Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (Anime)

The anime adaptation for Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle was announced for April 9, 2005, simply called Tsubasa Chronicle. The adaptation was in charge of Bee-Train studio (Noir (2001), .hack//Sign (2002), Madlax (2004), Tsubasa Chronicle (2005-06), .hack//Roots ,El Cazador de la Bruja, etc) and whose staff includes many important members from .hack, including Yuki Kajiura as the score composer.

The anime was planned to be 3 seasons, 26 episodes each, which would be transmitted in Japan each 6 months (season - 6 months break- next season) and thus it would end by 2007. Nevertheless, the TV network NHK decided to end the series in chapter 52, leaving an open ending (they decided to break away from the mature tone of the manga, because it was "a second part of CCS for them"), completing only 2 of the originally planned 3 seasons.

NHK had a license for Tsubasa~RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE~ up until Rekord Country (Volume 15), and the relations between CLAMP and the company were getting worse (CLAMP was upset with the anime, NHK even rejected CLAMP's storyboard for the Second season opening for the "IT'S" which was included in the CARACTere GuiDE #2), thus the third season was never animated. This is why, there isn't and there will never be a third season for the anime.

Animax, an anime TV Network dubbed both seasons and began broadcasting the series under the title "Chronicle of the Wings" on April 6, 2006 across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia as well as its Chinese-language networks in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

The TV Network Funimation Entertainment licensed both season under the title Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle for English-language release in North America with 12 DVDs.

The anime follows the manga storyline with filling episodes, specially the Second season, which was also censured a lot because of the NHK- who wants to sell another CCS. There are 3 drama CDs, called "Oukyuu no Matinee" divided in three chapters.

As an extra to close the anime, on December 20, 2006 the last disc of Tsubasa Chronicle was released: Tsubasa Chronicle Best Vocal Collection", a recompilation of some OPs/EDs, insert songs and vocal songs, and a new song by Yui Makino.

The next arc after Rekord is Tokyo. As a continuation of the original storyline, there was an OVA released, which is Tsubasa TOKYO REVELATIONS, produced by Production I.G. See also OVAS

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Staff[]

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Crew[]

Animation Studio: Bee-Train
Directors: Koichi Mashimo (1st season), Hiroshi Morioka (2nd season co-director)
Series Composition: Toshifumi Kawase
Script: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
Music score: Yuki Kajiura
Based on CLAMP's original works
Character design: Minako Shiba
Art Director: Shin Watanabe
Animation Director: Takayasu Shimizu
Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa
Director of Photography Katsuaki Kamata, Shinich Igarashi

Color Desgin: Makiko Kojima

Conceptual Design: Yuichi Mari, Masashi Koizuka

Production Manager/Animation Producer: Takayasu Shimizu
Executive Producer: Hisako Matsumoto and Noboru Suwata (1st season), Shinichi Tominaga and Sou Ichitani (2nd season)
Sound Director: Tooru Nakano

Production: NHK/NHK Enterprises

Voice Actors-Seiyus[]

Character	Voice Actor (Seiyū)	Voice Actor (English)	Character	Voice Actor (Seiyū)	Voice Actor (English)
Syaoran	Miyu Irino	Jason Liebrecht	Sakura	Yui Makino	Monica Rial
Kurogane	Tetsu Inada	Christopher Sabat	Fai D. Fluorite	Daisuke Namikawa	Vic Mignogna
Mokona Modoki	Mika Kikuchi	Carrie Savage	Tōya	Shinichiro Miki	Eric Vale
Yukito	Kōki Miyata	Robert McCollum	Clow	Yu Mizushima	Jim Foronda
Fujitaka	Tokuyoshi Kawashima	Kevin M. Connolly	Chī	Kaori Nazuka	Trina Nishimura
Tomoyo	Maaya Sakamoto	Amber Cotton	Sōma	Yūko Kaida	Caitlin Glass
Yūko Ichihara	Sayaka Ohara	Colleen Clinkenbeard	Kimihiro Watanuki	Jun Fukuyama	Todd Haberkorn
Fei Wong Reed	Kazuhiro Nakata	Randy Tallman (1st) R Bruce Elliott (2nd)	Xing Huo	Sanae Kobayashi	Laura Bailey
Shōgo Asagi	Nobuyuki Hiyama	Taliesin Jaffe	Masayoshi Saitō	Fujiko Takimoto	Greg Ayres
Kanio	Toshiharu Sakurai	Sonny Strait	Sorata Arisugawa	Akio Suyama	Jerry Jewell
Arashi Arisugawa	Akiko Hiramatsu	Jamie Marchi	Primera	Hisayo Mochizuki	Laura Bailey
Chun Hyang	Shizuka Itō	Luci Christian	Tambal	Chikao Ohtsuka	Barry Yandell
Bulgal	Hideyuki Umezu	Mike McFarland	Kishiim	Masako Katsuki	Luci Christian
Kyle Rondart	Mitsuru Miyamoto	Troy Baker	Glossum	Masaki Terasoma	John Swasey
Princess Emeraude	Sumi Shimamoto	Caitlin Glass	Kiefer	Hiroshi Kamiya (1st) Masami Kikuchi (2nd)	Jason Liebrecht
Charme	Megumi Toyoguchi	Monica Rial	Yuzuriha Nekoi	Chiemi Chiba	Kate Oxley
Kusanagi Shiyu	Shiro Ishimota	Troy Baker	Erī	Marika Hayashi	Leah Clark
Ryuuoh	Junko Minagawa	Orion Pitts	Caldina	Yu Asakawa	Jennifer Green
Oruha	Saeko Chiba	Stephanie Young	Seishirō	Hiroki Touchi	J. Michael Tatum
Sumomo	Ai Shimizu	Brina Palencia	Kotoko	Noriko Shitaya	Leah Clark
Chitose	Chieko Honda	Jennifer Seman	Tomoyo Daidouji	Maaya Sakamoto	Amber Cotton
Nokoru Imonoyama	Kumiko Higa	Aaron Dismuke	Suou Takamura	Ayumi Hinematsu	Kate Oxley
Akira Ijuin	Akiko Nakagawa		Suzuran	Ayako Kawasumi	Cherami Leigh
Karen-Dayu	Maya Okamoto	Trina Nishimura	Souseki	Tetsuya Iwanaga	John Burgmeier
Ashura-ō	Takako Honda		Yasha-ō	Yasunori Masutani
Kumara	Kunihiko Yasui		Librarian A	Ryoka Yuzuki
Librarian B	Rei Nakatsuka		Kurogane's Father	Tsutomu Isobe
Kurogane's Mother	Sakiko Tamagawa	Cynthia Cranz	Amaterasu	Hiroko Kasahara	Michele Specht
Kero-chan	Aya Hisakawa		Chaos	Kenshō Ono	Josh Grelle
Hokuto-Shichikun	Masaaki Ōkura

Note: The seiyū for Watanuki, Yūko, and Mokona reprise their roles in the xxxHolic anime series. Aya Hisakawa also reprises her role of Kero-chan from Cardcaptor Sakura.

Episodes[]

Season One[]

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The first season was aired on April 9, 2005 until October 15, 2005, broadcasted by the NHK network. It contains the story arcs from Hanshin to Outo. Two OSTs were made, called Future Soundscape I & II and two singles corresponding to the opening (BLAZE) and the ending (Loop).

Season Two[]

The second season was aired on April 29, 2006 and ended on October 14, 2006. The anime began with Piffle Arc, skipping Idol Country and Shara. After many filling episodes, the anime reached Shura and then Shara. Even with a change in order of the story arcs, the last following the manga storyline is Rekord, episode 43, afterwards the episodes are all filler episodes.

The second season has two OSTs, called Future Soundscape III & IV and also the two singles for the opening (IT'S) and the ending (Kazemachi Jet).

Anime Merchandise[]

Fanbooks[]

Tsubasa Chronicle Official Fanbook
ISBN: 406372011X Release Date: 17/05/2005 This is a guide for the first anime season: Contains illustrations, characters with their corresponding worlds, an interview with CLAMP's Mokona and Minako Shiba (Anime's character designer), quotes, summaries for each world and for the episodes. It also features some artworks from the second season.

Tsubasa Chronicle 2nd Season Official Fanbook
ISBN: 4063721612 Release Date: 16/06/2006 The guide for the second anime season: Includes Piffle's summary, character guide, interviews with the seiyuus by Nanase Ohkawa. More interviews with the director, Koichi Mashimo, Yuki Kajiura, and others. Artworks, quotes, personality quiz.

Tsubasa Chronicle Best Selection
ISBN: 4063721388 Release Date: 17/04/2006
A remake of the first Official Fanbook with a different name.

Calendars[]

Tsubasa Chronicle Calendar 2006 (A)
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Piano Solo Albums[]

Tsubasa Chronicle Piano Solo Album - Season One
ISBN: 4285103869 Release Date: 30/08/2005 A book contaning piano scores for the music tracks featured in Season One.

Tsubasa Chronicle Piano Solo Album - Season Two
ISBN: 4285108852 Release Date: 24/07/2006 A book contaning piano scores for the music tracks featured in Season Two.