A bit more than a month after the XXXHOLiC◆Kei event took place at LOFT/PLUS ONE, formally known as XXXHOLiC◆Kei Previous Evening Festival, the website CLAMP-PLA.NET brings their report of the event (most likely the last one for this event).
I was long awaiting for it, you can check it after the cut.
I think Saturday is a good day to review XXXHOLiC. Hopefully I’ll be able to review the whole series like this xD
Here is an updated list with the upcoming XXXHOLiC◆Kei episodes, two of them scripted by Nanase Ohkawa, taken from this month’s anime magazines.
• Code Geass R2:
Code Geass – Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 premiered yesterday in Japan and you can get the RAW of episode 1 via TokyoTosho from many different sources. You know the steps, just type Code Geass in their search field to get the results.
As reported previously, CLAMP drew the illustrations for the Ending sequence:
You can download the full ED sequence, featuring these and other illustrations, here (.AVI, 26 MB). Credits for the rip goes to Memento.
The illustrations are just beyond gorgeous! It’s basically Code Geass through CLAMP’s eyes xD The drawings were done by Mokona but Nekoi painted them using CG. I was surprised with the total amount of illustrations, I thought they would be fewer. Beautiful work, CLAMP.
• XXXHOLiC◆Kei:
Amazon.co.jp has a list for all the upcoming XXXHOLiC◆Kei DVDs. There will be 7 volumes, and each one of them will have a limited edition coming with a Drama CD and a booklet. The first Drama CD will be written by Nanase Ohkawa.
According to Amazon, the release schedule and product details goes as the following:
Volume 1
Release date: June 25.
Running time: 25 minutes.
First edition limitation: Post card, booklet and Drama CD scripted by Nanase Ohkawa.
Volume 2
Release date: July 23.
Running time: 50 minutes.
First edition limitation: Booklet and Drama CD.
Volume 3
Release date: August 20.
Running time: 50 minutes.
First edition limitation: Booklet and Drama CD.
Volume 4
Release date: September 24.
Running time: 50 minutes.
First edition limitation: Booklet and Drama CD.
Volume 5
Release date: October 22.
Running time: 50 minutes.
First edition limitation: Booklet and Drama CD.
Volume 6
Release date: November 26.
Running time: 50 minutes.
First edition limitation: Booklet and Drama CD.
Volume 7
Release date: December 17.
Running time: 50 minutes.
First edition limitation: Booklet and Drama CD.
Thanks to for the heads up!
More information, such as extra features or a box to hold the DVD cases, can be added anytime.
Basing on the DVDs running time that Amazon.co.jp is reporting, XXXHOLiC◆Kei will have only 13 episodes.
I’ve been seeing this (quite a lot) in articles and interviews about the the new season, but I thought the series could be expanded to 26 episodes when we get halfway through it. But after this, I’m getting more and more convinced.
So for now, 13 episodes only.
Last but not least, ASCII.jp has their report on the XXXHOLiC◆Kei event at LOFT/PLUS ONE (they have a bigger version of the CLAMP and Mizushima picture), and Hobby-Channel has an article about the XXXHOLiC◆Kei stage event at TAF2008. Phew!
The ASCII article states that, up to the event’s day, Episode 1 was done, Episode 2 was in the middle of after-recording, Episode 9 was being drawn and Episode 12 storyboarded.
Today we have CLAMP in CARDLAND, CLAMP in 3-D LAND and XXXHOLiC◆Kei news.
• CLAMP in CARDLAND:
The silhouettes of the CLAMP in CARDLAND 3 special cards are out in its official website:
The one from the left features Yuuko and Syaoran and the one from the right, Fye.
The 3rd Series of CLAMP in CARDLAND comes out next month.
• CLAMP in 3-D LAND:
A correction now, in my previous CLAMP NEWS !! post I stated that the Sakura figure that would come out in the 7th Series of CLAMP in 3-D LAND would be from Card Captor Sakura (I edited the post now, though). Today the official website of CLAMP in 3-D LAND announced that the “Sakura” is actually from Tsubasa.
I should have know, since CLAMP-NET.COM listed it as “Sakura”, and not “Sakura Kinomoto”.
I’m assuming this Sakura will be the one with the famous fairy dress of Chapter 1, readers who are up-to-date with the japanese chapters will understand why.
With this, Sakura Kinomoto will definitely make an appearance in the final Series, and my final guess for it would be:
Fuuma, Hikaru, Suoh, Sakura, Shirahime (Kazuhiko is out and Sakura is in).
Just like we had 3 Syaoran figures, there shall be 3 Sakura figures as well.
• XXXHOLiC◆Kei:
Akiba has their report of the XXXHOLiC◆Kei special stage event that was held at the TAF2008.
XXXHOLiC◆Kei premiered today in Japan and you can already download its raw version by torrent.
I don’t think I’ll be watching this before the weekend but hey, you can do it already! xD
Also, I don’t plan on posting weekly whenever a new raw or subbed version of XXXHOLiC is out. So for further reference, please check for XXXHOLiC in TokyoTosho, they have a very effective search engine ^_~
Dengeki has a VERY NICE coverage of the XXXHOLiC◆Kei event that was held at LOFT/PLUS ONE on last March 15.
The article has a transcript of the press conference that was held in the event, and it includes several great pictures. Make sure to check it out!
Ohkawa is pretty. Nekoi has braids (how cute XD)
Chibi Yuuto's CHRoNiCLEs 