CLAMP (Circle) Marketplace Listing on Otaku Republic
Dublin Core
Title
CLAMP (Circle) Marketplace Listing on Otaku Republic
Subject
Dōjinshi; digital distribution; online marketplace; CLAMP; secondhand circulation; platform-based sales; fan work commerce
Description
A commercial marketplace listing page for the circle CLAMP on Otaku Republic, a Japan-based online retailer specializing in secondhand dōjinshi and related fan goods. The page aggregates 44 items attributed to CLAMP as a dōjinshi circle, including works from their active fan publication period (1987–1991) such as POTATO CLUB. This object documents the current state of dōjinshi digital circulation infrastructure, in which works originally sold at convention booths and through postal mail-order systems now circulate through third-party commercial platforms. During CLAMP's active dōjinshi period, distribution relied on event-based sales and postal mail-order facilitated through catalog listings. The transition to commercial aggregator platforms like Otaku Republic, Mandarake, and Toranoana represents a significant shift in distribution infrastructure. While these platforms improve discoverability and reduce the risk of digital loss associated with earlier free hosting services such as GeoCities Japan (closed April 2019), they also restructure the relationship between creators and readers by introducing commercial intermediaries. Metadata on these platforms is typically limited to title, circle name, price, and page count, with little contextual information about production circumstances, event history, or adaptation relationships.
Creator
CLAMP (circle)
Source
Otaku Republic (otakurepublic.com)
Publisher
Otaku Republic
Date
2026 (accessed March 2026)
Rights
Platform content copyright held by Otaku Republic. Individual dōjinshi copyrights held by CLAMP. Referenced for research and educational purposes.
Relation
Related to: POTATO CLUB (REPO001). This platform listing includes POTATO CLUB among its 44 CLAMP circle items, documenting the work's continued circulation through digital commercial infrastructure decades after its original event-based distribution. Related to: Comic Market 88 Catalog (REPO002). The catalog represents the event-based distribution system from which these works originally entered circulation.
Format
Web page (HTML)
Language
English; Japanese
Type
Interactive Resource
Identifier
REPO003
Coverage
Japan; global (online platform accessible worldwide)
Website Item Type Metadata
Local URL
https://otakurepublic.com/product/tag_page.html?tags=161553&ref=product_page&type=desc_link_circle
Citation
CLAMP (circle), “CLAMP (Circle) Marketplace Listing on Otaku Republic,” Omeka, accessed May 16, 2026, https://omeka.ischool.utoronto.ca/items/show/661.