Word is everywhere and confirmed by CLAMP themeselves that the xxxHolic anime will air on TBS in 2006. The Tsubasa anime will still be on NHK.
I'll admit a little off topic, but I just wanted to plug my new
"Mad About Mango" A Fanlisting to The Body Shop's Mango Line that I just completed! I think it looks great and if you're a fan of The Body Shop, or their Mango line, come on over and add your name to the list!
In site news, I'm off to Australia tonight, so news may be a bit slow, but I'll still be making the occassional update.
Merry Christmas!
Anime News Network reports that Funimation is cracking down on copyrights to anime that they own the rights to. Tsubasa was mentioned suggesting that Funimation may be producing an English language version of the show. This has not officially been confirmed though.
A fansubbing group, Shinsen-subs has been shut down due to this rightening of rules.
More power to them I say. No matter what people say, subbing anime and offering it for download
is breaking the law, no matter what country you're in.
It'll be interesting to see if everyone will have Tsubasa Season 2 subs when the second season starts early next year.
Stay tuned for more.
Update: Several bittorrent sites have removed links to the Tsubasa subbed .avi files. I guess if you were waiting a bit before you downloaded them you waited too long. Seriously though, the series is now out on DVD for purchase from
YesAsia anyway. You can get crystal clear picture and sounds PLUS dvd extras and a box with the first volume. If you can't wait for an Aussie or US release, this may now be the way to go.
Got this from Delrey's newsletter:
Great Googly Moogly! Best Manga of 2005!!
We just got some news that has all of us here at Del Rey Manga Central dancing a jig: Anime Insider has named CLAMP's xxxHolic as the Best Manga of 2005!
From the magazine:
"But even CLAMP's storytelling and extraordinary artwork is only half the reason why xxxHolic takes first prize. Del Rey has gone above and beyond with it's English edition of the beloved manga. Like all Del Rey manga, the series retains all original honorifics, and a convenient but thorough set of notes explaining Japanese phrases and references—incredibly useful for xxxHolic with all it's crossovers with Tsubasa.
But xxxHolic goes one step further; each volume includes a color insert (all too rare in American manga) of CLAMP's gorgeous art. With xxxHolic, CLAMP has taken the care to make this an independent tale of supernatural fears and human drama, and they've created their best work yet—and Del Rey has cared just as much in bringing the series to the U.S."
What's left to say, but THANK YOU!
Not bad, eh? As much as I love Tsubasa,
xxxHolic is leaps and bounds ahead in terms of storytelling and characterisation!
Check it out now!
Anime News Network reports that the xxxHolic anime series will be directed by Tsutomu Mizushima (the director of the xxxHolic movie which was visually stunning!) and will start airing in April 2006 in Japan! Can't wait!
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