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Tantei Opera Milky Holmes

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
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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 2010January 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
Original network Tokyo MX
Original run October 7, 2010December 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
Original network Tokyo MX
Original run January 5, 2012March 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, 2012January 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
Original network Tokyo MX
Original run July 13, 2013September 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
Original network Tokyo MX
Original run January 4, 2015March 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
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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.


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