Minori (company)

Minori (みのり, stylised minori) was a Japanese visual novel company (previously the software division of CoMixWave until April 2007[1]). Their most successful game is Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two., which has had a manga and two anime television series based on it, and was ported to the PlayStation 2 in April 2010. They use Musica as their main engine. A few of their earlier games' opening movies were animated by Makoto Shinkai.[citation needed] Minori is known for its stance against fan-translations and piracy and has garnered some infamy for its actions against fan translation group No Name Losers and TLWiki, due to the controversy regarding the video game Rapelay by Illusion Soft.[2][3][4] As a result, its main webpage is blocked for people outside Japan.[5][6] In 2010, Minori, MangaGamer, and No Name Losers announced a partnership to make commercial English versions of Minori's visual novels available.[2][7][8][9] On February 28, 2019, Minori announced the cessation of operations.[10]

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  7. ^ MangaGamer (2010-09-26). "MangaGamer Staff Blog: Ever Forever". Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  8. ^ Ishaan (2010-07-18). "Minori In "Constructive Negotiations" With Fan-Translation Group". Siliconera. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  9. ^ "Software Studio minori, Fan Translation Group in Talks". Anime News Network. 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  10. ^ "Adult Game Developer Minori Shuts Down". Anime News Network. March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 5, 2019.