Joseph Luster
December 9, 2024 
Plans were first unveiled for The Dinner Table Detective anime—which adapts the novels by Tokuya Higashigawa—late last month, and now we have the debut trailer. The first proper look at the adaptation arrived along with news of an April 2025 premiere window and the main staff and cast behind it.
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (Ace of the Diamond) is on board as director, with Mariko Kunisawa (BARTENDER Glass of God) on series compositions and Izumi Kawata on character designs for the MADHOUSE production,
Lead cast members include Kana Hanazawa as Reiko, Yuki Kaji as Kageyama and Mamoru Miyano as Kazamatsuri. Check out the first trailer and a new visual below.
The Dinner Table Detective Trailer
Originally debuting in 2007, The Dinner Table Detective has so far inspired a stage play, live-action series, live-action specials and even a 2013 live-action film. The novels feature illustrations by Yusuke Nakamura, and manga author Oreko Tachibana is handling designs for original characters in the anime.
The story follows Reiko Hosho, daughter of the world-famous Hosho Group’s owner, as she becomes a rookie detective. She ends up working together with her boss—Kazamatsuri, son of the Kazamatsuri Motors owner—to solve tough cases. Reiko frequently consults with her butler and driver Kageyama to help solve these cases, and despite his harsh language and insults directed at Reiko, she always manages to sleuth them out.
Source: Comic Natalie
