Confusion re: CLAMP

[spleen.livejournal.com]

When I was reading the official website for credits and I read this:

キャラクターデザイン原案: ＣＬＡＭＰ

Which means the original character designs are by CLAMP. But since then read in several places that it was originally produced/created by CLAMP, so I'm confused.

My Japanese isn't that great (maybe I missed something?), so I ask for comfirmation: What is CLAMP's part in this series? Are they related to the manga? I had believed the anime came before the manga, am I mistaken?

It's weird when several sources all say different things, though I don't see where anything official says these things. -_o

I'm inclinded to believe the official website, and that some fan websites and such are mistaken.

Thank you for any comfirmation ahead of time.

Comments

[rukawagf.livejournal.com]

what this person said.

Clamp might give suggestions to what the characters are like since they did the design. but it is totally up to Sunrise what they want to do with them. They are considered Sunrise characters, with Clamp as designers.

There is no previous existing Code Geass anything. No manga, no novels, nothing. Totally Sunrise's original work

[rukawagf.livejournal.com]

No no, I do know there is manga. And novels if i'm correct.

My answer was there is no PREVIOUS existing Code geass manga, novels or any work related with Code Geass. It's original work was first produced by Sunrise Entertainment. Then they collaborated and brought manga and novels into existence.

[ariadnechan.livejournal.com]

yes but i want to pointed out the exact work of Clamp like the say so in a Clamp radio special, and remark the fact of the manga in existance have no relation to the anime is only a comple the info you give :)

[rukawagf.livejournal.com]

oh. okies. lol.

All i was saying was, Clamp did not make a manga which turned into anime. You were just pointing out other areas where Clamp did something for Code Geass.

I was a bit confused haha.

[ariadnechan.livejournal.com]

there is a manga but the manga is no related in anything to the anime
Sunrise and specificaly the director friend of Clamp want to do a serie based in the manga but only for the mecha and the basic trama but he wants strong a upper characters in it so he talk with Clamp and the designe characters and some background for them this in a lot in conversation with the director and Clamp still have this conversation with the director but the history line is from him and sunrise