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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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').
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
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 crime scene detail, sex references
Classified Date:
11/04/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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
Distributor:
Anime Ltd

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').
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
Director(s)Shinpei Ezaki
Production year2020
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes24m
CastShintarô Asanuma, Takahiro Sakurai, Kenjiro Tsuda
Classified date11/04/2025
LanguageJapanese