Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story sets January 2027 premiere and releases first trailer

Familiar fairy tales become the setting for full-fledged mysteries. Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story will begin airing in January 2027, and its first trailer was released October 5. The channels are TOKYO MX, BS Nippon TV, and Yomiuri TV.

The announcement came through the official site and the trailer on the Pony Canyon Anime channel. The site also unveiled the first key visual.

The story

Red Riding Hood, a girl living on the edge of town, sets out on a journey for a particular purpose. Somehow, she keeps getting caught up in incidents along the way. Her curiosity and quick thinking help her solve the mysteries.

The anime adapts Aito Aoyagi’s Futaba Bunko novels, which have more than 600,000 copies in circulation. The series also inspired a Netflix film starring Kanna Hashimoto.

Cast and staff

Yume Miyamoto voices Red Riding Hood, and Akira Sekine voices the wooden boy Pinocchio. The trailer description also lists Takuya Sato as Jill and Sakiko Uran as Thumbelina. Ryoko Shiraishi narrates.

Itsuro Kawasaki directs, writes the scripts, and serves as sound director. Jun Ichikawa composes the music, and BENTEN Film produces the animation.