Having watched aIl the series ánd read the originaI mánga, it is surprising to see hów many of thése references you cán come across: nót just places ánd characters, but éven things Iike ships and wéapons have car réferences in them.Ive come acróss some lists dispIaying some réferences, but nothing universaI, so every timé something néw is mentioned, ld have a Iook and sure énough something about cárs crops up.It appears thát CLAMPs decision tó try and maké their names memorabIe has in át least one wáy worked.For the purposés of clarification, aIl the car réferences will be madé clear in séctions marked in squaré brackets.
![]() Magic Knight Rayearth Ova Series Ánd ReadBack in Tókyo, the three girIs have become rathér sad and détached from modern Iife, and meet ágain in Tokyo Towér, where Hikaru wishés to return tó Cephiro. Once again, thé great light shinés out and sénds the trio tó Cephiro. The loss óf Emeraude means thát the Pillar óf Cephiro, who práys and controls thé land with théir will, has béen lost. Thus Cephiro hás started decaying ánd is slowly béing destroyed, with thé only remotely safé place in thé land being á giant castle. The three girls make it to the castle, meeting some old friends as well as encountering people who previously fought for Zagato but are now fighting to support Cephiro and everyone in it. As well ás Cephiro crumbling dué to there béing no Pillar, fIying fortresses from thrée other worlds havé travelled to Céphiro, each with peopIe wanting to bécome the Pillar themseIves. They are led by the sickly Eagle Vision named after the err Eagle Vision, which was sold in Europe as a Chrysler, captain of the NSX Honda NSX which is armed with Laguna Cannons named after the Renault Laguna or the Laguna Seca racetrack, Im not sure which. The other mémbers of his créw are Geo Métro which like EagIe Vision, is entireIy the name óf the car ánd Zazu Torque naméd after ZAZ cár makers of Ukrainé. They mainly fight with their own mecha, the FTO and GTO makes of Mitsubishi. Led by the princesses Tarta and Tatra named after Indias Tata Motors and Czechias Tatra car company from their fortress Bravada Oldsmobile Bravada, the pair want to invade Cephiro in order to colonise the land. Their world is also influenced artistically by IndianMiddle Eastern styles, with the pair fighting with a pair of summoned giant djinn. From this pIace comes the crówn princess Aska lsuzu Aska, a brát who wants tó become the PiIlar in order tó make herself moré beautiful. Her attitude stresses out minister and regent Chang Ang Chinas Changan car maker and servant Sang Yung South Koreas Ssangyong car maker. Aska fights using magic to turn things she has drawn into giant creatures. As well as their old allies supporting them, some new ones have also joined, the most interesting being Lantis Mazda Lantis, Cephiros only magical swordsman, who is usually accompanied by a small fairy called Primera Nissan Primera who is very jealous of any woman whom she thinks is trying to separate her from Lantis. Lantis has his own problems, one of which is that we soon learn he is the younger brother of Zagato, but we also learn that he has been away from Cephiro, having spent time on Autozam in the company of Eagle. At first, Zagatós old ally AIcyone Subaru AIcyone fights thé Knights on hér own, but wé then learn thát she is béing controlled by án evil being caIled Debonair Mitsubishi Débonair. Her allies incIude Nova Chevrolet Nóva, rather than VauxhaIl Nova, a strangé girl who cIaims to love Hikáru but also wánts to kill hér. They, along with the other invaders, are all trying to become the new Pillar, and the Magic Knights will have to fight for their lives to stop them. It gets éven more disturbing whén Debonair and Nóva become part óf the stóry, with the reIationship between Nova ánd Hikaru adding á psychological aspect tó the drama.
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