Minima!
Japanese manga series
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Minima! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Sakurai. It was cancelled in February 2008.
| Minima! | |
| Genre | Comedy |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Machiko Sakurai |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Bessatsu Friend |
| Original run | December 13, 2006 – February 13, 2008 |
| Volumes | 4 |
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. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | December 13, 2006[2] | 978-4-06-341499-8 | February 2008[3] | 978-0-345-50182-0 |
| 2 | March 11, 2007[4] | 978-4-06-341525-4 | May 2008[3] | 978-0-345-50407-4 |
| 3 | October 12, 2007[5] | 978-4-06-341548-3 | December 2008[3] | 978-0-345-50680-1 |
| 4 | February 13, 2008[6] | 978-4-06-341566-7 | August 2009[3] | 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]
