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.

We have the Obi, finally! shidouhikaru15-chan found it for us (she’s my heroine today xD):

Click to enlarge it.

The big letters say:

The small letters say that the first OAD will be attached to Tsubasa #26, to be released in February 2009. Tsubasa #25 will be released in November 2008 and will not come with an OAD.

More information will be available soon in Shonen Magazine and in the official website of the Tsubasa OADs.

So the schedule goes like this:

Tsubasa #25
Release date: November, 2008.

XXXHOLiC #14 DVD Limited Edition
Original Animation DVD “XXXHOLiC Original Episode” (tentative title) Part 1
Running time: 25 minutes.
Release date: January 16, 2009.

Tsubasa #26 DVD Limited Edition
Release date: February, 2009.

There should be more information on the back side of the obi but we couldn’t find any pictures so far, including the hypothesis that a total of 4 OADs will be released, 2 for XXXHOLiC and 2 for Tsubasa.

It’s very likely that the XXXHOLiC and Tsubasa OADs will be linked, specially if we consider that the staff has both XXXHOLiC and Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations directors working together.

So here’s what I gathered so far…

As reported yesterday, XXXHOLiC will have its OAD attached to Volume 14 and will be released on January 16, 2009. That OAD will be Part 1.

Moonphase reports that Part 2 is also scheduled for another limited edition (most likely XXXHOLiC Volume 15, but that’s my own assumption).

According to them, a Tsubasa OAD is also planned. They treat XXXHOLiC’s Part 2 and Tsubasa’s OAD as two separate entities, which means we have at least 3 OADs planned.

When the obi strip of Tsubasa #24 appears we should have more information, stay tuned!