Magic Knight Rayearth

Magic Knight Rayearth
	Cover art of Tokyopop's re-release of Magic Knight Rayearth I Volume 1, featuring Hikaru Shidou
魔法騎士（マジックナイト）レイアース; (Majikku Naito Reiāsu)
Genre	Magic Knight Rayearth:; Isekai, mecha, sword and sorcery; Rayearth:; Dark fantasy;
Manga
Written by	Clamp
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	NA: Kodansha Comics;
Magazine	Nakayoshi
English magazine	NA: MixxZine;
Original run	November 1993 – April 1996
Volumes	6
Anime television series
Directed by	Toshihiro Hirano
Produced by	Mikihiro Iwata; Michihiko Suwa; Shigeki Nakamura; Masahito Yoshioka;
Written by	Keiko Maruo; Nanase Ohkawa;
Music by	Hayato Matsuo
Studio	Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by	BI: Anime Limited; NA: Discotek Media;
Original network	NNS (YTV, NTV)
English network	SG: Kids Central;
Original run	October 17, 1994 – November 27, 1995
Episodes	49
Original video animation
Rayearth
Directed by	Toshihiro Hirano
Written by	Manabu Nakamura
Music by	Toshihiko Sahashi
Studio	TMS-Kyokuichi
Licensed by	BI: Crunchyroll UK and Ireland; NA: Manga Entertainment;
Released	July 25, 1997 – December 10, 1997
Runtime	45 minutes (each)
Episodes	3
Anime television series
Directed by	Yui Miura
Written by	Shigeru Murakoshi
Music by	Yuki Kajiura; Takumi Ozawa; Shiho Terada;
Studio	E&H Production (animation); TMS Entertainment (production and planning);
Licensed by	SEA: Medialink;
Original network	ANN (TV Asahi)
Original run	October 7, 2026 – scheduled

Magic Knight Rayearth (Japanese: 魔法騎士（マジックナイト）レイアース, Hepburn: Majikku Naito Reiāsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Clamp. Appearing as a serial in the manga magazine Nakayoshi from the November 1993 issue to the February 1995 issue, the chapters of Magic Knight Rayearth were collected into three bound volumes by Kodansha. They were published from July 1994 to March 1995. A sequel was serialized in the same manga magazine from the March 1995 issue to the April 1996 issue. It was published by Kodansha in three bound volumes from July 1995 to April 1996.

The series follows three eighth-grade girls who find themselves transported from modern-day Japan into a magical world, where they are tasked with rescuing a princess. Rayearth combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy. The manga was adapted into two anime series in 1994 and an original video animation (OVA) in 1997. A new anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in October 2026.