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Tsubasa guide books and mini-artbook announced (Updated)

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This week’s issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine is announcing the upcoming release of two Official Guides and a mini artbook for Tsubasa.

Official Guide Book Tsubasa CARACTere CHRoNiCLE

Release date: December 2

Contents:

  • Character profiles
  • Character surveys
  • CLAMP interview
  • Nirai Kanai-hen storyboards
  • Holitsuba short comic never published in book format
  • Cover and poster featuring new illustration drawn by CLAMP

Official Guide Book Tsubasa SToRｙ CHRoNiCLE

Release date: Late December 2016

Contents:

  • Story digest from “Tokyo” to “Nirai Kanai” arcs
  • CLAMP interview revealing secrets behind the creation of Tsubasa
  • Tsubasa illustrations made by other mangaka and artists
  • Kinugawa Onsen short story (previously published in Weekly Shonen Magazine, only)
  • Cover and poster featuring new illustration drawn by CLAMP

Tsubasa Mini Artbook – Tsubasa ILLuSTRaTION CHRoNiCLE

Release date: December 2

  • All 23 color illustrations from Nirai Kanai hen
  • Selection of the best colored scenes from RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE

This are sure good news!

I’m glad we won’t have to wait too long to have the color illustrations of Nirai Kanai hen. It would have taken many more years to fill another artbook with the same length as the previous two ALBuM De REProDUCTioNS. I am curious about which illustrations from RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE will be selected. Instead of reprints, it be would be much better if it were the colored comic pages that were in neither of the artbooks. I counted 20 color illustrations for WoRLD CHRoNiCLE and 3 for each special limited edition cover, but maybe I miscounted… I’m not sure if the covers of the special editions of volumes 1 and 2 would be counted as WoRLD CHRoNiCLE or RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE ^^” Either way, I hope they all get included in this mini artbook.

And two guide books? That actually took me by surprise. The contents were divided in a way that makes  it hard to pick only one. I mean, I could live without the character surveys, but the storyboards and interviews are always so interesting! I hope they’ll include character sketches and unreleased materials.

Definitely looking forward to all 3 of them!

Special thanks to Manga Mag Japon for kindly letting me know about this.

Update: The release dates for all 3 books have been postponed. Source: CLAMP-NET.COM.

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XXXHOLiC gets stage reading drama adaptation

In a collaboration between CLAMP and SOUND THEATRE, XXXHOLiC will be getting a stage reading drama with CLAMP’s script, the XXXHOLiC anime original cast, SOUND THEATRE music director and a live band.

CLAMP × SOUND THEATRE
Original work / Script：CLAMP
Music Director：Yusaku Tsuchiya

【Dates】
January 28, 2017
January 29, 2017

【Venue】
TOYOSU PIT (Tokyo)

【Cast】
Yuuko Ichihara： Sayaka Ohara
Kimihiro Watanuki： Jun Fukuyama
Shizuka Doumeki： Kazuya Nakai
Mokona： Mika Kikuchi

Official Website: http://xxxholic.soundtheatre.jp/

Source: CLAMP-NET.COM

For those not able to attend, we can only hope that we’ll get some sort of DVD/Blu-Ray release for this.

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XXXHOLiC Rei Chapter 53 release date postponed once again

The release date for XXXHOLiC Rei Chapter 53 has been postponed once again, from October 31 to November 14.

This is the second time Chapter 53 is re-scheduled.

Source: CLAMP-NET.COM

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Card Captor Sakura – Clear Card arc – Chapter 5 (Updated)

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Chinese scanlations.
English translations.

DISCLAIMER: If you enjoyed reading this story, please support CLAMP by purchasing the original or licensed material available in your country.

Card Captor Sakura is available for purchase at CD Japan with worldwide shipping.

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XXXHOLiC Rei #4 ~Blu-ray limited edition~ cover

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The cover for the Blu-ray limited edition of XXXHOLiC Rei #4 was revealed!

It will come out in nearly 2 weeks from now, on October 6.

The Blu-ray features the 2005 release of XXXHOLiC movie ~Manatsu no Yoru no Yume~.

Source: CLAMP-NET.COM

You can pre-order the regular and Blu-ray limited edition at CD Japan.

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Download: Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai Hen Volume 3 Audio Drama (Updated)

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MP3 Download – 17 minutes (350kbps)
English translation.

I haven’t seen any decently ripped version of the audio drama yet, only a low quality recording of it, and since my copy arrived, I thought I’d give a shot at ripping and sharing it. I’ve never ripped a PLAYBUTTON before (I’ve never owned one before!) so I hope the quality is good enough.

The audio drama actually begins shortly before the ending of volume 3, during Watanuki and Syaoran’s conversation, then it segues into the extra story in the candy world from the booklet. There is actually some more extra dialogs in the audio drama that can’t be found in neither the manga or the booklet, so I was a bit disappointed that a script didn’t come along in the package.

DISCLAIMER: If you enjoyed listening to this audio drama, please support CLAMP by purchasing the original or licensed material available in your country.

Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – is available for purchase at CD Japan with worldwide shipping.

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Follow-up: Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen #3 sales report

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On its third week of release, Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen #3 dropped to the 45th position in Oricon’s weekly comic ranking, with 17.887 copies sold and an overall sales of 132,570 copies in three weeks.

Again, these are the worst third week sales for a Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen volume — actually, these are the worst third weeks sales for all of Tsubasa since I’ve been keeping track of those.

These numbers are only for the regular edition. Numbers for the PLAYBUTTON limited edition are unknown.

It is unlikely that Tsubasa will show up again next week in Oricon’s ranking, so this is pretty much the final outcome for it.

For comparison’s sake, here’s a chart showing the performance for all 3 volumes of Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen, now updated with its third week.


Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai Hen

 

Volume 1

Week

Oricon Ranking

Sales

Accumulated Sales

1 – 02/16/2015~02/22/2015

6

127,643

127,643

2 – 02/23/2015~03/01/2015

19

56,614

184,257

3 – 03/02/2015~03/08/2015

42

26,122

210,379

Volume 2

Week

Oricon Ranking

Sales

Accumulated Sales

1 – 10/12/2015~10/18/2015

16

55,809

55,809

2 – 10/19/2015~10/25/2015

12

65,331

121,140

3 – 10/26/2015~11/01/2015

29

25,420

146,560

Volume 3

Week

Oricon Ranking

Sales

Accumulated Sales

1 – 08/15/2016~08/21/2016

11

73,836

73,836

2 – 08/22/2016~08/28/2016

20

40,847

114,683

3 – 08/29/2016~09/04/2016

45

17,887

132,570

Source: Anime News Network.

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XXXHOLiC Rei #4 cover

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In a very early announcement, we have the cover of XXXHOLiC Rei #4 revealed!

It will come out in a month from now, on October 6.

This volume will have a limited edition with the Blu-ray of the 2005 XXXHOLiC movie ~Manatsu no Yoru no Yume~.

Source: CLAMP-NET.COM

This has got to be one of my favorite covers? Look at that color palette! And I think those red nails are Yuuko’s 😉

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Follow-up: Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen #3 sales report

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On its second week of release, Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen #3 dropped to the 20th position in Oricon’s weekly comic ranking, with 40.847 copies sold, with an overall sales of 114,683 copies in two weeks.

Unfortunately, these are the worst second week sales for a Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen volume — actually, these are the worst second weeks sales for all of Tsubasa since I’ve been keeping track of those.

Once again, these numbers are only for the regular edition. Numbers for the PLAYBUTTON limited edition are unknown.

In case Tsubasa shows up again next week in Oricon’s ranking, I’ll post here about its performance.

For comparison’s sake, here’s a chart showing the performance for all 3 volumes of Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai hen.


Tsubasa – WoRLD CHRoNiCLE – Nirai Kanai Hen

 

Volume 1

Week

Oricon Ranking

Sales

Accumulated Sales

1 – 02/16/2015~02/22/2015

6

127,643

127,643

2 – 02/23/2015~03/01/2015

19

56,614

184,257

3 – 03/02/2015~03/08/2015

42

26,122

210,379

Volume 2

Week

Oricon Ranking

Sales

Accumulated Sales

1 – 10/12/2015~10/18/2015

16

55,809

55,809

2 – 10/19/2015~10/25/2015

12

65,331

121,140

3 – 10/26/2015~11/01/2015

29

25,420

146,560

Volume 3

Week

Oricon Ranking

Sales

Accumulated Sales

1 – 08/15/2016~08/21/2016

11

73,836

73,836

2 – 08/22/2016~08/28/2016

20

40,847

114,683

Source: Oricon.

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Card Captor Sakura x BABYSSB collaboration dress revealed

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The Japanese lolita brand of clothes BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT revealed the collaboration dress based on the cover illustration of the Card Captor Sakura 20th Anniversary Artbook.

Reservations will run from September to October and the delivery is scheduled for April 2017.

Source: BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT.