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| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes | |
 Cover of first BD/DVD volume of the anime television 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) | |
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| Genre | Comedy, detective |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Bushiroad |
| Illustrated by | Sorahiro Mizushima |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Comp Ace |
| Demographic | Shonen |
| Original run | May 2010 – January 2011 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Makoto Moriwaki |
| Written by | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu |
| Music by | Katsumichi Harada |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original run | October 7, 2010 – December 23, 2010 |
| Episodes | 12 (+1 special) |
| Game | |
| Developer | Artdink |
| Publisher | Bushiroad |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Engine | PlayStation Portable |
| Released |
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| Light novel | |
| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Overture | |
| Written by | Hideaki Koyasu |
| Illustrated by | Natsuki Tanihara Keiichi Ishikura |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | December 10, 2010 |
| Anime television series | |
| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: Act 2 | |
| Directed by | Makoto Moriwaki |
| Written by | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu |
| Music by | Monaca
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| Studio | J.C.Staff Artland |
| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original run | January 5, 2012 – March 22, 2012 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Game | |
| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 | |
| Developer | Artdink |
| Publisher | Bushiroad |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Platform | PlayStation Portable |
| Released |
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| Original video animation | |
| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative | |
| Directed by | Yoshiaki Iwasaki |
| Written by | Takayo Ikami |
| Music by | Monaca
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| Studio | J.C.Staff Artland |
| Released | August 25, 2012 – December 31, 2012 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Anime television series | |
| Futari wa Milky Holmes | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
| Written by | Hideki Shirane |
| Music by | Jun Ichikawa |
| Studio | J.C.Staff Nomad |
| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original run | July 13, 2013 – September 28, 2013 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
| Written by | Tenga Komuro |
| Music by | Elements Garden
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| Studio | J.C.Staff Nomad |
| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original run | January 4, 2015 – March 28, 2015 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Anime film | |
| Tantei Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack | |
| Directed by | Makoto Moriwaki (Chief) 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 entertainment 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.[1][2] A third series, titled Futari wa Milky Holmes, aired between July and September 2013.[3] A fourth series titled Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD aired between January and March 2015. 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 an homage to the detective fiction genre, with four young girls 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.
- ^ "Bushiroad Confirms Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Anime". Anime News Network. 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
- ^ "Milky Holmes anime gets 2nd season in January 2012". Anime News Network. 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
- ^ "Detective Opera Milky Holmes Gets 3rd TV Anime This Summer". Anime News Network. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-24.