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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)
      Magic Knight Rayearth 2 (TV 2) (adaptation)

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
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
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: 342 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 26 votes (sub:10, dub:7, English:4, Por.sub:2, raw:2, German:1)
 Excellent: 65 votes (dub:22, English:20, sub:15, ?:3, Spanish:1, raw:1, Por.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 83 votes (English:31, dub:19, sub:19, ?:5, Fre.sub:3, raw:2, Portuguese:2, edit.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Good: 83 votes (English:36, sub:24, dub:11, ?:5, French:1, Fre.dub:1, Portuguese:1, Swe.sub:1, German:1, Danish:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Decent: 46 votes (English:23, dub:8, sub:7, ?:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1, French:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Fre.sub:1)
 So-so: 23 votes (English:16, sub:2, ?:1, dub:1, Portuguese:1, raw:1, Ita.sub:1)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:5, English:3, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 6 votes (English:5, Fre.sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (English:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 890 users, rank: #43
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.418 (Good+.41), std. dev.: 1.5832, rank: #1488
Weighted mean: 7.324 (Good+.32), rank: #1490 (seen all: 7.53 / seen some: 6.57 / won't finish: 4.97)
Bayesian estimate: 7.330 (Good+.32), rank: #1110
Number of tankoubon: 3
Vintage:
1993-11 to 1995-02 (serialized in Nakayoshi)
2006-08-25 to 2006-10-25 (Sweden)
Releases: We have 16
Links: We have 1
In the news 19 times:
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2009-03-26   CLAMP's Mangettes: Gate 7's Cover Posted on Amazon Japan
2008-12-15   Amazon Canada Lists CLAMP's Mangettes: Gate 7 in August
2008-09-05   Zeorymer Omega Manga Revives 1980s Robot Title
2008-07-31   Japanese Gov't Hosts World Cosplay Summit Finalists
2007-12-12   World Cosplay Summit Announces American Finalists
2005-12-13   Working Designs Shuts Down
2003-08-03   Tokyopop August release dates
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Related releases:
    Magic Knight Rayearth (GN 1) 2007-06-30 (from $7.49)
    Magic Knight Rayearth (GN 1-3) 2007-06-01 (from $15.30)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Story & Art: CLAMP

 (none)
Japanese companies 

Publisher: Kodansha

English staff 

Translation: Anita Sengupta

Adaptation: Jamie S. Rich

Associate Editor:
Jake Forbes (Vol. 4-5)
Katherine Kim (Vol. 5-6)

Copy Editor: 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

English cast 
(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 

Director: Claudia Bovini

Translation: Rie Zushi

Adaption: Andrea Baricordi

Amnistration: Maria Grazia Acacia

Graphics:
Andrea Baricordi
Andrea Pietroni
Barbara Rossi
Marco Tamagnini
Massimiliano de Giovanni

Lettering: Sabrina Daviddi

Printer: Grafiche Bovini

Proof Reader: Monica Carpino

Publishing Director: Giovanni Bovini

Technical Supervision: Sergio Selvi

 (none)
Italian companies 

Publisher: Editions Star Comics

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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