I frikkin loled at the taxi chase scene too. I wish the Taxi driver would get more role because he was badass. The characters are a bit odd as of now, and I still cannot imagine what the story is mainly going to be about, but I'm surely going to watch it til the end. And I agree it's drop dead gorgeous. It's made by
P.A. Works.
edit: the
wikilink might be more useful. It says they worked with Prod IG on Sengoku Basara, Blood+ and GITS, all are awesomely well animated.