Minori (company)

Minori (みのり^?) is a Japanese visual novel company (previously the software division of CoMixWave until April 2007) which created the games Bittersweet Fools, Wind: A Breath of Heart, Haru no Ashioto and Angel Type. Their latest game as of 2009 is Eden*. 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 will be 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]}

Releases

• August 31, 2001: Bittersweet Fools
• April 19, 2002: Wind: A Breath of Heart
  • December 27, 2002: Soyokaze no Okurimono -Wind Pleasurable Box-
  • November 5, 2004: Wind: A Breath of Heart Re:gratitude
• July 23, 2004: Haru no Ashioto
  • March 31, 2006: Sakura no Saku Koro: Haru no Ashioto Pleasurable Box
• 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*

Core staff

• Nobukazu Sakai, aka nbkz (Producer, Director, Song Lyricist, Concept Planner)
• Makoto Shinkai (Animation Movie Director , not attached to the company)
• Mikage (Director, Planner, and Scenario Writer)
• Tenmon (Music Composer)
• Tatsuya Yūki (Character Designer, Line Producer)
• Mitsuishi Shona (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)

External links

• Official website (Japanese)