Woodpecker Detective's Office

Name: Woodpecker Detective's Office
Genre: Animation, Mystery, History
Released: 2020-01-01
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Shintaro Asanuma, Takahiro Sakurai, Yukiya Hayashi, Kenjiro Tsuda, Soma Saito

啄木鳥探偵處

2020| 1 season| IMDb 5.6

Woodpecker Detective's Office (2020) is currently available in the UK on Crunchyroll. Last updated 20 January 2026.

Streaming availability last checked 20 January 2026

Animation Mystery History

It is the end of the Meiji Era. \nThe genius poet Ishikawa Takuboku, who’s struggling financially, starts a detective business out of his lodging in response to a certain murder case. \nHe calls it the Woodpecker Detective’s Office. "The ghosts of the Twelve-Story Tower in Asakusa," "the man-eating figure who wanders the streets on snowy nights"... \nTakuboku involves himself in one bizarre cas...