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CLAMP Exhibition: first details

As previously announced, a CLAMP art exhibition will be held at the National Art Center in Roppongi, Tokyo, from July 3rd until September 23rd of 2024. It will be the largest CLAMP exhibition to date.

Today the exhibit’s official website and X account were both updated to reveal the first details of it.

The exhibition will be consisted of five themes:

“C” is for COLOR.
CLAMP color the world.

“L” stands for LOVE.
The form of love that CLAMP depict.

“A” is for ADVENTURE.
Follow CLAMP’s story.

“M” is for MAGIC.
CLAMP create magic.

“P” is for PHRASE.
CLAMP spin words.

I guess this is why the exhibition’s logo is shaped the way it is 😉

Key visuals for the five themes will be released soon, the first one will be announced on February 25th.

Moreover, the exhibition will be split in two parts. The first part will run from July 3rd until August 12th. The second part will run from August 14th to September 23rd. It’s not clear yet at this point what is the difference between the two parts, but usually contents change between one part and the other. Goods and visiting giveaways might differ as well.

July 3rd to July 5th will be “special viewing days” to celebrate the exhibition’s opening.

Here’s the full schedule:

July 3rd~September 23rd
Full run

July 3rd~July 5th
Exhibition opening special viewing

July 3rd~August 12th
First part of the exhibition

August 14th~September 23rd
Second part of the exhibition

According to this post by the official X account, all CLAMP works will be featured, from RG Veda to Drug & Drop:

Interestingly enough, sequels where the main title didn’t change were referred to as a single work: Magic Knight Rayearth, Card Captor Sakura, Tsubasa – RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE – and XXXHOLiC. Gouhou Drug and Drug & Drop, however, are listed as two separate works (indeed they have different titles and logos, after all).

I do wonder if we will be seeing any of their early doujinshi works or non-series or non-manga works as well.

I am very much looking forward to the key visuals! Surely they will be new illustrations drawn by CLAMP? I sure hope so!

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CLAMP Exhibition to be held in Tokyo in 2024

A CLAMP art exhibition will be held at the National Art Center in Roppongi, Tokyo, from July 3rd until September 23rd of 2024.

Here’s a short text about it, taken from the exhibition official website (https://www.clamp-ex.jp/) and roughly translated by me using an online translator tool:

This exhibition traces the activities of CLAMP, a creative group of four women who have produced a wide variety of works in the genres of boys’ manga, girls’ manga, and young men’s manga. This is a large-scale exhibition that will showcase CLAMP’s works from the time of their debut to the present, focusing on their manga manuscripts and crossing publishers and magazines.

The exhibition has an official account on X: https://twitter.com/clamp_ex

The announcement is included in this month’s Nakayoshi magazine as well and it only shows Kodansha works (Card Captor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth and CLOVER), however, judging form the blurb above, it really seems like works from other publishers will be included as well.

2024 will mark CLAMP’s 35th anniversary in the manga industry, therefore this exhibition must be part of the celebrations. The National Art Center is a huge place and the blurb says this will be a “large-scale exhibition”. I’m expecting great things from it! Hopefully it will be as big as CLAMP Su (2004), or even bigger than that.

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CLAMP x Kyoto City: Kyoto Yell! Project halted temporarily

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The official website of the CLAMP x Kyoto City: Kyoto Yell! Project is announcing that due to the current situation in Kyoto city and surrounding areas regarding the rapid spread of the new coronavirus, the event will be halted temporarily. They expect to be able to hold the event once it’s safer to do so.

The event was originally scheduled to run from May 8 to June 30.

The organizing committee apologized for everyone who had anticipated participating in the event.

Official statement posted at the event’s website.

This is definitely the best decision to make. Let’s hope things will get better and everyone will be able to enjoy this in much safer conditions.

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CLAMP x Kyoto City: Kyoto Yell! Project

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“Shop, eat and make Kyoto healthy!”

As an effort to restore the economy of Kyoto city, deeply affected by the new coronavirus as many other cities across the globe, and due to their connection to Kyoto, CLAMP are joining a new collaboration project with the city in order to support it.

The project will last from May 8 to June 30 and it will involve:

Kyoto Pilgrimage

The CLAMP 30th Anniversary chibi charactes will be spread around the city of Kyoto and you are invited to find them all and collect their stamp in a stamp rally.

Kyoto Industry Events

From tradicional food, souvenirs and cultural experiences, CLAMP will collaborate with two major city events:

Kyomono Gyosan Ichi (May 8 and 9) – https://kyomono-gyosanichi.com/

  • Character Stamp Rally
  • Original Traditional Craft Experience Atelier
  • CLAMP x Kyoto City Art Exhibition Panel
  • CLAMP Official Fanshop popup store

Takumi Expo 2021 (May 8 and 9) – https://densan.kyoto/

  • Announcement of a collaboration work between CLAMP and Wakaba-kai, a traditional craft of Kyoto
  • Sales of goods related to Kyoto

More information should come by the end of April.

The website states that all events will be strictly following the regulations as recommended by health authorities.

Official Website: https://clamp-kyotocity.jp/
Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/clamp_kyotocity

I have a little bit of mixed feelings about this. It’s really good to see CLAMP using their popularity as a means to support the city in which they have strong bonds to — 3/4 of them were born there and currently all 4 of them are living there. At the same time, I am not there to judge how safe these events can be, but it’s still valid that they are doing something supportive for their city in these trying times we are all going through.

I wonder if we will be getting new chibi illustrations with the characters in Kyoto traditional clothes or if it’s going to be the same ones already released… hmm.

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Card Captor Sakura Exhibition – the Enchanted Museum goes to Taipei, main visual revealed

After a successful season in Tokyo, Osaka and Shanghai, the Card Captor Sakura Exhibition – the Enchanted Museum is coming to Taipei.

The first half will run from April 30th to May 27th, and the second half from May 28th to June 28th.

As usual, CLAMP have drawn an exclusive new illustration as the main visual for this new season, which was revealed today:

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For more information, please check the exhibition’s official website.

Source: GNN.

Love all the gradient and the Alphonse Mucha referentes in this new illustration. I daresay it’s my favorite one along with the Tokyo one.

Really happy to see this exhibition going to its 4th leg. I really hope after Taipei it could travel somewhere outside Asia. But then again, the world needs to be a better, safer place before that can happen.

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Card Captor Sakura Exhibition – the Enchanted Museum

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The Card Captor Sakura Exhibition – the Enchanted Museum officially opens tomorrow (Oct. 26) in Japan at the Mori Arts Center Gallery, in Tokyo.

It’s a fully immersive exhibition centered on the work, art and world of Card Captor Sakura as a whole. Although I haven’t been there myself, judging by the pictures, the exhibition was done with excellence.

Visitors can explore the exhibition through its many thematic rooms:

Beginning Archives – The first room of the exhibition which tells the history of Card Captor Sakura using huge book props. Comments from celebrities about Card Captor Sakura are also recorded here. There is also four “Tomoyo Finder” spots in which visitors can peek into peep holes to an original story drawn by CLAMP of what it appears to be a date between Sakura and Syaoran.

Flower Room – A collection of flower illustrations that appear in Card Captor Sakura manga. The walls of this room are covered with flower stickers and visitors can interact with it by sticking it themselves using the stickers specially available on the exhibit.

Tomoyo’s Atelier – This room mimics Tomoyo’s atelier and it’s made so as to look like it’s within the SIEGE card. The room is fully decorated with fabrics and tools for creating Sakura’s battle costumes. Four real size of very famous battle costumes worn by Sakura in the manga are on display on this room. In addition, there are three mini-dresses designed by CLAMP member Mokona herself on display for the first time.

Gallery Zone – Features originals of over 200 illustrations drawn by CLAMP on display.

Record Room – This room shows a timeline of Card Captor Sakura in Nakayoshi magazine since its original serialization in 1996. It shows all the issues in which Card Captor Sakura appeared on the front cover of Nakayoshi magazine and some of the original and exclusive goods (furoku) that came with Nakayoshi. Moreover, on this room visitors can take pictures with a 3 meters size Kero-chan, props and at a nice spot featuring a huge panel of the key visual illustration and a life-size display of Sakura drawn by CLAMP specifically for this exhibition.

Card Chamber – On this room all Clow Cards, Sakura Cards and Clear Cards are displayed. There is a huge Clear Card on the middle of the room showing a new Card drawn by CLAMP named “THANKS”. This same Clear Card will be given to all visitors who attend the exhibition. The designs for the first and second half of the exhibition will be different.

A goods shop and thematic cafe with a special menu are also available at the exhibition. It’s a very comprehensive and well made exhibition which I hope will be successful enough to travel the world. The first half of the exhibition will run from October 26 to November 30 and the second half will run from December 1st to January 3. Some contents and atractions are expected to change on the second half.

Really top quality and incredibly done exhibition!

I’ve selected some pictures that were taken by the Japanese press, who had early access to the exhibition:

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Source: FASHION PRESS, MANTAN WEB, Comic Natalie, Animate Times.

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“Card Captor Sakura” art exhibitions to be held in Japan

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The Japanese cities Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka will host Card Captor Sakura original art exhibitions at the end of this year and beginning of the next year.

The exhibitions will be held to celebrate CLAMP’s 25th Anniversary and the 60th Anniversary of Nakayoshi, Kodansha’s magazine in which the manga originally ran from 1996 to 2000.

In Tokyo, the exhibition will run from December 27th until January 4th; In Nagoya, from February 26th until March 3rd; and in Osaka, from March 21st until the 29th.

Tickets will go on sale on November 1st. Limited goods will be available when purchasing advanced tickets. An official twitter account has been launched to promote the events.

Source: comic natalie, CLAMP-NET.COM, Card Captor Sakura Gengaten.

On related news, a Card Captor Sakura official online shop has been launched, along with its twitter account, as an attempt to gather in a single website some of the goods that were released during the past few months.

And did you know? CLAMP have a new cat!

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Follow up: XXXHOLiC Rei #3 sales report

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On its third week of release, XXXHOLiC Rei #3 fell to position 21 in Oricon’s weekly comic ranking, with 29.633 copies sold, making the overall sales up to 260.550 copies.

These numbers stay behind the sales of both volumes 1 and 2 during the same period of time.

Always worth mentioning that these numbers are only for the regular edition. Numbers for the PLAYBUTTON limited edition are unknown.

In case XXXHOLiC Rei #3 shows up again next week in Oricon’s ranking, I’ll post here about its performance.

The full performance of the XXXHOLiC Rei series in Oricon’s weekly comic ranking can be seen below:

Volume 1
Week Oricon Ranking Sales Accumulated Sales
1 – 10/21/2013~10/27/2013 6 183.837 183,837
2 – 10/28/2013~11/03/2013 8 85.158 268.995
Volume 2
Week Oricon Ranking Sales Accumulated Sales
1 – 04/21/2014~04/27/2014 3 155,848 155,848
2 – 04/28/2014~05/04/2014 12 73,911 229,759
3 – 05/05/2014~05/11/2014 22 35,090 264,849
Volume 3
Week Oricon Ranking Sales Accumulated Sales
1 – 08/18/2014~08/24/2014 4 154,586 154,586
2 – 08/25/2014~08/31/2014 10 76,331 230,917
3 – 09/01/2014~09/08/2014 21 29,633 260,550

Source: Oricon.

In other news, the hotsite of CLAMP’s exbihition in this year’s Kyomaf has updated with the exhibition’s plan:

CLAMP Art Exhibition Map in Kyomaf 2014

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Looks like Tsubasa got the biggest area.

CLAMP’s Art Exhibition in Kyoto’s International Manga and Anime Fair will take place on September 20 and 21.

Source: Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2014

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“CLAMP × Kyoto Mayumaro” collaboration

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CLAMP have collaborated with Kyoto’s official mascot, Mayumaro, in designing an original set of goods that will be sold at this year’s Kyomafu (Kyoto International Manga and Anime Fair).

Inspired by Kyoto’s traditional textile techniques Nishijin (西陣織) and dyeing (染め), the goods include hand towels, small purses, pouches and business card holders.

This collaboration is part of CLAMP’s participation in this year’s Kyoto International Manga and Anime Fair, which will take place on September 20 and 21.

Check out the full list of goods:

Hand towels
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Nishijin pourses
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Nishijin business card holders

Source: CLAMP-NET.COM, Mayumaro.jp

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CLAMP art exhibition to be held in Kyoto

As part of the “Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2013”, a CLAMP art exhibition to be held in Kyoto has been decided. The exhibition will run from September 6 to 8 at the Kyoto Computer Gakuin, in Kyoto.

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Original illustrations from Magic Knight Rayearth, Card Captor Sakura, Tsubasa, GATE 7 and XXXHOLiC Rei will be on display, as well as the illustrations that CLAMP did for the Card Captor Sakura mobile game and the serialized novel, Haken Anime!.

There will also be screenings of the anime adaptations of Magic Knight Rayearth and Card Captor Sakura with special guests such as Naomi Tamura, Sakura Tange, Kumai Motoko and Junko Iwao.

Admission fees: 900 yens for advanced purchases; 1000 yens on the days of the event.

Below is a very decent version of the new illustration that CLAMP did for the “Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2013”:

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Source: comic natalie.

Very nice tip if you’re in Kyoto around that time 😉 I hope there will be pictures of this.