Angelic Layer | |
エンジェリックレイヤー (Enjerikku Reiyā) | |
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Genre | |
Manga | |
Written by | Clamp |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
English publisher |
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Magazine | Shōnen Ace |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | July 1, 1999 – October 1, 2001 |
Volumes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Battle Doll Angelic Layer | |
Directed by | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
Produced by |
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Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
Music by | Kohei Tanaka |
Studio | Bones |
Licensed by |
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Original network | TV Tokyo |
English network | |
Original run | April 1, 2001 – September 23, 2001 |
Episodes | 26 |
Angelic Layer (Japanese: エンジェリックレイヤー, Hepburn: Enjerikku Reiyā) is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. The manga was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It was the group's first work using a significantly pared-down style, which lowered emphasis on detail and accentuated posing and gestures. It would later be repeated in series like Chobits and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.
The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series produced by Bones titled Angelic Layer: Battle Doll (機動天使エンジェリックレイヤー, Kidō Tenshi Enjerikku Reiyā, lit., "Angelic Layer: Mobile Angel") which aired on TV Tokyo from April 1, 2001 – September 23, 2001. Seven volumes of videos were released by ADV Films on VHS and DVD in 2003. It was re-released in 2005 as a five-volume box set.[3] North American publisher Dark Horse Comics re-released Angelic Layer in omnibus format in 2011.[4] Sentai Filmworks re-released the series under their Sentai Selects label on November 24, 2015. Anime Limited re-released the series in the United Kingdom in 2018.[5]
Angelic Layer takes place in the same universe as Clamp's later work Chobits, which similarly deals with the relationship between humans, human-created devices, toys, and godlike power. Several characters also appear in Clamp's Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle including most of the main characters, as well as the angel Blanche.