xxxHOLiC: Second Collection
List Price:
Our Price: $2.09
You Save: $27.89 (93%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.08 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Colleen ClinkenbeardBrand: Funimation
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: 0
Studio: Funimation Prod
Product features:
- "From the day you were born, you have always been different from those around you." For high school student Watanuki, this statement could not be more true! Between rain without end and ghostly visions from beyond, the young man is getting used to not being used to anything at all. His role as Yuko's minion seems as close to normal as anything, and the haunted teen trudges forth wi
DVD Reviews of xxxHOLiC: Second Collection
DVD Review: A Primer for Would-be Reviewers of Anime
Summary: 4 Stars
NOT a "Customer review from the Amazon Vine tm Program (What's this?)" -
Instead it's a review by someone who actually seeks out, watches, and knows quite a bit about the subject; not just someone who responded to some kind of offer in a genre they otherwise know little and care less about! Since SO many "reviewers" of the initial volume of this series seemed totally unfamilliar with what this is:
1) It's adapted from a manga by CLAMP. ( Anyone attempting to review it should at least be familliar with both the terms "manga" and "CLAMP". )
2) The Japanese group of female manga artists CLAMP are noted for their distinct-yet-varying artistic styles; therefore the characters in xxxHOLiC are NOT deformed - they're SUPPOSED to look the way they do to stress the unreality of the world they inhabit. Since in the respective manga xxxHOLiC and TSUBASA - RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE occupy parallel and connected storylines, and therefore share not a few characters, they naturally also share similar character designs.
3) That connection so far plays no part in the current adaptation of this particular series; but IS a feature of Funamation's so-called CLAMP Double Feature that combines two short theatrical versions of both xxxHOLiC and TSUBASA in a set containing a pair of DVD's. The manga includes frequent references/homages to most of CLAMP's previous works as well.
4) Since xxxHOLiC ( pronounced "holic" ) deals with the supernatural, its color palette is naturally dark and somber, with designs of both characters and backgrounds reminiscent of those in CLAMP's X.
5) Likewise, the "too-cute (also annoying) bouncy stuffed-animal-like object", as one reviewer described Black Mokona, is a character who will be very familliar to the legions of fans of the manga and anime of CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth and more recently, TSUBASA series. Mokona's antics here need no further comment; except maybe, "Puu..."
6) Although hardly an acceptable "role model" due to her drinking, smoking, and apparant listlisness, the Dimentional Witch Yuko is a typical representative of the colorful and distinctive characters which inhabit most CLAMP works. Her relationship as mentor to Watanuki is somewhat reminiscent of that between the equally unorthodox Icchan and Misaki in CLAMP's Angelic Layer.
7) Watanuki's incessant over-the-top whining, though admittedly annoying, is an important part of his character and serves to further distinguish him from his "opposite", the stoic Doumeki. It's not at all different from the frequent and equally violent verbal outbursts of Hideki Motosuwa, protagonist of CLAMP's Chobits, who is also in the habit of talking to himself like Watanuki does.
This 4-episode volume furthers the relationship of Watanuki as a "part-time employee" at Yuko's mysterious house/place of business. One night he discovers that it is not only spirits he can see that others can not when he happens across an oden street shop run by a father-and-son pair of foxes. The familliar tale of the Monkey's Paw is retold when it becomes obvious that just about any artifact may turn up in Yuko's "treasure warehouse". Yuko shows a more up-to-date stylish side of herself as she goes forth to help a young woman "cure" a bad habit most of the readers of this should identify with. And Watanuki gets his own first "client" in the form of a demanding rain sprite. ( Though as usual it's Yuko who gets the payment! )
As a CLAMP fan of long standing, I'm so far thoroughly enjoying the rather lesiurely journey through this latest of their magical worlds!
More xxxHOLiC: Second Collection reviews:
1
1
Description of xxxHOLiC: Second Collection
XXXHOLIC SECOND COLLECTION - DVD MovieAs xxxHolic (pronounced "Holic") continues, life doesn't get any easier for poor, put-upon Watanuki. He has to obey Dimensional Witch Yuko's incessant demands to run errands, fetch saké and prepare elaborate snacks, and deal with presence of quiet, athletic Doumeki (whom he loathes) and perky Himawari (whom he adores). These comic contretemps provide a backdrop for Yuko's supernatural dealings. In the course of his duties, Watanuki visits an oden (stew) stand run by a fox spirit and helps the lonley soul of a dead child find rest. He and Doumeki watch with horror as an ambitious student teacher at their school unleashes the terrible power of a monkey's paw, believing she can control it. The characters in xxxHolic are less endearing than in some of the other anime series based on manga by the four-woman collective Clamp. But the better stories have an eerie, sensual grace that sometimes recalls Mushi-Shi.(Rated TV PG: comic violence, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
Bestsellers in DVD
![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Story of Jeremiah [VHS]Vision Video; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Wresting With God [VHS]by Vision Video
Vision Video; Published: 1990-10-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Study Bible Video with Workbook [VHS]Spring Arbor Distributors; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Tempo:Childrens TV Favourites Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.17
Price in other shops:
Tempo.Herbs:Parseley'Sb/ Party Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
![Strike the Original Match [VHS] Image](/images/Strike-the-Original-Match-VHS-0001374079-X.jpg)
Strike the Original Match [VHS]New Liberty Films; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS] Image](/images/Medjugorje-The-Miracles-and-the-Message-VHS-0001373293-X.jpg)
Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS]JPN Film Production; Release date: 1995-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.99
Mayo Clinic Echocardiography Review Course for Boards and Recertification DVD 2008by Mayo
DVD
Price in other shops:
Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging DVD: Single Userby Oakstone
DVD
Price in other shops:
Cost Accounting [VHS]by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Howard Teall
Pearson Canada, Toronto; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
Chobits: The Complete SeriesFunimation; Release date: 2011-05-10; DVD
Best price: $26.99
Price in other shops:
Spice and Wolf: Season Two (Blu-ray/ DVD Combo)Funimation; Release date: 2011-08-30; Blu-ray
Best price: $37.47
Price in other shops:
xxxHOLiC: Fifth CollectionFunimation; Release date: 2008-09-09; DVD
Best price: $11.41
Price in other shops:
Xxxholic: Sixth CollectionFunimation; Release date: 2008-10-21; DVD
Best price: $6.79
Price in other shops:
xxxHOLiC: Fourth CollectionFunimation; Release date: 2008-07-29; DVD
Best price: $2.09
Price in other shops:
xxxHOLiC: First CollectionFunimation; Release date: 2008-03-25; DVD
Best price: $2.09
Price in other shops:
xxxHOLiC: Third CollectionFunimation; Release date: 2008-06-17; DVD
Best price: $3.60
Price in other shops:
Clamp Double Feature: Tsubasa Chronicle and xxxHOLiCFunimation; Release date: 2008-02-19; DVD
Best price: $2.20
Price in other shops:
Justin Liebrecht - Tsubasa: Tokyo Revelation / Spring Thunder ChronicleFunimation; Release date: 2011-01-04; DVD
Best price: $14.90
Price in other shops:
xxxHOLiC: S.A.V.E.Funimation; Release date: 2011-03-01; DVD
Best price: $16.85
Price in other shops: