her living close to temples and shrines as a child. When the series debuted, in order to secure a continued run Clamp had to surpass sales of the first tankobon volume. The first print run sold out, and as a result the group were given no other conditions to continue production. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Clamp, the RG Veda chapters were serialized in Wings from 1989 to 1996. Shinshokan collected the chapters in ten tankōbon volumes. The first was published on February 10, 1990; the final was released on May 15, 1996. RG Veda is licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop. It released the first volume on April 12, 2005 and the final volume on September 11, 2007. The series was then re-released by Dark Horse Comics in a series of three collected editions, coming out between August 24, 2016 and August 15, 2018. Anime RG Veda was adapted into a two-part original video anime between 1991 and 1992, adapting part of the middle of the story. It was produced by Animate Film. It was released in the United States by Central Park Media and in the United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment. British anime critic Jonathan Clements has stated RG Veda was part of a series UK anime releases meant to follow the success of the film Akira but failed to live up to it, giving anime a bad reputation in the UK sci-fi circles. Reception Manga In his review of Volume 1 of the TokyoPop release, Carlo Santos of the Anime News Network gave RG Veda a B grading. He commented that while the series was not their best work, "CLAMP's florid art style is already fully developed", and: "Principal artist Mokona Apapa shows great confidence in her linework, rendering the characters with dramatic expressions and poses. These characters look awfully alike, though—'that dude with the dark, wavy hair' could be any one of three or four possible candidates. In fact, it might not even be a dude." A review on IGN of the first volume criticised the opening for being too heavy on exposition, but added that it got better after the first chapter and a half and that they wanted to continue reading after they completed the volume. They also praised the prophecy at the heart of the story for being, "one of the more interesting ones in that the future