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Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
File:Tsubasa volume1 cover.jpg
The first volume of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle as released by Del Rey Manga.
GenreAdventure, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Shounen
Created byCLAMP
Manga
Written byCLAMP
Published byJapan Kodansha
Canada United States Del Rey Manga
Singapore Chuang Yi (Chinese and English)
Taiwan Tong Li
France Pika Édition
Spain Norma Editorial
Germany Egmont
Brazil Editora JBC
Anime
Tsubasa Chronicle
Directed byKoichi Mashimo
StudioBee Train
Anime
Tsubasa Chronicle - The Princess of the Birdcage Land
Directed byItsuro Kawasaki
StudioProduction I.G.

Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (ツバサ-RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-) is a manga by CLAMP which is running in Shonen Magazine in Japan. Tsubasa means a wing or wings in Japanese.

Currently still in the process of being written, Tsubasa is published by Kodansha in Japan, and the twelfth volume came out on October 17, 2005 in both hardcover and paperback versions. In North America, the series is licensed for translation into English by Del Rey Manga, and in Singapore it is published in both English & simplified Chinese by Chuang Yi. In Taiwan, Tsubasa is published by Tong Li, in France by Pika Édition, in Spain by Norma Editorial and in Germany by Egmont. In the schedule, Tsubasa will be published also in Brazil by Editora JBC in April 2006.

An anime adaptation, Tsubasa Chronicle, has finished its first season and will continue in April 2006.

Plot Summary

Sakura is the princess of Clow Country, which is ruled by her older brother, King Tōya. Her childhood friend Syaoran is a young archeologist. Sakura is revealed to have strange powers when she has a vision of a mysterious symbol and places she has never seen. Meanwhile, Syaoran discovers the same symbol at the ruins he is excavating. When Sakura goes to the ruins to confess her love for Syaoran, she spots the symbol and recognises it. Ghostly wings appear on her back and a mysterious force begins to pull her into the walls of the ruins. Syaoran rescues her in time, but her wings are scattered across dimensions. The High Priest of Clow Country, Yukito, immediately realizes that Sakura's "wings" were the manifestation of her soul and memories; without her wings, she will die. In order to save Sakura, Syaoran must journey to retrieve Sakura's lost memories.

Yukito sends Syaoran and the unconscious Sakura to the Witch of Dimensions, Yūko, who is one of the main characters in xxxHOLiC. There he meets Kurogane, a rough-mannered ninja banished from his world by Princess Tomoyo, and Fai D. Florite (or Fai D. Flowright, or other combinations of Fai/Fye/Fay and Fluorite/Flowright), a magician who fled his world to avoid King Ashura. Each of them must pay with what he values most in order to gain the power to cross dimensions. For Kurogane, it is his sword Ginryū, and for Fai, it is the tattoo on his back which regulates his control of his magic. (Fay later reveals that he still possesses magic, but has taken an oath that prevents him from using it without the tattoo on his back.) Syaoran, on the other hand, must pay with his relationship with Sakura: even if he is able to retrieve all the rest of her memories, she will never remember anything about him or their relationship. (This sacrifice also pays Sakura's "toll" to Yūko, because what Sakura values most are her memories of and with Syaoran.) Only when the three agree to her terms does Yūko present them with the power to cross dimensions: a pocket-sized version of Magic Knight Rayearth's Mokona.

While traversing through worlds to find Sakura's feathers, the four travellers and Mokona are forced to overcome many dangers and opponents, some of whom are figures from Syaoran's past who wish to collect Sakura's feathers for their own reasons.

Note that because of the crossover characters with xxxHOLiC, some of the plot points of the two mangas do occasionally intertwine with each other.

Tsubasa Chronicle

Tsubasa Chronicle (ツバサ・クロニクル), is a Japanese anime TV series adapted from Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE. The first season aired Saturday nights on NHK from April 9 2005 to October 152005. The second season is set to start on April 29 2006.

The story is about Syaoran's adventures to different worlds to recover Sakura's feathers which contain fragments of her memories. Accompanying him on his journey is Fai D. Florite (who is traveling to different worlds to avoid returning to his world, Celes), Kurogane (who desires to return his own world, Nihon), and Mokona-Modoki--a creature given to the foursome by the Dimension Witch, Yuuko--which helps in detecting the presence of Sakura's feathers in each world and acts as a translator.

A movie, Tsubasa Chronicle the Movie: The Princess of the Country of Birdcages (劇場版 ツバサ・クロニクル 鳥カゴの国の姫君 Gekijōban Tsubasa Kuronikuru Torikago no Kuni no Himegimi), was released in Japanese theaters on August 20 2005 in conjunction with xxx HOLiC Manatsu no Yoru no Yume. The DVD of the movie was released on February 25 2006.

The first season of the anime is currently rumored to be licensed in the USA by FUNimation. No press release has been made yet, though January 2006 anime magazines claim the license is official, along with the movie. The second season of the anime is not licensed.

For music and voice actor information please see Tsubasa Chronicle media information.
For a list of episodes please see List of Tsubasa Chronicle episodes.

Crossover Characters

Tsubasa contains various crossover characters from various shows, including Cardcaptor Sakura, RG Veda and xxxHOLiC. Noticeable names and faces show up including Miyuki of Miyuki-chan in Wonderland who appears in all the major worlds the group visits.

Clow Country

Kingdom of Japan/Nihon

Province of Suwa

Note: This world exists in a book Syaoran opens in Lecourt and shows Kurogane's past.

  • Amaterasu, Empress of Nihon (Kendappa-ou) (originally from RG Veda)

Celes Country

Note: Celes is also known as Ceres, Seles, and Seresu (from the Del Rey translation).

Japan (Modern Day)

  • Yūko (Yūko Ichihara) (originally from XXXHOLiC)
  • Watanuki (Kimihiro Watanuki) (originally from XXXHOLiC)
  • Marudashi (originally from XXXHOLiC)
  • Morodashi (originally from XXXHOLiC)
  • Mokona Modoki (Mokona) (originally from Magic Knight Rayearth)
    • The white Mokona (who travels with Syaoran and the others in Tsubasa) is named Soel while the black one (who remains with Yūko and Watanuki in XXXHOLiC) is named Larg.

Hanshin Republic

Koryo Country

Jade Country

Ōto Country

Edonis Country

Shara Country

Shura Country

  • Ashura-ō (Ashura-ou) (originally from RG Veda)
  • Yasha-ō (originally from RG Veda)
  • Kumara-ten (originally from RG Veda)

Piffle World

Lecourt Country

===Country Built on Sand=== (Unnamed as of chapter 108)

See also

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