Minima!

Minima!
Genre Comedy
Manga
Written by Machiko Sakurai
Published by Kodansha
English publisher
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Bessatsu Friend
Original run December 13, 2006February 13, 2008
Volumes 4

Minima! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Sakurai. It was cancelled in February 2008.

Manga

The manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Del Rey Manga.[1] As of February 2009, Del Rey Manga had released 4 bound volumes of the manga.

Volume list

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBNEnglish release dateEnglish ISBN
1 December 13, 2006[2]ISBN 978-4-06-341499-8February 2008[3]ISBN 978-0-345-50182-0
2 March 11, 2007[4]ISBN 978-4-06-341525-4May 2008[3]ISBN 978-0-345-50407-4
3 October 12, 2007[5]ISBN 978-4-06-341548-3December 2008[3]ISBN 978-0-345-50680-1
4 February 13, 2008[6]ISBN 978-4-06-341566-7August 2009[3]ISBN 978-0-345-51072-3

Reception

Mania.com's Nadia Oxford and About.com's Deb Aoki comments on the manga's realistic portrayal of a high school girl who is a victim of bullying.[7][8] Pop Culture Shock's Katherine Dacey criticises the manga artist's artwork saying that Sakurai "has a limited repertoire of character designs, and a tendency to draw vaguely alien faces with bulging eyes and foreheads."[9] Casey Brienza at Anime News Network commends the manga's ability to seamlessly "shift from human-sized perspectives to toy-sized ones and back again".[10]

References

  1. "Del Rey Unveils First 2008 Titles". Anime News Network. 2007-07-07. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. "minima! 1 (1) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Catalog: Minima! 1 - Minima! 4". Del Rey Manga. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  4. "minima! 2 (2) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  5. "minima! 3 (3) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  6. "minima! 4 (4) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  7. "MINIMA, VOLUME #1". Mania.com. February 18, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  8. Aoki, Deb. "Minima! Volume 1". About.com. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  9. Dacey, Katherine (March 4, 2008). "Minima!, Vol. 1". Pop Culture Shock. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  10. Brienza, Casey (June 19, 2008). "Minima! GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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