Milky Holmes

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
Cover of first BD/DVD volume of the television anime series. From left to right: Sherlock Shellingford (with Kamaboko), Nero Yuzurizaki, Cordelia Glauca and Hercule Barton.
探偵オペラ ミルキィホームズ (Tantei Opera Mirukī Hōmuzu)
Genre	Detective, Mystery, Comedy
Manga
Written by	Bushiroad
Illustrated by	Sorahiro Mizushima
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Comp Ace
Original run	May 2010 – January 2011
Volumes	2
Anime television series
Directed by	Makoto Moriwaki
Written by	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music by	Katsumichi Harada Satoru Kōsaki
Studio	J.C.Staff Artland
Network	Tokyo MX
Original run	October 7, 2010 – December 23, 2010
Episodes	12 (+1 special) (List of episodes)
Game
Developer	Artdink
Publisher	Bushiroad
Genre	Adventure
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	JP: December 16, 2010
Light novel
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Overture
Written by	Hideaki Koyasu
Illustrated by	Natsuki Tanihara Keiichi Ishikura
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Published	December 10, 2010
Anime television series
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Act 2
Directed by	Makoto Moriwaki
Written by	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Studio	J.C.Staff Artland
Network	Tokyo MX
Original run	January 5, 2012 – March 22, 2012
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Game
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2
Developer	Artdink
Publisher	Bushiroad
Genre	Adventure
Platform	PlayStation Portable
Released	JP: August 23, 2012
Original video animation
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative
Directed by	Makoto Moriwaki
Written by	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Studio	J.C.Staff Artland
Released	August 25, 2012 – January 9, 2013
Runtime	24 minutes
Episodes	2 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Futari wa Milky Holmes
Directed by	Hiroshi Nishikiori
Written by	Hideki Shirane
Studio	J.C.Staff Nomad
Network	Tokyo MX
Original run	July 13, 2013 – September 28, 2013
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD
Directed by	Hiroshi Nishikiori
Written by	Tenga Komuro
Music by	Elements Garden
Studio	J.C.Staff Nomad
Network	Tokyo MX
Original run	January 4, 2015 – March 28, 2015
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack
Directed by	Hiroaki Sakurai
Written by	Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music by	Elements Garden
Studio	J.C.Staff
Released	February 27, 2016

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (Japanese: 探偵オペラ ミルキィホームズ, Hepburn: Tantei Opera Mirukii Hōmuzu^?, lit. "Detective Opera Milky Holmes") is a media franchise owned by the Japanese trading card game company Bushiroad. The first release was an Internet radio drama, released in December 2009. An anime adaptation by J.C.Staff aired between October and December 2010, with a special episode aired on August 26, 2011. The second anime season aired between January and March 2012 with another special aired on August 25, 2012. A third series, titled Futari wa Milky Holmes, aired between July and September 2013. A fourth series titled Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD aired between January and March 2015. A new anime series will premiere in December 2016. Other media includes a manga adaptation serialized in Comp Ace between May 2010 and January 2011; two visual novels, released for the PlayStation Portable in December 2010 and August 2012 respectively; a trading card game tie-in with Bushiroad's Weiß Schwarz; and a light novel series published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko label.

The series is a homage to the detective fiction genre, with the four female leads named after famous fictional detectives: Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Hercule Poirot and Cordelia Gray. Milky Holmes is also the name of a voice acting unit consisting of the series' four main voice actresses; Suzuko Mimori, Sora Tokui, Mikoi Sasaki and Izumi Kitta.