{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b153d4bcc8286d98f2f67f58","clusterId":"c_8904953c0c6e9ae4cdd74724","slug":"butt-detective-anime-adds-new-episodes-for-april-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Butt Detective Anime Adds New Episodes for April 2027","summary":"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.\" The anime's website posted a visual with the news. The current batch of new episodes debuted on October 3 and is still airing.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe date was not incidental. November 4 reads as \u0026#34;ii oshi\u0026#34; in Japanese, and the staff used the nickname \u0026#34;Nice Butt Day\u0026#34; to announce the April 2027 episodes, with a new visual on the anime\u0026#39;s website.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Butt Detective's April 2027 run was announced on Nov 4, picked because 11/04 reads as a pun on 'ii oshi.' The date choice is the marketing: the show's audience skews young enough that the pun does the announcing.","twitterPost":"Butt Detective's new episodes were announced on Nov 4 for a reason: 11/04 puns on 'ii oshi.' The calendar is the campaign.","threadsPost":"Butt Detective's April 2027 episodes were announced on Nov 4, chosen because 11/04 reads as a pun on 'ii oshi.' That detail is the tell: the show's promotion runs on wordplay its preschool audience can catch, and the website visual matched the joke.","newsletterBlurb":"Butt Detective has new episodes lined up for April 2027, announced on November 4, which the staff billed as \"Nice Butt Day\" for the 11/04 pun. The batch that started October 3 is still airing. The show has run weekly on NHK Educational since December 2018.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-03/butt-detective-tv-anime-gets-new-episodes-starting-next-april/.243508\",\"title\":\"Butt Detective TV Anime Gets New Episodes Starting Next April\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5048,"outputTokens":693,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793766896,"createdAt":"2026-11-04T04:28:56.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T04:33:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-04T04:33:51.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8904953c0c6e9ae4cdd74724","canonicalTitle":"News\nButt Detective TV Anime Gets New Episodes Starting Next April","representativeArticleId":"a_526d5cbebd189cafb330b7be","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Butt Detective\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-04T03:57:16.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-04T03:57:16.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-04T04:33:52.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-03/butt-detective-tv-anime-gets-new-episodes-starting-next-april/.243508","title":"News\nButt Detective TV Anime Gets New Episodes Starting Next April"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Butt Detective"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["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."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["butt-detective"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"butt-detective","supported":2,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"green","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}