Minima!

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

Minima!
GenreComedy
Manga
Written byMachiko Sakurai
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineBessatsu Friend
DemographicShōjo
Original runDecember 13, 2006 – February 13, 2008
Volumes4

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. "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. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. 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 July 3, 2010. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  10. Brienza, Casey (June 19, 2008). "Minima! GN 1". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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