is the
pen name
A pen name or nom-de-plume is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen name may be used to make the author's na ...
of the lead artist,
colorist
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, and composition designer of the all-female
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
-artist team
Clamp.
She was formerly known as ; she dropped her last name because she claimed it sounded too "immature".
Clamp has had a huge impact on the "manga explosion" according to an account in ''
The New York Times
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'' in 2006. Their artwork has been characterized as "wispy", "fluid", and "dramatic" which has resonated with both male and female demographic readers of manga. The ''
Tsubasa'' manga sold over a million copies in the
United States
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, and television programs and DVD spinoffs based on the concept have been successful as well.
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Living people
Clamp (manga artists)
1968 births
Japanese women artists
Japanese female comics artists
Manga artists
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