Anime North - CLAMP panels

[crys-tenkari.livejournal.com]

Hey guys~! It's con season over here again, and this year we've got some great panels lined up at Anime North in Toronto. They're as follows:

Saturday, 10am-12pm in the Halton room (Doubletree, if I'm not mistaken) is the general CLAMP panel. Come have a look over the years of CLAMP and let's talk about anything you loved, hated, or that left you bloody confused.

Saturday, 4pm-5pm in the Hamilton room (Doubletree again) we have the TRC/xxxholic panel - yes, we give these series a panel all their own. We'll discuss the twists, the turns, and everything that made your brain implode a bit and how cute Mokona is.

Here's hoping we see lots of you there this year~!

Question about Tsubasa artbook

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I'm not sure if this kind of post is allowed here, if not, please feel free to delete it.

I'm finally ble to allow myself for TRC Album de Reproductions (the first one), but I'm hesitating between American and Japanese release. American publication would be cheaper, but I wonder about the quality of the publication in comparison to Japanese. Currently the price isn't a big barrier for me, but the language is - and I'd really love to read Clamp's comments for the art (I couldn't find translation for the first artbook).

So I'd be really grateful for any advice or information that helps me to compare those two releases (such as quality of paper, the cover - hard/soft? - I'm kinda geeky about this stuff ^^"). I tried to research on this on my own, but failed...

Thanks <3

[cover] Bessatsu Shonen Magazine

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Preview of the Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, which will be released on June 9th, 2010.

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