Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles

The next anime that we will be reviewing is one of the animes that gives a reminiscence about our childhood and is one of Syibrie's favourite! Therefore, without further ado, we give you......

Title: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle a.k.a. Chronicle of the Wings

Mangaka: Clamp

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Supernatural, mystery, Drama, Shoujo, Shounen

Number of episodes: 26 (Season 1), 26 (Season 2), Total: 52

Period of airing: April 9 2005 - November 5, 2006

Publisher(s) (of manga) and

Production Company(s): NHK, Animax, FUNimation Entertainment, Bee Train, Kodansha

Ratings: PG-13 - 8.1/10 (IMDb.com),  8.5/10 (tv.com), 7.72/10 (Season 1), 7.75/10 (Season 2) (myanimelist.net)

Synopsis:

During an excavation at the mysterious ruins in Clow Country, Syaoran discovers his childhood friend Princess Sakura appear on the site with wings that disperse into many feathers. As the feather's disappear to different dimensions, so does Sakura's memory. In attempts to save Sakura's life and restore her memory, Syaoran travels through to another world to find a solution. There's only one thing left he can do. Travel through to different dimensions to collect Sakura's feathers. Helping out with the quest is Kurogane, an exiled ninja from Japan Country who wishes to return to his world, the runaway magician, Fay, who desires to jump between each world never to return to his own and the white meat-bun shaped creature, Mokona.The fated journey slowly becomes more complicated for our travelers, as they find themselves diving deeper into more dangerous worlds. The second season of the anime takes place immediately after the first, therefore there aren't any complications moving on from the first season to the second.

Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, Kurogane

Our View:

Remember the show ‘Cardcaptor Sakura’? Remember the little Girl Sakura who has to find all the Clow cards?! And her rival, Chinese boy Syaoran Li? Well, guess who’s back in this anime?! Tsubasa (Which means ‘Wings’) is CLAMP’s ultimate cross-over masterpiece! Every single manga ever written is in this series and has been turned into a very good anime! In this story, our little Sakura isn’t so little anymore. Now a teen, and quite a rebel princess at times throughout the story, she goes off to visit her friend, Syaoran, a young archaeologist, whom she has known ever since they were kids! Unfortunately, "Fate" has a different plan for the two of them. Unknowingly, Sakura is somehow connected tothe Clow Ruins and eventually loses her memory in the form of beautiful feathers. Unless the feathers are gathered back together, Sakura will die and thus Syaoran vows to find them all. Well, sorry to say that these feathers won’t be easy to find - they lie in different worlds, where people who find them first will either gain the feather’s great power for good or for evil. In order to save Sakura, Syaoran makes a pact with the "Dimensional Witch" in order to gain the ability to travel through worlds – but for a heavy price. On his journey, he gained allies; one unwilling to return to his own world called Kurogane, the other named Fai who prefers no to return to his. The group journey through many different worlds to find the missing feathers along with the witch's subordinate, Mokona Modoki, small and cute creature who acts as the one who detects the presence of the feathers. However, unknown to them, there’s a greater darkness that follows their every footstep along the way. If you’re into action-packed stories, or even ones full of romance, promise, hope, angst, comedy, or any genre at all, really… Tsubasa is definitely for you! You’ll be drawn to the characters immediately and absolutely adore little Mokona!

Syaoran, Mokona, Sakura

Trivia:

• The title of the series foreshadowed events in the series. Tsubasa (wings) referred to the collecting of feathers and Reservoir referred to the underground reservoir in Clow Country where everything began.

• This anime features various characters from CLAMP's manga works, such as Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura, Yuuko and Mokona from xxxHOLIC, and appearances by characters such as Chi from Chobits

• According to the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga #15, this series is the 6th most popular manga property in the United States, beating out titles such as Death Note, Bleach, and Rurouni Kenshin.

More trivia facts can be accesed from http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Trivia