CLAMP wrote an open letter for the victims of the Touhoku earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11.
They also drew an illustration featuring Sakura from Card Captor Sakura, the illustration was made into a short video available at the japanese video-sharing website, Nico Nico Douga.
The video shows the illustration while playing Card Captor Sakura theme song, Platinum in the background. At the end of the video, Sakura’s original seiyuu, Sakura Tange, says “Zettai daijoubu dayo!” (Everything is gonna be alright!).
In the letter, CLAMP thanks Sakura Tange for lending her voice in the video, Flying Dog for giving them permission to use the song Platinum and Ichirou Mihara (from the ARIKA company), for making the animation and uploading it to Nico Nico Douga.
They said they chose Sakura because they thought it was appropriate for the message they wanted to pass on, which is to believe that everything is gonna be fine.
The letter also says that the illustration will become a wallpaper that will be available on April 6 for internet fundraising.
EDIT: You can download the video (FLV file) via MegaUpload and MediaFire (thanks syaoranmew)
Also available on YouTube now:
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I love this, it’s very very appropriate for Sakura to be used for this message. I wonder if people outside of Japan will be able to participate in the fundraiser with the wallpaper. Normally we dont get to do CLAMP stuff but it’d be nice.
Thank you for sharing
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That would be a good idea, to make it worldwide.
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Thanks for sharing.
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No problem! I think it was about time for CLAMP to do something about this =)
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Sakura-chan~♥
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Thank you for sharing! Wonderful of CLAMP to do this! And this image is so cute & pretty~!
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You’re welcome! Late reply because LJ was down all day D=
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Sakura-chan~! Ah, I need a bigger size of this…
I’m with CLAMP 10000%, Everything will be all right. 🙂
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It’s so good of them to think of it! CLAMP is very nice to support the nation and gather efforts into cheering their fellowmen. And Sakura-chan is perfect for the message! The news warmed me up. Thanks!
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What a sweet gesture; thank you for sharing! ♥
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Which button must I push on that website to see the video? %P
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Just uploaded the post with Download links, check them out!
Also, it’s on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7SnQPYJPHk
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Same as above, how do i view and subsequently download this video??? It is definitely entering my CCS archive.
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This makes me cry~ It’s so perfect! I just want to see the video now.
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That is awesome!
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Sakura is perfect for this purpose! And I must say Mokona didn’t lose her touch on Sakura Kinomoto, it seems to be back on ’90s!
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And I must say Mokona didn’t lose her touch on Sakura Kinomoto, it seems to be back on ’90s!
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Waaah it’s such a great idea! And the image just radiates hopefulness~
Thank you!
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Aww, a Sakura e seu “daijoubu dayo”! Foi uma escolha muito acertada essa, ainda mais por ser a Cardcaptor!Sakura (depois de ler essa notícia eu tenho tido pesadelos diurnos com o Fuuma ou o Seishirou aparecendo pra dar essa mesma mensagem… :/).
Muito bacana também a iniciativa de levantar fundos por meio do wallpaper. É muito bom ver parcerias (Sakura Tange, Flying Dog) que possibilitem estratégias de ajuda às vítimas da tragédia. Certamente seria interessante se pessoas de fora do Japão pudessem dar contribuições, como disse herm_nefer.
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Eu estava esperando o CLAMP fazer algo do gênero, acho até que demorou um pouco, mas antes tarde do que nunca =)
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I’m so proud to be a Clamp fan!
BTW, I put it up on youtube for anyone who can’t watch it on nico:
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THANKS SOOO MUCH!!
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Thank you very much for helping!
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I hope that Japan can recover fast, the choice of Sakura appropriate for the message :3
And hey Yuutinho xD I will follow you on twitter now. I’m @esterulita but for now I haven’t been really using it. I hope that one day I can read some *good news* coming from you on my feed xDDD
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Oh you now have twitter? Cool! I’m already following you =)
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Thanks for sharing!
It’s indeed true that I can’t think of a better character than CCS Sakura to illustrate their message of hope~
The artwork is beautiful, tons of fanarts of her were created by many fans worldwide these past 10 years, but in the end, one sole picture of Clamp leave them all in shame ^^;
I don’t know how familiar you are with other mangakas and series (I personally read thousand of other mangas 😉 ) but if you’re interested, this link is a thread full of artworks of mangakas who drew just like Clamp for the victims of the earthquake/tsunami on march 11th: http://www.hakusensha.co.jp/message/index.html
It’s updated all the time, so I refresh it every day and see more and more pics with messages added each time!
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I didn’t know that page… I wonder if they will add CLAMP’s one later?
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okay, probably not because it’s from Hakusensha?
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Te Amo!!! Te Amo!!!! Daisuki Desu!!! I love you, and I am so glad they still do this style for Sakura, it kind of sucks to see her in tsubasa style so much and not her own style which is much cuter.
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Lovely and very good idea!
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oh my God she’s so absolutely very adorable and that idea is just so simply epic! x3
I’m sure it helped many fans a LOT! I know it would make me smile even if just for a second!
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Well, I have seen quite a few better montage on youtube by people who did pretend to be professionals, the blanks or too long, the fade off of the song seems so unprofessional. I know everybody is stuck in the earthquake chaos, but the victims deserved a much better tribute. ¬_¬
On the other hand, the illustration is flawless. ^^
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The animation didn’t impress me either xD C’mon Icchan, you can do better than this xD
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