Great Selection Taxi (2014)

8.4 (12 votes)

1 Season

October 14, 2014

Japanese

Comedy Drama

Synopsis

Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.

Network

Fuji TV, Kansai TV

Episodes

A Man and Woman's Choices

Oct 14, 2014

46 min

"If only I had chosen a different path...” Life can be full of regrets. But Time Taxi is a mysterious taxi that can take its passengers back to a point in time where they can “retry” different actions, and make different choices. Edawakare, the stubbornly chatty driver, is their host and helper.

Present and Past Choices

Oct 21, 2014

46 min

Time Taxi turns into a getaway car carrying hostages! Hirano, a room-and-board owner is the passenger in this episode, who still can’t get over the one big mistake in his youth. Can Hirano save himself? Does a sad fate await him and his hostages?

Choices of Love

Oct 28, 2014

46 min

Edawakare drives Marina to no particular destination; she just wants to drive aimlessly as she tries to mend her broken heart in the back seat. She had been in an illicit relationship with a married man, but if she could do things over, what decisions would she make? She now has a chance to change things around...

Choices of Money and Desire

Nov 4, 2014

46 min

Asakura picks up a lottery ticket worth 100-million yen, and takes the Time Taxi to rush back in time to the bank, because the deadline was over an hour ago! But things do not go as smoothly as he had hoped. Will Asakura get to redeem the winning lottery-ticket? What will he lose along the way, and will his efforts be worth the price?

Choices of Woman vs. Woman

Nov 11, 2014

46 min

This episode’s passenger is a doctor, Misako, who is looking to find a potential husband at a marriage-finding party. She finds her ideal man sitting at her table, and yet, a rival enters the scene to steal her thunder. She decides to take Time Taxi to the past to wreak revenge against the rival.

Gullible Choices

Nov 18, 2014

46 min

Edawakare is a maniac manga-fan of the weekly series “Gullible Treasure.” But its illustrator is a flake, he has already taken three weeks off of publication. Misora of the magazine’s editing department must get his manuscript this week or else she’ll get fired. Will she convince him to finish the manuscript? Edawakare, the fan that he is, decides to actively take part in making it happen...

Choices of Lies or Truth

Nov 25, 2014

46 min

This episode's passenger is Mari who is about to become a big time celebrity, but dirt from her past rises to the public surface, tarnishing her reputation; it also puts her marriage-engagement in jeopardy. Will going in back in time undo the tangles, will Mari's choices bring her a happy ending?

Choices of Husband and Wife

Dec 2, 2014

46 min

This week is chock full of passengers -- Yuka, a passenger from a previous episode, calls the Time Taxi again to try to help her grandmother return to a time when her husband was alive so that she can grant her husband's dying wish. And that's not the only passenger making a reappearance...

Choices of Crime and Punishment

Dec 9, 2014

46 min

Edawakare is faced with a life-and-death situation when an aggressive robber and a mysterious man demand his taxi's services for their own nefarious purposes. Not to mention, a strange customer unexpectedly shows up at the Choice Cafe. What will Edawakare do?