The production team behind the television anime adaptation of Aito Aoyagi‘s novel Akazukin, Tabi no Tochū de Shitai to Deau — released in English as Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story — has unveiled the series’ first trailer, first key visual, additional cast members, and a January 2027 premiere window.
Story
On the outskirts of town lives a girl known as “Red Riding Hood.” Forced to set out on a journey one day, she finds herself repeatedly drawn into one incident after another along the way. Armed with sharp curiosity and a clever mind, she takes it upon herself to solve each mystery — in a fairy-tale world that everyone thinks they know.
New Cast Members
Previously announced leads include Yume Miyamoto as Red Riding Hood and Akira Sekine as Pinocchio. The newly revealed cast additions are:
- Takuya Satō as Jill
- Atsushi Tamaru as Antonio
- Motoko Kumai as Rodrigo
- Kōtarō Nishiyama as Paulo
- Sakiko Uran as Oyayubi-hime (Thumbelina)
- Ryōko Shiraishi as Narrator
Staff
Itsurō Kawasaki (Baban Baban Ban Vampire, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Lady Jewelpet) is directing and writing the series at Benten Film. Character design is handled by Manami Minakata (Baban Baban Ban Vampire, Grendizer U) and Yūko Yahiro (Aharen-san wa Hakarenai, Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2). Izumi Hoki and Hiroshi Katō serve as art directors, Tomoe Yoshimura handles color setting, Rieko Koike is compositing director of photography, and Daisuke Hiraki (Backflip!!, Bocchi the Rock!) is the editor.
Additional staff announced includes:
- Main Animators: Ryōta Tamura, Satoru Kiyomaru, Shunsuke Masuda, Yasuhiro Iwabuchi
- Prop Design: Jazzline Monteron
- Trick Design: Yoshinori Iwanaga
- Art: TOTONYAN
- Art Setting: Hiroshi Katō, Yuichi Asami
- Color Design Support: Yumi Toriyama
- Visual Effects: Tomomi Ishihara
- Sound Director: Itsurō Kawasaki
- Music: Jun Ichikawa
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
Broadcast, Streaming & World Premiere
The anime is set to air in January 2027 on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and Yomiuri TV. Crunchyroll has confirmed it will stream the series worldwide, excluding Asia. The anime will also hold its world premiere at New York Comic Con on October 9.
Source Material
Aoyagi’s original novel was published by Futabasha in August 2020. A manga adaptation by Tanakanoka ran in Futabasha’s Monthly Action magazine from January 2023 until the magazine’s closure in February 2024, then continued on the Web Action website from April 2024. The manga concluded with its fourth compiled volume, released in June 2025. The novel also inspired a live-action film that streamed globally on Netflix in 2023, starring Kanna Hashimoto as Little Red Riding Hood.
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