Clamp is an all female magaka group formed in the mid 1980's. Many of their series have anime adaptations. Clamp started our as an eleven member dojinshi (self publish) circle in mid 1980. Began creating original work in 1987. Debuted with RG Vecla in 1989. Clamp's numbers were reduced to 7 around the same time, and in 1993 three more left leaving the four current members: Nanase Orkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, Satsuki Ighrashi.
Nanase Orkawa is the leader and provides much of the storyline and screenplay. The other three rotate the artists. Mokona is the chief character designer, while Inarashi and Nekoi work on the background. They all share a single workspace. On average for each chapter: storyboard takes 12 hours, script takes 8 hours, and artwork depends on the story for example xxxHolic takes two days where as X takes 4 to 5 days. Clamp often reuses characters which gives rise to the "Clamp Universe". All the artist in Clamp have taken art focused classes in high school, have not worked as assistants, and most of their ability is self-taught. They have diverse body of works with a wide genre range. Clamp's characters have highly detailed hair, heavily stylized eyes & human figures, and elaborated clothing.
Works:
1989-1996 RG Veda
1990-91 Man of Man Faces
1990-93 Tokyo Babyon
1992-93 Clamp School Detectives
1992-93 Duklgon Clamp School Defenders
1992 Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales
1992 X (halted)
1992-94 Leged of Chun Hyang1993-95 Magic Knight Rayearth
1993-95 Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
1995 The One I Love
1995-96 Magic Knight Rayearth 2
1996-2000 Cardcaptor Sakura
1996-98 Whish
1997-99 Clover (halted)
1999-2001 Angelic Layer
1999-2000 Suki: A Like Story
2000 Legal Drug (to be resumed)
2001-02 Chobits
2003-11 xxxHolic
2003-09 Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles
2005-11 Kobato
2010-current Gatez
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