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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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| genre           = [[Comedy]]
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Machiko Sakurai]]
| publisher       = [[Kodansha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English anime licensee | NA= [[Del Rey Manga]]}}
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = [[Bessatsu Friend]]
| first           = December 13, 2006
| last            = February 13, 2008
| volumes         = 4
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'''''Minima!''''' is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Machiko Sakurai]]. It was cancelled in February 2008.
==Manga==
The manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by [[Del Rey Manga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-07/del-rey-unveils-first-2008-titles|title=Del Rey Unveils First 2008 Titles|date=2007-07-07|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref> As of February 2009, [[Del Rey Manga]] had released 4 ''[[tankōbon|bound volumes]]'' of the manga.
=== Volume list ===
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{{Graphic novel list
| VolumeNumber    = 1
| OriginalRelDate = December 13, 2006<ref>{{cite book|title=minima! 1 (1) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|406341499X|country=jp}}}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-341499-8
| LicensedRelDate =  February 2008<ref name="Del Rey">{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/catalog/results.pperl?title_auth_isbn=minima!&x=0&y=0|title=Catalog: Minima! 1 - Minima! 4|publisher=[[Del Rey Manga]]|accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-0-345-50182-0
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| VolumeNumber    = 2
| OriginalRelDate = March 11, 2007<ref>{{cite book|title=minima! 2 (2) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4063415252|country=jp}}}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-341525-4
| LicensedRelDate = May 2008<ref name="Del Rey"/>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-0-345-50407-4
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| VolumeNumber    = 3
| OriginalRelDate = October 12, 2007<ref>{{cite book|title=minima! 3 (3) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|4063415481|country=jp}}}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-341548-3
| LicensedRelDate = December 2008<ref name="Del Rey"/>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-0-345-50680-1
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| VolumeNumber    = 4
| OriginalRelDate = February 13, 2008<ref>{{cite book|title=minima! 4 (4) (講談社コミックスフレンド B) (コミック)|language=Japanese|id={{ASIN|406341566X|country=jp}}}}</ref>
| OriginalISBN    = 978-4-06-341566-7
| LicensedRelDate = August 2009<ref name="Del Rey"/>
| LicensedISBN    = 978-0-345-51072-3
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==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/minima-volume-1_article_57466.html|title=MINIMA, VOLUME #1|date=February 18, 2008|publisher=Mania.com|accessdate=2009-02-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412065833/http://www.mania.com/minima-volume-1_article_57466.html|archivedate=April 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://manga.about.com/od/delreymanga/gr/Minima1.htm|title=Minima! Volume 1|last=Aoki|first=Deb|publisher=[[About.com]]|accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/weekly-recon-super-sized-shojo-spectacular/#minima1 |title=Minima!, Vol. 1 |last=Dacey |first=Katherine |date=March 4, 2008 |publisher=Pop Culture Shock |accessdate=2009-02-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708033201/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/weekly-recon-super-sized-shojo-spectacular/ |archivedate=July 8, 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/minima/gn-1|title=Minima! GN 1|last=Brienza |first=Casey|date=June 19, 2008|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdate=2009-02-27}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218173816/http://betsufure.net/lineup/minima/ Official Betsufure ''Minima!'' website] {{in lang|ja}}
*{{ann|manga|8799}}
[[Category:Shōjo manga]]
[[Category:2006 manga]]
[[Category:Comedy anime and manga]]
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