CLAMP
CLAMP (CLAMP, CLAMP) is an all female manga artist group located in Japan, consisting of Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi.
The group was first formed during the 1980's as a dōjinshi circle of eleven members. They began making original manga in 1987, making their mainstream debut with RG Veda in 1989. The group would eventually shrink in size to 4 members. They are known for works such as X and Cardcaptor Sakura.
Notably, they created JoJo's Bizarre Married Life, an unofficial yaoi doujin series featuring characters from Part 3 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
History
CLAMP is an all-female mangaka collective. Formed in the mid-1980s as an eleven-member dōjinshi circle, they started publishing original manga series in 1987. Although CLAMP's usual genre of manga is shōjo, they also published seinen and shōnen series. Although the position of the members rotate depending on the series, they all specialize in certain aspects of manga production[1] :
- Nanase Ohkawa is in charge of scenarios, general character information, and story pacing
- Mokona is in charge of doing most of the drawings
- Tsubaki Nekoi specializes in drawing chibi characters, and writing commentaries at the end of the volumes. She's also credited as the primary artist on a few series like Wish
- Satsuki Igarashi is in charge of the screentones, and designing the physical book releases.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Although CLAMP retired from publishing fanworks after CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2, the protagonists of their shōjo next series Wish (manga) bear a strong resemblance with Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin, and the manga is considered by many CLAMP fans a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fan series[2]. The same thing is often said of protagonists of another of CLAMP's works, The One I Love (manga)
Jota Kujo and his stand "Charmy Green" (whose name originates from a dish detergent brand) are speculated to have been an inspiration in the creation of Jotaro's daughter's Jolyne's stand Stone Free, due to both children's stands having unraveling properties, and Stone Free "smelling like soap, for some unknown reason"[3].
In an interview published in CLAMP's xxxHolic Guidebook, Tsubaki Nekoi reveals that CLAMP members and Hirohiko Araki's wife Asami Araki frequent the same beauty salon. This led to Araki meeting the collective a number of times prior to the interview.
The relationship between CLAMP and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure came full circle when the collective participated in the Shueisha published anniversary booklet 25 Years with JoJo with a celebratory illustration of Jolyne Cujoh.
Interviews
Works
- (1989-1996) RG Veda
- (1990-1991) Man of Many Faces
- (1990-1993) Tokyo Babylon
- (1991-1993) Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders
- (1992-1993) Clamp School Detectives
- (1992) Shirahimeshou: Snow Goddess Tales
- (1992-2003) X/1999
- (1992-1994) Legend of Chun Hyang
- (1993-1995) Magic Knight Rayearth
- (1993-1995) Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
- (1993-1995) The One I Love
- (1995-1996) Magic Knight Rayearth 2
- (1995-1998) Wish
- (1996-2000) Cardcaptor Sakura
- (1997-1999) Clover
- (1999-2001) Angelic Layer
- (1999-2000) Suki: A Like Story
- (2000-2003) Legal Drug
- (2000-2002) Chobits
- (2002-2002) Murikuri
- (2003-2011) xxxHolic
- (2003-2009) Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
- (2005-2011) Kobato
- (2011-2013) Gate 7
- (2011-2013) Drug & Drop
- (2013-2017) xxxHolic: Rei
- (2014-2016) Tsubasa World Chronicle: Nirai Kanai-hen
- (2016-2024) Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
See also
References
- ↑ Christian Marmonnier, « CLAMP - Collectif d’auteures de Bandes Dessinées [Japon XXe-XXIe slècle] », dans Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque et Mireille Calle-Gruber (dir.), Dictionnaire universel des créatrices, Éditions Des femmes, 2013, p. 974
- ↑ https://coherentcats.com/2022/06/13/demystifying-the-link-between-clamp-and-jojos-bizarre-adventure/
- ↑ https://jojowiki.com/SO_Chapter_140
