So, I'll be the one to start one. ^^ This is the newest series from CLAMP. The anime had just gotten started in Japan and I think the manga has already finished (correct me if I'm wrong about that). This is also the first anime series I've ever seen just after it's been released in Japan. Normally, I wait until after an anime has completed its run before I start watching it, but I decided to make an expection for Tsubasa since it's CLAMP and I love CLAMP. To be honest, when I first heard about Tsubasa, I thought it was going to be a terrible idea. I mean, a series starring CLAMP's most popular characters in an alternate universe storyline? That sounded like the worst crossover idea ever and it didn't help that I normally don't like crossovers. While there are still some things about Tsubasa I find cheesy (like Sakura being the princess of a kingdom where absolutely everyone loves her), the series has been surprisingly enjoyable. The animation style takes a little while to get used to, but it's been looking really fantastic recently, especially in episode nine, and the music is just amazing. This has to have the best music out of any CLAMP anime I've ever seen. The songs are all so catchy and I just love the BGM, especially that one BGM that has the vocals in it. Although this series features lots of characters from other CLAMP series crossed over into an alternate universe, they have different personalities and lives then their previous incarnations, so if you're an anti-crossover fan, you can think of them as entirely different characters, which is what they're supposed to be anyway, hence why everyone in Tsubasa has different seiyuu than any previous anime they've been in.
I love all the new seiyuu and Sakamoto Maaya-san is incredible as Tomoyo. I hope we get to hear her sing at least once. My fav Tsubasa character is Kurogane. I thought the fights he gets into with Mokona and Fai were hilarious, especially when Fai starts calling him all those little nicknames. My least fav character is probably Fai mainly because the series hasn't really done anything with him yet. But it's only the first nine episodes and I haven't read all of the manga yet, so maybe there's still hope. The main thing I haven't liked about Tsubasa has been some of the pacing. I mean, it's only three episodes into the show and already we have our first recap episode. Thankfully, there hasn't been another recap yet, so hopefully that will be the last of them for a while. Otherwise, this series has been really good. I just recently started reading volume one of the manga and I loved it more than the anime, but rather than making me hate the anime like what usually happens when I like the manga version more, it actually made me even more obsessed with the anime. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this series and also the upcoming Tsubasa OSTs. I hope somebody will rip the CD when it's released so I can download the music! So, what are your thoughts on Tsubasa?
It's just their...longness in the new style that bothers me.
Bee Train seems to like using this pacing because I remember .hack had this sort of slow pacing too.
Too bad it's only 30 minutes.