Forum - View topicNEWS: CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon Manga Gets TV Anime in 2021 by GoHands
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Hellsoldier
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They also did K, Mardock Scramble and Coppelion. Animation-wise, these were actually good.., Even if HandShakers is a major stain in anyone's reputation.
I was about to say that. Also, even if... The fujoshis deserve their share.
CLAMP fan here! I'm feeling old. Really old... |
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NeedMoreCats
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My first reaction was unbridled joy and excitement. Yes, Go Hands is concerning, but I enjoyed K and Coppelion, so I’m in the cautiously optimistic camp. And who knows, if it does well, we could get a remake of X, too!
Me, three!!! 
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all-tsun-and-no-dere
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I want to be excited for this, or even cautiously optimistic, but the trailer already looks like hot garbage. Even leaving behind the utter incompetence of Handshakers and W'z, I just hate GoHands' style. I think the way they use color is hideous, and direct opposition to the bright primary and secondary colors of Clamp's original aesthetic on the series. I hate the glowy gradients, washed-out pastels, and hokey lens flare that dominates the trailer. It's horrid.
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Moko-chan ^_^
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Or maybe CLAMP would finish the manga. After all these years I no longer believe that X will ever be finished... |
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Thaumana
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That reminds me how amazon listed volume 19 for a pretty long time in the coming soon section. Like almost 5 years or so... I would be more excited about a remake and a final completion of this series tbh. I don't recall much about the story in Tokyo Babylon, because I didn't own the volumes myself and only read them occasionally. The ending left a strong impression on me but apart from this I only funnily remember that Hokuto's fashion taste was kinda funky. There was also a commentary by a japanese critic at the end of the first volume who talked about the demographics and how this manga series was rather more suitable for a seinen audience than a shoujo audience due to several subjects in the story. My memory of that commentary are a bit hazy but it helped me to reflect about the uncommon feeling I had during the read.because it apparently didn't feel like the usual shoujo stuff I collected back then. Would be quite interesting to read the manga again with new fresh eyes. |
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Jefcat
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I agree that the character designs don’t look altogether CLAMP-like. But I’ll withhold judgement until I see the series. In the meantime, I’m excited. I loved Tokyo Babylon (and X/1999) when I read them when they came out - seems like a lifetime ago. TB has always needed an anime adaptation superior to the two short OVAs. Who knows? Maybe we’ll get a proper ending to X/1999 manga and it gets a new adaptation as well!
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Dian Z
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Thank you! I feel exactly the same. I love CLAMP, and especially their older works, and GoHands' style (as seen from the promotional materials so far and their past works) wouldn't do it justice, tbh. |
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Rob19ny
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Oh, Tokyo Babylon by GoHands? I'm in for this. angela gonna perform the OP song? To be continued.
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Hellsoldier
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Aah, the young ones, who didn't grow up with Cardcaptor Sakura... 
Here's to a new X adaptation. I loved the anime series, but it could do with something more complete, even if the manga was never finished. |
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Chrizy
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This rise of BL or (ish) anime adaptations is breathtaking. I'll have to thank Yuri On Ice for letting the productions realize there's an audience for it.
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Cardcaptor Takato
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CLAMP has been doing LGBTQ+ themes in their works for decades before YOI. Tokyo Babylon's manga is 30 years old now. YOI probably partially owes it to works like Cardcaptor Sakura and X/1999 and the original Tokyo Babylon manga for helping to pave the way to normalizing LGBTQ+ themes in mainstream anime decades ago.
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penguintruth
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I have a fondness for Subaru Sumeragi and onmyoji characters in general, so part of me is looking forward to this. But apparently this studio is terrible? I've never seen anything by them.
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catandmouse
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Kinds exciting news. I’ve pretty much given up on CLAMP, but in my younger days I was a fan.
Anyway, I’m not hating the character designs. Even CLAMP themselves have changed their artstyle over the years so I’m ok with them looking different now. As for the studio, I have no idea who they are, so I guess I’ll just go in blindly. |
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residentgrigo
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The manga in itself is "good" and the last worthwhile Clamp anything anime was xxxHolic so I am up for a "brand redemption" but the preview kinda misses the mark of the manga´s moody appeal. The present-day setting isn´t helping either. And GoHands? I don´t how this is supposed to work out.
Edit: The 2 non-canon 90s OVAs aren´ that great but they looked the part btw. Last edited by residentgrigo on Tue Oct 27, 2020 12:26 am; edited 1 time in total |
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capt_bunny
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Not sure why people are saying its "moe" when Cardcaptor Sakura, Kobato, Wish, and countless other works have the """"moe""" art style. Either way, I don't think any animation studio could capture CLAMP's early 90's art style. I agree the dress on Hokuto is bad but I can't have any complaints. I wanted a Tokyo Babylon anime. If this how it's going to be then I'll gladly take it.
I have hope if the Tokyo Babylon anime does well (. spoiler[There is a chapter ALL about foreshadowing x/1999. Maybe fans might be confused or want to know more with the ending taking place in present-day of x/1999 ] .) then maybe they will try to finish x/1999 or do a remake anime with CLAMP doing the writings. I know the movie and anime aren't anything related to the true ending. |
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