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Magic Knight Rayearth

Magic Knight Rayearth
A book cover. Near the top is text reading Magic Knight Rayearth. At the side, text reads Tokyopop. Below the number one in white is a framed picture of a girl clad in red and pink wielding a sword against a background of flames. White text at the bottom reads Clamp.
Tokyopop's re-release of Magic Knight Rayearth I Volume 1
魔法騎士 レイアース
(Majikku Naito Reiāsu)
Genre Magical girl, mecha, action, adventure
Manga
Written by Clamp
Published by Kodansha
English publisher
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Nakayoshi
English magazine
Original run November 1993 – April 1996
Volumes 6
Anime television series
Directed by Toshihiro Hirano
Produced by Mikihiro Iwata
Michihiko Suwa
Shigeki Nakamura
Masahito Yoshioka
Written by Keiko Maruo
Nanase Ohkawa
Music by Hayato Matsuo
Studio Tōkyō Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
Original network Yomiuri TV, NNS, ABS-CBN, GMA Network
Original run October 17, 1994 – November 27, 1995
Episodes 49 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Rayearth
Directed by Keitaro Motonaga
Written by Manabu Nakamura
Music by Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio Tōkyō Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
Released 1997
Runtime 45 minutes (each)
Episodes 3
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Magic Knight Rayearth (魔法騎士（マジックナイト）レイアース Majikku Naito Reiāsu?) is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of Magic Knight Rayearth were collected into three bound volumes by Kodansha, and published from July 1994 to March 1995. A sequel was serialized in the same manga magazine from the March 1995 issue to the April 1996 issue, and was published by Kodansha in three bound volumes from to July 1995 to April 1996. The series follows three eighth-grade girls who find themselves transported from modern-day Japan into a magical world, where they are tasked with rescuing a princess.

Rayearth combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy. The manga was adapted into two anime series in 1994 and an original video animation (OVA) in 1997.

Magic Knight Rayearth focuses on three eighth-grade girls: tomboyish and headstrong Hikaru Shidou (獅堂 光 Shidō Hikaru?); the quick-tempered and no-nonsense only child Umi Ryuuzaki (龍咲 海 Ryūzaki Umi?); and intelligent and ladylike Fuu Hououji (鳳凰寺 風 Hōōji Fū?). While on a field trip to the Tokyo Tower with their respective schools, the girls find themselves drawn into another world, Cephiro. There they learn that Cephiro is influenced by one's will and that the Pillar maintains Cephiro through prayer. The girls are then tasked with rescuing the current Pillar, Princess Emeraude, from her abductor, the high priest and antagonist Zagato, after which they will be returned to Tokyo.


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