I just finished watching Episode 27 also known as the season 2 premiere and let me say that if this is an example of what season 2 we're all going to be in for a treat! Almost every problem that existed in the first season has been fixed. The pace of this episode is super fast. I was amazed at how much they fit into one episode! We get Syaoran's vision with the other Syaoran, a conversation with Yuko, Tomoyo's introduction, a whole space race from start to finish as well as character moments in between!
The animation appears to have been upgraded with Syaoran in particular looking the best he's looked in the series. Sakura looks great though very different from the last season. Kurogane has been perfected and Faye is Faye. Mokona, who suffered from some terrible renderings last season looks great here as does Yuko who looks like her manga counterpart.
As the volumes of the English manga featuring Piffle havn't been released yet I can't really compare story points but I can say that the story here simply worked very well.
The music style from the first season has been kept (thank God as that rocked) and several new tracks have been included which means we'll be getting a few more soundtracks released in the future. Woo Hoo!
Now what about the opening and closing credits? Both a HUGE improvement over the first seasons! While I liked Blaze, I found several aspects of it like Sakura biting and apple and waving to be terribly cliche and annoying. The same with Loop which while the song was amazing the visual just seemed like a combination of all the ending credits from Bee Trains other series (most notably the .hack ones). IT'S (the new opening) is fresh and fastly paced and shows us an interesting concept of the gang fighting themselves. Well their shadows anyway. There's lots off cool fashion shots and... I find this really shows us what the show is about. It's spirit anyway.
The new ending, Kazemachi Jet is also an improvement and shows us an inspired look into the past off all the characters! I was amazed at the quality of animation in the Sakura and Syaoran shots and then they show us chibi flashbacks of Kurogane and Faye! What a bonus! I thought it was a bit strange that Mokona's flashback had him sitting next to a cat on Yuko's lap instead of Larg (the black Mokona). Especially since Larg was shown in
Episode 2. Still, it looked amazing!
This whole episode just felt so...
fresh.
Let's hope the rest of the season (and the third season!) lives up to this one!
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Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle #9 Review
Got my order from
Amazon.com this morning which included the
first Card Captor Sakura Box Set (my review on that coming soon) and the latest volume of the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle manga! Just finished my review of it and you can check it out
HERE. If you still havn't ordered this amazing volume yet (seriously one of the best), you can grab it via
this link from Amazon. Remember all purchases done through links on my sites earn me 10% of the product price and help me pay for hosting the site you're reading now. Cheers!
P.S. Only five more hours until the season 2 premiere!!! Woooo!!!!
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Saturday, April 22, 2006
Season 2 Trailer, Official Site Update & Episode 4 Name!
The
official site just updated with a new layout pic (the same used in the promo pic from a few months back), the title of the fourth episode, "Sad Kiseki" and a trailer for the season 2 premiere which can be viewed
HERE.
Only one week left everyone!
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Friday, April 21, 2006
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle #9 Shipped!
Just got an email from Amazon that my preorder for
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle #9 had just shipped and it's not avaliable for another 4-5 days! One of the perks of doing a preorder! You get it before anyone else!
As soon as it arrives I'll be doing a review asap!
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
Season 2 Episode Names
The official site has just updated their episode page (as season 2 starts on the 29th!) with the episode names of the first three episodes!
Season 2: Episode 27 (the first episode of season 2): "Dangerous Race"
Season 2: Episode 28 (the second episode of season 2): "Three Badges"
&
Season 2: Episode 29 (the third episode of season 2): "The Goal of Glory"
I'm expecting a preview of Episode 27 next week on the official site! Stay tuned!
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Saturday, April 15, 2006
Piffle Tomoyo Pic
Check out
this link and scroll down for a pic of Tomoyo in Piffle!
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Friday, April 14, 2006
Episode 9 Summary
I kind of lost my copy of Episode 8 so here's the summary for 9! Don't worry, 8 will be up as soon as I can find it, but it was a filler anyway so you can jump from 7 to 9 and still not miss much. The summary is
HERE.
Only a 2 weeks left until season 2 guys!
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Sunday, April 09, 2006
English Tsubasa Clips
Someone over at Captured Wings has caught audio clips of the Animax English version of Tsubasa and edited them together with the fan subbed version to give us an idea of the English version. You can see the clips on
THIS POST.
Keep in mind that the audio is pretty terrible and not the way it aired. Also keep in mind that this was a pay tv channel's private dubbing of the show. When the DVDs are released later this year or next year by FUNimation, there will most likely be a different dub and a better one.
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Saturday, April 08, 2006
Episode 7 Summary
The summary for Episode 7 is online and can be viewed
HERE. Enjoy! It's a new world!
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Thursday, April 06, 2006
Preorder Tsubasa Season 2 Singles!
Great news! The opening and closing/ending themes for the second season of Tsubasa Chronicle are now up for preorder! Only one version of each will be released.
Click here for the opener, Kinya's "IT'S"and
click here for Maya Sakamoto's closer, Kaze Machi Jet!
I can't wait!
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APRIL FOOLS!
Just a quick note to those that read the post about the live action Tsubasa movie.... APRIL FOOLS!!! hahaha!
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Official English Site and Trailers!
Following up one of my previous reports about the English Asian cable / pay tv network, Animax airing "Chronicle of the Wings" (which is the correct translation and I think sounds pretty cool!) this month I decided to check out their website and they've created their own
Official Mini Site! Well worth a look and special mention to the four tv commercials that you can view there! Still hasn't been confirmed yet wether the show will be in English though.
Edit: Check that. Several of the commercials show a scene with Japanese "Yokoso" with the English subtitle on the bottom of the screen. Guess it'll be subbed guys!
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Sunday, April 02, 2006
Episode 6 Summary and Edits
My summary/guide for Episode 6 is online and can be viewed
HERE which completes the Hanshin arc! Woo Hoo! I also went back to the other summaries and added my original blog comments as a footnote which I think makes for an interesting contrast and read.
Hope you enjoy, and let me know what you think!
In site news, I'm still accepting affiliates for Loop and
Link (my xxxHolic site). If you have a good quality Tsubasa or xxxHolic site, let me know by emailing me at shuttlecok@REMOVE THIShotmail.com (make sure to remove REMOVE THIS) and I'll see what I can do!
Also, if you want some extra hits to your site, why not
ADVERTISE ON LOOP for as little as US$1 a day, payable via PayPal! (I need to cover hosting costs! hehe).
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Saturday, April 01, 2006
Live Action Tsubasa Movie!!!
Just read this via DarkHorizons.com that FOX has bought the rights to produce a live action Tsubasa movie! Apparently they have faith that the english version of the anime will do very well and see a great potential for a movie
series due to the nature of the stories!
Now for a little bad news. It looks like the Olsen Twins are in negotiations to play Sakura! The article hints that they will
both play Sakura but different versions of them. Maybe the story will involve the gang going to a world with another Sakura! Only speculation on my part though.
Oh, and in some fandom news, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAKURA!
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