Mini 4 Top (Japanese: ミニ四トップ, Mini Yon Toppu) is a manga series created by Tetsuo Tanaka and serialized on Shogakukan's Shogaku Years magazines from 1988 to 1991.
Due to being serialized on Shogaku Year magazines, several chapters are missing from the Tankobon version of the manga.
Unlike any Mini 4WD manga, the Tankobon version contains 6 versions of the the same storyline as it was serializes on Shogaku Years magazines.
During its serialization, Tamiya released two Mini 4WD cars based on the ones from the manga: The Rising Bird and the Winning Bird.
Story[]
As Mini 4 Top is serialized on Shogaku Year magazines, it has 6 versions of the same storyline.
The basic story follows the boy named Top Kudo who loves Mini 4WD, and the current Mini 4WD champion Hayato Takamura (鷹村隼人) as they races against many opponents as they aims for the top.
Mini 4WD featured in this series[]
| Mini 4WD fictional works | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manga and anime | |||
| CoroCoro Comic CoroCoro Aniki CoroCoro Ichiban! Weekly CoroCoro Comic |
Dash! Yonkuro | Dash! Yonkuro · Shin Dash! Yonkuro · Hyper Dash! Yonkuro | |
| Let's & Go! | Let's & Go! · WGP · WGP the Movie · MAX · My First Big · Return Racers! · Let's & Go! Tsubasa: The Next Racers | ||
| Others | Bakusou! Dash Club · Moero! Avante Kyoudai · Go! Go! Mini 4WD Fighter · The Wind Racer! Otokogi · Mini 4WD Fighter V · Dear Zaurus Tokuda (One-shot) · Mini4King | ||
| Shogaku Years | Tetsuhiro Koshita | Hot-blooded! Mini 4WD School · Mini 4 Battler Kiba · Mini 4WD Search Team · Guts! Mini 4WD Theater | |
| Others | Mini 4 Top · Dash Boy! Ten · Winning Run · Mini 4 Kids · BREAK IN · Future Racer V-Twin · Mini 4WD Racer Kakeru | ||
| Others | Racing Mini 4WD World Grandprix · Twin Stars Mechanomotive Force Laboratory | ||
| Video games | |||
| NES/SNES | Mini 4WD Japan Cup · Mini 4WD Shining Scorpion Let's & Go! · Mini 4WD Let's & Go! Power WGP2 | ||
| PlayStation | Let's & Go! WGP: Hyper Heat · Let's & Go! WGP: Eternal Wings | ||
| Gameboy/Nintendo DS | Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go! · Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go!: All Star Battle MAX · Mini 4WD DS | ||
| Mobile games | Mini 4WD GPX · Mini 4WD GPX Revolution · Mini 4WD Championship (Mobage) · Mini 4WD Victory Road · Let's & Go!: Mini 4WD World Runner · Mini 4WD Hyper Dash Grand Prix | ||
| Others | Fully Cowled Mini 4WD Factory (Sega Saturn) · Mini 4WD World (PC) | ||