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Post by Dessa on Jul 30, 2005 23:31:59 GMT -5
Or Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, depends on if you're talking anime or manga.
I love the series. I've seen the first 12 episodes of the anime (17 aired today in Japan), and read the first 5 volumes of the manga (6 came out in the US last Tuesday).
Fay is so cute!!! And I love his pet-names for Kurogane. Or should I say Kuro-myuu?
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Post by Lovely on Jul 31, 2005 7:48:24 GMT -5
I've only watched the first episode so far. Mostly because Tsubasa is one of those shows which will obviously be liscenced, so I'll just wait till it comes out officially and then rent it. I actually have high hopes and expectations for the dub on this one. Also, the music is by Yuki Kajiura, and that's an instant appeal for me  . That said, With the manga I go back and forth from like, to boredom, to back to like, to back to boredom  . I think it just depends on the world they are in. That, and I far prefer xxxHolic. I think it just has to do with personal taste. I thought book 1 was alright. Books two and three bored me. I LOVED books 4 and 5, and now with book 6 I'm bored again. The "interesting" thing in book 6 didn't happen until almost the end of the book, and it wasn't as nifty as I was expecting :/. On one hand, the cameo's are mildly interesting, on the other hand, I think CLAMP relies too MUCH on the cameo's and drags out the story just to give more CLAMP characters their apperances. |
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Post by Drave on Jul 31, 2005 13:17:17 GMT -5
Eh, I read the manga.... I think I'm at about volume 12? I guess it's okay, but honestly, I probably wouldn't read at all if Fai and Kurogane weren't so cute X3. Far from CLAMP's best, but amusing.
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Post by Takato on Aug 3, 2005 8:54:00 GMT -5
I've only seen the first 15 episodes of the anime and read the first two volumes of the manga, but I like it so far. It's not the greatest series from Clamp that I've seen but it's certainly not the worst. I'm just trying not to set my expectations for it so high. I like seeing the return of all my favorite Clamp characters, especially Sakura and Shaoran and I love their new seiyuu in this series. Sakamoto Maaya-san is so awesome as Tomoyo. It's too bad she isn't in this series nearly enough. I also like the new characters, Fai and Kurogane. They are both just so funny with the way Fai teases Kurogane by calling him all those silly nicknames, my favorite being "Kuro-puu", and Kurogane is just so cool.
The only main problems I have with this series are the sluggish pacing and some of the character designs. The character development could be a little bit better, too. Everyone looks way too skinny to me and sometimes their faces can look kind of ackward. However, I do adore the music, especially the opening theme song and the BGM, and the plot is very unique and interesting, but I've been considering dropping the Tsubasa manga. You see, all the other manga I'm currently reading are all pretty long and I'd like to read some other series sometime before the next millienium, and since the Tsubasa anime doesn't seem to be that different from the manga, I might just stick to watching the anime version. But I'm afraid that if I drop the Tsubasa manga I might lose my Clamp obessesiveness and I don't want to lose my obessesiveness.
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Post by Lovely on Aug 3, 2005 17:04:56 GMT -5
I USED to be an obsessive CLAMP fan, but then Chobits, Angelic Layer and Suki (ESPECIALLY Suki) came along. After that, I re-evaluated some past Clamp series, and realised I didn't like some of them all that much anymore.
I still love Tokyo Babylon though.
Character wise. I really like Fai, Kurogane, and Tsubasa version- Mokona, Sakura and Shaoran. It's just a lot of the situations I find dull. Though I really liked the world with Emeraude, and the whole mystery-esque nature of that world.
Unlike Takato though. I LOVE the lanky look of the characters. The same lanky style is used in xxxHolic too. Much to my joy.
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Post by Dessa on Oct 13, 2005 0:28:27 GMT -5
**sniffsniff**
After episode 26, they're going to reruns!! I know the series is supposed to go further, but... noooo!!! I don't want to have to wait 6 months for more of my Fay-sama!!!
**buries her nose back in CLAMP School Detectives from the library**
Now, where'd TB go again...
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Post by yashaboy on Oct 23, 2005 20:12:52 GMT -5
You know, I would love to go more into this series (I've read book 1), but whenever I go to the bookstore they NEVER EVER seem to have book 2. And I'm the kind of person who just HAS to read it in order.
Anyway., I think the character design is tollerable for the manga (looks absolutly AWESOME ^-^) but the anime makes everyone look stupid. I don't like the look in the anime. Their faces look too long and sometimes deformed or something.
Like Lovely I like XXXholic way better. Their volumes are always in stock and Watanuki amuses me to no end. And now I've heard that there's gonna be a XXXholic anime. YAY!
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Post by Lovely on Oct 24, 2005 9:37:49 GMT -5
And now I've heard that there's gonna be a XXXholic anime. YAY! Yep! The movie was announced a while ago, but the TV series is a recent announcement. I'm actually a bit more happy with the TV series announcement because xxxHolic is kind of episodic in nature so I think it would do well as a series. Anyways.... WATANUKI GOODNESS XD ! I can't wait. (Watanuki is like a hot version of Manta *laughs*.) |
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Post by Dessa on Oct 28, 2005 0:05:06 GMT -5
The movie was OUT in August...
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Post by Lovely on Oct 28, 2005 6:06:28 GMT -5
ToMAYto ToMahto  . Kidding . |
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. I think it just depends on the world they are in. That, and I far prefer xxxHolic. I think it just has to do with personal taste.
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