Anime xxxHOLiC & Tsubasa double feature

[Dagger]

New [url=http://www.holic-tsubasa.com/trailer.html][u]trailers[/u][/url] from the xxxHOLiC site... pick your poison.

So as not to cause any confusion, I'd better start off by clarifying that the upcoming xxxholic (never again am I using the silly "official" capitalization) and Tsubasa Chronicle movies aren't as closely linked to the Tsubasa TV series as one might think. For starters, the movie animation is being done by Production I.G. rather than Bee Train, and the character designs are also noticeably different.

On the whole, I think the artwork is a big step up from the TV series, at least judging by the trailer--and I realize it's unfair to directly compare television anime with feature films, but the TV character designs are so much more awkward-looking. Even the movie designs are somewhat unappealing, in my opinion, but I don't think CLAMP gave the animators the best material to work with (adapted for the screen or not, Tsubasa & xxxholic's stick-like designs are bound to pretty much always look better in still shots than when actually in motion).

I have a feeling I'll enjoy the coming movies a lot more than the Tsubasa Chronicle TV series, which gave me some hope at the beginning but then rapidly devolved. This way, at least, it'll be short and sweet (60 minutes for the xxxholic feature, 30 minutes for Tsubasa), and there will be some nice eye-candy to balance out potential story-related deficiencies.

Are all of you CLAMP fans out there excited about this? Personally I'd rather have a Legal Drug OVA, but I suppose the chances of that happening are pretty pathetic...

~Dagger~

[gwynva]

I like clamp series that is for sure, but when it comes to tsubasa chronicle the best thing about the series are the musics used during the episodes (actually i don't like the opening and the ending themes as well). So for the movies i don't expect too much but for the musics i really do expect something :)
The stories evolve so slowly that i do not feel the need to watch till they finally find a feather sometimes :P So the movie should be better in terms of plot i hope.
the trailers are so short and does not say much on the plot as well, but still the animation seem to be better than the tv series.

[Meggido]

I'm actually enjoying the Tsubasa Chronicle TV series at the moment. Have only seen the first 8 episodes but it is different to what I usually watch. I'm actually watching it in fansubs which is quite good. If they've already anounced a movie it would be interesting to see if this is stand alone or not.