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Yūko Ichihara
is a fictional character in the manga ''xxxHolic'', which was created by the artist group Clamp. Yuko is a witch who owns a shop where people come to have their wishes granted, and most of her jobs involve dealing with supernatural beings. At the beginning of ''xxxHolic'', she meets Kimihiro Watanuki, who becomes her assistant in exchange for removing spirits that follow him. Yuko also appears in the crossover manga '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', where she assists the main characters in their journey across the multiverse, and is known as the . She has also appeared in animated versions of the two series, as well as in other media. When creating Yuko, Clamp wanted to have a character who is aware of the multiple fictional universes they had created in their career. Her personality was inspired by the authors' beautician. Yuko is voiced by Sayaka Ohara in Japanese and Colleen Clinkenbeard in English in the animated adaptions of ''xxxHolic'' and ''Tsubasa''. Anne Watanabe por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XxxHolic
''xxxHolic'' (stylized as ''×××HOLiC''; pronounced "Holic") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by the manga group Clamp. The series, which crosses over with another Clamp work, '' Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'', revolves around Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student who is disturbed by his ability to see the supernatural, and Yūko Ichihara, a powerful witch who owns a wish-granting shop. When Watanuki asks Ichihara to remove his ability to see spirits, she grants it on the condition that he pay for his wish by working for her. Clamp created ''xxxHolic'' to link the supernatural and fantasy series. ''xxxHolic'' was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' periodically from February 2003 until March 2010. It then moved to the manga magazine ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' in June 2010, where it ended serialization in February 2011; its chapters were collected in 19 volumes. A sequel, ''xxxHolic: Rei'', started in ''Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobato
is a Japanese manga series by Clamp. It was first published in Shogakukan's manga magazine '' Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' from December 2004 to August 2005, under the title ''Kobato (kari)''. It was later serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's '' Newtype'' magazine from October 2006 to July 2011. Its chapters were collected in six volumes. The story features a mysterious young girl, Kobato Hanato, who works in a local kindergarten. In North America, the manga was first published by ''Newtype USA'' and later licensed by Yen Press. A 24-episode anime television series adaptation by Madhouse was broadcast from October 2009 to March 2010. Story Kobato is a sweet, perky, cute yet naïve girl who has a contract: in order to be allowed to go to a certain place, she must fill a mysterious bottle with people's "healed hearts", but the condition is that she must do so before four seasons end. As Kobato attempts to fulfill her mission, she is accompanied by Ioryogi—a spirit in the form o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clow Reed
This article covers the major characters of Clamp's manga ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' and its respective anime and movies. The manga and anime focused on Japanese schoolgirl Sakura Kinomoto who finds the magical Clow Book in her father's basement study, accidentally unleashing the magical Clow Cards loose across her hometown Tomoeda. Dubbed the Cardcaptor by the cards' guardian Cerberus (better known as Kero-chan), Sakura must wield the Clow Staff to capture the card spirits and turn them back into cards for her use. Sakura is aided by her best friend and cousin Tomoyo Daidouji, who creates battle costumes for her as well as videotaping her ventures as Cardcaptor; and later by Syaoran Li, a Chinese boy who is a descendant of the Clow Cards' creator Clow Reed. The anime also introduced a fourth companion, Meiling Li (sometimes spelled as Meilin Li), Syaoran's cousin. The rest of the characters are mostly oblivious to Sakura's magical life, aside from her brother Toya who has his own magi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokona Modoki
The ''Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle'' manga series and its respective anime, animated adaptations feature a large cast of fictional characters designed by Clamp (manga artists), Clamp. The series takes place in a fictional multiverse with Parallel universe (fiction), parallel dimensions where several characters – taken from many of Clamp's past works – can appear in several of the universes as having the same character names and designs but differing histories and settings. The story begins in the desert Kingdom of Clow where Syaoran (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle), Syaoran, a devoted and kind archeologist, investigates its ruins. His childhood friend Sakura (Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle), Sakura, the kind and well-loved princess of the kingdom who holds an undeveloped magic, mysteriously has her memories scattered across the dimensions in the form of feathers and will die if they are not returned to her. To save her, Syaoran takes her to the Dimensional Witch Yūko Ich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir Chronicle)
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of water, interrupting a watercourse to form an embayment within it, excavating, or building any number of retaining walls or levees to enclose any area to store water. Types Dammed valleys Dammed reservoirs are artificial lakes created and controlled by a dam constructed across a valley and rely on the natural topography to provide most of the basin of the reservoir. These reservoirs can either be ''on-stream reservoirs'', which are located on the original streambed of the downstream river and are filled by creeks, rivers or rainwater that runs off the surrounding forested catchments, or ''off-stream reservoirs'', which receive diverted water from a nearby stream or aqueduct or pipeline water from other on-stream reservoirs. Dams are typically loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
