xxxHOLiC Shunmuki

Title:xxxHOLiC Shunmuki
xxxHOLiC (Manga Special)
×××HOLiC 春夢記
Overall:Rent
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Watanuki and Doumeki end up on a quest given to Watanuki by Doumeki's deceased grandfather to find certain objects. Upon locating them all, Watanuki finds himself in the dream world, were he's able to meet with Sakura-chan from Tsubasa Shunraiki. Watanuki discovers Yuuko-san in the dream world as well and decides that he wants to grant her wish no matter what.

Animation by Production I.G.
Two OVA episodes.

[edit] An anime series inspired by the ↗Clamp created manga series by the ↗same name.
There is also a splash-over (tie-in) with Clamp's Tsubasa Chronicle anime series.
OverallArtAnimationCharacter Design MusicSeries StoryEpisode StoryReviewer
Rent 8 7 7 8 8 8 Dreamer [series:1871#2279]
Ahh, another installment of xxxHolic. I love the whole xxxHolic line so I was sure I'd enjoy this one as well. As expected, it was a good one with a few interesting surprises.

Art, Animation & Character Designs
Artwork is right on par with other installments of xxxHolic.... darkish, pointy and oddly distorted. As mentioned in other xxxHolic reviews, this style of animation you'll have to get use to and even then, it's a hit or miss. Most our loved characters make an appearance as well as a few from the "alternate realms", if you will. You'll have to watch it to understand what I'm referring to. All in all, good charcter designs, art and animation.

Music
The music here is surprisingly good. I found myself actually looking around for the soundtrack... if any. It almost reminded me "Tsubasa Chronicles", in the way how it was dramatic and very instrumental. The OP was a lot like previous installments of xxxHolic, not bad. The ED wasn't a pop-like piece that wasn't too bad itself.

Series and Episode Story
As expected of xxxHolic, the story was not excellent but good and satisfying. I actually love the whole xxxHolic line and characters. Although the plot wasn't anything amazing, it was nevertheless enjoyable and made you appreciate the whole franchise more so. As you watch it nearing the end, there's some interesting revelations that might catch a few people with excitement. At least, it did me since I thoroughly love the "other" series.

Overall, a good addition to this franchise. If they keep producing them, I'll keep watching.

Last updated Monday, November 23 2009. Created Monday, November 23 2009.
Unevaluated AstroNerdBoy [series:1871#436]

Final review coming soon...

Events covered in episode 1 are chapters 158-161 (with some minor changes), a look back at the aftermath of the events in Volume 10 (where Watanuki fell out of the school window), and ended with the events of chapter 141 (with some minor changes).

Last updated Thursday, July 16 2009. Created Tuesday, March 03 2009.

Unevaluated Xenoknight [series:1871#2967]


Last updated Friday, October 31 2008. Created Friday, October 31 2008.

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