Clamp's own Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (or more precisely, the Del Rey English release of it) has won the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation's 2009 award for "Best Manga - Action" as announced yesterday at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The Mokona from xxxHOLiC also won for "Best Mascot Character."

Congrats to CLAMP and to Del Rey!

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News from NYCC 09 brings us Del Rey's licensing of the xxxHOLiC guidebook and Tsubasa artbook Tsubasa character guide 2 (via animevice and ann).

Dates to be added...

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NISIOISIN's xxxHOLiC:AnotherHOLiC hardback novel is slated for US release 10/14/08.

At the NY Anime Festival, Del Rey announced that they have licensed NisiOisin's xxxHolic novel. Another XXXHOLiC will be published as a hardcover with original illustrations by CLAMP.

Del Rey will also begin publishing a literary magazine, Faust: Fiction and Manga from the Cutting Edge of Japanese Pop Culture. The first issue will include a bit of

"Up until now, I have been happy to see Del Rey using the original Japanese cover art with only a different color logo and shape of the black border. Del Rey continues the trend with this volume, however they chose to zoom in and alter the artwork. On the original Japanese cover, Yuko is holding a delicate parasol and wearing a Victorian style ( Read more... )