Minori (company)
Minori (みのり) is a Japanese visual novel company (previously the software division of CoMixWave until April 2007). Their most successful game is Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two., which has had a manga and TV animation series based on it, and was ported to the PlayStation 2 in April 2010. They use Musica as their main engine. Several of their games' opening movies are animated by Makoto Shinkai.[citation needed] In 2010, Minori, MangaGamer, and a fan translation group "No Name Losers", announced a partnership to make commercial English versions of Minori's games available.[1][2][3][4] Minori is known for its stance against fan-translations and piracy and has garnered some infamy for its actions against No Name Losers and TLWiki, due to the controversy regarding the video game Rapelay.[2][5][6] As a result, its main webpage is blocked for people outside Japan.[7][8]
Published games
- August 31, 2001: Bittersweet Fools
- April 19, 2002: Wind: A Breath of Heart
- December 27, 2002: Soyokaze no Okurimono: Wind Pleasurable Box (fan disc)
- July 23, 2004: Haru no Ashioto
- March 31, 2006: Sakura no Sakukoro: Haru no Ashioto Pleasurable Box (fan disc)
- March 25, 2005: Angel Type
- Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
- December 22, 2006: Ef: The First Tale.
- May 30, 2008: Ef: The Latter Tale.
- September 17, 2010: Tenshi no Nichiyōbi (fan disc)
- September 18, 2009: Eden*
- December 29, 2011: Supipara Nice to Meet You!
- December 21, 2012: Natsuzora no Perseus
- TBA: 12 no Tsuki no Eve
Core staff
- Nobukazu Sakai, aka nbkz (Producer, Director, Song Lyricist, Concept Planner)[9]
- Makoto Shinkai (Animation Movie Director, not attached to the company)
- Mikage (Director, Planner, and Scenario Writer)
- Yū Kagami (Scenario Writer)
- Tenmon (Music Composer)
- Tatsuya Yūki (Character Designer, Line Producer)
- Mitsuishi Shōna (Character Designer)
- Kimchee (Character Designer/core member of Haru no Ashioto, not attached to the company)
- 2C Galore (Character Designer/core member of Ef, not attached to the company)
- Naru Nanao (Character Designer/core member of Ef, not attached to the company)
References
- ↑ MangaGamer (2010-09-26). "MangaGamer Staff Blog: Ever Forever". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tolentino, Josh (2012-04-20). "Ef - First Tale gets trailer, Minori explains censorship". Japanator. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "Minori In "Constructive Negotiations" With Fan-Translation Group". Siliconera. 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "Software Studio minori, Fan Translation Group in Talks". Anime News Network. 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "Visual Novel Publisher Minori Object To Project Fan-Translation". Siliconera. 2010-04-23. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "Minorigate, or, How to Piss Off Otaku Without Really Trying". Kotaku. 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ Ashcraft, Brian (2009-06-24). "Ero Game Website Blocks Non-Japan Viewers To "Defend Culture"". Kotaku. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ Ashcraft, Brian (2009-06-25). "Erotic Game Developer Explains Foreign Access Web Blocking". Kotaku. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ↑ "Minori Producer Discusses Decline of Bishōjo Game Industry". Anime News Network. 2013-02-24. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
External links
- Official website (Japanese) (blocked outside Japan)
- Minori at the Visual Novel Database
- Minori at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia