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Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
(Tsubasa: Rezaboa Kuronikuru)
Demographic Shōnen
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy
Manga
Author CLAMP
Publisher Flag of Japan Kodansha
Serialized in Flag of Japan Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run May 2003 – ongoing
Volumes 23, with 175 total chapters (currently still ongoing)
TV anime: Tsubasa Chronicle
Director Kōichi Mashimo
Studio Bee Train
Network Flag of Japan NHK, Animax
Original run April 9, 2005 – November 4, 2006
Episodes 52
Movie: Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages
Director Itsuro Kawasaki
Studio Production I.G.
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
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

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- Tsubasa Rezaboa Kuronikuru?), also known as Chronicle of the Wings, is an ongoing manga series by Clamp and the group's longest-running series, which is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine.

It was later adapted into an anime series, Tsubasa Chronicle (ツバサ・クロニクル Tsubasa Kuronikuru?), by Bee Train, which aired 52 episodes over two seasons during 2005 and 2006.[1] A series of OVAs are scheduled to be released in late 2007 and early 2008.

Contents

Further information: List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle story arcs

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 "wings" 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 Fai 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.

Main article: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle characters
  • Clone Syaoran: The hero of the story. He (at the beginning) 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. In Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Syaoran is blind in his right eye. In the early stages of his life he is emotionally distressed, probably due to his true self being locked away while controlling him unawarely, but that later changes.
  • "Syaoran": The real Syaoran. He was kidnapped by Fei Wong Reed as a young child and Fei then created a clone from him. He gave to his clone a part of his heart (his left eye) because he wanted him to have feelings. He is a distant relative of Clow Reed and vows to protect Sakura, the one he loves. He possesses magic which is identical in look to his Cardcaptor self (the same spells, albeit more powerful), as well as an identical sword. His magical glyph is the rashinban of CCS Syaoran. While he was locked up in the lair of Fei Wong Reed he was able to see everything through the eye that he had given the clone Syaoran and could control the clone's personality through this.
  • 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 wings are the manifestation of her soul, namely her heart and memories. She possesses a mysterious power, manifest in the magical powers of the scattered feathers, which is sought by Fei Wong Reed. A crossover character from Cardcaptor Sakura.
  • Kurogane: A rough-mannered ninja from the world of Nihon (Japan), exiled for his recklessness. He originally possessed the blade Ginryū before giving it to Yūko as price for his deal with her.
  • Fay D. Flourite: A laid-back mage from the Country of Seresu. Although he seems happy-go-lucky and pretends to know less than he does, there is more to him than meets the eye. He appears to be on the run from his mysterious past.
  • Mokona: A creature given to Syaoran, Fay and Kurogane by Yūko in exchange for their most-valued possessions. A created imitation from the character in Magic Knight Rayearth which cannot talk.
  • Yūko Ichihara: Also known as the Dimensional Witch or the Space-Time Witch, who resides in modern day Japan. A crossover character from xxxHolic.

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is currently being serialized in Japan in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since May 2003. To date, twenty-one tankōbon volumes have been published, with the 21st released on November 16, 2007. This makes Tsubasa the longest of all CLAMP's works in terms of number of volumes, since X is left unfinished at 18 volumes. However, X ran for a much longer period of time (1992-2003. 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 and Simplified Chinese in Spanish in Mexico by Grupo Editorial Vid.

The anime adaptation, Tsubasa Chronicle (ツバサ・クロニクル Tsubasa Kuronikuru?), was animated by Bee Train and directed by Kōichi Mashimo. 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.[2] No word yet on whether the OVAs will be licensed once they are released in Japan. Tsubasa Chronicle has also been recently being released in the United Kingdom by Revelation Films since September 2007.[3] Revelation Films have also confirmed Tsubasa Chronicle Season 2 to be released in the UK although no release dates have been confirmed yet.

For music and voice actor information, see Tsubasa Chronicle media information.
For a list of episodes, see List of Tsubasa Chronicle episodes.

Openings
Endings
  • Season 1 – Loop (ループ Rūpu?) by Maaya Sakamoto
  • Season 2 – Jet Waiting for a Good Wind (風待ちジェット Kazemachi Jetto?) by Maaya Sakamoto

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.

In their continuing journey to find the feathers that are the fragments of Sakura's lost memory, Syaoran, Kurogane, Fai, 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.

Opening
Ending

Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations is a three-part OVA which is scheduled to be released in 2007 and 2008. The official website for the OVAs went up on 13 June 2007. The OVAs will be animated by Production I.G., which is the studio that also animated the Tsubasa movie. Each 25-minute part will be included with each manga volume starting from November 16, 2007. TOKYO REVELATIONS will cover events from the Tokyo arc of the Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle manga. A 14 second trailer has been released.

The OVA Release Schedule is as following:

1. The Magician’s Message

This OVA covers the begining of the Tokyo arc. Group, with Fay's help, having just escaped the Rekord country, enters into "Tokyo". Kamui is introduced along with the escape of the other Syaoran.
1st DVD with Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle volume 21 limited edition – Release date: November 16, 2007, it costs 3360 yen.
(Includes a storage case for all 3 with a new illustration)

2. The Boy’s Right Eye

2nd DVD with Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle volume 22 limited edition – Release date: January 17, 2008, it costs 2980 yen.

3. The Dream that the Princess Had

3rd DVD with Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle volume 23 limited edition – Release date: March 17, 2008, it costs 2980 yen.

Opening
Ending

Further information: List of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle story arcs and Crossover characters in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
  • Both of the main characters, Sakura and Syaoran, and all of the people closest to them in the country of Clow - Clow Reed, Tōya, Yukito, Fujitaka - are characters originally from the Cardcaptor Sakura series. Tomoyo, the priestess in Kurogane's Japan, is also a character from this series.
  • Chī, the girl that Fai created in his home world, is the persocom from the series Chobits.
  • Piffle is also the name of the stores in other Clamp works such as Angelic Layer, xxxHolic, Cardcaptor Sakura and Legal Drug. The name of a leading Persocom company in Chobits is "Piffle Princess Co."
  • Duklyon Bakery another crossover establishment, named after the bakeshop from CLAMP's Duklyon can be seen as logos on some of their food containers. Other Clamp works in which the Duklyon logo appears are Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits and xxxHolic.
  • The apartment complex managed by Chitose Hibiya in Chobits appears in Tsubasa's Hanshin Republic and is managed by Sorata and Arashi Arisugawa. There is also a European-like version of it in the Country of Jade, managed by Kyle Rondart. The same apartment complex (or at least the same building architecture) can be seen in other Clamp works such as xxxHolic and Kobato.
  • The characters of Sorata Arisugawa and Arashi are both cross-overs from an early CLAMP work X/1999. However, in X, the pair are not married, Arashi's full name is Arashi Kishu, and Sorata is killed (in the TV series and movie).
  • The lyrics of the song Oruha sings at her bar Clover in Ōto resemble those of her and Sū's song from Clover. Translations vary.
  • The girl in a sailor uniform running in the background every time the gang visits a new country in the manga is Miyuki from Miyuki-chan in Wonderland, another manga by CLAMP.
  • In Vol. 18, the game of human chess is also found in Miyuki-chan in Wonderland. Also, Sakura sits in an eggshell and one of the "masters" they oppose represents a character from Alice in Wonderland.
  • Also, in the game of human chess arc, Eagle, the one who created and supervise the game and his right-hand man, Lantis, both are a crossover character from Magic Knight Rayearth. In Magic Knight Rayearth they were once friend but later found themselves competing to be the pillar of Zephyr along with Hikaru Shidou. They both also hinted to share the same romantic feeling toward Hikaru Shidou (Which Hikaru replied that she loved them both as much as everyone else...)
  • The egg-like-chair Sakura sits in from Vol. 18 resembles the one Tomoyo from Cardcaptor Sakura sat on in an episode that is based on Miyuki-chan in Wonderland.
  • The hairpin Sakura wore in episode 33 (Ashura's history) is similar to the one she wore in the Cardcaptor Sakura movie after Yukito bought it for her.
  • In the recent chapters of the manga, the real Syaoran has Li Syaoran's sword and when he is using his powers, you can see Li Syaoran's Rashinban in his eye. In the Cardcaptor Sakura series, it is used to detect Clow Cards, and it also represents Clow Reed's magic.
  • In the country of Ōto, the swords Syaoran and Kurogane bought, Sōhi and Hien, are the names of Princess Hinoto's assistants in X/1999.
  • During the "Chess event" fight, the doll that fights against Syaoran comes from Angelic Layer. Some of the moves employed are also from Angelic Layer. For example, the "Rolling Thunder" move as well as the projectile.
  • The kudan of Syaoran, Fay, and Kurogane are Rayearth, Windom, and Celes from Magic Knight Rayearth in their basic forms.
  • Souma and Ameterasu from Kurogane's Japan are from RG Veda (where Ameterasu was known as Kendappa).
  • When Souma is seen in the country of Outo, she is once again with another character from RG Veda - Ryuo.

  1. ^ Tsubasa Chronicle official Japanese web site. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  2. ^ FUNimation licenses Holic/Tsubasa movie, Tsubasa TV series. Retrieved on 2006-02-09.
  3. ^ Tsubasa Box Set Including Volume 1 Official Release By Revelation Films.


Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (Clamp)
v • d • e
Information
List of episodes
Media information
List of story arcs
Characters
Main cast: Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane, Fay, Mokona
v • d • e
Anime series and OVAs animated by studio Bee Train
Girls with guns Noir  · Madlax  · El Cazador de la Bruja
Other original works Avenger
.hack franchise Liminality  · Sign  · Gift  · Legend of the Twilight  · Roots
Other video games PoPoLoCrois  · Arc the Lad  · Medabots  · Wild Arms  · Meine Liebe
Manga and literature Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle  · Spider Riders  · Murder Princess


v • d • e
Clamp
Members Satsuki Igarashi  · Ageha Ohkawa  · Tsubaki Nekoi  · Mokona
Debut (1989) RG Veda
Manga of the 1990s Angelic Layer  · Cardcaptor Sakura  · Clamp School Detectives  · Clover  · Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders  · Legend of Chun Hyang  · Magic Knight Rayearth  · Man of Many Faces  · Miyuki-chan in Wonderland  · The One I Love  · Shirahime-Syo: Snow Goddess Tales  · Suki: A Like Story  · Tokyo Babylon  · Wish  · X
Manga of the 2000s Chobits  · Kobato  · Legal Drug  · Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle  · xxxHolic
One-shots Left Hand  · Murikuri
Light novels Clamp School Paranormal Investigators  · Yumegari
Others Clamp in Wonderland  · Clamp no Kiseki  · Sweet Valerian
Collaborations Code Geass  · Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings  · Night Head
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