Minami-ke

Minami-ke
Cover of the first volume
みなみけ
Genre	Comedy, Slice of life
Manga
Written by	Koharu Sakuraba
Published by	Kodansha
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Young Magazine
Original run	March 1, 2004 – present
Volumes	15 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Masahiko Ohta
Studio	Daume
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 7, 2007 – December 30, 2007
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Minami-ke: Okawari
Directed by	Naoto Hosoda
Studio	Asread
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	January 6, 2008 – March 30, 2008
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
Minami-ke: Okaeri
Directed by	Kei Oikawa
Studio	Asread
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	January 4, 2009 – March 29, 2009
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Minami-ke: Betsubara
Directed by	Kei Oikawa
Studio	Asread
Released	June 23, 2009
Original video animation
Minami-ke: Omatase
Directed by	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Studio	Feel
Released	October 5, 2012
Anime television series
Minami-ke: Tadaima
Directed by	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Studio	Feel
Licensed by	NA Funimation Entertainment
Original run	January 6, 2013 – March 30, 2013
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Minami-ke: Natsuyasumi
Directed by	Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Studio	Feel
Released	August 6, 2013

Minami-ke (みなみけ^?, lit. The Minami Family) is a Japanese manga series by Koharu Sakuraba, who also authored Kyō no Go no Ni. It was first serialized in the weekly Japanese manga magazine Young Magazine in March 2004. The slice of life comedy focuses on the everyday life of three sisters: Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki Minami. An anime series produced by Daume aired in 2007. Asread produced a second season in 2008 titled Minami-ke: Okawari, a third season in 2009 titled Minami-ke: Okaeri, and an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2009 titled Minami-ke: Betsubara. In 2012, Feel produced another OVA titled Minami-ke: Omatase, followed by a fourth anime series in 2013 titled Minami-ke: Tadaima.

A slice of life comedy about the day to day life of the Minami family, sisters Haruka, Kana, and Chiaki; and their friends and classmates. The three sisters live alone.

Minami-ke was first published as a manga by Koharu Sakuraba. It began serialization in Kodansha's Young Magazine on March 1, 2004. As of May 2015, 13 tankōbon volumes of the series have been released.

There are four anime television series and two original video animation (OVA) adaptations of Minami-ke, done by three separate animation studios. The first season, under the original title Minami-ke, is produced by Daume and aired on TV Tokyo between October 7 and December 30, 2007. A second anime series produced by Asread aired between January 6 and March 30, 2008 under the title Minami-ke: Okawari (みなみけ おかわり^?, lit. The Minami Family: A Second Helping), and also aired on TV Tokyo. It deviates slightly from the first season as it utilizes a different color palette, has different school designs, and uses different character designs. It is also different in storytelling as it uses material not from the manga, and each episode consists of only one story. A third anime series, also by Asread and titled Minami-ke: Okaeri (みなみけ おかえり^?, lit. The Minami Family: Welcome Home), aired between January 4 and March 29, 2009. It is more closely related to the first season as the character design and color palette is more similar, although there are still designs that are from season two. It also returns to the episodic format from the first season.