CLAMP

Name:	CLAMP
Date(s):	1989-present
Profit/Nonprofit:	Fan Collective
Country based in:	Japan
Focus:	Manga
External Links:	http://www.clamp-net.com/
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CLAMP is an all female group of manga artists which started as a doujinshi group in mid eighties, and jumped to publishing professionally in 1989. They have created a number of popular manga series including Cardcaptor Sakura, X/1999, xxxHolic, and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. CLAMP often reuses their own characters in new series, so in addition to the usual fandoms for individual series, there is also a fandom for the group as a whole.

Works

Stories Published as Doujinshi Circle

• Yoi kono seinto ōhyakka (よいこの聖闘士大百科) -- Saint Seiya -- December 13, 1987
• Fūun! Samurai Trooper Jō -- Samurai Troopers -- January 15, 1988
• Potato Club -- Captain Tsubasa -- April 17, 1988
• Seiden DISCOVERSION -- RG Veda -- June 16, 1988
• Hisshō! Tanaka yoshiki sensei kōryaku-hō (必勝!田中芳樹先生攻略法) -- Souryuuden -- July 1, 1988
• Karura bon'odori! (カルラ盆踊り!) -- Karura Mau -- October 23, 1988
• Hāto 2-bun'no Kyojin no hoshi (ハート2分の巨人の星) -- Kyojin no Hoshi -- July 22, 1990
• Clamp in Wonderland -- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Summer 1994
• Shoten -- Original story published through doujinshi, several numbers.
• Watashi no Himitsu Heiki (私の秘密兵器) -- Tenkū Senki Shurato

The following series by CLAMP have had fanworks produced about them:

(listed in series publication order)

• RG Veda (聖伝-RG VEDA-, Seiden: Rigu Vēda) (1989 - 1996)
• Many of Many Faces (20面相におねがい!!, Nijuu Mensou ni Onegai!!) (1990-1991)
• Tokyo Babylon (東京 BABYLON, Tokyo Babylon) (1990 - 1993)
• Clamp School Detectives (CLAMP学園探偵団, Kuranpu Gakuen Tanteidan) (Jan. 1992 - Oct. 1993)
• Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders (学園特警デュカリオン, Gakuen Tokkei DUKLYON) (1992 - 1993)
• Shirahime-syo (白姫抄, Shirahimeshou) (1992)
• X/1999 (エックス, Ekkusu) (May 1992 - ???)
• Magic Knight Rayearth (魔法騎士レイアース, Majikku Naito Reiāsu) (Nov. 1993 - Feb. 1995)
• Miyuki-chan in Wonderland (不思議の国の美幸ちゃん, Fushigi no Kuni no Miyuki-chan) (1993-1995)
• Wish (ウィッシュ, Uisshu) (July 1996 - Aug. 1998)
• Cardcaptor Sakura (カードキャプターさくら, Kādokyaputā Sakura) (1996 - 2000)
• Clover (クローバー, Kurōbā) (1997 - 1999)
• Angelic Layer (エンジェリックレイヤー, Enjerikku Reiyā) (July 1999 - Oct. 2001)
• Suki: A Like Story (すき。だからすき, Suki. Dakara Suki) (1999-2000)
• Legal Drug (合法 ドラッグ, Gōhō Doraggu) (2000 - 2003, 2011 - ???)
• Chobits (ちょびっツ, Chobittsu) (Feb. 2001 - Nov. 2002)
• xxxHolic (×××ホリック, Horikku) (Feb. 2003 - Feb. 2011)
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-, Tsubasa -Reservoir Chronicle-) (May 2003 - Oct. 2009)
• Kobato. (こばと。) (Jan. 2005 - Aug. 2011)
• Gate 7 (ゲート セブン, Geeto Sebun) (Dec. 2010 - ???)
• HoriTsuba Gakuen
• Soel and Larg: The Adventures of Mokona=Modoki (Soel to Larg: Mokona=Modoki no Bouken)

Resources

• CLAMP primer on crack_van by sinisterf
• CLAMP-Net news on LJ
• CLAMP fanfiction mailing list
• clampfiction
• The Dimension Witch's Shop - A CLAMP Exchange

Archives

• Clampesque

Fansites

• The Rabbit's Tomb

Fanworks

• Clamp Works Tag on Ao3
• CLAMP communities on fanfiction.net

Zines

• Threads of Fate, ^{Archived version}, 2021-2022, "Threads of Fate is a fan artbook celebrating 35 years of CLAMP works."