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Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
, a manga
by Clamp
, has been adapted into four different anime
versions between 2005 and 2009, including a two-season TV anime series, an anime film, and two original video animation (OVA) series with screenplay
provided by Nanase Ohkawa
and music composed by Yuki Kajiura
. Bee Train
adapted the manga series into a fifty-two-episode anime entitled Tsubasa Chronicle directed by Kōichi Mashimo
with Hiroshi Morioka
joining on as co-director for season two. Hiroyuki Kawasaki scripted both seasons. Production I.G adapted the manga series into both an anime film entitled Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages directed by Itsuro Kawasaki
and two OVA adaptations directed by Shunsuke Tada entitled Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations and Tsubasa Shunraiki. Set in a fictional universe
involving alternative realities
, the story follows a group of five travellers—Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane, Fai D. Flourite, and Mokona—as they search for fragments of Sakura's memory that take the form of feathers of great power and without which, Sakura will die. The series features much crossover
with the its sister series xxxHolic, another manga by Clamp.
The first season of the anime series aired on NHK
between April 9, 2005 and October 15, 2005 spanning twenty-six episode. The anime film aired in Japanese theaters on August 20, 2005. The second season of the anime series aired on NHK between April 29, 2006 and November 4, 2006 spanning twenty-six episodes. The first OVA was released between November 16, 2007 and March 17, 2008 spanning three episodes. The second OVA was released between March 17, 2009 and May 15, 2009 spanning two episodes.
The two seasons of the anime series were dubbed by the anime television network Animax
under the title Chronicle of the Wings and later began broadcast on April 6, 2006 across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia as well as its other networks in Taiwan
and Hong Kong
. Funimation Entertainment
licensed both seasons of the anime for English-language release in North America under the name Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. Funimation has also released the first season of the anime in the United Kingdom through Revelation Films
. Revelation Films has confirmed the release of the second season of Tsubasa Chronicle in the U.K. although no release dates have been confirmed yet.
. "Blaze" performed by Kinya Kotani is the opening theme. performed by Maaya Sakamoto
is the ending theme.
#
and written by both Midori Goto and Junichi Fujisaku
with character designs provided by Yoko Kikuchi and music provided by Yuki Kajiura
. It features two pieces of theme music
. "Aerial" is the opening theme performed by Kinya Kotani and "Amrita
" is the ending theme performed by Yui Makino
.
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.
are used for the second season of the anime series. "It's" performed by Kinya Kotani is the opening theme. performed by Maaya Sakamoto
is the ending theme.
. "Sonic Boom" performed by Maaya Sakamoto is the opening theme. performed by FictionJunction Yuuka
is the ending theme.
. The anime series Tsubasa Chronicle was released across fourteen DVDs between August 26, 2005 and February 23, 2007. Shochiku
released the anime film Tsubasa the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages in one DVD on February 25, 2006. The first OVA series Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations was released across three DVDs bundled with the limited versions of volumes 21, 22 and 23 of the manga released between November 16, 2007 and March 17, 2008. The second OVA series Tsubasa Shunraiki was released across two DVDs bundled with the limited versions of the volume 26 and 27 of the manga released on March 17, 2009 and May 15, 2009 respectively.
released the series in both North America
and the United Kingdom
. In North America, Funimation released the two seasons of the anime series across twelve Region 1 DVD compilations between May 22, 2007 and March 17, 2009. Funimation released the DVDs in two collections each containing six of the DVDs together in a boxset on November 11, 2008 and December 29, 2009. Funimation also released the anime film alongside its sister series' corresponding film xxxHolic the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream as a double feature
DVD on February 19, 2008. In the United Kingdom, Funimation released the first season of the anime across six Region 2 DVD compilations through Revelation Films
between September 17, 2007 and March 16, 2009. Funimation released those six DVDs in a single boxset on March 16, 2009. In Australia and New Zealand, Madman Entertainment
released the two seasons of the anime across twelve Region 4 DVD compilations between September 12, 2007 and June 24, 2009. Madman released the DVDs in two collections each containing six of the DVDs together in a boxset on November 12, 2008 and December 16, 2009.
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist group Clamp. It takes place in the same fictional universe as many of Clamp's other manga series, most notably xxxHolic. The plot follows how Sakura, the princess of the Kingdom of Clow, loses her soul and how Syaoran, a young...
, a manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
by Clamp
Clamp (manga artists)
, is an all-female Japanese manga artist group that formed in the mid 1980s. Many of the group's manga series are often adapted into anime after release. It consists of their leader , who provides much of the storyline and screenplay for all their works and adaptations of those works respectively ,...
, has been adapted into four different anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
versions between 2005 and 2009, including a two-season TV anime series, an anime film, and two original video animation (OVA) series with screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
provided by Nanase Ohkawa
Nanase Ohkawa
is a member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp. She is the director of the team and is primarily responsible for writing the stories and scripts for Clamp's various works....
and music composed by Yuki Kajiura
Yuki Kajiura
, born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese composer and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as one of the Kimagure Orange Road movies, Noir, .hack//SIGN, Aquarian Age, Madlax, My-HiME, My-Otome, .hack//Roots, Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi...
. Bee Train
Bee Train
, commonly referred simply as Bee Train, is a Japanese animation studio founded by Kōichi Mashimo in 1997. Since their involvement with Noir, .hack//Sign, and Madlax they have a strong following in the yuri fandom for being involved in series portraying strong female leads with speculatively...
adapted the manga series into a fifty-two-episode anime entitled Tsubasa Chronicle directed by Kōichi Mashimo
Koichi Mashimo
is a well-known Japanese anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated in all its works, for example, as a member of art or sound department...
with Hiroshi Morioka
Hiroshi Morioka
is a Japanese anime director and artist. Primarily working alongside director Koichi Mashimo at Bee Train animation studio, he's come on scene in his work with some notable productions by Bee Train including the anime adaption of Clamp's Tsubasa Chronicle and the third segment Field Test in Batman:...
joining on as co-director for season two. Hiroyuki Kawasaki scripted both seasons. Production I.G adapted the manga series into both an anime film entitled Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages directed by Itsuro Kawasaki
Itsuro Kawasaki
is a Japanese director of anime.-TV anime:*Popolocrois Monogatari - Assistant Director, Episode Director*Arc the Lad - Director*Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Series Director, Storyboard*Love Hina - Storyboard...
and two OVA adaptations directed by Shunsuke Tada entitled Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations and Tsubasa Shunraiki. Set in a fictional universe
Fictional universe
A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with elements that differ from the real world. It may also be called an imagined, constructed or fictional realm ....
involving alternative realities
Parallel universe (fiction)
A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...
, the story follows a group of five travellers—Syaoran, Sakura, Kurogane, Fai D. Flourite, and Mokona—as they search for fragments of Sakura's memory that take the form of feathers of great power and without which, Sakura will die. The series features much crossover
Fictional crossover
A fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, or because of unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common...
with the its sister series xxxHolic, another manga by Clamp.
The first season of the anime series aired on NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
between April 9, 2005 and October 15, 2005 spanning twenty-six episode. The anime film aired in Japanese theaters on August 20, 2005. The second season of the anime series aired on NHK between April 29, 2006 and November 4, 2006 spanning twenty-six episodes. The first OVA was released between November 16, 2007 and March 17, 2008 spanning three episodes. The second OVA was released between March 17, 2009 and May 15, 2009 spanning two episodes.
The two seasons of the anime series were dubbed by the anime television network Animax
Animax
is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...
under the title Chronicle of the Wings and later began broadcast on April 6, 2006 across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia as well as its other networks in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. Funimation Entertainment
Funimation Entertainment
Funimation is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005...
licensed both seasons of the anime for English-language release in North America under the name Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. Funimation has also released the first season of the anime in the United Kingdom through Revelation Films
Revelation Films
Revelation Films is a British distributor of entertainment programmes on DVD.It was perhaps most well known as the company through which as of November 2006, the American anime company FUNimation Entertainment has launched its titles in the United Kingdom on region 2 DVD...
. Revelation Films has confirmed the release of the second season of Tsubasa Chronicle in the U.K. although no release dates have been confirmed yet.
Season 1
The first season of the anime television series features two pieces of theme musicTheme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
. "Blaze" performed by Kinya Kotani is the opening theme. performed by Maaya Sakamoto
Maaya Sakamoto
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, and voice actress. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime series Little Twins, but is more well known for her role as Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne...
is the ending theme.
| Title | Location | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
Film
premiered in Japanese theaters on August 20, 2005 in conjunction with xxxHolic the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was directed by Itsuro KawasakiItsuro Kawasaki
is a Japanese director of anime.-TV anime:*Popolocrois Monogatari - Assistant Director, Episode Director*Arc the Lad - Director*Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Series Director, Storyboard*Love Hina - Storyboard...
and written by both Midori Goto and Junichi Fujisaku
Junichi Fujisaku
is the chief game director and game writer for Production I.G's Game Production Department. He is a graduate of Production I.G's think-tank "Oshii Academy", used to train the next generation of staff for the company.-Works:...
with character designs provided by Yoko Kikuchi and music provided by Yuki Kajiura
Yuki Kajiura
, born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese composer and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as one of the Kimagure Orange Road movies, Noir, .hack//SIGN, Aquarian Age, Madlax, My-HiME, My-Otome, .hack//Roots, Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi...
. It features two pieces of theme music
Theme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
. "Aerial" is the opening theme performed by Kinya Kotani and "Amrita
Amrita
Amrit is a Sanskrit word that literally means "immortality", and is often referred to in texts as nectar. The word's earliest occurrence is in the Rigveda where it is one of several synonyms of soma, the drink which confers immortality upon the gods. It is related etymologically to the Greek...
" is the ending theme performed by Yui Makino
Yui Makino
is a Japanese voice actor, actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for her work in the anime Tsubasa Chronicle and Aria. She can speak basic English. She is well known as a nice, caring, polite and a down-to-earth person, according to her fans. Her fans sometimes call her "Yucchi",...
.
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.
Season 2
Two pieces of theme musicTheme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
are used for the second season of the anime series. "It's" performed by Kinya Kotani is the opening theme. performed by Maaya Sakamoto
Maaya Sakamoto
is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, and voice actress. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime series Little Twins, but is more well known for her role as Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne...
is the ending theme.
| # | Title | Location | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Location | OVA release date |
|---|---|---|---|
Tsubasa Shunraiki
is a two episode OVA series that features two pieces of theme musicTheme music
Theme music is a piece that is often written specifically for a radio program, television program, video game or movie, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits...
. "Sonic Boom" performed by Maaya Sakamoto is the opening theme. performed by FictionJunction Yuuka
FictionJunction YUUKA
is a pop duo, part of Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura’s solo project FictionJunction, consisting of Yuuka Nanri and Kajiura .-Biography:...
is the ending theme.
| # | Title | Location | OVA release date |
|---|---|---|---|
Japanese
The adaptations were originally released in Japan across twenty Region 2 DVDs between 2005 and 2009 by Bandai VisualBandai Visual
, is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...
. The anime series Tsubasa Chronicle was released across fourteen DVDs between August 26, 2005 and February 23, 2007. Shochiku
Shochiku
is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada...
released the anime film Tsubasa the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages in one DVD on February 25, 2006. The first OVA series Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations was released across three DVDs bundled with the limited versions of volumes 21, 22 and 23 of the manga released between November 16, 2007 and March 17, 2008. The second OVA series Tsubasa Shunraiki was released across two DVDs bundled with the limited versions of the volume 26 and 27 of the manga released on March 17, 2009 and May 15, 2009 respectively.
| Title | Release date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 2005 | 1-2 | |
| September 23, 2005 | 3-6 | |
| October 28, 2005 | 7-10 | |
| November 25, 2005 | 11-14 | |
| December 23, 2005 | 15-18 | |
| January 27, 2006 | 19-22 | |
| February 24, 2006 | 23-26 | |
| February 25, 2006 | Movie | |
| February 25, 2006 | Movie | |
| August 25, 2006 | 27-28 | |
| September 22, 2006 | 29-32 | |
| October 27, 2006 | 33-36 | |
| November 24, 2006 | 37-40 | |
| December 22, 2006 | 41-44 | |
| January 26, 2007 | 45-48 | |
| February 23, 2007 | 49-52 | |
| November 16, 2007 | First OVA 1 | |
| January 17, 2008 | First OVA 2 | |
| March 17, 2008 | First OVA 3 | |
| March 17, 2009 | Second OVA 1 | |
| May 15, 2009 | Second OVA 2 |
English
Funimation EntertainmentFunimation Entertainment
Funimation is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005...
released the series in both North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. In North America, Funimation released the two seasons of the anime series across twelve Region 1 DVD compilations between May 22, 2007 and March 17, 2009. Funimation released the DVDs in two collections each containing six of the DVDs together in a boxset on November 11, 2008 and December 29, 2009. Funimation also released the anime film alongside its sister series' corresponding film xxxHolic the Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream as a double feature
Double feature
The double feature, also known as a double bill, was a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatre managers would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown.The double feature, also known as...
DVD on February 19, 2008. In the United Kingdom, Funimation released the first season of the anime across six Region 2 DVD compilations through Revelation Films
Revelation Films
Revelation Films is a British distributor of entertainment programmes on DVD.It was perhaps most well known as the company through which as of November 2006, the American anime company FUNimation Entertainment has launched its titles in the United Kingdom on region 2 DVD...
between September 17, 2007 and March 16, 2009. Funimation released those six DVDs in a single boxset on March 16, 2009. In Australia and New Zealand, Madman Entertainment
Madman Entertainment
Madman Entertainment is an Australian company that distributes international films as well as Japanese anime and manga in Australia and New Zealand. The company is owned by Funtastic Limited and is one of the major entertainment companies in Australia. It employs 130 people and has an annual...
released the two seasons of the anime across twelve Region 4 DVD compilations between September 12, 2007 and June 24, 2009. Madman released the DVDs in two collections each containing six of the DVDs together in a boxset on November 12, 2008 and December 16, 2009.
| Title | US Release date | UK Release date | AU Release date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 1 - Gathering of Fates (including Season 1 Starter Set) | May 22, 2007 | September 17, 2007 | September 12, 2007 | 1-5 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 2 - Seeds of Revolution | July 17, 2007 | November 19, 2007 | November 7, 2007 | 6-10 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 3 - Spectres of Legend | August 28, 2007 | January 21, 2008 | December 5, 2007 | 11-14 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 4 - Between Death and Danger | October 9, 2007 | April 21, 2008 | January 23, 2008 | 15-18 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 5 - Hunters and Prey | November 20, 2007 | July 21, 2008 | February 13, 2008 | 19-22 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 6 - A Wish Upon Waking | January 8, 2008 | March 16, 2009 | March 19, 2008 | 23-26 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Season 1 Boxset | November 11, 2008 | March 16, 2009 | November 12, 2008 | 1-26 |
| Clamp Double Feature: Tsubasa Chronicle and xxxHolic | February 19, 2008 | — | July 23, 2008 | Movie |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 7 - The Dangerous Pursuit (including Season 2 Starter Set) | August 19, 2008 | — | November 12, 2008 | 27-31 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 8 - A Tragic Illusion | September 30, 2008 | — | January 14, 2009 | 32-36 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 9 - Renegades and Strays | November 11, 2008 | — | March 18, 2009 | 37-40 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 10 - Answers Without Questions | December 23, 2008 | — | April 15, 2009 | 41-44 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 11 - On the Brink of Chaos | February 3, 2009 | — | May 20, 2009 | 45-48 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Volume 12 - The Soul of Memory | March 17, 2009 | — | June 24, 2009 | 49-52 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Season 2 Boxset | December 29, 2009 | — | December 16, 2009 | 27-52 |
| Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Collected Memories Box Set | January 19, 2010 | — | — | 1-52; Movie |
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