A brand-new trailer and a key visual were unveiled today for the upcoming Red: Riding Hood: A Detective Story anime, along with a January 2027 broadcast date and six cast additions. Crunchyroll also confirmed it will stream the anime worldwide (excluding Asia) when it premieres in January 2027. Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story Anime Main Trailer Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story Anime Key Visual Joining Yume Miyamoto (Red Riding Hood) and Akira Sekine (Pinocchio), the new cast additions are as follows: Jill voiced by Takuya Sato Antonio voiced by Atsushi Tamaru Rodrigo voiced by Motoko Kumai Paolo voiced by Kotaro Nishiyama Thumbelina voiced by Sakiko Uran Narration by Ryoko Shiraishi Aito Aoyagi began publishing the original Red Riding Hood: A Detective Story novel series via Futabasha in August 2020, with four volumes published in Japan to date. Futabasha also published a manga adaptation with artwork by Kanoka Tana from January 2023 to May 2025, with four volumes published in total. The series was also adapted into a live-action film entitled Once Upon a Crime in 2023. The film streams on Netflix. Itsuro Kawasaki ( The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil ) directs the anime adaptation at studio BENTEN Film, with Yuko Yahiro and Manami Minakata providing the character designs and Jun Ichikawa ( Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? ) composing the music.