What is the CLAMP School?

The CLAMP School was founded by the Imonoyama zaibatsu, one of the most prominent financial families in all of Japan well-known for their great wealth, charity, and business skills. The school was founded on the premise that they would accept students of all backgrounds, which means that race, religion, and financial status are not taken into consideration. The only exception is that the students would have to be the best and brightest, with some special talent that would be valuable to the whole of society and the people living in it.

About the CLAMP School

The CLAMP campus houses as many as 10,000 talented students and have classes ranging from the kindergarden division all the way up to the university level. The divisions include kindergarden, elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university (though the university division seems to be a bit tinier than the rest). The entire school is run by a very prominent figure called the Chairman. However, since the school administration wanted to give the students as much control as possible, the actual day to day running of the school is done by the students themselves. The students in each division elect the student council for their own division, and the student government practically runs the school (which explains why Nokoru and Utako seem to have so many duties and so much power).

CLAMP School's REAL Claim to Fame!

However, in addition to being famous for the great number of talented students it houses and for having the backing of the Imonoyama family, the CLAMP School is also well-known for another thing -- the great festivals it holds! The CLAMP kids love to party, and as we see in the anime Nokoru is always off organizing some festival, ball, or event of some sort! Strange thing is that very few festivals are open to the public, but hey, good things are often rarely free ^_~

What Makes it Special

I just love the concept of the CLAMP School, and it makes me giggle every time. It seems CLAMP loves to recycle its characters and a lot of them seem to be students at the CLAMP Campus at one time or another. I mean, the characters from Duklyon, Please 20 Masks, and even Miyuki herself all make an appearance. It's quite comical! Hell, even the adorable Kamui from X is a student at CLAMP School. Isn't it nice to see a connection between all the animation we're so fond of? I mean the only manga/anime series that doesn't have any connection with the CLAMP Campus is Card Captor Sakura, and I for one would LOVE to see a Sakura or Tomoyo meets Nokoru type story ^_~. All you fanfic authors out there, any takers anybody?