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.
Cover art of Tokyopop's re-release of Magic Knight Rayearth I Volume 1, featuring Hikaru Shidou
魔法騎士(マジックナイト)レイアース
(Majikku Naito Reiāsu)
Genre
Manga
Written byClamp
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineNakayoshi
English magazine
DemographicShōjo
Original runNovember 1993 – April 1996
Volumes6
Anime television series
Directed byToshihiro Hirano
Produced byMikihiro Iwata
Michihiko Suwa
Shigeki Nakamura
Masahito Yoshioka
Written byKeiko Maruo
Nanase Ohkawa
Music byHayato Matsuo
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
Original networkNNS (ytv)
English network
Original run October 17, 1994 – November 27, 1995
Episodes49 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Rayearth
Directed byToshihiro Hirano
Written byManabu Nakamura
Music byToshihiko Sahashi
StudioTMS-Kyokuichi
Licensed by
Released July 25, 1997 – December 10, 1997
Runtime45 minutes (each)
Episodes3
Anime
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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. They were 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. It was published by Kodansha in three bound volumes from 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. A new anime project has been announced.

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