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Tsubasa OVA Announcement!

Now it’s official!

Kodansha had updated their website for Tsubasa #19 where we could see the cover with the belt. In the belt, there was the announcement of an Original Animation for DVD.

The title of the OVA will be TSUBASA TOKYO REVELATIONS and it’s due to 2008.

I wrote that Kodansha had updated it because the image is no longer available (apparently they took it off because they didn’t want the news to leak). I didn’t see it, but I know some people have.

Apparently, the DVD will be a limited edition for those who purchase volumes 21 to 23, starting on November 16th with the release of volume 21.

These information are subject to change since I still need to see that cover, but one thing is sure: the OVA has been confirmed!

More information as they come!!

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  1. *falls over dead* That is fantastic news. Simply fantastic. I can’t wait to see how this turns out and I hope if nothing else someone is kind enough to share the dvd with all of us.

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    • I’m willing for more information. Who’s going to animate it, speacially!

      Oh and if there’s going to be a XXXHOLiC one too (probably since CLAMP said it was a Tsubasa + XXXHOLiC project ^^)

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      • I would dearly love for it to be Madhouse but doesn’t Bee Train own the rights to animate Tsubasa?

        Yes, that’s a very good question. Because you can’t really do this arc without Yuuko in it and if there’s two rival animation companies involved… I guess we’ll see soon enough.

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  2. I don’t understand what they mean by purchasing 3 different volumes — will the DVD be a send-away item that only folks in Japan can get? (if so, that sucks)

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  3. Yay for TRC OVA~! I hope it will be animated by Madhouse.

    By the way in your lest entry i commented that i have the episode of wanna gonna that have CLAMP in it, if you didn’t saw it i can sand the links to you but i don’t have the file himself. If you did saw if I guess that i just missed something on your LJ. >>

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  4. Yay but then I’m sad because I don’t live in Japan so I won’t get it, and if I buy it from Amazon.co.jp it won’t have any subtitles. Hopefully, someone will upload with subtitles online??

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    • Even if it looks like it won’t be available in stores, I think that we shall definitely see a raw and thus, a subtitled version. Definitely. We’ve listened to the Drama CDs which were also available only through application forms so this is definitely going to happen with the OVA, too ^^

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  7. OMGWFGDISWLL! XD
    It’s what we were waiting for!
    It will be probably announced on Wednesday’s chapter *__* I’m sure the OVA will be a great sucess if CLAMP is in the project (maybe with Madhouse?), but how could Tokyo arc connected with the probably xxxHOLiC OVA? O_o

    Thanks for the great news! and we’ll look for more this Wednesday!

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    • >It’s what we were waiting for!

      Oh yeah it is!

      >It will be probably announced on Wednesday’s chapter *__*

      I don’t think so… because they promised that it would come with the belt of vol. 19, which comes out only Friday =/

      >maybe with Madhouse?

      If BeeTrain animates it I shall ONLY watch it because Ohkawa wrote it. Half of my excitement will be over if it’s BeeTrain who’s doing it. Honestly, they can’t do that to us ;__;

      >but how could Tokyo arc connected with the probably xxxHOLiC OVA? O_o

      They can do the arc with the corpse lady… where Watanuki had to fill bottles of water, for the Tokyo people, remember? But I don’t see how Spider Lady’s arc can connect with Tokyo.

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      • >>but how could Tokyo arc connected with the probably xxxHOLiC OVA? O_o
        >They can do the arc with the corpse lady… where Watanuki had to fill bottles of water, for the Tokyo people, remember? But I don’t see how Spider Lady’s arc can connect with Tokyo.

        Well, in the Spider lady arc, there was an intermission between the first part with the spider + bookworm and the last part with the spider lady. So maybe they’ll change the murderess’s photo’s case (which has already been animated) with the corpse at the well’s case. So the Holic OVA story will be in four part, the spider and bookworm, the corpse and the well, the spider lady and finally, Watanuki’s fall.

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          • Hum … if they cut the bookworm part and the fall throught the window part, then make Watanuki getting half of Doumeki’s eye the end of Watanuki’s problem (and therefore the end of the series), it might be cramped enough to fit into an OVA length.

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      • But it was announced this chapitre would bring “great Tsubasa news”, if it’s not the OVA, what could it be? XD

        Now you say it, it can be XD 30 minutes of Wata & Domeki filling bottles up and down, LOL

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  9. That’s good I guess.
    I’m no sure if I should watch it though, the anime scared me, and I’ve always had issues with getting my version of the voices destroyed…
    But then again, it’s oh so tempting.

    Thank you very much for the news! ^__^

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    • Well, Ohkawa from CLAMP wrote the script for it, so it’ll be faithful. As for the animation, we don’t know yet but I hope it’s MADHOUSE (otherwise it shall scare it as well ^^”)

      You’re welcome!

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  11. Yeeeessssssss! I want the Tokyo arc in animation. I really love the OVA of Rayearth, so the tsubasa ova there will be like Rayerath?, with all the violence, blood, etc…
    I´m so happy. thanks chibiyuuto.

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    • Well, Rayearth OVA had an original story and Tsubasa’s one will follow the manga. So it’s going to be a little different. But the animation must be better than an ordinary TV anime episode, that’s for sure.

      You’re welcom, glad to have made you happy ^___^

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  13. Kyaaaaaaaaaaa xD So happy~~! I really hope someone who gets the OVA will put it on torrent or something for everyone else to enjoy tho^^; Since it sounds like you can only get it in japan :O

    I hope xxxHolic gets one too and not only a video game xD;

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    • >I really hope someone who gets the OVA will put it on torrent or something for everyone else to enjoy tho^^;

      Oh yeah, I’m sure one kind soul will ^____^

      >I hope xxxHolic gets one too and not only a video game xD;

      Sou ne xDDDD But I’m quite sure XXXHOLiC will have it’s own OVA too. Let’s wait for the official announcement ^^

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  14. TSUBASA TOKYO REVELATIONS? These two words have so many meanings *___*
    I hope it will really be about Tokyo arc =D

    uhm.. no info on what Production will be animating it?

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    • >These two words have so many meanings *___*

      LOL! The fangirls make their bets! XDDDDDDD

      >I hope it will really be about Tokyo arc =D

      With this title, you can bet on it ^^

      >no info on what Production will be animating it?

      No, no info on who’s animating it yet, unfortunately.

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  17. OMG This made my day!!
    Yayy! TRC deserved an OVA, since the anime was terrible… ;___; damn! Bee Train!

    For obvious reasons, Tokyo wouldn’t appear at an almost impossible 3rd season of TRC, so I’m happy that part of the manga will be animated (and not by Bee Train right?)

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  18. OMG!!!! *faints*
    this is one of the best days of my life xDDDDD hehehe
    Tsubasa OVA!!! thank youuuuuuuuu CLAMP ;_;
    looking forward for the blood,vampire,sexyness,angst,clone,eyeballs ♥

    woooW!,still cant believe it *cries*

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  19. So it was a Tsubasa tokyo OVA! That’s good News! ^_^

    Although the part about collecting coupon on Tsubasa 21, 22 and 23’s obi isn’t. These things will get pricy on Yahoo auction and that’s unfair for us foreigners who will buy these three book on the release date anyway and even worse for foreigner like Ali-san who buy both the deluxe tankoubon and the shounen magazine. ¬_¬

    And what’s even worse is that it doesn’t bode well for Infiny, Celes-koku and whatever else country that are to come to get animated. If it wasn’t a privilege OVA, it would be easy turn this single OVA into a series, but this way it will be difficult to get a good idea of how well a second OVA, avalable to anyone to buy, would sell …

    But at least we’ll get Tokyo animated, so I shouldn’t complain. ^_^

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    • Huh, the truth is that if we get to see it, even illegally so (and hell, doesn’t this promotes it?), I would be happy.

      So I really exhort the japanese to share their goods. XD

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      • I know I won’t be able to stop myself from getting it. It’s an OVA written by Ohkawa for good’s sake, I won’t be able to stop the fangirl impulse … ^^;

        Although, the cheap privilege Clamp no Kiseki chese piece case that was sold at 1600¥ for the one who collected the magaine is sold around 20,000¥ on auction, that’s more than x10! I don’t dare to imagine who much that OVA will cost. o.O

        … 50,000¥ … 70,000¥ … … … 100,000¥ … T_T

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        • Ow. I thought you were complaining about the unavailability of the OVA, not about the prices. Damn my reading comprehension.

          This CLAMP’s tendency of doing everything limited really bugs me. You will think they are in badly need to sell their volumes, figures of CLAMP in 3D Land…

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          • Well, I was complaning that the unavailability will cause the price to get wild, so you weren’t all wrong. ^_~

            About the limited edition, this time it maybe because of the magazine editor, maybe they are affraid that potential shounen magazine readers will be scared away by the OVA, because the TV anime sure wasn’t heading this way. So by making people buy three tankoubon, the potential readers will know what is to come and won’t get scared by the Tokyo arc OVA.

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            • Yeah, of course, but still. That way almost only the people who have read till 20 will have the OVA (it’s kind of counter-productive in winning readers), and it is limited. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me I think it is really inconvenient for a widespread manga. Maybe I’m wrong. ^^;

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    • I found the limited thing VERY weird and so unpredictable. My first thought was: they wanna sell tankoubons. Then I thought again for a second, and it all made sense to me. We are seeing how Tsubasa sales have dropped hugely, I think they want to boost it up with the release of this limited OVA.

      I just hope that this doesn’t mean lower animation quality.

      And yes, this OVA won’t come out until the release of volume 23, which shall not be released before March/2008, at the very least. Unless they have a plan B, I’m predicting that Tsubasa’s anime will remain unconcluded xD

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      • But that’s such a bad way to conclude anything, Syaoran is in fact an evil clone created by Feiwang and replaced by a new Syaoran no one feel easy with, Fay is turned into a vampire and is sulking Kurogane, Sakura start to act on her own and Kurogane is stuck to make the team work together …

        Well, unless Ohkawa turn this OVA into a decent ending with … say … Syaoran was never the evil clone, bat!Syaoran was. Let’s say Xinghuo set bat!Syaoran free, so this one get all the remaining feathers before coming in Tokyo. Meanwhile Feiwang kill Xinghuo. When bat!Syaoran get in Tokyo, Syaoran, Kurogane and Fay succeed to kill him, Sakura get all of her feather. Then Fay dare to use his magic and they are all sent to Feiwang’s hindout, they kill him and everybody live happily ever after. (although that’s a lot to do in a single OVA).

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      • Here’s what I manage to decipher:

        オリジナルアニメションDVD付属定　 [I can’t read the last kanji]
        「ツバサ　TOKYO REVELATIONS」２１巻１１月１５日発売決定！
        ＊以後２３巻まで３巻連続刊行予定
        [the rest is too cramped to get anything]

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          • > Thank you! How did you find it? 🙂

            I looked the deluxe Tsubasa 18 and 17’s pic to see how it was named and where it was stored. The named is the ISBN + .gif and they are stored at http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/gif/80/ and http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/gif/77/ .

            So I wrote the ISBN + .gif and changed two digit number starting with 80 until I got the picture at 96. ^_~

            > Demo, doesn’t it look like it’s going to be THREE OVAs? One for each tank? O.o

            I didn’t give much thought to it after I decipher the all these kanji, but now you mention it, the OVA seems to come along the 21th tankoubon, as long as you buy it and that there will be three OVA in all. It sound like extra for the deluxe edition alone, the standard edition is just too little to hide a DVD in its pages, while A5 format is the CDcomics’s format. And deluxe edition buyers are use to give more money to get extras, so it would make sense to get the first print deluxe edition cost more like they did wih Chobits.

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            • Sasuga Tomoe-hacker-chan XD

              >the standard edition is just too little to hide a DVD in its pages

              Not to mention cheaper XP

              3 OVAs, omg, that would be total bliss! But I hope not ALL three will be about Tokyo (something tells me they will, though >.

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              • I also think all three will be about Tokyo, the ad says:

                オリジナルアニメションDVD付属定　 [I can’t read the last kanji]
                「ツバサ　TOKYO REVELATIONS」２１巻１１月１５日発売決定！
                ＊以後２３巻まで３巻連続刊行予定

                like “Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations” is the title of all three DVDs. Which doesn’t mean it will only be about the Tokyo contents, we might get a glipse at Fay’s past and stuff that are to comes. Anyway, I believe the end of the last OVA will be the end of the story, which will be different from the manga’s ending.

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                  • I don’t think there will be more than three OVAs, this OVA series must be Tsubasa’s anime’s last chance. Likely, the series got this last chance only because of Ohkawa’s lobbying. Even the distribution system is so unusual that it looks like the very last resort, like they couldn’t get a regular distributor involved (either because the project was too risky or because of the rights). And it also depends of how many Tsubasa tankoubon are still to come, if it stop at number 23, there’s no point in making an open ending to these OVAs.

                    No, I really think three OVAs is as far as Ohkawa can postpond the Tsubasa anime’s ending.

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                    • >Even the distribution system is so unusual that it looks like the very last resort, like they couldn’t get a regular distributor involved

                      You do have a point. Even so, I admire CLAMP’s power ! XD Not all mangaka can animate something just because they wish so XDDDD

                      >if it stop at number 23, there’s no point in making an open ending to these OVAs.

                      I would love if there was the case (to end on 23), but it’s not happening. Damn 28!

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                    • > You do have a point. Even so, I admire CLAMP’s power ! XD Not all mangaka can animate something just because they wish so XDDDD

                      Indeed, we are lucky fans. ^_^ Especially since very few mangaka are able to handle anime supervision, that helps Clamp a lot (the only other I know of is the writter of Akira).

                      > I would love if there was the case (to end on 23), but it’s not happening. Damn 28!

                      It’s confirmed? I was still hoping it would be over by the end of the year, so no new series before 2009 then … -_-

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                    • Well, it hasn’t been confirmed… but that’s my ultimate guess basing on all the evidences. I would LOVE if it ended on 23, you know that very well xD

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                    • So there is still hope! (even if very little facts point away from 28 tanks). *Tomoe enters in baka fangirl mode* ^_____^

                      *breaks out of the fangirl mode*
                      By the way, shouldn’t you update the main post to get a least the image for every one to see and make the 3 DVD hints public? I’m under the unpression very little people bother to read a long thread like this one (It’s already the fifth of this entry’s answers). Maybe I should mind my own business … *back to the baka fangirl mode* ^_____^

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                    • Oh, so they can hide posts whithin a thread (I seems we should had talk via MSN instead … ^^; At least, it will boost my post number next time you’ll do a “who reply the most on my journal” entry ^_^ Yeah this is pathetic, I know).

                      You could at least say the image was found out although you are still looking for a bigger picture. Else, you’ll have to wait for Friday before anything new show up (I’m hoping will get something on clamp-pla.net’s board).

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    • Thinking stuff through, I realise the title “Tsubasa Tokyo revelations” pretty much means it won’t be beeTrain, or else, it would have been “Tsubasa Chronicle Tokyo Revelation”. The abcense of Chronicle or even Reservoir Chronicle seems they are avoiding copyright conflict with BeeTrain/Production I.G. Not that it had to be madhouse, but they are sure taking legal distance from the tv series and the movie. ^_^

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  20. OMG. I just hope to live to see that day! XDD

    This will be fantastic if Bee Train doesn’t have anything to do with it. Well, it will be fantastic if whoever animates it does it right.

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    • Hahahaha so do I! XD 2008, wow!

      >Well, it will be fantastic if whoever animates it does it right.

      True! I’m “Ok” with P. IG. They did a good job with the movie, but I’m ALL for MADHOUSE, of course 🙂

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  21. It’s a dream!!! please someone hit me XDDD
    It’s really nice that it has something to do with “Tokyo”, I just hope it isn’t another cheating, and that’s only a weird coincidence and has nothing to be with Tokyo arc >.< However, you have good news today! ^_^

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    • No official date has been given yet. All that has been said is that it will be released still this year. My guess is that it’s going to be released by the end of the year ^^

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  25. I’m very happy for this. *jumping around like a monkey* even though i don’t read (because it’s too costly) the manga, i still follow it. Tsubasa Chronicle Season 2 is starting in Taiwan on Animax.

    *I want to buy the DVDs!*

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  26. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Finally, I was expecting that they were going to made the OVA version of Tsubasa, it’s bad that they purachade the DVD with the manga, only in Japan :'(, but well……..

    just 1 question….. who’s the producer of the OVA??? Madhouse??? who?

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  29. TOKYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
    Please, please let it be Madhouse! Let it look exactly like X!
    At last, my dreams of an AMV of Fai to Blood by My Chemical Romance will be fulfilled!! Mwahahahahaaaa!

    ~Lu.

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  31. Thanks for the news!

    I can’t wait to see volume 19 in bigger resolution. It’s not out yet, right?

    YES!!!!!!! Tsubasa OVA!!!!!!!!! And it’s TOKYO!!!!!!!!!! =DDDDDD

    Pardon me =P Limited edition to the manga? I hope they sell it together with the translated manga too.. When is 2008 coming?!

    *happy dance*

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  32. Yo, Chibi-Yuuto!! *glomps* You’ve just made me the happiest fangirl ever!! You’re my hero with this report about the Tsubasa OVA being released for next year.

    If there is more information for this news, I shall look forward in your journal to hear more about it. Ureshii desu wa!! ^o^

    Hontou arigatou gozaimashita!!

    Ki o tsukete, Chibi-Yuuto!
    Nyanko-san ^__^

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  34. ^_^ Fantastic news¡¡¡ A TRC OVA¡¡¡ I’m so glad, thank you for the information chibiyuuto. But the OVA is about TOKYO only? Ok ok, It’ll be great ^^.
    Does anybody know when is going to be released CLAMP in Wonderland 2, I want to see Kobato and Tsubasa’s characters together¡¡¡
    ^^ Michy’s very very happy ^^

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  35. I think I shat myself dead for awhile there. >_>

    EEEEEEEE!!! Oh the angst! The drama!

    Oh HOT SEXY VAMPIRES! *melts*

    I can’t wait to see the faces of those following the anime! XDDDD

    BTW I hope CLAMP animates the spider arc too.

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  36. That is the greatest new EVER!!! ^________^ And the reason why kodansha removed the cover pic is the same why Amazon still has not a preview of the vol 19 *grrrr*

    I’ll get the 21 to 23 deluxe vols for sure, now… any volunteer in Japan would get for me the DVD? 😀 I hate this kind of distributing goods, is like Fay vampire figurine…. they would get more money if they just ‘sell’ those rare items… but then would not be so ‘rare’ :-/ who cares? DVD rips will rule!!! I want an original DVD T_T

    Thank you!!!

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  38. Aaah, this made my day after pathetically failing my final (linguistics, who cares?)

    I’m not tooooo worried about the supposed limited edition. Unlike a certain Fay figure, animation can be shared and I’m sure somebody amongst this huge community will have pity with us and share the yumminess.

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  39. wow~!~!~! and i just read the tokyo arc the other day!!
    wheeeee!!!!
    please please let xxxholic have an ova too!!
    and i really hope that fansubbers will work on this ova!!
    thanks for posting the wonderful news!

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  44. I’m so excited! But, is’s so long till it comes out. T_T It is three disks then? I just hope Beetrain doesn’t do it.

    I used to be know as endlesslace, so I wanted to say I’m defriending you on that one and adding you on this one. 🙂

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    • They also have the release date :

      DVD1+VOL 21 = November 16 2007 3360￥ 25min Title : 魔?師の伝言　(?’s message)
      DVD2+VOL 22 = Janary 17 2008 2980￥ 25min Title : 少年の右目　(The boy’s left eye)
      DVD3+VOL 23 = March 17 2008 2980￥ 25min Title : 姫君の視た夢 (The dream that appeared to the princess?)

      Need to improve my japanese and fast. ~_~

      The first one is more expensive. Could we hope for a DVD Box. *_*

      I forgot to say, thanks to Nokiirat for posting the news on clamp_now community. ^_^

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  48. HI,ChibiYuuto-kun!! Thanks for the news,I`m happy to know about this.So if we purchase the 3 volumes,and apply the stamp/forms/whatever,then would they be mailing it to us in return or not??If not,how are we gonna get it??

    -Rainie-

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