| Clamp School Detectives | |
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| CLAMP 学園探偵団 (Kuranpu Gakuen Tanteidan) |
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| Genre | Detective, Comedy |
| Manga | |
| Author | Clamp |
| Publisher |  Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Serialized in | Monthly Asuka |
| Original run | January 1992 – October 1993 |
| Volumes | 3 |
| TV anime: Clamp School | |
| Director | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Studio | Studio Pierrot |
| Network | Animax, TV Tokyo Qwiny    Animax Localia Canal Panda Channel 7 |
| Original run | 3 May 1997 – 25 October 1997 |
| Episodes | 26 |
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An early work of the all-female mangaka group Clamp, the series outlines the adventures of the Elementary School Student Board in their attempt to better the lives of the female population of Clamp School. is the Japanese word for a comic artist or Cartoonist. Outside of Japan, Manga usually refers to a Japanese Comic book and mangaka
TOKYOPOP have released the manga in English across North America in three volumes. For the music movie see Tokyo Pop. Tokyopop, stylized TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor licensor English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The anime series has been translated and dubbed into English by the anime television network, Animax, who have broadcast the series across its respective English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia. See also Animax Mobile TV is a Japanese Anime Satellite television network dedicated to broadcasting anime programming It is distributed in North America by Bandai Entertainment, which first released it in 1998 through now out-of-print subtitled VHS videotapes, and which will also soon release DVDs of the series with a new English dub by Coastal Studios. Bandai Entertainment Inc is an Anime distribution company owned by the Japanese enterprise Namco Bandai Holdings. Coastal Studios formerly known as Coastal Carolina Sound Studios is a recording studio located in Wilmington North Carolina [2][3]
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The Clamp School
The Clamp School is the brainchild of the Imonoyama zaibatsu. is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed for control over significant It is placed in a sprawling estate as big as a small city. Shaped like a pentagram, each of the five corners houses one of the five school divisions, which range from kindergarten though college, even graduate school. Early history Sumer The first known uses of the pentagram are found in Mesopotamian writings dating to about 3000 BC ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. A graduate school or ("grad school" is a school that awards advanced degrees such as doctoral degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned It also is a self-contained campus in Tokyo, it having its own city, complete with banks, shopping arcades, public utilities, as well as its own mass rapid transit system. The Clamp School's mission is to cater to all talented students, rich or poor.
The institution is featured in other Clamp works such as Magic Knight Rayearth, Man of Many Faces and X/1999. is a Manga by CLAMP about a nine-year-old boy named Akira Ijyuin who steals beautiful and valuable objects to please his two mothers and is known to the public as the dashing is a Manga series created by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona X/1999 expands the reasoning behind the campus's unique layout by revealing that part-way through the campus's construction, a request came from Tohru Magami to have the site act as a sanctuary for the Sacred Sword to be wielded by her son, Kamui Shirou, during an apocalyptic battle to occur in 1999. This article describes the Fictional characters of the X Manga series This article describes the Fictional characters of the X Manga series The director agreed and changed the layout to form a pentagram at Tohru Magami's request, resulting in having to move half-completed or even entire buildings to fulfill this.
CLAMP School's physical plant configuration is partly replicated in an unrelated anime, Alice Academy. is a Japanese Manga written and illustrated by Tachibana Higuchi, currently being serialized in the Shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume
Characters
Main cast
- Nokoru Imonoyama (妹之山 残 Imonoyama Nokoru?) [4]
A 6th grade student and the Elementary School Board Chairman. The youngest son of the Imonoyama zaibatsu, the founders of Clamp School, he has inherited the family fondness of doing absurd things just for the sake of doing them. is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed for control over significant Nokoru has one of the top IQs in a school full of geniuses and NASA has been vying for the mind of the elementary schooler. An Intelligence Quotient or IQ is a score derived from one of several different Standardized tests attempting to measure Intelligence. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program He also has the unique ability to detect a lady in distress from two kilometers away. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand For this reason, he established the Clamp School Detective Agency, although this was also an incentive to get out of his Chairman duties. He is also the only one out of the three young detectives that doesn't play a sport. Nokoru also appears in Clamp's Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders, Man of Many Faces, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and X/1999. is a Manga created by Clamp, a Japanese artistic group of four women is a Manga by CLAMP about a nine-year-old boy named Akira Ijyuin who steals beautiful and valuable objects to please his two mothers and is known to the public as the dashing is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine. is a Manga series created by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona
- Suoh Takamura (鷹村 蘇芳 Takamura Suō?) [5]
A 5th grader and the Elementary School Board Secretary. Suoh is a martial arts expert, with a 3rd dan blackbelt in Karate, Judo, Aikido, and Kendo (he would have gone higher, but he ran out of competition), he's also good in kyūdō. ( or is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese Kenpō. meaning "gentle way" is a modern Japanese martial art ( Gendai budō) and Combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies philosophy and religious beliefs or " way of the sword " is the Japanese and South Korean martial art of sword-fighting literally meaning " way of the bow " is the Japanese art of Archery. He is also the descendant of a Japanese ninja clan, and has sworn to protect Nokoru through anything. A clan is a group of People united by Kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor He is also responsible for making sure the chairman does all of his paperwork on time. Suoh also appears in Clamp School Paranormal Investigators, Man of Many Faces, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and X/1999. is a set of three illustrated novels written by Tomiyuki Matsumoto in collaboration with Japanese manga group Clamp. is a Manga by CLAMP about a nine-year-old boy named Akira Ijyuin who steals beautiful and valuable objects to please his two mothers and is known to the public as the dashing is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine. is a Manga series created by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona
- Akira Ijyuin (伊集院 玲 Ijūin Akira?) [6]
A 4th grader and the Elementary School Board Treasurer. Akira is a first-class chef, a trait he inherited from his father. He lives with his two mothers and has also inherited his father's legacy as the notorious thief 20 Masks. Akira also appears in Clamp's Man of Many Faces, Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and X/1999. is a Manga by CLAMP about a nine-year-old boy named Akira Ijyuin who steals beautiful and valuable objects to please his two mothers and is known to the public as the dashing is a Manga created by Clamp, a Japanese artistic group of four women is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine. is a Manga series created by Clamp, a creative team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Mokona
Supporting characters
- Nagisa Azuya (梓夜 凪砂 Azuya Nagisa?)
A kindergarten student and friend of the President of the Kindergarten Student Division Council, she plays the flute very beautifully. At first, Suoh thought that she was a wisteria fairy and an illusion; after hearing Utako Ookawa talk about her, however, he knew she was real. Wisteria is a Genus of about ten species of woody climbing Vines native to the eastern United States and the East Asian states of China Her mother is a famous traditional Japanese dancer and her father is well known for playing for royalty. She has enough talent to surpass her parents. Suoh has a crush on her and vice versa.
- Utako Ohkawa (大川 詠心 Ōkawa Utako?)
A kindergarten student and president of the Kindergarten Student Division Council. At first, she thought that her friend, Nagisa, was being attacked by people who are jealous of her. Akira has a crush on her and she has a crush on him. She believes they will get married someday. She also appears in Clamp's Man of Many Faces and makes a cameo appearance in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine.
Plot summary
The Clamp School Detectives is a series of episodic cases. Background is also given of Nokoru and Suoh's relationship, although this is not essential to the series.
Music
- Opening Theme
Peony Pink
Performed by Ali Project - Ending Theme
Welcome to Metallic Party
Performed by Marble Berry - Ending Theme
Gift
Performed by Maaya Sakamoto
Japanese Voice Actors
- Nokoru Imonoyama
Akemi Okamura - Suoh Takamura
Shiho Niiyama - Akira Ijyuin
Omi Minami - Nagisa Azuya
Haruna Ikezawa - Utako Ohkawa
Yuko Miyamura
English Voice Actors
- Nokoru Imonoyama
Juliet Cesario - Suoh Takamura
Ashley Knight - Akira Ijyuin
Shannon Hemeon
Trivia
- The name of "Nokoru" originates in the Ryūdō brothers of Sohryuden. Ali Project (typeset as ALI PROJECT) is a Japanese band with a strong Japanese Aristocrat-style image consisting of (vocals & lyrics and (music is a female Japanese Seiyū and singer who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit Anime series The Vision of Escaflowne is a Seiyū and Narrator from Tokyo who works for Mausu Promotion. ( March 21 1970 &ndash February 7 2000) was a Japanese Seiyū who was affiliated with Aoni Production. Omi Minami (南 央美 Minami Omi, born July 13, 1968) is a Japanese voice actress ( Seiyū) ( December 15, 1975 -) is a female Seiyū born in Athens Greece, but raised in Kanagawa Prefecture. ( December 4, 1972 -) born as is a Japanese Seiyū, Actress, J-pop singer and Director of audiography Juliet Cesario (born July 14 1966 is an American character actress known for her work in the You're Under Arrest franchaise excluding the OVA series is a set of Novels based loosely on Chinese mythology. It was written by Yoshiki Tanaka in collaboration with Japanese Illustrator The names of Ryūdō brothers are Hajime (start), Tsuzuku (continue), Owaru (end), and Amaru (remain). According to fans, the author of Sohryuden, Yoshiki Tanaka, hesitated in deciding whether to name the youngest brother "Amaru" or "Nokoru" , which happen to be different pronunciations of the same character. Dr Yoshiki Tanaka (田中芳樹 Tanaka Yoshiki, born October 22, 1952) is a Japanese novelist Clamp, who had dōjinshi of Tanaka's works, used the name "Nokoru" (the name not chosen by Tanaka) for their own works. are self-published Japanese works usually manga or novels They are often the work of amateurs though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular The names of "Tsuzuku Imonoyama" and "Owaru Imonoyama" are given as elder brothers of Nokoru if one carefully examines the corners of the scenes in this work and Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders.
References
- ^ (Japanese) CLAMP-NET.COM. Retrieved on 2007-05-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed
- ^ Bandai Entertainment to Sell Clamp School Detectives DVDs (2007-05-27). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Retrieved on 2007-05-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed
- ^ Coastal Studios, Inc
- ^ Clamp School (TV) - Anime News Network
- ^ Clamp School (TV) - Anime News Network
- ^ Clamp School (TV) - Anime News Network
External links
- Pierrot's official Clamp School website
- Animax East Asia's official website for Clamp School
- Animax South Asia's official website for Clamp School
- Animax Hong Kong's official website for Clamp School
- TokyoPop's Clamp School Detectives Manga Page
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