Minori

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. Quite a few of their games' opening movies are animated by Makoto Shinkai. Their name is said to be derived from their own catch phrase, "We always keep minority spirit" (pronunciation is different, though).

Releases

 * August 31, 2001: Bittersweet Fools
 * April 19, 2002: Wind: A Breath of Heart
 * December 27, 2002: Soyokaze no Okurimono -Wind Pleasurable Box-
 * July 23, 2004: Haru no Ashioto
 * 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
 * Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.
 * December 22, 2006: Ef: The First Tale.
 * May 30, 2008: Ef: The Latter Tale.
 * 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)