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Title: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: angel on April 30 2005, 09:34 pm
anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
if anyone had bought it could u tell mi wad is inside?
actually today i would haf bought it... but the book was being sold to another person...
i went to kinokuniya n i found it but i left it there n went searching for a storybook when i went back to the place where i haf left it someone has taken the book n bought it....
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Kurorin on April 30 2005, 11:58 pm
I got it earlier this week. It's pretty thick and has a lof of nice features.

It has character information (like statistics for Syaoran, Sakura, Fai, etc), information about the worlds they've been in, an interview of CLAMP, a bonus chapter and poll results of Japanese fans.  There's also a bit of fan art contributed by Japanese readers.  There are 4 colored illustrations -- nothing new -- and lists of the merchandise available for the series.

Also, it only covers info up to v7 of the manga.
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book
Post by: LemonPing on May 01 2005, 12:56 am
ooo can u scan it or anything like tell us whats written in it? like wat are syaoran's stats and everything? if possible lah.... thanx
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: scarecrow_wingz on May 01 2005, 12:43 pm
how thick... cos then it's expensive... are the other pictures good...cos i dunno - i don't think i'll get it if it only has a few pictures
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book
Post by: Kurorin on May 01 2005, 01:44 pm
how thick... cos then it's expensive... are the other pictures good...cos i dunno - i don't think i'll get it if it only has a few pictures

It's about 250 pages, but the bulk of the content is text, with pictures from the manga inserted here and there.  It's NOT an artbook, so if you're looking for illustrations, you'd probably be better off buying the hardcover editions. Also, I really wouldn't advise buying it if  your Japanese reading skills are non-existent or poor (like mine).
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Okamirei on May 01 2005, 02:25 pm
I'm waiting for the chinese translated version of the book...if there ever will be one.^^;
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: angel on May 01 2005, 07:15 pm
do u tin i should go get it? im still learning jap...
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book
Post by: kudan on May 01 2005, 11:02 pm
Cool! I would never to be able to buy that book at the rate I'm spending my money... I just bought the simplified version of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Volume 9 but the exams are coming and I'll have the time to read it in detail next week...  :cry:
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: ~Jayitized~ on May 21 2005, 02:32 pm
cool!! i'm going to japan this summer, maybe i should get it...>.> problem is i cant read japanese TT-TT  i'd really like to read it....and to get one...but i wont be able to read it....TT-TT ba oh well^^
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Brad on May 21 2005, 05:46 pm
I picked it up too. It really is a lot of text and recap or the manga. There were some interesting plot points focused on like the symbols used in the manga and anime. Look at the circle Mokona makes when he teleports. You can see Fay and that bad guy's symbols in the circle.  :wave:
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book
Post by: Kurorin on May 23 2005, 10:01 pm
I picked it up too. It really is a lot of text and recap or the manga. There were some interesting plot points focused on like the symbols used in the manga and anime. Look at the circle Mokona makes when he teleports. You can see Fay and that bad guy's symbols in the circle. :wave:

I thought Mokona's circle is basically Yuuko's circle, isn't it?

(Also, is this the manga or anime guidebook you're referring to?  I know the anime guidebook just came out last week)
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: angel on May 24 2005, 07:46 pm
the manga.... ya i saw the anime last week too... btw also wad is inside?
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Brad on May 25 2005, 08:28 pm
flipped through the anime one in store today actualy.  :rotfl:  Looks okay but really nothing mind blowing. Some bad quality pics of the VAs though. ;)
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book
Post by: Kurorin on May 27 2005, 06:53 am
flipped through the anime one in store today actualy. :rotfl: Looks okay but really nothing mind blowing. Some bad quality pics of the VAs though. ;)

They weren't that bad :)  I actually put up a review of the anime fanbook up on my livejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/~tricianna/220843.html
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Brad on May 28 2005, 10:00 pm
Haha. Well they were good photos... just printed on newspaper quality paper and in black and white. I don't know... I like my magazines to be in colour.  :cry:
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: scarecrow_wingz on May 29 2005, 02:20 pm
totally understandable!! but i still can't bring myself to buy the deluxe manga editions though
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Brad on May 31 2005, 06:55 pm
THOSE are cool! Definitly love those! Great on display and coloured pages, etc! Love the covers on these more than the regular volumes too.  :hello2:
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: .::ka::. on June 04 2005, 02:29 am
You're lucky, I wanna see the guide book too T________T
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: scarecrow_wingz on June 04 2005, 06:32 pm
i bought the character guide!! there's the original rough drawing of the first chapter at the end...it's fascinating...
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Brad on June 04 2005, 08:59 pm
Just want to say hi to the Aussie. I'm from Sydney too! Love Kings Comics, though a little pricey.  :cry:

Odds are they'll release another book later in the series to cover more of it.
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Ralea on June 05 2005, 05:18 pm
Heard there's also this bonus chapter. Something about winks.
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: scarecrow_wingz on June 06 2005, 05:21 pm
winks?? herm...

come on aussie!! lol... how much is it at comic king? i like kinokuniya in the city better... do u know where it is?
Title: Re: anyone bought the tsubasa charcater guide book?
Post by: Okamirei on June 15 2005, 02:09 pm
does anyone know if there are translations for the charactre guide?  :sweatdrop: