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Magic Knight Rayearth (manga)

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[ serialized in [Nakayoshi] ]

Related anime:
    Magic Knight Rayearth (TV) (adaptation)
      Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (TV 2) (sequel)
      Rayearth (OAV) (alternate retelling)
    Magic Knight Rayearth II (manga) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Guerreiras Mágicas de Rayearth (Portuguese)
Luchadoras de Leyenda (Spanish)
Rayearth
魔法騎士[マジックナイト]レイアース (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Themes: magical girl
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, girls from separate schools, find themselves linked together as they fall through the floor during a field trip to the Tokyo Tower. They land in a place called Cephiro, where their will controls what happens. They meet with Guru Clef and find out that they were summoned to save Princess Emeraude who has been imprisoned by High Priest Zagato. They learn magic and acquire weapons on their quest to save Cephiro from the evils of Zagato.
User Ratings: 411 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:10, dub:7, Eng:5, raw:2, others:3
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 German
)
 Excellent: 79 votes (Eng:32, dub:23, sub:15, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 107 votes (Eng:49, dub:21, sub:20, ?:5, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:9
3 French subtitled
3 Portuguese
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 German
)
 Good: 105 votes (Eng:56, sub:24, dub:13, ?:5, others:7
1 Swedish subtitled
1 Danish
1 French dubbed
1 German
1 French
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese
)
 Decent: 50 votes (Eng:27, dub:8, sub:7, ?:2, edit.dub:1, raw:1, raw:1, others:3
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 25 votes (Eng:17, ?:2, sub:2, dub:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Portuguese
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 10 votes (sub:5, Eng:4, others:1
1 French edited dub
)
 Weak: 7 votes (Eng:6, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Bad: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1038 users, rank: #50 (of 4132)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.445 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.5295, rank: #1914 (of 4135)
Weighted mean: 7.370 (Good+), rank: #1860 (of 4135) (seen all: 7.54 / seen some: 6.66 / won't finish: 4.88)
Bayesian estimate: 7.374 (Good+), rank: #1396 (of 2591)
Number of tankoubon: 3
Vintage:
1993-11 to 1995-02 (serialized in Nakayoshi)
2006-08-25 to 2006-10-25 (Sweden)
Release dates: We have 16
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Graphic novel
    Magic Knight Rayearth (GN 1) 2007-06-30 (from $4.99)
    Magic Knight Rayearth (GN 2) 2003-10-14 (from $4.49)
    Magic Knight Rayearth (GN 3) 2003-12-09 (from $4.99)
    Magic Knight Rayearth (GN 1-3) 2002-10-01
    Magic Knight Rayearth (GN 1-3) 2007-06-01 (from $4.99)
    Magic Knight Rayearth [Omnibus] (GN 1) 2010-11-01 (from $13.40)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: CLAMP
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Anita Sengupta

Adaptation: Jamie S. Rich
Associate Editor:
Jake Forbes (Vol. 4-5)
Katherine Kim (Vol. 5-6)
Copy Editing: Bryce Coleman
Cover Design: Patrick Hook
Editing:
Jake Forbes (Vol. 6)
Joel Baral
Mary Coco
Michael Schuster (Vol. 5-6)
Graphic Assistant:
Dao Sirivisal (Vol. 6)
Steve Kindernay (Vol. 4-6)
Graphic Design: Akemi Imafuku
Layout: Monalisa DeAsis
Production manager: Fred Lui
Retouch:
Aristotle Licuan (Vol. 3)
Carol Conception (Vol. 5)
Henry Liao (Vol. 3)
Jinky De Leon (Vol. 5)
Paul Kahle (Vol. 3)
Romualdo Viray II (Vol. 6)
Roselyn Santos (Vol. 5)
Wilbert Lucana (Vol. 4, 6)
VP of Publishing: Henry Kornman
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: TOKYOPOP
French cast
French staff
Translation:
Myriam Saint-Pierre (Vol. 1)
Raphaël Pasquier (Vol. 1)

Adaptation: François Jacques (Vol. 2-6)
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Pika Édition
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Nacha Medrano (Spain)
Noriko Kishimoto (Spain)

Design: Verónica Casas (Spain)
Digital Editing: Ximena Bolbarán (Spain)
Digital Edition: Fernando Miranda (Spain)
Editing: Mari Carmen Vila (Spain)
Logo Design:
Ferran Delgado (Spain)
Pere Olivé (Spain)
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Italian companies
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Publisher: JBC
Portuguese cast
(none)
Swedish cast
Swedish staff
Translation: Simon Lundström
(none)
Swedish companies
Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen
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