CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
I can't decide whether this is a nice bonus to the Cardcaptor Sakura series or whether it's simply superfluous. I bought it expecting a few more images than what it actually provides - and the images provided are just about all this book does for me.
Essentially, it's a collection of all the Clow Cards. It's nice to see their artworks up close and have some information about them. But then there's the whole rest of the book that explains how these cards are laid to read fortunes. I'm sure it's of interest to some, however, personally, I couldn't care less.
Dieses „Zusatzbuch“ zu Card Captor Sakura beschreibt, wie man die Clow Cards (oder andere Spielkarten) als Tarotkarten auslegen und deuten kann. Mir hat dieses Buch leider wenig gegeben, jedoch fand ich die Zeichnungen der Karten, wie immer, wünderschön. Die Mädels von CLAMP! Können einfach traumhaft zeichnen!