RG Veda, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Clamp (Author), Christine Schilling (Translator)

Book Description

Series: RG Veda | Publication Date: April 12, 2005

The breakout manga that put CLAMP on the map!At the dawn of creation, the world was a beautiful and tranquil place. Gods and humans lived peacefully together under the Heavenly Emperor's rule. But Taishakuten, a powerful warlord, rebelled against the King, and a violent, chaotic age began....Three hundred years later, Kuyou, the strongest warrior in the land, hears the prophetic words of a revered stargazer: Six Stars will one day assemble and overthrow this bloody reign. Now, the quest begins to find the Six Stars and fulfill the prophecy before the heavens are torn apart!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 8 Up–Everything about this novel screams epic: from the vast cast of characters to its stylized battles and multiple settings. Set 300 years ago, the story is about an evil emperor and the two people who are trying to fulfill a prophecy to overturn his cruel reign. It is full of mythology and religion that some readers will not understand, and that also slow its pace. Some of the spiritual concepts are complex enough to make teens reread the book several times to grasp them fully. Readers who want a manga novel with a little more depth will find what they're looking for here.–Scott La Counte, Anaheim Public Library, CA
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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (April 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595324844
• ISBN-13: 978-1595324849
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Clamp, stylized as CLAMP, is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader Nanase Ohkawa, who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively, and three artists whose roles shift for each series: Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi. Almost 100 million Clamp tankōbon copies have been sold worldwide as of October 2007.

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love at first sight...., May 31, 2005

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K. J. Romans (Silverdale, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RG Veda, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I almost flipped out when I first saw this. Finally! RG Veda was getting translated! I first came across this series when it was still in the original Japanese text. That didn't stop me however from buying it and reading the translations from online. That is how much I loved it.
True it is alot different from the Clamp today. That's because it was one of Clamps first works! So be gentle when reading and reviewing. The art work in my opinion is one of they're best to date. They seem to lack nowadays in the detail department.
The book is about fate. The ever popular theme of Clamp. A baby is found by a King. He is said to be Ashura. The child of a long destroyed clan of warriors. Who is this kid anyways? What does he have to do with the prophecy of a star gazer? And what does Yasha, the king who found Ashura and the rest of the six stars have to do with it? Well lets just say heaven and earth is never going to be the same again!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Well Done Entry in the Clamp Library, April 6, 2005

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Rob O "destruktolux" (AR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RG Veda, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

RG Veda is Clamp's first official outing as a manga series, as touted on the cover. Much of Clamp's older catalog seems to have been passed up in favor of other titles, such as Rayearth or Cardcaptor Sakura that have more direct mainstream appeal. Yet, this volume and the nearly complete run (as of this writing) of Tokyo Babylon show a real intellectualism and variety on the part of Clamp that hasn't shown up as much in their work since they became more encompassed within the mainstream.
RG Veda isn't perfect. It's slow, and very obscure. As near as I can tell, it's only superficially based on concepts from Hindu religion and cosmology, though I'm not nearly that familiar with it all the way through. I expected it to be a very rough book (along the lines of the raw early volumes of Tokyo Babylon) but in fact, this is possibly one of the most technically cultivated and consistant volumes they've ever done that I've seen (with the exception of perhaps Shirahime-Syo). They very seldom rely on interjections of goofy humor and simplified cartoons to emphasize humorous moments as they do in later volumes. For the most part, this book sets out to be as epic as possible.
It's slightly longer than most manga, at nearly 200 full pages, and with the obscure subject you'll at least need to read this twice. This is a must for fans of Clamp, but if you haven't filled out full runs of Tokyo Babylon or Chobits, I would advise starting there, first.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of my faves!, November 10, 2006

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Neisan-kun "Think's manga is Awesome!" (Battlefield Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RG Veda, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Please remember, this is CLAMP's 2nd series, and is still very green, so keep the insults to a minimum.

I really enjoyed reading this manga. However, the only problem with it is that the first volume is slow. But, after that, the story line is very dramatic, and for the older readers. While some people *cough cough* who wrote a studid review because the simply can't handle the serious plot line. i reccommned this serious for people who can handle a serious plot, if you are looking for funny CLAMP manga, I recommend Miyuki-chan in Wonderland, CLAMP School Detectives, xxxHolic, or Chobits.