Thursday, December 31, 2009

2009 Year in Review

Over at the lj community, there is a CLAMP 2009 year in review.

Enjoy.
Happy New Year.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

[News] Sales ranking

After a week of sales~

Oricon
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 24
2. Hunter X Hunter Vol. 27
3. Ookiku Furikabutte Vol. 13
4. xxxHolic Vol. 16
5. Kekkaishi Vol. 27

Taiyosha
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 24
2. Hunter X Hunter Vol. 27
3. Ookiku Furikabutte Vol. 13
4. xxxHolic Vol. 16
5. K ON! Vol. 3

Thursday, December 24, 2009

[Update] CLAMP fanbook gift

Happy Holidays CLAMP fans.
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Earlier last week, I received confirmation that the CLAMP community's Happy 20th Anniversay •CLAMP• Fan Appreciation Fanbook has reached its destination.

Link to the CLAMP community post for more info

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

[Update] CLAMP in America

Even though many smaller online retailers list Del Rey's CLAMP in America for February 2010, Amazon.com just sent an email with the updated release date of May 27, 2010. Confirmed on Del Rey's website.

Friday, December 18, 2009

[Info] Kobato. DVD extra

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Kobato.tv has added images of the glass bottle gift that you can get if you buy the first 6 Kobato. DVD's and mail in vouchers.

DVD release schedule

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

[Cover] Kobato. DVD Volume 2

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Here's the cover to Kobato. DVD Volume 2. This will be out February 26th.


And Voice Newtype No. 35 will have an interview with Kana Hanazawa (Kobato).

Monday, December 14, 2009

[Interview] Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson

Just a short CLAMP mention in today's ICv2 interview with Dark Horse CEO, Mike Richardson. (Click for full article).

A.
......We were attempting to work with the creators, which is the same way we’ve attempted to work in the past in the United States. That’s what I mean when I say we were trying to be creator-specific as opposed to genre-specific with regard to the shojo.

As far as the coming year we’ll probably be more in that area then we’ve ever been because we’ve made a deal with Clamp, probably the premier manga and anime group in Japan, the group of women who create these books that are the basis for so much animation and so much printed content.


Q:
You’re doing some omnibuses, right? And you have an art book coming out?
A.
Yeah, we’re doing omnibuses, we have a variety of projects coming from them and we have some surprises coming in.

Friday, December 11, 2009

[Cover] Kobato. Vol. 4+

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Here's the cover of Kobato. Volume 4. It will be out December 26th.

Kobato.tv also added a new splash and wallpaper.

And for those who will be able to buy Kobato. DVDs in Japan, there are extra gifts if you buy them in these stores:

Animate: playing card with each volume, playing card case when you buy all of them.
Aniburo: original microfiber towel with the first 6 volumes
Chara-ani: original mini-cushion set with the first 4 volumes, original desk calendar with volumes 5-8, original telephone card with volumes 9-12.

And the Kobato. museum and panel exhibit will be traveling to other Animate stores around the country. Check out the schedule on their blog.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

[Cover] CLAMP in America

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Here's the cover to the upcoming CLAMP in America book from Del Rey. Many online comic book retailers have it listed for a February 24th release.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

[Music] Jellyfish no Kokuhaku PV preview

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An interview with Megumi Nakajima (the voice of Chise & Chiho) and preview of her Jellyfish no Kokuhaku PV (ending theme to Kobato.) can be seen here on youku. The PV starts around 22:50. The single is out December 9th.

Friday, December 4, 2009

[Article] Kobato. anime

Kobato.tv has added an article about Kana Hanazawa's appearance at Animate's Kobato Museum. Konpeito candy..yum. :)