it foretells doesn't seem to be all that much better than the present." Mason Templar, writing in Manga: The Complete Guide, gave the series a rating of 1.5 stars out of 4, saying that while there was some "beautiful composition" and praising the ending, criticised the lack of action, the lialogue, and the art claiming: "The artwork is dense and generic, looking more like You Higuri than later CLAMP manga." Modern critics have praised RG Veda for having early depictions of LGBT characters, with the series featuring several same-sex relationships as well as Ashura being genderless. Reviewing the Dark Horse omnibus version, Jason Bradley Thompson of Otaku USA listed RG Veda as "Recommended", saying: "Fast-paced, full of action, and with beautiful artwork even though it's CLAMP's earliest work, it's easy to see why this was a hit when it came out in 1989. ... Best of all, it moves quickly, avoiding the tendency to drag out the foreshadowing that afflicts many manga of this type (and even CLAMP's own series X)." Ian Wolf gave the series 10 out of 10 in MyM, praising the artwork, characters, backgrounds and clothing designs. Anime A review of the RG Veda anime OVA by The Anime Review describes the anime as, "a dud", giving it a C− rating and writing that: "Although the artwork is fantastic, for an action-adventure show, the pacing is horrendous." They also added: "The only redeeming quality is that the OVA manages to get somewhere near the end, at least resolving the basic plot it had created while leaving itself wide open for sequels." Jeremy A Beard of THEM Anime Reviews gave the anime two out of five stars, describing the RG Veda OVA as: "easily the worst CLAMP anime adaptation to date." References External links 1989 manga 1991 anime OVAs Adventure anime and manga Central Park Media Dark Horse Comics titles Works by Clamp (manga artists) Fantasy anime and manga Rigveda Shinshokan manga Tokyopop titles