Butt Detective Sets April 2027 Premiere for New TV Episodes
Staff shared the news on November 4, nicknamed “Nice Butt Day” through Japanese wordplay.
New Butt Detective episodes will premiere in April 2027. The anime’s staff announced the return on Wednesday, November 4, and its website released a visual.
The staff behind Butt Detective (Oshiri Tantei) announced on Wednesday that new episodes will premiere in April 2027. The anime’s website also released a visual.
The November 4 announcement fell on “Nice Butt Day” (“Ii Oshiri no Hi”). The nickname comes from reading “11/04” as “ii oshi,” Japanese wordplay meaning “nice butt.”
The previous batch of new episodes launched on October 3 and is still airing.
The television anime’s broadcast history includes:
- Its first three episodes premiered on NHK Educational in May 2018.
- A new seven-episode series followed in July 2018.
- Regular television broadcasts began in December 2018, with episodes airing weekly ever since.
- The latest batch of new episodes premiered in October 2025.
Butt Detective the Movie: Star and Moon (Eiga Oshiri Tantei: Star and Moon), the franchise’s third anime film, opened in Japan in March 2025.
Source: Butt Detective anime website
