Mot-clé Odd Job

Dans une province rurale du nord du Japon, à Yamagata, où Daigo Kobayashi retourne avec son épouse, après l'éclatement de l'orchestre dans lequel il jouait depuis des années à Tokyo. Daigo répond à une annonce pour un emploi « d'aide aux départs », imaginant avoir affaire à une agence de voyages. L'ancien violoncelliste s'aperçoit qu'il s'agit en réalité d'une entreprise de pompes funèbres, mais accepte l'emploi par nécessité financière. Plongé dans ce monde peu connu, il va découvrir les rites funéraires, tout en cachant à sa femme sa nouvelle activité, en grande partie taboue au Japon.

Five girls work in the tourism bureau of their small provincial town. The town revives its "micro-nation" tourism program, which originated from a nationwide movement during Japan's bubble economy period, and hires the five girls as "monarchs" (tourism ambassadors).

On a charming magical island, the impulsive Bee and her furry pal get up to all sorts of adventures while working for an intergalactic temp agency.

Bee is a young lady trying to make her way in the world. She often acts before thinking, which can lead her into trouble (and adventure!). She also has a strong, nurturing personality, and doesn’t think twice about taking in Puppycat when he needs help. Although her laid-back-space-casey attitude and lack of skills tend to keep her from maintaining a job for long in the human world, she isn’t someone who easily gives up, and with the experiences she gains at the magical temp agency she stumbles on, she’ll finally have the chance to find out what she’s meant to do with her life.

Odd Job Jack was a Canadian animated comedy television show featuring Don McKellar, about one man's misadventures in temporary employment. Seen on and produced for the The Comedy Network, a cable specialty channel, and shown on Adult Swim in Latin America, the show has currently finished its production run as of its fourth season. The second season has been released to DVD, and seasons two through four can currently be seen on the on demand streaming video service Hulu.