Opera (Japanese magazine)

Opera (Japanese: オペラ) is a quarterly Japanese boys' love (BL) manga magazine. The magazine is published by Akane Shinsha, which launched Opera in 2015 as a successor to its earlier quarterly BL anthology magazine Edge. Notable titles serialized in Opera include Classmates, Go For It, Nakamura!, and the BL works of Natsume Ono.[lower-alpha 1]

Opera
Issue 75 of Opera, published February 2020
CategoriesBL manga
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherAkane Shinsha
First issueDecember 15, 2005 (2005-12-15)
CountryJapan
Websitewww.akaneshinsha.co.jp/online/edge/edge-top.html

History

The first issue of Opera was published on December 15, 2005. The magazine is a successor to Edge, Akane Shinsha's previous quarterly BL magazine that ran from May 2004 to April 2005;[1] titles serialized in Opera are published as tankōbon volumes by Akane Shinsha under their Edge Comix imprint.[2] New issues of Opera are published on a quarterly basis.

In 2018, Opera opened a pop-up cafe in Harajuku, Tokyo featuring original merchandise and menu items inspired by titles serialized in the magazine. The cafe operated from March 16 to April 8, 2018.[3] A second pop-up cafe opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in 2019.[4]

Serializations

Current

Former
  • Kuma to Interi by basso (2005)[6]
  • Lies are a Gentleman's Manners by Marta Matsuo (2005 – 2010)[7]
  • Orso E Intellettuale by basso (2005 – 2010),[lower-alpha 3] consisting of:
    • Amato Amaro (2005)
    • Gad Sfortunato (2007 – 2009)
    • Al to Neri to Sono Shuuhen (2008 – 2010)
  • Naka-san no Nagare by basso (2007 – 2011)
  • Tokyo Shinjū by Totempole (2008 – 2010)[8]
  • Senpai by Bikke (2010 – 2011)[9]
  • Canis by ZAKK (2012 – 2020)[10]
  • Buchou wa Onee by Nagabe (2013 – 2015)[11]
  • Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei (2014 – 2016)
  • Itou-san by Sui Kuraka (2014 – 2015)[12]
  • Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by Syundei (2015)[13]
  • The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms by Nagabe (2015 – 2017)[14]
  • I: Itou-san 2 by Sui Kuraka (2016 – 2017)[15]
  • Double Mints by Asumiko Nakamura (2017)[lower-alpha 4]
  • Odoru Omaera To Daimeiwaku by Beruno Mikawa (2017)[10]

Notes
  1. Published under the pen name "basso".
  2. Originally published as a spin-off in Pixiv Comic from October 2019 to January 2020.
  3. Initially serialized in Edge beginning in 2004.
  4. Special one-shot chapter only; original series serialized in Mellow Mellow[16]

References
  1. "ＯＰＥＲＡ　vol.１～１２". Opera (in Japanese). Akane Shinsha. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. "EDGE COMI". Opera. Akane Shinsha. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "中村明日美子、春泥、ZAKKが目玉のコラボカフェが3/16オープン！". Commercial BL Portal Chill Chill (in Japanese). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. "OPERAのコラボカフェが池袋に、中村明日美子、bassoらの作品をイメージしたメニュー". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 7 July 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. Ressler, Karen (15 September 2017). "Seven Seas Licenses Go For It, Nakamura! Boys-Love Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. "コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. "Lies Are a Gentleman's Manners". Comics Worth Reading. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. Loveridge, Lynzee (3 April 2014). "Free! Tops 5th Annual Boys-Love Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  9. "びっけのOPERA連載作「先輩」発売、初版に描き下ろし特典". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 27 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  10. "美川べるのがBL誌に初登場！OPERAで便利屋の男たちを描くギャグ連載". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  11. de la Cruz, Bruno (22 November 2019). "Komikku annonce le manga Le patron est une copine, de Nagabe". Anime News Network (in French). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  12. "闇社会を舞台に殺し屋×娼夫を描く「イトウさん」冥花すゐの初BL単行本". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  13. Silverman, Rebecca (31 March 2019). "Review: Total Eclipse Of The Eternal Heart". Anime News Network. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  14. Santilli, Morgana (21 October 2019). "The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms is a magical boys' love indulgence". Comics Beat. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  15. "冥花すゐ「イトウさん」前日譚がOPERAに、トウテムポールのヒバナ連載も出張". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 28 August 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  16. "「ダブルミンツ」予告解禁、原作マンガ特別編が掲載された雑誌も発売". Natalie (in Japanese). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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