Clamp Exhibition
Manga lovers, as well as those simply curious about this dynamic and enduring element of contemporary Japanese culture, should check out this career-so-far retrospective from Clamp. This four-strong, all-female collective, hailing from Kyoto and Osaka, are among the country’s most critically and commercially successful mangaka. With well over 100 million manga book sales to their name, Clamp’s most famed titles include ‘Cardcaptor Sakura’ and ‘xxxHolic’. This extensive exhibition celebrates the collective’s success by tracing their story from the 1980s, when Clamp were founded as an eleven-member group to create dojinshi (self-published manga), right through to their character design for 2024 anime ‘The Grimm Variations’, which was released worldwide on Netflix. Exhibits unfold across the venue’s vast space in five consecutive themes: ‘C for Color’, ‘L for Love’, ‘A for Adventure’, ‘M for Magic’, and ‘P for Phrase’. The exhibition is closed on Tuesdays.
