Pretty Boy Detective Club

Pretty Boy Detective Club
First novel volume cover
美少年探偵団
(Bishōnen Tanteidan)
GenreMystery[1]
Coming-of-age[2]
Created byNisio Isin
Novel series
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated byKinako
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintKodansha Taiga
Original runOctober 20, 2015May 14, 2021
Volumes12
Manga
Written byNisio Isin
Illustrated bySuzuka Oda
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineAria
Shōnen Magazine Edge
DemographicShōjo
Shōnen
Original runApril 28, 2016July 17, 2019
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byAkiyuki Shinbo[a]
Hajime Ootani
Produced byYōhei Itō (Kodansha)
Tatsuya Ishikawa (Aniplex)
Norihiko Kusano (ABC Animation)
Written bySeries composition:
Akiyuki Shinbo
Shaft[b]
Scripts:
Yukito Kizawa
Music byMasatomo Ota
EFFY
StudioShaft
Licensed byAniplex of America
Original networkANN (ABC, TV Asahi)
Original run April 11, 2021 June 27, 2021
Episodes12

Pretty Boy Detective Club (Japanese: 美少年探偵団, Hepburn: Bishōnen Tanteidan), also known as the Bishōnen Series (美少年シリーズ), is a Japanese mystery novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Kinako. Kodansha released twelve volumes from October 2015 to May 2021 under their Kodansha Taiga label. A manga adaptation with art by Suzuka Oda was serialized from 2016 to 2019. It was collected in five tankōbon volumes. Both the novel series and the manga are licensed in North America by Vertical.[3] An anime television series adaptation by Shaft aired from April 11 to June 27, 2021, on ABC and TV Asahi's Animazing!!! programming block.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ANN1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 美少年シリーズ [The Beautiful Boy Series]. Kodansha Taiga (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kodansha USA Announces Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition, Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm, Orient, More Manga for Print". Anime News Network. March 18, 2020. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2020.


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