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Ip.
RG Veda which comes from the Hindu sacred writing Rig Veda is a
colorful legendary story featuring gods and religious characters.
Although CLAMP borrowed ideas and names from Hindu/Buddhist mythology,
RG-VEDA has very little to do with them in terms of story. This manga
is CLAMP's first major work.
Before the story actually begins
Three hundred years ago, there was a rebel against the reign of
Ten-Tai (Emperor by the gods) by Taishaku-Ten who was then the "god of
thunder", which was later refered to as the "Holy War". That was a
cruel war. Even the then strongest god-race "Ashura-clan" was
defeated by Taishaku-Ten's army. Ashura-Ou, who was the god-king of
the Ashura-clan, also known as the Protector Warrior of the god and
emperor, lost to Taishaku-Ten. Shashi, who was the queen of
Ashura-Ou, betrayed him, and later married to Taishaku-Ten while
bearing the child of Ashura-Ou. This child was born together with a
brother of a different father who later was known as Ten-Ou. Shashi,
who wanted to get rid of this child of the Ashura-clan, even planned
to kill him. Since then, the baby Ashura (so called because the heir
of a god-king will inherit the position and the name of the god-king)
was sealed in a kekkai for 300 years.
The manga
The manga story starts with a prophecy
by Kuyou, a star seeress who had served the former Ten-Tai. It was
fortold that a group of six warriors, called the Six Stars, would
overthrown the power of Taishaku-Ten. This group, led by Ashura,
would be known as the dark stars which opposed the Heavenly Stars.
And when these six stars gathered together, it would mean the end of
Taishaku-Ten's rule.
The anime.
There are two volumes of anime (OAV) produced based on the manga. The
first one, name translated as "Ice Castle
Fire Hell" was related to the story in RG VEDA vol.4, featuring
the "demon princess" Aizen, who should have died 300 years ago in the
Holy War.
The story was somewhat altered in the anime, which include
Yasha-Ou's attack on Ashura, the addition of Karura-Ou in the crew,
and Kujaku's nature and power. The setting of the second OAV, name
known as "Twin Castle Fire Thunder" (not sure) was at the Emperor's
castle - Zenmijou.
As the name of the OAV suggests, there is a twin of the castle -- the
Ashura-Jou
which was right underneath the castle of the Emperor. In this OAV,
Ashura, for the first time in life, met the "brother" Ten-Ou. The
shadow of Ashura-Ou also talked to Ashura in the anime.
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