Minori

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The correct title of this article is minori. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

For the Italian city, see Minori, Italy.

minori (みのり, minori^?) is a Japanese visual novel company (a subsidiary of Comixwave, Inc.) which created the games BITTERSWEET FOOLS, Wind -a breath of heart-, Haru no Ashioto and ANGEL TYPE.

They are currently working on the game ef - a fairy tale of the two. (the period is a part of the title).

Their most successful game is Wind, which has had a comic, TV animation series, and OVA based on it, and has been ported to the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast.

Their name is said to be derived from their own catch phrase, "We always keep minority spirit" (pronunciation is different, though).

Quite a few of their games' opening movies are animated by Shinkai Makoto.

1 Releases
2 Core Staff
3 Translations
4 External links

[edit] Releases

August 31, 2001: BITTERSWEET FOOLS
April 19, 2002: Wind -a breath of heart-
December 27, 2002: Soyokaze no Okurimono -Wind Pleasurable Box- (そよかぜのおくりもの)
July 23, 2004: Haru no Ashioto (はるのあしおと)
November 5, 2004: Wind -a breath of heart- Re:gratitude
March 25, 2005: ANGEL TYPE
March 31, 2006: Sakura no Saku Koro - Haru no Ashioto Pleasurable Box -
December 22, 2006: ef - the first tale.(ef - a fairy tale of the two.)

[edit] Core Staff

nbkz Sakai (Producer, Director, Song Lyricist, Concept Planner)
Makoto Shinkai (Animation Movie Director)
mikage (Director, Planner, and Scenario Writer)
Tenmon (Music Composer)
Tatsuya Yuki (Character Designer, Line Producer)
Mitsuishi Shona (Character Designer)

Kimchee (Character Designer/core member of "Harunoashioto", not the company.)
2c=Galore (Character Designer/core member of "ef", not the company.)
Naru Nanao (Character Designer/core member of "ef", not the company.)

[edit] Translations

There are unofficial fan translations for the Wind and Haruoto demos, and a complete translation for Wind, also by fans, has been completed. The patch was made available on February 7, 2007.