Butt Detective Anime Adds New Episodes for April 2027
The Butt Detective anime staff announced on Wednesday that new episodes will premiere in April 2027. The announcement came on November 4, which carries the nickname "Nice Butt Day" because "11/04" reads as a Japanese pun on "ii oshi."
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Why it matters
Butt Detective has run weekly on NHK Educational since December 2018, so the April 2027 order keeps a long-running children's slot supplied while the current October batch is still on air.
Key Facts
- The Butt Detective anime staff announced new episodes will premiere in April 2027.
- The announcement was made on November 4, nicknamed "Nice Butt Day" for the "ii oshi" reading of 11/04.
- The current batch of new episodes debuted on October 3 and is still airing.
- Butt Detective has aired weekly on NHK Educational since December 2018.
The anime's website posted a visual with the news. The current batch of new episodes debuted on October 3 and is still airing.
The date was not incidental. November 4 reads as "ii oshi" in Japanese, and the staff used the nickname "Nice Butt Day" to announce the April 2027 episodes, with a new visual on the anime's website.
The show has aired weekly on NHK Educational since December 2018, when a regular television run began after the first three episodes in May 2018 and a seven-episode series that July. The batch now airing started on October 3. A third film, Butt Detective the Movie: Star and Moon, opened in Japan in March 2025.
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Sources
- Anime News Network Butt Detective TV Anime Gets New Episodes Starting Next April