It has been revealed that Atsuya Higashikawa's popular mystery novel "Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de(The After-Dinner Mysteries)" (Shogakukan), which has also been adapted into a live-action film and a stage play, will be made into a TV anime in 2025. It was also announced that Oreco Tachibana, a manga artist known for manga such as "Promise Cinderella" and "Hotaru no Yomeiri", will be creating the original character designs for the anime. A teaser visual drawn by Tachibana has been released.
"Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de" is set in Kunitachi City, Tokyo, and is a full-scale mystery story about a butler detective and a young lady detective, in which Reiko Hosho, a rookie detective at the Kunitachi Police Station but the daughter of the world-famous Hosho Group, encounters a case and is solved by Kageyama, Reiko's butler and driver, who has a sharp deductive ability and a sharp tongue. A serial drama starring Sho Sakurai and Keiko Kitagawa was broadcast on Fuji TV from October to December 2011, and a movie was released in 2013. It has been adapted into a comic book, a stage play, and other media mix. The series has sold over 4.95 million copies in total.
Original author Higashikawa commented, "As the original author, I am very excited to hear that 'After Dinner Mysteries' is being made into an anime. I am very intrigued to see how these characters, who have only ever moved in our imaginations, will come to life and speak. I hope that it will be enjoyed by not only fans of the original work and mystery fans, but also by people who are not."
Details about the anime will be announced in the future.
