The official website of the Tsubasa and XXXHOLiC OADs has been updated with a few news.

First of all, the official logos of both titles have been announced, make sure to check them out!

Second, a new installment of Holitsuba Gakuen Drama CD will be released. In order to obtain it, one needs to purchase all 4 OADs of Tsubasa and XXXHOLiC and submit the application ticket that will come with the DVDs (it is only possible to obtain the Drama CD by purchasing all 4 DVDs).

Nanase Ohkawa once again is in charge of the script, and CLAMP will draw the jacket illustration.

Lastly, Tsubasa Shunraiki opening theme song will be performed by Maaya Sakamoto and entitled SONIC BOOM. The track will be included in Sakamoto’s upcoming album due on January 14.

The official website of the Tsubasa and XXXHOLiC OADs has been updated with a new picture and the complete release dates.

As I reported previously, the Tsubasa OAD will be called Tsubasa Shunraiki (ツバサ　春雷記), which can be translated as Tsubasa – Thunder Record in Spring. Now the title of XXXHOLiC’s OAD has been announced as well. It’ll be called XXXHOLiC Shunmuki (XXXHOLIC 春夢記), which can be roughly translated as XXXHOLiC – Dream Record in Spring.

Now on to the official release dates!

February 17th – XXXHOLiC OAD #1
March 17th – Tsubasa OAD #1
April 17th – Tsubasa OAD #2
May 15th – XXXHOLiC OAD #2

All OADs have a running time of 25 minutes each.

Seems like it’s the second scenario that I suggested a couple of months ago.

Judging by the picture on the official website, I’d say it’s going to be about Nihon arc (as suspected by the title).

Much thanks to user radiomacrossing for letting me know about it (my readers rock!)

PS: I’m not so sure about the english translations of the titles. The kanji 記 means “record” but it could also mean “chronicle” (which is very suitable in Tsubasa’s case). For now the wisest choice would be to simply refer to them with their original japanese titles.

Anime Anime website has an article about the Tsubasa & XXXHOLiC OADs and, according to them, all four installments will be released in four consecutive months, starting in January with XXXHOLiC’s first OAD.

That means we’ll have XXXHOLiC’s first OAD in January, Tsubasa’s first OAD in February, then one in March and the final one in April. That, according to Anime Anime.

I was under the impression that the second OAD of both XXXHOLiC and Tsubasa would be released simultaneously, but it seems like there will be an interval of one month between the releases.

Basing on that, we have two different scenarios:

January: XXXHOLiC #14 with OAD 1
February: Tsubasa #26 with OAD 1
March: XXXHOLiC #15 with OAD 2
April: Tsubasa #27 with OAD 2

or

January: XXXHOLiC #14 with OAD 1
February: Tsubasa #26 with OAD 1
March: Tsubasa #27 with OAD 2
April: XXXHOLiC #15 with OAD 2

The schedule above should not be considered as official as it is based on my own speculations on the subject. I will report here once the official dates are announced.

I think the first scenario is more likely to happen, but at the same time, it’s hard to believe that between XXXHOLiC #14 and #15 there’s only 2 months of difference. But CLAMP can always haste XXXHOLiC’s pace in order to meet that deadline. We shouldn’t discard the second scenario either.

So what about the manga? Is volume 27 and volume 15 the final volumes of Tsubasa and XXXHOLiC? Or there is a 28th volume for Tsubasa? If so, will it run for an entire volume without XXXHOLiC or is there a 16th volume planned for XXXHOLiC as well?

For the first time I’m thinking that 27 is just as possible as 28 volumes for Tsubasa. I need the official dates to make a decision xD But for now my guesses are either 27 or 28 volumes for Tsubasa and 15 volumes for XXXHOLiC.

The official website of the XXXHOLiC and Tsubasa OADs has been launched!

http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/tsubaholi/

Looks very promising!

The official website confirms the information that the Tsubasa and XXXHOLiC’s OADs will have two OADs each, resulting in a total of 4 OADs.

「ツバサ」「×××HOLiC」ともに前後編のオリジナルアニメーションDVDの制作が決定。

And in opposition to what has been reported previously, XXXHOLiC’s OAD will be directed by Tsutomu Mizushima alone, and not by him and Shunsuke Tada. Tsutomu Mizushima, Shunsuke Tada and Nanase Ohkawa are members of the XXXHOLiC/Tsubasa project.

Kodansha has a hotsite to pre-order the limited edition of XXXHOLiC #14 here. The pre-order via Kodansha’s website is only available for customers residing in Japan.