Calling All Anime/Manga Fans -- Can You I.D. this Tarot?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 27 May 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Jeannette	27 May 2004
I just put a new anime tarot into the Tarot Garden database... but it came without a box or title card. As such, I have no clue what it really is, although it appears to have come from Hong Kong, and the illustrations are definitely in the anime/manga style. Does anyone recognize the characters depicted? Here's the link to the database entry with the button to see the samples: http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=unknown+anime+tarot -- Jeannette The Tarot Garden

September Pixie	27 May 2004
Sorry, I cannot help, but I am definately interested if its for sale :D I just PM'd you.

laura_borealis	28 May 2004
I can't identify it, but the style reminds me of CLAMP (manga artist collective who have done many titles -- Chobits and Cardcaptor Sakura, to name just two). The little wings in the border especially look like CLAMP-wings.

Logiatrix	28 May 2004
Yes, I agree with laura_borealis. The style reminds me a lot of the "Clow" cards from the "Cardcaptor" series. :)

moon_mermaid	29 May 2004
Hi Jeannette, This set is drawn by a Taiwan lady named Selena Lam. It should be sold in a box set with 78 cards and a book in chinese. The minor are pips cards. The style is an imitation of anime style and not base on any japan animation. This set is just published in April 2004. Cheers! Moon_mermaid

Jeannette	29 May 2004
Thanks so much, moon_mermaid! I've updated our database entry to include the artist's name. Do you have any idea what the name of the 78 card boxed set is? -- Jeannette The Tarot Garden

moon_mermaid	29 May 2004
Oops when I left home, I just realized that I did not mention the name of the tarot. The name: Grecian Eudaemon Tarot It is published by a Taiwan publisher Sharp Point Publishing. It has published many Japanese tarot cards (in chinese version) and Taiwanese own designed tarot cards e.g. Pandora's Tarot. I just check out the publisher's site and it said that the designer is a comic artist. Hope this is useful. Cheers! moon_mermaid

Jeannette	02 Jun 2004
That's fabulous, moon_maiden. I've updated everything in our database. Sorry I didn't thank you earlier -- 'twas quite a hectic weekend around here. Now I just hope that one of my current distributors can get the 78 card edition for me... :) -- Jeannette The Tarot Garden

The Calling All Anime/Manga Fans -- Can You I.D. this Tarot? thread was originally posted on 27 May 2004 in the Tarot Decks board, and is now archived in the Forum Library. Read the active threads in Tarot Decks, or read more archived threads.