Fandom inspired pins from anime/manga favorites! [34], Perhaps drawing inspiration from Ohkawa's own poor right-eye vision, Clamp frequently features one-eyed characters or characters that lose their sight in one eye as means to express the feeling of loneliness (for example, Subaru and Seishirō in Tokyo Babylon and X and Fay in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle). A number of such couples have been shown together across parallel dimensions in the Clamp multiverse. [6], The group debuted as professional manga artists when they decided to print the manga RG Veda, which they had first started as a fan comic. CLAMP is collectively four women who have worked together since the late 1980s. It consists of leader Nanase Ohkawa, and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. The group was given another chance at publication should they submit a new story that Shinshokan liked; this time, they submitted RG Veda. The short films feature characters from the group's entire canon of work. [20] A new xxxHolic manga titled XXXHOLiC Rei also started serialization in Kodansha's Young Magazine in March 2013. [1][7] However, in 1987 the group stopped dōjinshi and began creating original work; it was at this time they began working on RG Veda. [6] After drawing a sample story and sketch for their editor and receiving approval, Ohkawa assigns the roles to each group member and then chooses the visual styles depending on factors such as the complexity of the story, the chosen art style, and its relationship to the group's other works. After seeing the comic digest of the manga series that Clamp had published, an editor for Shinshokan's Wings manga magazine asked the group to work for them. [42], Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies stated that Clamp's works "are among the most successful manga and anime with Western fans". [30] Clamp never features love as a central theme; Ohkawa stated in an interview with Takeshi Oshiguchi in 1997 for Animerica that she is not "good at love stories" since her "idea of a relationship is different from that of a lot of other people". This has caused speculation among Clamp's fans that a new Tokyo Babylon related work is due to be announced. Dec 24, 2020 - Explore Hana's board "CLAMP" on Pinterest. lo dice el título :v pues como no tengo espacio en mi memoria las pondré aquí The series treats homosexuality as no big deal, and according to CLAMP themselves, all three main characters (Sakura, Syaoran, and Tomoyo) are … CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan, or CLAMP School Detectives, is the story of three little investigators Nokoru, Suoh, and Akira, who are also members of the three-person elementary student council of their school. They are known worldwide. Please know that cookies are required to operate and enhance our services as well as for advertising purposes.. [19] Legal Drug restarted serialization in the same year in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace under the new title of Drug and Drop. [36][37], Gen Fukunaga, the president and CEO of Funimation, has praised Clamp as being "one of the most acclaimed groups of artists in Japan". Ohkawa stated that she thought she was "gonna die there". 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It also began serializing Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders in August 1991, which became the work that the three artists Mokona, Nekoi, and Igarashi enjoyed working on most. [9] In March 1990, Wings began serializing Tokyo Babylon. Official Title ja CLAMP学園探偵団 Official Title en Clamp School Detectives Type TV Series, 26 episodes Year 03.05.1997 till 25.10.1997 Tags action Action anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. [6], Once Ohkawa has conceived a story, the four members of the group gather "to discuss the purpose of the story and its main characters". [38] Their work Cardcaptor Sakura won the Seiun Award for best manga in 2001. CLAMP (クランプ, Kuranpu) is an all-female Japanese mangaka group which has earned the title of the " Queens of Shojo". They have a very sadistic style which could be interpreted as manga for adult people, but also varying the themes of their series, from childish and comedic to dramatic, tragedy and teen-rated. [11] Tsubasa marked the first time Clamp had ever tried writing for a younger male audience, although their first work published in the Shōnen demography was Angelic Layer[12], In 2004, Clamp's 15th anniversary as a manga artist group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. In July 1989, Genki Comics began serializing Clamp's second work, Man of Many Faces. [6][13][29][30] Ohkawa provides a rough draft for each chapter detailing things such as dialogue, panel size, props, movement, and character's emotions. He is assisted in missions by Ran, a '3-Leaf Clover' who was once known as 'C'. Get it delivered safely by SAL, EMS, FedEx and save with CDJapan Rewards! [8] During the production of the manga RG Veda, O-Kyon had left the group. RG Veda was originally planned to be a single story rather than a series, although because of good reader response and higher-than-expected sales for its first volume Shinshokan permitted the group to create more volumes,[6] however after each chapter of the manga was released, Shinshokan threatened that it would cease serialization should its popularity fall. [17], While Tsubasa ended in October 2009, xxxHolic ended in early 2011. Cardcaptor Sakura character redirects to lists, List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle characters, Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, clone), Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, original), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Clamp_characters&oldid=703006069, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 February 2016, at 22:46. Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism : Depends of the work, but their most notorious works (Such as Cardcaptor Sakura ) tend to be on the idealistic scale. Of the 105873 characters on Anime Characters Database, 5 are from the anime Clamp School Detectives. [9] Kadokawa Shoten published The One I Love on July 17, 1995. [6], During the time before their official debut, the group moved to Tokyo and rented a small, two-bedroom apartment. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well. CLAMP is best known for being the author & artist of Angelic Layer, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Magic Knight Rayearth, Chobits, and xxxHOLiC. Clamp School Detectives (Japanese: CLAMP学園探偵団, Hepburn: Kuranpu Gakuen Tanteidan) a.k.a. The original group of twelve members began to meet at every event held in Osaka and Kobe, which usually occurred once a month. [29] Their work Clover for example, is remarkable for its heavy use of negative space. CLAMP (クランプ Kuranpu), is an all-female Japanese mangaka group that formed in the mid 1980s.Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. Now that you know let me start my review. [9], In general, Ohkawa gets her inspiration for the group from everyday events such as dreams or the news. [6] The ending for each story is predetermined. [23][24][25], On October 19, 2020, the official Clamp fans website posted a link to a YouTube video due to start on October 25, 2020. [40][41], When asked about the universal popularity of Clamp's works, John Oppliger of AnimeNation stated that although it is "not based on originality [or] their artistic skill", they possess a distinct style that "perfectly mesh[es] the conventional attributes of shōnen and shōjo manga". This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Her reason to him was,"The … You can also buy reproduction prints and figures, and The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. [29] Clamp's genres vary widely, from childish and comedic (Cardcaptor Sakura, Clamp School Detectives) to more dramatic and teen-rated (xxxHolic, X) series. 10 Anime With An Alice In Wonderland Theme Alice in Wonderland has inspired a surprising number of great anime, and these are some of the best. Ohkawa later lambasted the draft, stating that "everything was bad" and attributing the quality to the group's lack of experience, since they had never before completed a story as a cohesive group. They submitted an approximately sixty-page story as a sample, but the work was rejected. Fujio. They are the creators of one of the biggest magical girl series, Cardcaptor Sakura, as well as over 20 original anime and manga titles. CLAMP,Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Hen,BOOK listed at CDJapan! Haru Studios is raising funds for CLAMP Collection: 1.5 Secondary Characters on Kickstarter! [18] Clamp also collaborated in the anime Blood-C designing the characters and with Ohkawa writing the story. ", "Oricon: Nana's Yazawa, DB's Toriyama are Most Popular", The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clamp_(manga_artists)&oldid=1000221822, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from May 2009, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2009, Articles with Japanese-language sources (ja), Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz label identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 04:53. A mysterious woman with an unknown past, who is always by Fei Wong Reed's side, and apparently helping him to achieve his goals. [5] Their first collaborative work was entitled "Clamp", which they continued to work on until shortly after their debut. This category is for fictional characters created by CLAMP, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi and Mokona. Housing 10,000 students from Kindergarten to Graduate level, it facilitates education for anyone talented, regardless of wealth. 2016/11/01 - View and download this 2000x2870 The Princess In The Birdcage Kingdom Mobile Wallpaper with 85 favorites, or browse the gallery. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people mistakenly commenting on her as a Rolling Stones member. Chaste or pure Love ( as in the anime Blood-C designing the and... 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