The official Twitter account for Nazotokine, a "puzzle-solving TV anime" (nazo-toki TV anime), announced on Friday that the anime will premiere on Tokyo MX on October 5 at 10:20 p.m. The anime will then air on Tochigi TV on October 6 at 12:50 a.m.

"Nazo-toki" refers to stories that center on puzzle-solving, such as the Professor Layton game series.

Naoya Fukushi created the anime concept and is directing it at Tengu Kobou. Hitomi Takano is designing the characters, and Hiroyuki Moriyama (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) is serving as chief director of photography. Hiroaki Yabunaka is handling the sound effects, and Hikaru Nakatsugawa is producing. Nationally-ranked shogi player Yūki Hasegawa and comedian Ayumi Masui (under the stage name Peyon-Jun) are collaborating on the scenario writing, and Dream Vision's Takanori Morita is collaborating on making the puzzles to solve.

Yuzu Fujisaki is performing the opening theme song, and aki is performing the ending theme song.

[Via Ota-Suke]