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 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:11 pm
Magic Knight Rayearth (魔法騎士レイアース, Majikku Naito Reiāsu?) is a manga series created by Clamp, a mangaka team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi and Mokona. Rayearth combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy.
The manga was adapted into an anime series in 1994 and a OVA in 1997.
Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, Fuu Hououji are on a field trip to the Tokyo Tower with their respective schools. The girls are blinded by a flash of light and hear a voice calling for the Legendary Magic Knights to save Cephiro. They fall through the sky into another world, Cephiro. Once there, they meet Master Mage Clef. Clef explains, "[In Cephiro], one's will has the ability to change reality for better or worse. The dark fears in people's hearts become monsters, while a well-intended wish can do miracles. One person, the Pillar, whose will is stronger than anyone else's, is responsible for maintaining through her prayers the well-being of Cephiro."
In the first story arc, the current Pillar, Princess Emeraude, has been captured by her high priest, Zagato. The three girls are charged with the task of saving the Princess by activating the three Rune-Gods (魔神, Mashin?). They are given a bizarre creature named Mokona to guide them on their journey. When the girls finally reach Emeraude, they learn that she had fallen in love with Zagato, hindering her ability to pray solely for Cephiro's well-being, and had summoned the Magic Knights to kill her since no one on Cephiro could harm the Pillar.
The second story arc deals with the complications caused by the first season's climax: three warring planets have begun their attempts to conquer Cephiro and a new Pillar must be chosen before the whole planet is destroyed. Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu are once again summoned to Cephiro. In the manga it is later discovered that the mysterious Mokona is responsible for their being summoned back to Cephiro, and he is, in fact, the creator of both the Earth and Cephiro. In the anime they return to Cephiro because of their (especially Hikaru's) strong desire to do so.
Eventually, Hikaru is chosen to become the new Pillar. However, she rebels against the Pillar system, deciding that the fate of the planet should not be the responsibility of only one person, effectively preventing that person from ever being able to live and love freely.
~Wiki~ The manga that put Clamp on the radar, fell free to discuss, rant or fangirl.
~*DM*~
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:41 pm
Watched the series and played the game.
I dont have the game, my friend did.
I liked them, but I didnt get a chance to see the second series.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:03 pm
I own both the first and second parts and I even got the little coloured info book with the first boxed set... xD It has a really cute ending to it.
~*DM*~
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:17 pm
This is one of my favorite artistically (in the manga) for CLAMP. :3
I have the first...part of the manga, but I borrowed the second part. >>; I still need ot buy them needless to say. WHOOPS.
I really WANT the second season of the anime...since it has that anime-only character with long pink hair. I saw a preview for it on an anime DVD and she was the part of the reason that made me want to watch/ read it.
I have the OVA though.
There was a game that came over to the US? or did your friend import it?
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:57 am
could u put up ome pics etc???
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:23 pm
love this anime, though i still havent watched most of the 2nd season sad it was hard to find!
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:27 pm
I only know that it's a very successful CLAMP manga that was written years ago. I never got a chance to read it. I didn't even know it was an anime series. How is it? Plot, characters, etc...?
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:31 pm
Midoori I only know that it's a very successful CLAMP manga that was written years ago. I never got a chance to read it. I didn't even know it was an anime series. How is it? Plot, characters, etc...? I honestly watched it so long ago, and my tastes have changed a lot since then but all i can remember is that i loved it all. Its one of those animes where girls get transported to another world and they are the chosen ones, but it has more of a twist then the typical 'chosen one' stories, which is actually quite good and original story idea.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 5:24 pm
i will have to give this one a try too.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:57 am
I'll put up info on the series in the first post.
Maybe Netflix has it too?
~*DM*~
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:03 pm
I only ever saw like the first episode (yes another one of those) but it was interesting, I really need to finish it though =<
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:35 am
I got the first book as a chrismas gift and i like it so im gonna buy the last 7 book
OMG i love all of clamps books
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:11 am
I love the manga and the anime. Clamp always produces some of the greatest works. I really like their manga.
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:52 pm
This is the first series I ever read by CLAMP and I absolutely adore it. It is one of my favorite series by them! I'm in love with the art and storyline <3 I also enjoyed the first season of the anime. However, I hated the second season terribly sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:53 pm
HiddenBeliefs love this anime, though i still havent watched most of the 2nd season sad it was hard to find! Really? I watched the first AND second season by renting it from the local library.
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