Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story Premieres in January 2027, First PV and New Cast Revealed

Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story will begin airing in January 2027, with TOKYO MX, BS Nippon TV and Yomiuri TV confirmed as Japanese broadcasters. The latest update also brings a new key visual and the anime's first full promotional video.

The PV follows Red Riding Hood's encounter with Pinocchio before pushing the familiar fairy-tale setting toward murder, investigation and increasingly tense mysteries. Six additional cast members have also joined the adaptation of Aito Aoyagi's novel series.

Quick Summary

• Global title: Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story
• Japanese title: 赤ずきん、旅の途中で死体と出会う。
• Romanization: Akazukin, Tabi no Tochuu de Shitai to Deau.
• Format: TV anime
• Genre: fairy-tale mystery / honkaku mystery
• Status: in production
• Premiere: January 2027
• Exact premiere date: unannounced
• Japanese broadcaster: TOKYO MX
• Japanese broadcaster: BS Nippon TV
• Japanese broadcaster: Yomiuri TV
• Global streaming: Crunchyroll
• Crunchyroll region: worldwide excluding Asia
• Episode count: unannounced
• Latest video: first promotional video
• PV release: October 5, 2026
• YouTube ID: dRYjeN1lDcA
• New key visual: released
• Lead character: Red Riding Hood
• Red Riding Hood: Yume Miyamoto
• Pinocchio: Akira Sekine
• Jill: Takuya Sato
• Antonio: Atsushi Tamaru
• Rodrigo: Motoko Kumai
• Paolo: Kotaro Nishiyama
• Thumbelina: Sakiko Uran
• Narration: Ryoko Shiraishi
• Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
• Script: Itsuro Kawasaki
• Character design: Manami Minakata
• Character design: Yuko Yahiro
• Main animator: Ryota Tamura
• Main animator: Satoru Kiyomaru
• Main animator: Shunsuke Masuda
• Main animator: Yasuhiro Iwabuchi
• Prop design: Jaslin Monteron
• Karakuri design: Etsuyoshi Iwanaga
• Art: Totonyan
• Art director: Izumi Hoki
• Art director: Hiroshi Kato
• Art setting: Hiroshi Kato
• Art setting: Yuichi Asami
• Color design: Tomoe Yoshimura
• Color design assistance: Yumi Toriyama
• Special effects: Tomomi Ishihara
• Director of photography: Rieko Koike
• Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
• Sound director: Itsuro Kawasaki
• Music: Jun Ichikawa
• Music production: Pony Canyon
• Animation production: BENTEN Film
• Original author: Aito Aoyagi
• Publisher: Futabasha
• Imprint: Futaba Bunko
• Source novel: Akazukin, Tabi no Tochuu de Shitai to Deau.
• Source novel: Akazukin, Pinocchio Hirotte Shitai to Deau.
• Original series debut: 2020
• Series circulation: over 600,000 copies
• Published novels: four
• Manga adaptation: available
• Manga volumes: four
• Live-action adaptation: Once Upon a Crime
• Live-action release: 2023
• Live-action platform: Netflix
• Core premise: Red Riding Hood solves crimes inside familiar fairy tales
• PV focus: Red Riding Hood meets Pinocchio
• PV focus: the atmosphere shifts from fairy-tale charm toward mystery
• Opening theme: unannounced
• Ending theme: unannounced

First PV and Key Visual

Red Riding Hood Meets Pinocchio

The new video gives a clearer look at Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio's meeting before the story begins pulling them into increasingly dangerous incidents.

The world remains visibly rooted in classic fairy tales, but Red Riding Hood approaches its crimes with observation, curiosity and deductive reasoning rather than simply following familiar stories.

Six More Cast Members Join

Takuya Sato voices Jill, while Atsushi Tamaru plays Antonio. Motoko Kumai joins as Rodrigo, Kotaro Nishiyama as Paolo, and Sakiko Uran as Thumbelina.

Ryoko Shiraishi handles narration, joining previously announced leads Yume Miyamoto and Akira Sekine.

Fairy Tales Become Murder Mysteries

Aito Aoyagi's original novels reinterpret familiar stories including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty and The Little Match Girl.

Instead of straightforward retellings, fairy-tale rules, locations and objects become pieces of the mysteries and their tricks.

BENTEN Film Prepares for January

Itsuro Kawasaki serves as director, writer and sound director. Manami Minakata and Yuko Yahiro handle character design, while Jun Ichikawa composes the score.

BENTEN Film is producing the animation. An exact January premiere date has not yet been announced.

Why This Matters

1) The fairy-tale setting directly shapes the mysteries

Classic characters and story rules become elements of the cases rather than simple visual references.

2) Pinocchio is now more clearly part of the anime's journey

The first PV gives a stronger look at how his meeting with Red Riding Hood feeds into the larger story.

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3) International streaming is already confirmed

Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide outside Asia beginning in January 2027.

Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story Anime Information

For now, the additional important information currently known includes:

• the Japanese title is 『赤ずきん、旅の途中で死体と出会う。』
• the official English title is Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story
• the title can be romanized as Akazukin, Tabi no Tochuu de Shitai to Deau.
• the anime premieres in January 2027
• an exact premiere date remains unannounced
• TOKYO MX will broadcast the series
• BS Nippon TV will broadcast the series
• Yomiuri TV will broadcast the series
• Crunchyroll has confirmed global streaming
• Crunchyroll's territory covers the world outside Asia
• full Asian streaming details remain unannounced
• the episode count remains unannounced
• the first full PV was released October 5, 2026
• a new key visual was released alongside it
• the visual features Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio
• several other characters appear around them
• the PV depicts Red Riding Hood meeting Pinocchio
• the PV then moves into incidents and mystery sequences
• Red Riding Hood functions as the primary detective
• Pinocchio becomes an important travel companion
• Yume Miyamoto voices Red Riding Hood
• Akira Sekine voices Pinocchio
• Takuya Sato voices Jill
• Atsushi Tamaru voices Antonio
• Motoko Kumai voices Rodrigo
• Kotaro Nishiyama voices Paolo
• Sakiko Uran voices Thumbelina
• Ryoko Shiraishi provides narration
• Itsuro Kawasaki directs the anime
• Itsuro Kawasaki also writes the scripts
• Itsuro Kawasaki also serves as sound director
• Manami Minakata handles character design
• Yuko Yahiro also handles character design
• Ryota Tamura serves as main animator
• Satoru Kiyomaru serves as main animator
• Shunsuke Masuda serves as main animator
• Yasuhiro Iwabuchi serves as main animator
• Jaslin Monteron handles prop design
• Etsuyoshi Iwanaga handles karakuri design
• Totonyan handles art
• Izumi Hoki serves as art director
• Hiroshi Kato serves as art director
• Hiroshi Kato also handles art setting
• Yuichi Asami handles art setting
• Tomoe Yoshimura handles color design
• Yumi Toriyama assists with color design
• Tomomi Ishihara handles special effects
• Rieko Koike serves as director of photography
• Daisuke Hiraki handles editing
• Jun Ichikawa composes the music
• Pony Canyon handles music production
• BENTEN Film produces the animation
• the original series is written by Aito Aoyagi
• Futabasha publishes the novels
• the series first appeared in 2020
• the Futaba Bunko edition of the first novel released August 4, 2022
• that paperback edition contains 336 pages
• its ISBN is 978-4-575-52592-2
• series circulation has exceeded 600,000 copies
• the books combine fairy tales and honkaku mystery
• Red Riding Hood encounters cases throughout her journey
• Cinderella provides the basis for one mystery
• Hansel and Gretel also appears as source material
• Sleeping Beauty also appears as source material
• The Little Match Girl also appears as source material
• the follow-up novel expands the journey with Pinocchio
• the anime officially lists the first two novels as source works
• a manga adaptation was also produced
• the manga concluded with four volumes
• a live-action adaptation was released in 2023
• the global live-action title is Once Upon a Crime
• the film streams on Netflix
• the Netflix film reached No. 1 on the Global Top 10 for non-English films
• the TV anime was originally announced in August 2026
• a teaser PV accompanied the first announcement
• the teaser uses YouTube ID 547dTuVUBh4
• the opening theme remains unannounced
• the ending theme remains unannounced
• further soundtrack details remain unannounced
• premiere-event information remains unannounced
• home-video plans remain unannounced
• anime information is available through the Official Anime Website
• official updates are available through Official X
• visual updates are also available through Official Instagram
• the latest video is available through Official PV 1
• the original teaser is available through the Official Teaser PV
• novel information is available through the Futabasha Official Series Website

Closing

Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story now has a clearer path toward its January 2027 premiere, with the latest PV finally showing more of Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio's shared journey.

An exact premiere date, episode count, opening and ending themes, and detailed Asian streaming plans remain unannounced.