And another year is coming to a close.
What did we stress over in 2009?
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Happy New Year!

After a week of sales~

Oricon
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 24
2. Hunter X Hunter Vol. 27
3. Ookiku Furikabutte Vol. 13
4. xxxHolic Vol. 16
5. Kekkaishi Vol. 27

Taiyosha
1. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 24
2. Hunter X Hunter Vol. 27
3. Ookiku Furikabutte Vol. 13
4. xxxHolic Vol. 16
5. K ON! Vol. 3

For the people interested, Holic17+OAD, which is scheduled to be released on April 23th 2010, is now available for preorder in Amazon.co.jp, right HERE for 4800JPY.
This is the most expensive of them all so far, including the TRC+OAD releases too...will they add something special in it...or do they just plan to milk money from the fans? ^^;;
In the product description, they say that Clamp will be drawing the DVD case jacket. The OAD is around 40min long.

●KC「×××HOLiC」17巻(通常版)
●オリジナルアニメーションDVD『×××HOLiC・籠』(約40分収録)
特典:CLAMP描き下ろしDVDトールケースジャケット

I couldn't decide which CLAMP image to use, so I uploaded the ones I had on my HD. Which CLAMP Christmas images do you happen to keep on your computer? Feel free to share in the comments.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone.

Happy Holidays CLAMP fans.

Earlier last week, I received confirmation that our Happy 20th Anniversay •CLAMP• Fan Appreciation Fanbook has reached its destination. Both Carl Horn (Editor at Dark Horse Comics) and CLAMP's management were impressed by the quality of our gift.

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Even though many smaller online retailers list Del Rey's CLAMP in America for February 2010, Amazon.com just sent an email with the updated release date of May 27, 2010. Hopefully, this isn't the case. Confirmed on Del Rey's website.

Kobato.tv has added images of the glass bottle gift that you can get if you buy the first 6 Kobato. DVD's and mail in vouchers.

DVD release schedule

Source: Amazon.co.jp

CLAMP-NET's mid-December update: didn't have much added to it, and there are no new publication breaks.

Click for previous news post

Here's the cover to Kobato. DVD Volume 2. This will be out February 26th.

And Voice Newtype No. 35 will have an interview with Kana Hanazawa (Kobato).

Just a short CLAMP mention in today's ICv2 interview with Dark Horse CEO, Mike Richardson. (Click for full article).

A.
......We were attempting to work with the creators, which is the same way we’ve attempted to work in the past in the United States. That’s what I mean when I say we were trying to be creator-specific as opposed to genre-specific with regard to the shojo.

As far as the coming year we’ll probably be more in that area then we’ve ever been because we’ve made a deal with Clamp, probably the premier manga and anime group in Japan, the group of women who create these books that are the basis for so much animation and so much printed content.

Q:
You’re doing some omnibuses, right? And you have an art book coming out?
A.
Yeah, we’re doing omnibuses, we have a variety of projects coming from them and we have some surprises coming in.

Here's a scan of the Kobato. article in Newtype 1 thx to Aurelia. The previous post was the pin-up poster also from this month's Newtype.

Here's the cover of Kobato. Volume 4. It will be out December 26th.

Kobato.tv also added a new splash and wallpaper.

And for those who will be able to buy Kobato. DVDs in Japan, there are extra gifts if you buy them in these stores:

Animate: playing card with each volume, playing card case when you buy all of them.
Aniburo: original microfiber towel with the first 6 volumes
Chara-ani: original mini-cushion set with the first 4 volumes, original desk calendar with volumes 5-8, original telephone card with volumes 9-12.

And the Kobato. museum and panel exhibit will be traveling to other Animate stores around the country. Check out the schedule on their blog.

Aurelia uploaded a new Kobato magazine image over at moe.imouto. (not sure if it is from Newtype or another mag right now)

Here's the cover to the upcoming CLAMP in America book from Del Rey. Many online comic book retailers have it listed for a February 24th release.