Clamp School Detectives
Japanese manga series
Clamp School Detectives (Japanese: CLAMP学園探偵団, Hepburn: Kuranpu Gakuen Tanteidan), also known as CLAMP Campus Detectives, is a manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Studio Pierrot. The manga series was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Asuka manga magazine between January 1992 and October 1993, spanning three tankōbon, while the anime premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo between May 3, 1997, and October 25, 1997.
An early work of the all-female manga artist group Clamp, the series outlines the adventures of the Elementary School Student Board in their attempt to better the lives of the female population of Clamp School.
Tokyopop have released the manga in English across North America in three volumes. Now it's currently available on Kindle through Viz Media. Bandai Entertainment released the anime as one of their initial titles. It is now licensed by Maiden Japan. The anime series has been translated and dubbed into English by the anime television network, Animax, who have broadcast the series across its respective English-language networks in Southeast Asia and India.
Plot
The Clamp School Detectives is a series of episodic cases.
Characters
Main characters
Nokoru Imonoyama (妹之山 残, Imonoyama Nokoru)
A 6th grade student and the elementary school board chairman.
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