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(much) Bigger AX Coverage

First I have to apologize for the people who commented on my previous post. Yes, I double posted @_@ and when I went to delete one of them, the stupid here ended up deleting the wrong one @____@ I’m so sorry about that, but I read all of your comments (Yes, I’m very happy for Shin Shunkaden as well ! ^^) and thank you for commenting *bows*

Now, on to today’s post…

So, Koala-san is back from his duties at Anime Expo and he brought with him a LOT of juicy material, just as expected ^^

Again just as expected, he changed the question he would had to ask at the Press Conference. Instead of the one regarding the reason of why CLAMP can’t release their works directly into tankohon format (the winning question), he asked the one about CLAMP’s eye “fetish” (2nd place).

I asked him to write a report in order to explain why and also to reveal some of his impressions at the convention:

Hi there!
I’m the responsible one to tell you about the winning question and it’s answer.
But before that, i would like to write my impressions of the two panels.
(sorry for my weird english XD)

Focus panel
Well… it began almost an hour late. At first i started hating it, because they said that probably the press panel would be canceled because of the lateness. (thanks God it wasn’t).
Then the voice actor for the english dub of some animes came and said a few jokes to entertain us meanwhile they come out… it wasn’t easy for her, we were like 5 o 6 thousand people wanting to see Clamp as scheduled.
And there was the moment they entered the stage and I was all nervous, happy, almost wanting to cry, I had to bite my hand to calm myself… and somehow it worked XD

Well, Ohkawa spoke most of the time. At first they showed us their Studio, like the video in You Tube posted days ago, but in a PowerPoint version and with them speaking.
It was so cool hear them speaking so naturally, like they were talking to a close friend. Ex. “Well… these are my pens –next photo- Igarashi’s working place… isn’t it a mess? Look at it, dunno how she works in there.” (really it wasn’t that messy, my bedroom gets a lot more messy once in a while XDD)

And then, when the presentation ended, the voice actor came again and say that they had a little few time, so they will only make 10 selected questions from the 3478568735678932842384523495734095793245734 submitted to the AX page.

To tell you the truth, I’m happy with only 2 or 3 of them… the others… I’m sure they could pick up better ones. They were things that we already know, although it was nice hearing them by clamp themselves.
They asked about Kobato re-release even when the voice actor said it all about it before they came in. That was a really really waste of good answers.
The best ones here were “How long does it take to do…”, “the japanese butterfly symbolism” and… the kuro fye one because of the reaction that caused in the audience.
When they asked if Kuro and Fye could be an actual pairing, Ohkawa got blushed. She was so red that the other 3 were laughing so hard, dunno the reason: could be the blushing or the fact that they were being asked that. They’ll admit it someday! I know!
From the others … well they were boring technicals or old questions. The “why syaoran” was good because we hear that tsubasa will end in happy ending. (I’m really looking forward to that… from the latest happenings… i doesn’t seem to be so happy. But we’ll see, they always make miracles.)

The press panel
This one was a bit more interesting. They appeared in time and the staff said that we could take photos. So that made my day. It was all flash madness in the room. The 4 were all nervous with so much flashes. You could saw it in their faces. Poor things.
They were a round of technical and marketings question that was getting the thing quite boring. Even Clamp themselves started to answer short and disinterested. At that time they almost answered the question I’d to ask. They asked about compilations one time… another time they asked about Sunday GX… and so on. And from all of them, they said that they were busy with tsubasa, xxxholic and now kobato… and there’s something about X we didn’t understand, so I’ll not comment about it until we can find someone who understood it well.

So… *hides from the killer fans* I changed the question to a more interesting one, that was in fact, the second place question.
They were talking in something like a boring tone… talking for the second time about how to publish and how they met and all the things they already said before… When the eye question came, Ohkawa popped out, they talked a bit lively again, like in the first ones. Ohkawa really put interest in it. Even Igarashi and Mokona laughed and went like “whoa!” when Ohkawa stood still in silence for planning the very good answer that they gave to us.

Question: In most of CLAMP’s work/stories there’s always a one-eyed character, and I’d like to know why CLAMP frequently uses these characters in your work.

Ohkawa Ageha: In the stories, the one-eyed character or the characters who’s a psychic with one-eye…I think that I’m trying to visually show that there can be a very big traumatic experience/feeling and I’m basically trying to show the feeling of being lonely. From the stories there’s always some events or something that comes in later that supplements that vision. On a little different note, my right eye, the vision is not very good so maybe it’s just a personal thing that I can relate to such events personally.

Indeed you can check at the audio (see bellow) that Ohkawa sounded very taken aback by his question, like she wasn’t expecting it at all. I’m okay with the changing, the answer was more interesting than I expected, I hope nobody have problems with that. I still apologize for those who voted on the 1st question.

By the way, here you can find Anime News Network’s report on CLAMP’s passage at AX. It’s slightly better than Advanced Media Network’s one.
Thanks to everybody who let me know about it !

Photos:

Lots of good photos ! I divided them in 3 groups.

1st batch – Koala-san’s camera.
File size: 3.77 MB

This contains a total of 13 pictures taken by Koala-san. They are very big, but Koala-san apologizes for the quality, he did his best with his non-professional digital camera.

– Download.

2nd batch – Advanced Media Network’s camera.
File size: 375 Kb

9 pictures provided by Advanced Media Network, taken by their own press representative. They are small, but good in quality. I took the liberty to edit/treat the images because the original ones were SO DARK !

– Download.

3rd batch – Anime Expo’s camera.
File size: 15.6 MB

The BEST batch *_____* This one is precious ! Of course, since they were taken by AX’s official press. Contains 19 EXCELLENT pictures in resolution and quality. They are all HIGH RES (they are H-U-G-E!) and in perfect quality ! You can see a LOT of skin and every little detail *-*
Who provided this blessed piece? Koala-san, of course ^___^

– Download.

Audio:

Wait, there’s more ! XD

CLAMP Press Conference:

Koala-san kindly agreed to share with you all, the audio that he recorded at the press conference ! *_____* The quality is very good for a non-professional recording (and you have to consider that the room was full of people). You can easily understand everything if you are reading the transcript while listening to it.

Size: 68 MB
Format: MP3

– Download (right-click -> Save Target As…).

*phew* I think that’s it ^^”

I would like to thank Koala-san, again, because I already thanked him like a billion times xD But no words can express how grateful I am.

First, he abdicated the opportunity of asking his own question and instead, let us all decide it by a contest. Then he did what he promised and asked, not the winning one, but the second-best question for reasons he explained himself. Provided all the pictures he managed to take and also the official ones which only press members had access to. As if all that wasn’t enough, he shared the recording of the conference.

This partnership only gave me good results, you don’t know how happy I am. But unfortunately, all I can do at the moment is to thank you. So thank you very much, Koala-san ^___^

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60 thoughts on “(much) Bigger AX Coverage”

  1. Wow! Thanks for writing it all out! I liked reading this one XD

    When they asked if Kuro and Fye could be an actual pairing, Ohkawa got blushed. She was so red that the other 3 were laughing so hard, dunno the reason: could be the blushing or the fact that they were being asked that. They’ll admit it someday! I know!

    LOL. *rolls around laughing* XDDDD Awwww, blushing!

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    • *giggles* Ohohohoho, the funny thing is that people were talking about how CLAMP was completely clueless about there being a strong support for the pairing. Um, those CLAMP girls aren’t dumb! It’s so obvious they know, the way they tease XD

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      • Hahahaha loved your icon ! XDDDD

        >the funny thing is that people were talking about how CLAMP was completely clueless about there being a strong support for the pairing.

        They were just being shy XDDDDDD

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        • Tomoyo is definitely a fangirl. She’s our CLAMP Patron Saint of Fangirling, in any world she is in x3~

          Shy, yes, but sneaky as well. We all know they’re going to give us an amibiguous answer, and as much as we don’t like it, it keeps us happy at the same time XD

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      • *lols at icon* So cute ^__^ And THANKS a million for this report, was a so big pleasure to read, send one or two more billions of thankyou’s to Koala, we do love you two a lot….. in the end he asked the eye question!!!!!!!!!!! *dances* and Ohkawa got interested in the reply, is like that other report from a fan who in the signatures panel, tried to ask for ‘Keiichi Sewaga’ (hair color ) and got interrupted by translator but Ohkawa interfered for her to let her ask the question, they ARE willing to be asked interesting questions! ^__________^ She blushed, so cute!

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        • Aww X33 glad you liked the icon ! I can’t stop awwwwing everytime I look at it ^^;;

          >in the end he asked the eye question!!!!!!!!!!! *dances*

          Yeah ! Was it you who submitted it? I can’t remember who did it O.o

          >is like that other report from a fan who in the signatures panel

          What report? O.o TELL ME ! XDDDDD

          >got interrupted by translator but Ohkawa interfered for her to let her ask the question

          Awwww she did that? X3333 So nice of her ! Makes me hopeful when it comes to MY time of seeing her XDDD

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      • Ahaha! I love your icon! XDDD ♥ They have such pretty smiles…makes me want to go to the dentist XD;;;

        YAY! I was remembered!!! XDDDD Yes I enjoyed that part most, hahaha XD (Actually, when I started reading it, I was already hoping there would be some comment on that part XD So I was not disappointed, hahaha)

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        • Glad you liked it ! Everybody should have a “LOL” icon XD Like yours xD

          >They have such pretty smiles…makes me want to go to the dentist XD;;;

          Well, unless you are saying it ironically, I wouldn’t say that about Nekoi XDDD Nothing against her, I love her, but her teeth are rather yellow-ish ^^”””

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          • Uwaaa, no I was being truthful XD I never noticed Nekoi had bad teeth >> They all just look so pretty and have big smiles … :3 Mou, I’m sure she has the money, she should get her teeth whitened then XD; Haha.

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  2. Woo, I’m so glad for more in depth details about the CLAMP panel. I send such a huge thanks to Koala-san for sharing all this, he’s amazingly kind *-* And thanks to you as well, for forwarding his stuff to us, otherwise most of us wouldn’t have seen it ♥~

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    • You’re very welcome ! *bows* ^__^

      Yes, do thank the awesome guy behind this all ^___^

      >he’s amazingly kind *-*

      WORD >.And thanks to you as well, for forwarding his stuff to us, otherwise most of us wouldn’t have seen it ♥~

      That’s mostly my job in the partnership XDDDDD Ow! And to guide him as well ! ^^;;;

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  5. I ended really really happy too!
    If there’s the chance i would do it again gladly ^^

    For all of you, thanks for reading it all.
    I very happy that you enjoyed it.

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  6. Yay! Thanks it’s so cool that about talking Ohkawa and other. Like before it was very bad idea of interviewers to ask questions about wat everyone know.
    I am very happy of that:

    When they asked if Kuro and Fye could be an actual pairing, Ohkawa got blushed. She was so red that the other 3 were laughing so hard, dunno the reason: could be the blushing or the fact that they were being asked that. They’ll admit it someday! I know!

    Kyaa~~ They are so lively and nice 🙂

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  7. yay!

    So the eye question was actually *our* question \^O^/
    I’m sooo~ happy it got asked instead of the tankoubons one!
    Thank you so very much Koala-san!! ♥~♥~♥~!
    And also thanks for the audio *__* …and the pics *O*!
    *sends love ♥*
    And thanks chibiyuuto, of course, for having started this collaboration ^o^

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    • Re: yay!

      How fancy isn’t it? To think that we all had some influence on that ! I’m so proud of Koala-san for kepting his word ^___^ And even CLAMP thought it was an interesting question. Good job for whoever submitted it !

      And you’re welcome for everything, dear ! I’m glad to help ^___^

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  8. OMG! more CLAMP news! ^O^

    When the eye question came, Ohkawa popped out, they talked a bit lively again, like in the first ones. Ohkawa really put interest in it. Even Igarashi and Mokona laughed and went like “whoa!” when Ohkawa stood still in silence for planning the very good answer that they gave to us.

    “Whoa!” XDDDD

    so many stuffs to download but my internet connection recently…. T^T
    thank you so much, Chibi Yuuto-san and of course Koala-san too! n___n

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  9. A billion thanks to koala-sama and chibiyuuto-sama m(_ _)m *big bow* (even though the tank question was slashed T_T) Oh well, the eye question was pretty interesting and replaced it pretty well.

    They WILL make it canon someday. I know it. They HAVE TO, after the outpouring of KuroFai love they saw at the Expo. One hopes…

    Too bad we didn’t get too much info (wasted questions, grrrrr) on the on-hold series: Shin Shunkaden, Clover, Gouhou Drug, and most of all X. Sigh…

    *leeches the pictures and audio to cheer up*

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    • You’re welcome ! *big bow* ^___^

      I can’t deny I wanted to know about the tanks as well. But the eye question showed me that Ohkawa-sensei’s right eye is iffy so I’m glad to know that ^^

      I agree most of the questions were bad made, but oh well.

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  14. Koala-san, Chibiyuuto-san, thank you SOOOOO MUCH for providing this!!!!!!!!!!!
    Despite all the CLAMP greatness I experienced while at the con, I was still a little bummed that I didn’t get a picture of them, or that my question wasn’t asked at the CLAMP panel (yes *blush* I submitted that same question to the AX website….)
    Thank you so much for asking my question…..and for getting such a response from it!!! XD *is going all fan-girly because CLAMP apparently liked her question*
    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

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    • YOU’RE WELCOME !!! Kyaaa XDDDD

      I’m glad to provide souvenirs of the great experience you had at AX ^__^

      So it was you who submitted the question here? My Congratulations ! CLAMP surely loved it ! ^__^

      Ah, and you just CANNOT claim about lack of luck XDDD First the autograph, now CLAMP personally answering your question? Luck clearly is running through your veins xDDD

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  15. Eeeeeee! Thank you and Koala-san, (I don’t know who he is I’m so lame omg) for such great stuff! When I get home I’m soooo downloading the sound file, yes indeedy. (Loved the blushing, haha~ They’ve been caught!) Thanks so much for sharing!

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    • Welcome ! Maybe you got here at my LJ after we held the contest? O.o That’s why you are not familiar with Koala-san?

      Either way, I’m sure you have now a great first impression of the amazing person he is ^___^

      And you’re welcome !

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  18. Thanks Yuuto-san and of course Koala-san too. I’m so happy now. In spite of this, I still prefer Koala-san spanish report XD but this one with photos and audio is wonderful (tears of joy)

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  21. Wonderful, my favoured question got asked! ^_^ And I’m happy with the answer, too. Thanks a lot to Koala-san! I’ll have to see if I’ll be able to acquire those materials later, I wouldn’t want to miss them!

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  23. *o*

    Uwaaaaa!!!! WONDERFUL JOB!!! “o(>oIndeed I saw some japanese people commenting about those reports and I was wondering if you would post them, and here >they are !

    Eheheh ^_^
    Well, I try to do my best but it’s very difficult to share all news, reports, stories etc. Lately Special section is updated almost every day! >.Also, I saw you mentioned me on your post, near the Korea pics that appeared on the internet, but I didn’t fully get it O.o I >guess it’s not that important XDD

    As Sakurachan wrote, I was just saying you posted some of those pictures in your Lj 😉

    Speaking of hidden pics in CLAMP-PLA-NET,

    >[…] the latest SDs pics are so cute >.you the credits though ^^

    Of course I don’t mind. Thanks for asking though ^3^ *hugs*

    >[…]But hey, I was reading your disclaimer about the CLAMP pics and… I think I broke a lot of rules o.o

    Don’t worry at all 😉
    Go ahead and keep using them as you normally would ^_^
    I suppose you could consider this an early Christmas present from me.
    LOL >vDon’t worry, I’ll remove them RIGHT NOW !

    No, it’s ok! Really!!! >_<
    Don't worry!!! ^_~
    Pchu!~

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