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Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
The first volume of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle as released by Del Rey Manga.
ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- (Tsubasa -Rezaboa Kuronikuru-)
Genre	Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Tragedy
Manga
Author	Clamp
Publisher	Kodansha
English publisher	Del Rey Chuang Yi(English) Tanoshimi
Other publishers: Editora JBC Pika Édition Egmont Elex Media Komputindo Star Comics Weekly Comic, Arena Komik Grupo Editorial Vid Haksan Publishing Norma Editorial Tong Li Vibulkij Publishing
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	May 2003 – ongoing
Volumes	24, with 205 total chapters
TV anime: Tsubasa Chronicle
Director	Kōichi Mashimo Hiroshi Morioka
Studio	Bee Train
Licensor	Revelation Films Funimation Kaze
Network	NHK, Animax
English network	Funimation Channel
Other networks: TVB Animax Arutz Hayladim NTV7, Animax Animax, QTV Hyper Tooniverse
Original run	April 9, 2005 – November 4, 2006
Episodes	52
Animated film: Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages
Director	Itsuro Kawasaki
Studio	Production I.G
Licensor	Funimation Kaze
Released	August 20, 2005
Runtime	35 min.
OVA: Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations
Director	Shunsuke Tada
Studio	Production I.G
Episodes	3
Released	November 16, 2007 - March 17, 2008
OVA: Tsubasa Shunraiki
Director	Shunsuke Tada
Studio	Production I.G
Episodes	2
Released	March 17, 2009 - April 17, 2009
Game: Tsubasa Chronicle
Developer	Arika
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	December 31, 2005
Game: Tsubasa Chronicle Vol.2
Developer	Arika
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	April 20, 2006
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Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-, Tsubasa -Rezaboa Kuronikuru-^?), is an ongoing manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine.

It was adapted into an anime series, Tsubasa Chronicle (ツバサ・クロニクル, Tsubasa Kuronikuru^?), animated by Bee Train, which aired 52 episodes over two seasons during 2005 and 2006.^[1] Three OVAs (animated by Production I.G) were also released in two month successions, from November 2007 through March 2008.

As of September 1st, 2008, the English dub is being broadcast on the Funimation TV Channel in the United States.^[2] The English dub is also being broadcast by Animax across Asia under the title 'Chronicle of The Wings'.

Plot

Sakura is the princess of Clow Kingdom, which is ruled by her older brother, King Tōya. Her childhood friend Syaoran is a young archaeologist. Sakura is revealed to have strange powers when she has a vision of a mysterious symbol and places she has never seen. Meanwhile, Syaoran discovers the same symbol at the ruins he is excavating. He sees Sakura standing on the symbol on the ground. Ghostly wings appear on her back and a mysterious force begins to pull her into the walls of the ruins. Syaoran rescues her in time, but her wings are scattered across dimensions. The High Priest of Clow Kingdom, Yukito, immediately realizes that Sakura's "feathers" were the manifestation of her soul and memories; without them, she will die. In order to save Sakura, Syaoran must journey to retrieve her wing's feathers, the fragments of her memories.

Yukito sends Syaoran and the unconscious Sakura to the Dimensional Witch, Yūko, who is one of the main characters in xxxHolic. There he meets Kurogane, a rough-mannered ninja banished from his world by Princess Tomoyo, and Fay D. Flourite, a magician who fled his world to avoid King Ashura. Each of them must pay with what he values most in order to gain the power to cross dimensions. For Kurogane, it is his sword Ginryū, and for Fay, it is the tattoo on his back which regulates his control of his magic. Syaoran, on the other hand, must pay with his relationship with Sakura: even if he is able to retrieve all of her memories, she will never remember anything about him or their relationship. (This sacrifice also pays Sakura's "toll" to Yūko, because what Sakura values most are her memories of and with Syaoran.) Only when the three agree to her terms does Yūko present them with the power to cross dimensions; a white creature named Mokona Modoki.

While traversing through worlds to find Sakura's feathers, the four travellers and Mokona are forced to overcome many dangers and opponents, some of whom are figures from Syaoran's past who wish to collect Sakura's feathers for their own reasons as they are seen to be objects that hold great power.

The manga adopts darker and more complex tones in the latter half of the story.

Because of the crossover characters with xxxHolic, the two manga occasionally intertwine with each other.

Characters

Main article: List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle characters

• Syaoran: The main character and protagonist for the first half of the story. Childhood friend of Princess Sakura. He is known for his kind nature and his calm determination. At the beginning Syaoran does not have any magical power, but is an excellent martial artist and an aspiring archaeologist with extensive knowledge of various languages, histories, and artifacts. It's later revealed that Syaoran is actually a clone of Syaoran Li that was originally created in order to collect Princess Sakura's feathers.
• "Syaoran" Li: The son of Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li from Cardcaptor Sakura. At the age of 14 he is imprisoned by Fei Wong Reed and is seen throughout the first half of the series asleep in a magically-sealed tank. After awakening he joins the group with the wish of protecting Sakura. In Chapter 201, it is revealed that Watanuki (xxxHolic) was "born" to replace the void in the relationships Syaoran had made.
• Sakura: The Princess of Clow Country. Sakura is a cheerful, selfless, and strong-hearted young woman. She states if there was ever something that she could do, she would try her absolute best. Her feathers are the manifestation of her soul, namely her heart and memories. She possesses a mysterious power, manifest in the magical powers of her wings, which is sought
• Yūko Ichihara: Also known as the Dimensional Witch or the Space-Time Witch, who resides in modern day Japan. A crossover character from xxxHolic.
• King Toya: Toya is the King of Clow Kingdom and also the brother of Sakura. He usually refers Syaoran as a brat.
• Yukito: Yukito is the High Priest in the Clow Kingdom and he knew that Sakura had a mysterious power that change the fate of the world. It is he who sent Syaoran and Sakura to the Dimensional Witch.
• Tomoyo: The Princess of Nihon Country who sends Kurogane on his quest. Tomoyo is intelligent, determined, enthusiastic, and selfless to a fault. With her extreme level of power, Tomoyo has the ability to cross dimensions and have visions of the future through her dreams. She meets Sakura first as another incarnation, "President Tomoyo," and then when the group comes to Nihon Country to rest. Tomoyo cares deeply about others, and sacrifices her yumemi (dreamseer) powers to keep the travelers safe.
• Fei Wong Reed: The primary antagonist of the story. He is very powerful and will do anything to grant his wish - to bring back a life. He can see (predict) the future and often prepares many details of his plans decades before they take places.
• Kimihiro Watanuki: Syaoran's counterpart in Japan. He never meets the Tsubasa group conventionally, but speaks with Sakura in his dreams when her spirit is separated from her body. Syaoran and Watanuki have a very strong bond, even though they've rarely ever spoken with each other.

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle chapters

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle is currently being serialized in Japan in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since May 2003. To date, twenty-three tankōbon volumes have been published, with the 23rd released on March 17, 2008.

The manga series has also been adapted for release within several different regions, including North America in English by Del Rey Manga, Taiwan by Tong Li in Traditional Chinese and Singapore by Chuang Yi in English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish in Mexico by Grupo Editorial Vid, Spanish in Spain by Norma Editorial and Thailand by Vibulkij Publishing Group in Thai.

At the conclusion of Volume 23, on the last page of Chapter 182, Clamp, the authors of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle announced the manga was entering its final arc. It is expected that Tsubasa and its sister publication, xxxHolic will end prior to the 2009 publication of Clamp's new shōjo manga.

Anime

See also: List of Tsubasa Chronicle episodes and Tsubasa Chronicle media information

The anime adaptation, Tsubasa Chronicle (ツバサ・クロニクル, Tsubasa Kuronikuru^?) (renamed Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle in English), was animated by Bee Train and directed by Kōichi Mashimo with Hiroshi Morioka joining on as co-director for season two. ^[3] The music for the series was composed by Yuki Kajiura. The first season aired Saturday nights at 18:30 on NHK from April 9, 2005 to October 15, 2005. The second season began on April 29, 2006 and concluded on November 4, 2006. The first and second seasons both contained twenty-six episodes each, making the current episode count fifty-two episodes.

The series was also later broadcasted by the anime television network, Animax, across its English language networks in Southeast Asia in early 2006 (where the series received its English language premiere) and South Asia, as well as its other networks in Taiwan and Hong Kong (where it received its Chinese language premiere). Both seasons and movie are licensed for release in North America by FUNimation.^[4] No word yet on whether the OVAs will be licensed once they are released in Japan. Tsubasa Chronicle has also been recently released in the United Kingdom by Revelation Films since September 2007.^[5] Revelation Films have also confirmed Tsubasa Chronicle Season 2 to be released in the UK although no release dates have been confirmed yet.

Movie

A movie, Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages (劇場版 ツバサ・クロニクル 鳥カゴの国の姫君, Gekijōban Tsubasa Kuronikuru Torikago no Kuni no Himegimi^?), was released in Japanese theaters on August 20, 2005 in conjunction with xxxHolic the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream (劇場版 xxxHOLiC 真夏ノ夜ノ夢, Gekijōban Horikku Manatsu no Yoru no Yume^?). The DVD of the movie was released on February 25, 2006. The movie also crosses over with the xxxHolic movie. The movie was released on February 19 release by FUNimation in the U.S.^[6] as a double feature with the xxxHolic movie.^[7]

In their continuing journey to find the feathers that are the fragments of Sakura's lost memory, Syaoran, Kurogane, Fay, and Sakura move through time and space with Mokona. Here, they visit the "Country of Birdcages," a seemingly peaceful country where people and birds live together, each person having a bird companion. After a boy named Koruri confuses Syaoran and Sakura for "bodyguards" and attacks them, they learn that the king of the country possesses a mysterious power. Princess Tomoyo, Koruri, and the other oppressed citizens, having had their birds taken from them, live in hiding within the forest. In order to take back Sakura's feather, Syaoran and the others stand up against the scheming king.

OVA

Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations is a three-part OVA which was released in 2007 and 2008. The official website for the OVAs went up on June 13, 2007. The OVAs were animated by Production I.G, which is the studio that also animated the Tsubasa movie. Each 25-minute part was included with each manga volume starting from November 16, 2007. TOKYO REVELATIONS covers events from the Tokyo arc of the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle manga. As thus, the events of the anime after Rekord country were disregarded in the OVA. A 14 second trailer for the 1st OVA was released, as well as a trailer (which is a little over a minute) for the third OVA.

A new OVA series was announced in volume 24 of the manga, released on July 17th. 2008. The OVA will consist of 2 DVD releases, the first coming with volume 26 of the manga, which will be released in March 2009. These OVAs will cross over with two announced xxxHOLiC OVAs, the first of which will come with Volume 14 of the xxxHOLiC manga, which is scheduled to be released on February 17, 2009. This will be a continuation of Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations, which will be "Japan" arc.^[8]

The OVA Release Schedule is as following:

Fanbooks and artbooks

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Japanese

Special Books:

English

Special Books:

References

External links

• Official Shonen Magazine manga website (Japanese)
• Official Del Rey Manga website
• Official Tokyo Revelations OAD website (Japanese)
• Official Tsubasa-xxxHolic OAD website (Japanese)
• Official Funimation anime website
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia