Angelic Layer

Angelic Layer
Manga volume 1 cover (English edition), featuring Misaki Suzuhara (left) and Hikaru
エンジェリックレイヤー (Enjerikku Reiyā)
Genre	Adventure[1] Science fiction comedy[1]
Manga
Written by	Clamp
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	NA: Tokyopop (expired) Dark Horse Comics
Magazine	Shōnen Ace
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	July 1, 1999 – October 1, 2001
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Battle Doll Angelic Layer
Directed by	Hiroshi Nishikiori
Produced by	Masahiko Minami Shinsaku Hatta Taihei Yamanishi
Written by	Ichirō Ōkouchi
Music by	Kohei Tanaka
Studio	Bones
Licensed by	AUS: Madman Entertainment (expired) AnimeLab via Crunchyroll (expired) NA: ADV Films (expired) Sentai Filmworks (2015-07-22[2]) UK: Anime Limited
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	NA: Anime Network ZA: Animax
Original run	April 1, 2001 – September 23, 2001
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)

Angelic Layer (Japanese: エンジェリックレイヤー, Hepburn: Enjerikku Reiyā) is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. The manga was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It was the group's first work using a significantly pared-down style, which lowered emphasis on detail and accentuated posing and gestures. It would later be repeated in series like Chobits and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series produced by Bones titled Angelic Layer: Battle Doll (機動天使エンジェリックレイヤー, Kidō Tenshi Enjerikku Reiyā, lit., "Angelic Layer: Mobile Angel") which aired on TV Tokyo from April 1, 2001 – September 23, 2001. Seven volumes of videos were released by ADV Films on VHS and DVD in 2003. It was re-released in 2005 as a five-volume box set.^[3] North American publisher Dark Horse Comics re-released Angelic Layer in omnibus format in 2011.^[4] Sentai Filmworks re-released the series under their Sentai Selects label on November 24, 2015. Anime Limited re-released the series in the United Kingdom in 2018.^[5]

Angelic Layer takes place in the same universe as Clamp's later work Chobits, which similarly deals with the relationship between humans, human-created devices, toys, and godlike power. Several characters also appear in Clamp's Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle including most of the main characters, as well as the angel Blanche.