2009 CLAMP Year in Review!

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

And another year is coming to a close.
What did we stress over in 2009?

2009 Wrap-up
Manga stats:

 

Kobato reached Drop 19 and Volume 4
Tsubasa finished up with Chapitre 232 + epilogue and Volume 28
xxxHolic turned into xxxHolic・Rou with ch 186 and reached ch 195 & Volume 16

Wish was re-released.

Anime productions:
Tsubasa Shunraiki and xxxHolic Shunmuki were released early in the year.
Code Geass R2 and Mouryou no Hako finished their releases on DVD.
Kobato started airing in October.

Other:

 

CLAMP were guests of honor in Paris's Japan Expo in July.
Chipmunk Cheeks and ALL ABOUT CLAMP were published.
CLAMP-NET updated its layout in April.
A 4th Horitsuba drama CD was released in September.

 

CLAMP participated in a numerous side illustration projects including:
VOGUE NIPPON x Comme des Garçons MAGAZINE ALIVE event by illustrating Karl Lagerfeld.
Miku Hatsune AMV on NicoDouga.
Tekken 6's Jin's costume design
NHK's Tensai TV-kun kids show.
Jun Fukuyama's first album, Romantic World 31.
Asano Atsuko's Kamigami no Utatane
Also, Hajime no Ippo and Gundam fanarts.

And the CLAMP community send a lovely 20th Anniversary gift to CLAMP which involved over 400 participants from over 40 countries.

Looking into 2010
Hopefully, we'll see CLAMP's new manga, Mangettes: Gate 7 in the fall.
The xxxHolic・Rou OAD will be bundled with Volume 17 in April.
Possibly, more involvement with Code Geass.
Domestically, maybe we'll see CLAMP in America released in May.
We'll get the re-release of a few of CLAMP's titles in omnibus form.

And will we ever see more X, Clover or Gohou Drug?

Hope I didn't miss anything important...And for the community~
What were your favorite or most memorable CLAMP moments, goodies, thoughts in 2009? Who's missing Tsubasa(s)? How's the new, older Watanuki? Are you enjoying the Kobato. anime?

Happy New Year!

Comments

[ciloangel.livejournal.com]

OMG is there a bigger picture of Sakura from the second group of photos on the bottom 3rd to the right?

[selenityshiroi.livejournal.com]

I'm quite excited by the comment from Dark Horse about their exciting new project. It really screams X to me!

My hopes for 2010 is a more consistent release for HOLiC, renewal of Gohou Drug release, consistent Kobato. release with a good movement of plot (since Newtype is a crappy way to release it...14 pages once a month) and a good plotline for the Kobato. anime (since it's bound to stray from the manga). I also want the Angel Masters to appear in the anime or merchandise, but only so they can be in colour (I loooooove Touki and Ranshou!!!)!

As for 2009 (god...it doesn't seem so long ago that I did this for 2008...)

The obvious memorable moment for 2009 was the ending of Tsubasa. As it was the first CLAMP manga that I'd followed from start to finish in real time, it was a strange moment. But it was a wonderful journey. I do hope we see snippets of the gang in the future.

The second most memorable moment, believe it or not, was participating in the Fanbook. It was an amazing project, and everyone who gave birth to the idea and then brought it into realisation should be very, very proud. An amazing job by all the editors in particular, but having seen the contributions I can honestly say that I have never been prouder to be a CLAMP fan. I can only hope that CLAMP realise how much they are loved by their fans all over the world!

I also loved: Completing my TRC Deluxe Tankoban collection , the rerelease of Wish and the new covers, the Dark Horse omnibus of Clover (I already had the Tokyopop release, but the Dark Horse release was really nice...that WAS this year, right?), the Kobato. anime (so, so much! I love that anime! It's like an injection of sunshine into your life!), the release of Kobato. merchandise (like the figurine! Mine is being shipped at the moment!)...oh, and the introduction of sexy!Shopowner Watanuki wasn't a bad way to reboot HOLiC, in my opinion!

Oh, seeing chibiyuuto saying hello to Mokona was also memorable! Enviable, but memorable!

[lovelessinma.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for your hard work for the community this year! Looking forward to reading your entries in 2010 too.

I'm missing Tsubasa a lot, I wish we got to see their new journey or something OTL
And I'm not enjoying Kobato anime, I'm very disappointed with the way they're treating the story and the characters.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

http://www.mediafire.com/i/?m052z1wzxd0
is this the one?

[herm-nefer.livejournal.com]

Thank you everyone who posted in 2009 and brought us news and spoilers.

This year I will remember finding out about chibi_yuuto 's trip to Paris and his Hello to Mokona.
I'll remember sitting in disbelief and brain breakage as we got closer and closer to the end of Tsubasa, and finally crying during the last chapter, because it took us a while to get here.
I'll remember working on my first cosplay outfit from scratch ever, for the Clamp anniversary book, and feeling silly for making it, but still doing it all the same.

And I look forward to an end for XXXholic, and Kobato. AND a continuation for Legal Drug and X.

Cheers to another awesome year ahead of us<3

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

would love to see X re-released by DH. :) I'm glad I finished by TRC collection, too. Looks so nice on my shelf.

Happy New Year.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

I'm sure we'll see the Tsubasa cast again. :) I wonder if they'll call each other 'Tsubasa' now. More Fay and Kuro, too.

Happy New Year.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

Congrats on your first cosplay. :)

Happy New Year.

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure this was on the wish-list every year. haha. I'm rooting for more X the most.

Happy New Year.

[shinigami-lady.livejournal.com]

that moment is made of awesome to me!
happy new year to everyone!

[ciloangel.livejournal.com]

Oohh! Yesyesyes. 8D That's awesome! What's it from??

[nokiirat.livejournal.com]

it was a shonen magazine special page celebrating hajime no ippo...a boxing manga. :)

[ariadnechan.livejournal.com]

happy new year!!!!!!

[wanderingdreamr.livejournal.com]

Yes, I want more Legal Drug! +11111111111111111111

[ragingfirefall.livejournal.com]

I'm also holding out for a renewal of Gohou Drug; in the absence of that, however (since I know it's unlikely), I'd love some more crossovers with it. Since it apparently takes place in the same world as Kobato and xxxHolic, both of the ongoing series, I think this actually has a fair chance.

In 2009, I became a fan of the Kobato manga and then spent a large part of the year looking forward to the anime. I know a lot of fans dislike the adaptation, but I can't say I'm disappointed so far. I agree that the manga is still better, but I'm curious to see where the anime is going - how it will differ and what it might reveal about upcoming revelations in the manga (for instance, whether the explanation for what Kobato is will be the same in both, and, if so, whether it will be revealed earlier in the anime). So, I'm looking forward to that, and also seeing where the manga goes. And what's going on with xxxHolic, of course!

Happy New Year! I think 2009 was a great one for CLAMP, and hopefully 2010 will be too.

[snoopygirl11.livejournal.com]

When I first watched that, I thought "lucky guy...getting to talk to Mokona..." and only afterwards realised it was Chibiyuuto! XD Im glad for him that he got to meet CLAMP-his LJ is great and always worth checking out (as is Clamp Now) :D

[evendo.livejournal.com]

Hi!
After review for a year, all of us know what is CLAMP archived in 2009.
Hope the group will contribute more interesting, exciting and wonderful things more and more in 2010.
Cheer,

[ciloangel.livejournal.com]

oh cool!

[dreamhunter707.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D !
I enjoy Kobato VERY much :D I'm already thinking about cosplay her *o* I'm really, really happy that I have something do read instead of Tsubasa ;___; *missing sakura T_T*