Does any one remember X1999 and the other connected clamp works?

[pl1sk1n]

I did a response to a post about obscure anime not long ago, and my submission was based on X 1999 and Tokyo Babylon, and i commented on how obscure they where and why.

However, i also noted that the lore for them where interconnected with other anime / manga, and to this day i was not sure of all the connections.

While procrastinating (yes i will get back to work after this), i found this mad lad who seems to have put things together.

This mystery has plagued me for a while, and it was by random chance that i found this.

The video is a little dry, but for those interested check it out.

 

[RetroLaw]

Yes because I'm old.

 

[gekiganwing]

I got into CLAMP's X thanks to bookstores and comic stores. The 1990s Viz Media paperback books were flipped (read left to right), but this was so common that I didn't mind. A cast full of competent people on two sides, all driven by motives! Splash pages with gears, feathers, and ominous dialogue! A mix of humor and supernatural battles!

The 1996 X anime movie had a lot of spectacle, but I thought it rushed through the cast and plot points just to reach a conclusion. The 2001-2002 X television series had a coherent ending, and had enough time for let the audience know who's who and what they want. The comic ended in 2003 without a conclusion. There was one interview in 2006 which indicated CLAMP wanted to resume the series, but that hasn't happened. So yeah, while I like the comic, the TV adaptation is better in this aspect.

I enjoyed a lot of what CLAMP made between the early 1990s and the early 2000s. Chobits was my favorite, though I have positive memories of Rayearth, CLAMP School Detectives, and the half-forgotten Duklyon. Translated Tokyo Babylon books were readily available at bookstores, but I didn't give them much time. While I made an attempt to get into Tsubasa, I got distracted. I've heard this series and xxxHolic were the center of a CLAMP cinematic universe.

 

[CardcaptorEd2019]

I enjoy a bit of Clamp. Tho, the only Clamp works which I've checked are Cardcaptor Sakura, xxxholic, Tokyo Babylon, a little bit of Tsubasa and some of Chobits

 

[pl1sk1n]

I got into CLAMP's X thanks to bookstores and comic stores. The 1990s Viz Media paperback books were flipped (read left to right), but this was so common that I didn't mind. A cast full of competent people on two sides, all driven by motives! Splash pages with gears, feathers, and ominous dialogue! A mix of humor and supernatural battles!

The 1996 X anime movie had a lot of spectacle, but I thought it rushed through the cast and plot points just to reach a conclusion. The 2001-2002 X television series had a coherent ending, and had enough time for let the audience know who's who and what they want. The comic ended in 2003 without a conclusion. There was one interview in 2006 which indicated CLAMP wanted to resume the series, but that hasn't happened. So yeah, while I like the comic, the TV adaptation is better in this aspect.

I enjoyed a lot of what CLAMP made between the early 1990s and the early 2000s. Chobits was my favorite, though I have positive memories of Rayearth, CLAMP School Detectives, and the half-forgotten Duklyon. Translated Tokyo Babylon books were readily available at bookstores, but I didn't give them much time. While I made an attempt to get into Tsubasa, I got distracted. I've heard this series and xxxHolic were the center of a CLAMP cinematic universe.

Thank you for sharing, allot of what you have scad to me i can echo. And i agree with you regrading Tshubasa, as it tended to be a little long winded. However, i am now looking for the DVDs, as apparently they had a cross over with X and Tokyo. My mind is blow but i am feeling nostalgic for it.

For me, may be i am more willing to give it a chance considering the quality of anime today, with good quality stuff being far few between inmho.

 

[hazys]

I read a ton of CLAMP as a kid. During the 2000s manga bubble Viz and Tokyopop pushed them hard. And it's not like there was a whole lot else being localized. I read Wish, Tokyo Babylon, Angelic Layer, Magic Knight Rayearth and its sequel, and some of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, which I'd like to go back and finish someday.

It's hard to overstate how ubiquitous CLAMP was in the 2000s, starting with Cardcaptor Sakura airing in the 90s, but if you were an online manga fan you ran into their stuff all the time. And then they sort of disappeared. I'm aware that they're still active, but the last CLAMP work I'm aware of is XXXHolic. I think their art style of gaunt yaoi-style male designs and tons of queer/kinky undertones got swept away by the shounen wave of the 2010s. It's crazy how only people 30+ remember them now when they seemed like such a looming presence in the industry.

 

[Muklas]

I do remember a sword exploding out of a chick in X 1999, nothing else, but that scene remained in my memory forever.

 

[pl1sk1n]

I do remember a sword exploding out of a chick in X 1999, nothing else, but that scene remained in my memory forever.

Well the dragon of Heaven pulled his sword out of his sisters chest if i remember right. His personality changed drastically when he made his choice to represent the dragon whom according to that lore and some Japanese religion? We are on the breath of and at the whims of.

 

[DanCalibur]

They were quite big in the late 90's early 2000's here in Brazil too. We got Rayearth and Sakura on open TV just a few months after japan and most of their mangas translated (I think I still got X and Chobits complete plus some volumes of Rayearth and Sakura laying around somewhere). I lost interest after the change in style for Chobits but their earlier works are among my favorites from that time.