Opera (manga magazine)

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

For the British opera-related periodical, see Opera (magazine).
Opera
Issue 75 of Opera, published February 2020
CategoriesYaoi manga
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherAkane Shinsha
First issueDecember 15, 2015 (2015-12-15)
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 yaoi 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

The following are among the titles that have been serialized in Opera:[2]

  • Al to Neri to Sono Shuuhen by basso
  • Amato Amaro by basso
  • Canis by ZAKK
  • Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura
  • Gad Sfortunato by basso
  • Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei
  • Go For It More, Nakamura! by Syundei
  • Itou-San by Kuraka Sui
  • Kuma to Interi by basso
  • Lies Are A Gentleman's Manners by Marta Matsuo
  • Naka-san no Nagare by basso
  • Senpai by Bikke
  • Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart by Syundei
  • The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms by Nagabe

Notes
  1. Published under the pen name "basso".
gollark: WHY IS IT BEING UNBIASED AGAIN AAA
gollark: --choice 16 lyricly gollark
gollark: --choice 16 lyricly gollark
gollark: Hey, I should make the autobias list switchable at runtime!
gollark: It's only in testing, not committed yet.

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.
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