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. 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.