Story/Setting 1000https://i.ur.com/kJpbInO.jpg?1 Set in modernday Tokyo with a twist you have a taxi driver who by some luck gets involved in a big crime operation. All the beings appear as animals at least from what you see theyre all humanoid animals. I know youre thinking Hey that sounds like Beastars but believe me it is far from Beastars. The story is very neonoir a crime thriller with this taxi driver slowly hatching the most 400iq plot to catch criminals with some very interesting revelations along the way. And it has one of the most wellwritten endings for an original series. 1000https://i.ur.com/VYlv5iw.jpg?1 Visuals The visuals in Odd Taxi are very unique. They almost look like they were drawn with crayon giving it a very unique vibe that somehow fits extremely well with the anime. 1000https://i.ur.com/VqrXkjE.jpg?1 And as I mentioned earlier all the characters are humanoid animals. But they are not drawn like crayons like the backgrounds so it creates this very disconnected feeling that what youre seeing is not real. Almost as if the characters are made to stand out you see what Im getting at?. Characters Odd Taxi has a big cast. Your protagonist is Odokawa the taxi driver. The story is entirely told through his eyes so you see what he sees. Odokawa is an apathetic uninterested walrus on first look you can probably say he has depression considering how disconnected and automated he feels. But he is a smart individual with a very unique disposition I wont get into that here. He is voiced by Natsuki Hanae Tanjiro in Demon Slayer in perhaps his most unique role as a VA from what I can tell because Odokawa sounds nothing like the young boy that Hanaes voice is known for. 1000https://i.ur.com/kaUwUrx.jpg?1 Then there are the side characters that while you would think this is a disconnected episodic series where the taxi driver encounters multiple people it is exactly the opposite. In fact the proverb What a small world applies extremely well to the world and characters of Odd Taxi because each character is somehow connected to the other one in a very intricate manner. Theres a monkey gangster an alpaca that knows capoeira a porcupine that raps etc etc. A very big and unique cast each with their own story and their own unique traits all of them are unique individuals and theyre all connected in some form or another to each other and to Odokawa. 1000https://i.ur.com/WuXCofX.png The world building in Odd Taxi is done so well that the Odd Taxi website has an image that shows exactly how each character is connected to the other. Herehttps://i.redd.it/9sloszs8g5x61.png is a translated version of it if you want to check it out yourself. The official Japanese one is available on Odd Taxis website. Overall If you are looking for a crime thriller series with a twist then this is right up your alley. In my opinion Odd Taxi has been the best original anime of 2021 so far and the best anime of this season of Spring 2021. Each episode is enthralling and each episode will make you create hypotheses and theories about the characters and what is going to happen next with one of the best endings in an original anime I have ever watched. Combined with one of the smoothest OPs of all time that I vibe to pretty much everyday this anime is nothing short of an amazing experience that I would like to see more anime adapt since this genre of noir crime thrillers is so extremely niche. Also rewatching this series is very worth it because so many of the plot twists are presented right from the start you just miss them because you didnt know. So this is an anime that is not just a one and done but worth revisiting and see all the hints littered throughout. The whole series is fascinating and I highly recommend it. Just keep an open mind to the animal visuals and always keep in mind that this story is being viewed from the perspective of Odokawa you see what he sees.