Woodpecker Detective's Office
Director(s)Shinpei Ezaki
Production year2020
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes24m
CastShintarô Asanuma, Takahiro Sakurai, Kenjiro Tsuda
Woodpecker Detective's Office
strong crime scene detail, sex references
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Takuboku Ishikawa and Kyosuke Kindaichi witness a murder while roaming Asakusa.
sex
A man opens a number of doors inside a brothel to see sex workers and their clients in various states of undress and sexual positions.
injury detail
There is bloody crime scene detail in which a murdered man is discovered in a pool of blood and a woman is found stabbed in the throat.
additional issues
References are made to a man being murdered and a bloody knife is seen on the ground.
strong crime scene detail, sex references
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Kyosuke faces an accusation of murder after a visit to a brothel.
sex
Sex workers at a brothel are shown in various states of undress. There are comic references to sex, including sexual moaning and innuendo.
injury detail
A woman is found dead with a knife lodged in her throat. This occurs within a crime scene context.
additional issues
A man peeps through a keyhole at a brothel; however, this is brief and his behaviour is quickly condemned.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese animated drama series; in this episode, Hagiwara Sakutarou, Nomura Kodou and the others discuss potential suspects for the murder.
violence
As investigators theorise over murder suspects, there are repeated clips of a woman being stabbed, which include blood spurting detail. In one scenario, the woman stabs her own neck.
injury detail
There are close ups of a knife embedded into a murder victim's neck and repeated images of a dead body in a pool of blood.
additional issues
There are references to sexual violence. Some scenes are set at a brothel.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Takuboku is hired to investigate apparent ghost sightings.
injury detail
There is close-up emphasis on a heavily bloodstained and bruised corpse.
additional issues
There is also brief mild threat, a scuffle which leads to two characters falling to their unseen deaths, and brief scenes of smoking.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Ishikawa, Nomura and Hagiwara compete for Kiku's affection through the art of poetry.
injury detail
A dead body is seen slumped over a heavily bloodstained table. Other injury detail includes blood across a woman's mouth.
additional issues
Visual and verbal references are made to sex work, including close-up focus on a female character's cleavage at a brothel. There are also verbal references to murder.
strong bloody images, violence, sex references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the detectives investigate the mysterious death of a man allegedly killed by a living doll.
violence
A person slashes another using a sword, resulting in a large splatter of blood.
sex
Visual and verbal references are made to a man's sexual fetish for life-size dolls.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man hits a woman and pins her onto the ground during a brief scene of sexual threat. References to a man’s sexual fetish for life-size dolls include brief sight of fully-clothed child dolls. However, the child dolls are not presented in a sexualised manner.
injury detail
There is sight of a bloodstained corpse and of blood splattered across a wall.
additional issues
There are passing and infrequent references to suicide.
moderate injury detail
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese animated drama series; in this episode, Takuboku and Kyosuke investigate a theft.
injury detail
A man coughs up blood into his hand.
additional issues
There are scenes involving natural nudity.
moderate bloody images, threat, brief sexual threat, nudity
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Takuboku begins to exhibit worrying health issues.
threat and horror
There is a scene of gun threat, and an undetailed scene where a performer falls to their death during a show.
injury detail
A person coughs up blood.
nudity
There is partial sexualised breast nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is pinned to a bed by her husband when he learns she had an affair; the scene cuts away before sexual violence occurs.
additional issues
In other scenes, a letter details an affair, and a woman attempts to flirt with a man.
strong violence, sexual violence references, injury detail
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Tamaki shares information about her husband's murder with Takuboku.
violence
A naked woman covers herself after being struck with a hot poker by a man imprisoning her. In another scene, a woman strangles a man before being stabbed in the chest.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman reveals she was sold to a man who kept her as his mistress.
injury detail
Crime scene detail includes a corpse lying in a pool of blood. Other bloody images occur.
additional issues
A man is violently pulled from an open window, and a menacing face startles the woman who runs to his aid. There are also references to child trafficking and suicide, as well as a brief scene of sex.
self-harm
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, an unstable Takuboku abandons his poetry and attempts to write a novel.
suicide and self-harm
A man uses a razor to slice marks into his chest.
additional issues
There is also brief knife threat, occasional bloody imagery and scar detail. In other scenes, a man is punched in the face resulting in bloody detail, and a person sticks their hand underneath a woman's top.
moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, Takuboku investigates a series of mysterious kidnappings.
injury detail
A woman bleeding from the mouth dies in a man's arms.
additional issues
There are references to children being kidnapped, people receiving threatening letters, murder and adultery. In other scenes, a thief is hit in the face before being physically restrained.
strong bloody images, suicide references
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
WOODPECKER DETECTIVE'S OFFICE is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, when his condition worsens, Takuboku sends Kyousuke to tail a murder suspect.
suicide and self-harm
There is audio of a person taking their own life which results in bloody aftermath.
injury detail
A bloodied corpse is found in a room.
additional issues
Bad language is very mild ('hell').
Classified date11/04/2025
LanguageJapanese
sex
A man opens a number of doors inside a brothel to see sex workers and their clients in various states of undress and sexual positions.
injury detail
There is bloody crime scene detail in which a murdered man is discovered in a pool of blood and a woman is found stabbed in the throat.
additional issues
References are made to a man being murdered and a bloody knife is seen on the ground.
strong bloody images, suicide references
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There is audio of a person taking their own life which results in bloody aftermath.
injury detail
A bloodied corpse is found in a room.
additional issues
Bad language is very mild ('hell').
moderate bloody images
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A woman bleeding from the mouth dies in a man's arms.
additional issues
There are references to children being kidnapped, people receiving threatening letters, murder and adultery. In other scenes, a thief is hit in the face before being physically restrained.
self-harm
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A man uses a razor to slice marks into his chest.
additional issues
There is also brief knife threat, occasional bloody imagery and scar detail. In other scenes, a man is punched in the face resulting in bloody detail, and a person sticks their hand underneath a woman's top.
strong violence, sexual violence references, injury detail
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A naked woman covers herself after being struck with a hot poker by a man imprisoning her. In another scene, a woman strangles a man before being stabbed in the chest.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman reveals she was sold to a man who kept her as his mistress.
injury detail
Crime scene detail includes a corpse lying in a pool of blood. Other bloody images occur.
additional issues
A man is violently pulled from an open window, and a menacing face startles the woman who runs to his aid. There are also references to child trafficking and suicide, as well as a brief scene of sex.
moderate bloody images, threat, brief sexual threat, nudity
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a scene of gun threat, and an undetailed scene where a performer falls to their death during a show.
injury detail
A person coughs up blood.
nudity
There is partial sexualised breast nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is pinned to a bed by her husband when he learns she had an affair; the scene cuts away before sexual violence occurs.
additional issues
In other scenes, a letter details an affair, and a woman attempts to flirt with a man.
moderate injury detail
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A man coughs up blood into his hand.
additional issues
There are scenes involving natural nudity.
strong bloody images, violence, sex references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person slashes another using a sword, resulting in a large splatter of blood.
sex
Visual and verbal references are made to a man's sexual fetish for life-size dolls.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man hits a woman and pins her onto the ground during a brief scene of sexual threat. References to a man’s sexual fetish for life-size dolls include brief sight of fully-clothed child dolls. However, the child dolls are not presented in a sexualised manner.
injury detail
There is sight of a bloodstained corpse and of blood splattered across a wall.
additional issues
There are passing and infrequent references to suicide.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A dead body is seen slumped over a heavily bloodstained table. Other injury detail includes blood across a woman's mouth.
additional issues
Visual and verbal references are made to sex work, including close-up focus on a female character's cleavage at a brothel. There are also verbal references to murder.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There is close-up emphasis on a heavily bloodstained and bruised corpse.
additional issues
There is also brief mild threat, a scuffle which leads to two characters falling to their unseen deaths, and brief scenes of smoking.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
As investigators theorise over murder suspects, there are repeated clips of a woman being stabbed, which include blood spurting detail. In one scenario, the woman stabs her own neck.
injury detail
There are close ups of a knife embedded into a murder victim's neck and repeated images of a dead body in a pool of blood.
additional issues
There are references to sexual violence. Some scenes are set at a brothel.
strong crime scene detail, sex references
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Sex workers at a brothel are shown in various states of undress. There are comic references to sex, including sexual moaning and innuendo.
injury detail
A woman is found dead with a knife lodged in her throat. This occurs within a crime scene context.
additional issues
A man peeps through a keyhole at a brothel; however, this is brief and his behaviour is quickly condemned.
strong crime scene detail, sex references
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
A man opens a number of doors inside a brothel to see sex workers and their clients in various states of undress and sexual positions.
injury detail
There is bloody crime scene detail in which a murdered man is discovered in a pool of blood and a woman is found stabbed in the throat.
additional issues
References are made to a man being murdered and a bloody knife is seen on the ground.
Director(s)Shinpei Ezaki
Production year2020
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes24m
CastShintarô Asanuma, Takahiro Sakurai, Kenjiro Tsuda
Classified date11/04/2025
LanguageJapanese
