Anime adaptation of Kitsutsuki Tantei Dokoro (Woodpecker Detective’s Office) is going to be aired in April 2020. The main cast has also been introduced. The main characters Takuboku Ishikawa and Kyosuke Kindaichi will be voiced by Shintaro Asanuma and Takahiro Sakurai respectively. The character Ishikawa, who is inspired by an actual historical figure with the same name, is an incredible poet. Kindaichi who is also inspired by a historical figure is junior to Ishikawa from Middle School. Kindaichi likes Ishikawa’s work, but he is always treated rudely by Ishikawa.
Synopsis
A key visual has been revealed which features Shintaro and Kyosuke in Toky’s Asakusa district, standing above Ryounkaku. The anime which is the part of Kimi no Koe project, will be featuring some new voice actors alongside two renowned stars.
Set in Akasuka, in the 1909, a ghost has been witnessed at Ryounkaku skyscraper. Takuboku Ishikawa meets the scholar Kyosuke Kindaichi after reading the newspaper from where he get to know about the ghostly appearance. Tokuboku starts a detective agency to make ends meet for his family and Kyosuke becomes his assistant.
