Woodpecker Detective's Office

TV SERIES 2020 1 SEASON

Overview

A ghost was seen on the 12th floor of the Asakusa Juunikai building. A newspaper article featuring the sighting brought together Takuboku Ishikawa, who runs a private detective agency and his assistant Kyosuke Kindaichi to solve the case.

This production, originally released in 2020, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Animation, Mystery, Drama genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 6.8 across its 1 season.

Storyline Highlights:
• Explores themes within Animation and Mystery.
• Produced in Japan.
• Original Language: Japanese.

Starring Cast

Shintaro Asanuma

Takuboku Ishikawa (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Kyōsuke Kindaichi (voice)

Yukiya Hayashi

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (voice)

Kenjiro Tsuda

Kodo Nomura (voice)

Soma Saito

Isamu Yoshii (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Sakutoro Hagiwara (voice)

Kensho Ono

Taro Hirai (voice)

Makoto Furukawa

Bokusui Wakayama (voice)

Seasons

Season 1

12 Episodes • Aired 2020-04-13

It is the end of the Meiji Era. The genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku, who’s struggling financially, starts a detective business out of his lodging in response to a certain murder case. He calls it the Woodpecker Detective’s Office. “The ghosts of the Twelve-Story Tower in Asakusa,” “the man-eating figure who wanders the streets on snowy nights”… Takuboku involves himself in one bizarre case after another with his hometown acquaintance, Kindaichi Kyosuke, as his assistant. Other literary men such as Nomura Kodo, Yoshii Isamu, Hagiwara Sakutaro, and Wakayama Bokusui are also dragged into Takuboku’s exploits as he races all around Tokyo at the height of Westernization!