At Book Expo America Tokyopop announced the release of two new manga trade paperbacks this summer. Angelic Layer will ship in June, while Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow will ship in July. Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow and Angelic Layer will be published in Tokyopop's 'authentic' manga, right-to-left, back-to-front format (see 'Tokyopop To Publish Manga in Japanese Format' and 'Manga Right-To-Left, Will it Fly'). Like the other books in Tokyopop 'authentic' manga series, the two new titles will retail for $9.99.
Both Angelic Layer and Cardcaptor Sakura were created by the highly popular, all-female artist collective known as CLAMP (Satsuki Igarshi, Nanase Ohkawa, Mick Nekoi, and Mokona Apapa). The CLAMP group is responsible for many of the best-selling shojo titles in Japan including, Chobits, Clover, Magic Knight Rayearth, and X.
Angelic Layer recounts the adventures of 12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara, who wants to excel at the futuristic sport of Angelic Layer -- basically battle tournaments for 'electronic' angel dolls hatched from eggs.