The official website for the television anime of Ira Ishida’s Ikebukuro West Gate Park novel series unveiled a new visual and character designs for the anime, and announced that the anime’s premiere has been delayed to October due to the effects of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the production.
The mystery novel series is set in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro ward, in the eponymous Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Kōen (known by locals as “Ikebukuro West Gate Park,” the place’s English name).
The series inspired a popular live-action television series in 2000, as well as a live-action special titled Ikebukuro West Gate Park Soup no Kai in 2003.
The story centers on Makoto Majima, the son of a local fruit vendor, and known as the “Troubleshooter of Ikebukuro.”