#angelic layer

[memspark]

[lschmidtartblog]

I feel like no one ever talks about Angelic Layer when talking about CLAMP series' but it's girls, robot dolls, and wrestling. What's more to love?

[deltamiyo]

very self indulgent set of designs for the handful of angelic layer enjoyers out there.

Originally started out as char having a little amuro doll, and then amuro having a char one… and then realized that Lalah would probably be the deus for them both! Her puppeteering the two of em feels apt, with her haunting the narrative constantly…

Designing these were really fun, albeit challenging. Angelic Layer designs are super simplistic in color and shape, but work to create an instantly recognizable silhouette. Still don’t think these look nearly as show-accurate as id like but hey, char’s hermes hat was pretty fun to design at least! : )

[maboroshi-magazine]

Ilustración hecha por CLAMP de Hikaru (Angelic Layer)

[zephyrprince8]

[marighoul]

some old Angelic Layer fanart

[manekinekocake]

[zoe-oneesama]

Yeah, I tried to get into Angelic Layer a couple of times but I always stopped just a couple of episodes in. I don’t know if it’s the quality of the show or my attention span. But I’m excited for your au since the concept is really interesting.

I fully admit that it's not very engaging. This video by MaryLoveMew goes into a bit of the failure in Angelic Layer conceptually - CLAMP tried to pivot after Cardcaptor Sakura into something that would appeal to girls and boys, tried to do a reverse Evangelion by making the mech suits into tiny dolls, aaaand didn't really put their heart into either of those directions.

The writing is pretty juvenile, even more so than CCS, and the action is pretty basic. On top of that, the characters and interpersonal relationships lack depth, and it really lacks actual stakes compared to most sports anime. There's a reason that you can only find, like, One Single item in the CLAMP store that ONLY features an Angelic Layer character, CLAMP tries pretty hard to have you forget this series, despite it being the jumping off point for Chobits, which was vastly more popular.