Spring anime "Takuboku Tori Tantei Place" broadcast start date set for 4/13! Additional cast includes Kenjiro Tsuda, Kensho Ono, Soma Saito, Yuichiro Umehara, and more!

The broadcast start date for the TV anime adaptation of "Takkutsu Tanteitokoro (啄木鳥探偵處)" has been set for April 13, 2020 (Monday). Additional cast and character information was also announced.

The original work is based on the full-scale mystery novel "Takuboku Tori Tantei Location" (written by Kei Ii, Sogen Sushuri Bunko), which won the 3rd Sogen Sushuri Short Story Award. For the anime adaptation, Shinpei Ezaki, who directed "Monster Strike The Movie: To the Place of Beginning," is the general director, and Taku Kishimoto, who worked on the series composition for "Hi-Q! and Taku Kishimoto, who worked on the series composition of "HIQUE! In addition, popular illustrator Iku Saki was chosen to draft the characters. The animation production will be handled by Raiden Film, which has worked on "Terraformers" and other works.

⇒The first key visual and main cast of the TV anime "Takkuboku Tantei Sho", which will be broadcast and distributed in the spring of 2020, have been revealed! Shintaro Asanuma plays Takuboku Ishikawa and Takahiro Sakurai plays Kyosuke Kindaichi!

Additional Cast and Character Information

The additional cast members have also been announced. Kenjiro Tsuda will be playing the role of "Nomura Kodo," a big brother with a strong sense of humanity; Kensho Ono will be playing the role of "Hirai Taro," a literary boy who aspires to become a novelist; Souma Saito will be playing the role of "Isamu Yoshii," a poet and count in love; Yuichiro Umehara will play the role of "Sakutaro Hagiwara," a shy and soft-spoken pure poet; and Makisui Wakayama, a fast-paced poet who loves traveling and drinking. Shin Furukawa will play the role of "Makisui Wakayama," a slow-paced poet who loves to travel and drink, and Koya Hayashi will play the role of "Ryunosuke Akutagawa," a solitary high school genius.

Below is detailed character information and comments from each cast member.
All cast comments are in Japanese only.

Takuboku Ishikawa (CV. Shintaro Asanuma)
A genius poet. He was Kyosuke Kindaichi's senior in junior high school. He is a charming man who is sloppy with money and women, but is somehow lovable.

Shintaro Asanuma's comment
The opportunity to play a great man from my hometown is not something you get very often, even if you have been an actor for a long time. I am grateful for the opportunity to be an actor, and I will play my heart out in this world. I still have important words in my heart that I failed to say at some point in my life.

Kyosuke Kindaichi (CV: Takahiro Sakurai)
Part-time lecturer at Kokugakuin University. He is a mild-mannered person who loves Takuboku's talent. He is susceptible to Takuboku's pushiness.

Comment from Takahiro Sakurai
My name is Takahiro Sakurai and I play the role of Kyosuke Kindaichi in "Takuboku Toboku Tantei". It is an enjoyable work filled with various elements such as literature, mystery, human drama, and entertainment. Please come and watch it.

Nomura Kodo (CV. Kenjiro Tsuda)
A student at Tokyo Imperial University. He is Kyosuke's classmate from junior high school and Takuboku's senior. He is a caring and compassionate person. He is a big brother to the literati. He later wrote "Zenigata Heiji: The Catch-22".

Kenjiro Tsuda's comment
I enjoy playing the role of Nomura Kodo, one of the literati who hang out at the Milk Hall. I hope you enjoy the atmosphere of the times and the literati.

Taro Hirai (CV: Kensho Ono)
A literary boy with a curious mind. He is very interested in the cases Takuboku deals with. He has a keen eye for observation and can make deductions that rival those of adults. He is the future Edogawa Rampo.

Comment from Kensho Ono
My name is Kensho Ono, and I will be playing the role of Taro Hirai. Taro Hirai is a man who gets involved in cases that look interesting, and he is the future Edogawa Rampo. I will do my best to express the sharpness of his mind and words and actions that give a glimpse of him!

Isamu Yoshii (CV: Souma Saito)
Isamu Yoshii is a well-bred man with a racy temperament. He sees Ishikawa Takuboku as his rival. He later became famous for writing the lyrics to the popular song "Gondola no uta" (Song of the Gondola).

Comments from Souma Saito
I love literature and mysteries, so I am very happy to be able to appear in this film! Not only the solving of the main mystery, but also the humorous portrayal of the daily lives of these young men of literature, who are full of character! Thank you very much for your cooperation!

Sakutaro Hagiwara (CV: Yuichiro Umehara)
A shy, shy, and sensitive character, but he is also a friend. He is later called the father of modern poetry.

Yuichiro Umehara's comment
Sakutaro, whom I will be playing, is a sentimental and pure-hearted person. I will do my best not to be buried among the unique characters around me. I hope you will enjoy watching the play, which is full of the lively exchanges between the great writers who actually existed.

Makisui Wakayama (CV: Makisui Wakayama)
He is a student at Waseda University and an active poet. He is a heavy drinker. A free spirit who loves to travel at his own pace. He is a cheerful mood maker.

Comment from Shin Furukawa
Among the various poets who appear in the film, Makisui is represented as a cheerful and generous person. I hope you enjoy watching the play as I recite the poems while feeling the atmosphere of the times through the play. I hope you enjoy the performance.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa (CV: Koya Hayashi)
A student at Daiichi High School. He is smart and cool. He always has something exciting to say. He has a strong admiration for Soseki Natsume.

Comment from Koya Hayashi
Takuboku Tori Tantei Sho" is my anime debut. I am trying my best not to lose to the enthusiasm of the cast and the many staff members. I hope you are looking forward to seeing what kind of role I will be playing as Ryunosuke Akutagawa!

The theme song will be sung by Shin Furukawa, who plays Makisui Wakayama, and the voice actor unit "NOW ON AIR.

In addition, information on the theme song has also been revealed. The opening theme song, "Today's Makoto ni Harutenya" will be sung by Shin Furukawa, who plays the role of Makisui Wakayama, and the ending theme song, "Gondola no Uta" will be sung by the voice actor unit "NOW ON AIR. Comments from Mr. Furukawa and NOW ON AIR have been received and will be introduced below.

Comment from Shin Furukawa
I will be playing the role of Makisui Wakayama and will be in charge of the OP theme song. I hope that you will enjoy the song along with the work, as it has a very high-colorful atmosphere. Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Comment from NOW ON AIR
This is the first time for NOW ON AIR to sing the ED theme song for an animated TV series! When we were given the song, all the members thought about the atmosphere and historical background of the work, and we completed the song in a new way as NOW ON AIR. We hope that many people will enjoy "Gondola no Uta", a song that only "Takkubotori Tantei Shojo" x NOW ON AIR can produce!

Character Introduction PV also released!

In addition, a character PV introducing the main characters from the viewpoint of Kyosuke Kindaichi (CV. Takahiro Sakurai) has been released. You can also listen to the opening theme song ahead of time.

The fastest advance screening of the film will be held!

It was also decided that the fastest advance screening of the film will be held in Odaiba, Tokyo, on March 21, 2020 (Saturday). Seven members of the main cast, including Shintaro Asanuma, Takahiro Sakurai, Kenjiro Tsuda, Kensho Ono, Souma Saito, Shin Furukawa, and Koya Hayashi, will appear at the event.

The fastest advance screening of the film will be held on March 21, 2020.
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2020
Venue: United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba (Screen 1)
Speakers:Shintaro Asanuma, Takahiro Sakurai, Kenjiro Tsuda, Kensho Ono, Souma Saito, Shin Furukawa, Koya Hayashi
　 Speakers are subject to change without notice.
Doors open: 17:30
Concert begins: 18:00
Price: 4,000 yen (tax included)
　*Includes a special gift for visitors only
Ticket sales schedule:
　Lottery acceptance: February 8 (Sat) 10:00 - February 24 (Mon, holiday) 11:00 (up to 2 tickets per person)
　General sales: Saturday, February 29, 10:00 - (Limit 2 tickets per person)
　 Click here to register for tickets.

TV Anime Outline
■"Takuboku Tantei Tantei Sho" (read: "Takuboku Bird Detective Place")

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Broadcasting and distribution will begin in April 2020
TOKYO MX: Every Monday from April 13 at 23:00
BS Fuji: Every Monday from April 13 at 24:00
CS Family Theater: Every Monday from April 13 at 24:00
Distribution will begin at various other distribution sites
*Broadcasting dates are subject to change without notice. Broadcasting dates and times are subject to change without notice.

<STAFF>
Original story: Kei Ii (Sogen Suei Bunko)
General director: Shinpei Ezaki
Director: Tomoei Makino
Series composition: Taku Kishimoto
Character design: Iku Saki
Character design: Shuichi Hara
Music: Ryuichi Takada and Kuniyuki Takahashi (MONACA)
Sound director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Production of animation: Raiden Film
Production: Tohoku Shinsha/ Raiden Film
Planning: Kimikoe Project
Production: "Takuboku Tori Detective Place" Production Committee

＜CAST＞
Takuboku Ishikawa: Shintaro Asanuma
Kyosuke Kindaichi: Takahiro Sakurai
Kodo Nomura: Kenjiro Tsuda
Taro Hirai: Kensho Ono
Isamu Yoshii: Soma Saito
Sakutaro Hagiwara: Yuichiro Umehara
Makisui Wakayama: Shin Furukawa
Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Koiya Hayashi

＜STORY＞
Time: The The end of Meiji era--
Takuboku Ishikawa, a genius poet suffering from lack of money, decides to start a detective business at a boarding house after a murder case. He started his own detective agency, "Takuboku Toboku Tantei Sho". Takuboku's assistants are his fellow countrymen, Kyosuke Kindaichi, a fellow student of Takuboku's. They help Takuboku with a series of bizarre cases. Involving his fellow writers, Nomura Kodo, Yoshii Isamu, Hagiwara Sakutaro, and Wakayama Makisui, the genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku travels through the civilized Tokyo!

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