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Tsubasa Chronicle 2nd Opening’s Original Storyboard

November 21, 2007 at 4:38 am | In CLAMP IN WONDERLAND, Tsubasa Chronicle | 18 Comments

I found scans of what appears to be the original storyboard for the second Tsubasa Chronicle opening sequence that was scrapped and replaced with its current inferior counterpart. The storyboard is a rough, black-and-white pencil sketch, but you should be able to see that it’s far more action-packed and powerful than what aired. I spent about five hours timing the sketches to the opening theme.

It’s somewhat difficult to interpret the scenes without the director’s footnotes, so here’s a summary:

-Syaoran walks through a desert with flames around him.
-Title card.
-Animated version of this gorgeous picture from the 2005 Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-/×××HOLiC calendar.
-Sakura holds a sphere with one of her feathers inside.
-Syaoran, Kurogane, and Fai riding on dragons, which was animated in the CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 OVA and it also included them in the aforementioned calendar costumes.
-Sakura raises the sphere and the feather’s light shatters it and the surrounding place.
-Brief childhood scenes of Kurogane (with his mother and father), Fai (with Ashura), Syaoran (with Fujitaka), and Sakura (with Toya and Yukito).
-Syaoran grabs a sparkle of light and the dragon ride scene continues.
-The scene cuts away to the three riding into battle on the dragons. This was also animated in the CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 OVA.
-Mokona’s wings unwrap Sakura as she raises a hand toward the sky.
-Brief shots of each character turning toward each other.
-Individual battle scenes for Kurogane (with a sword), Fai (with staff on chains), and Syaoran (with dual tonfas and a sword). Very similar poses were animated in the CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 OVA.
-Syaoran reaches out, as if trying to grasp something. Another hand reaches for him, which belongs to another Syaoran.
-The two Syaorans face each other inversed and spin away from view in a yin-yang symbol. This is also copied from a manga picture.

In case if you’ve forgotten what the real opening looks like, here it is for comparison:

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Thanks! I really appreciate the time you put into making that.

Comment by J — November 21, 2007 #

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I agree, the storyboard version looks so much better. Now we need to wait for a bored, flash animation maker Clamp fan to make an animated version of it. xD Thanks for your work though, it’s amazing how much better it looks timed to the song than just on paper.

Comment by Nicole — November 21, 2007 #

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hmm wonder why they scrapped this its awsome i guess they didnt want to gte everyones hopes up

Comment by kody — November 27, 2007 #

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Wow, they were going to animate battle scenes with THAT costume O_O that would be so much better than the one we have now…

I guess Clamp didn’t want to waste the good sequences on TSUBASA the anime, since it’s not going to follow the manga closely anyway. Luckily they save it for CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 ^_^

Ohhhh but I really want to watch Fye fighting with that staff while jumping around like he’s flying…ha~

Comment by Shirahime — November 30, 2007 #

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Where did you find the storyboards?, because I am an animation student and clamp fan, and I’d love to study the original scans.

Comment by Mad G — March 6, 2008 #

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I think they came out of an original production notes book. I’m not sure; I found the scans online a long time ago.

Comment by Atashi — March 6, 2008 #

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If you remember the site, or know where I can find them would you let me know? It would be appreciated.

Comment by Mad G — March 17, 2008 #

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love it!

Comment by MyRaNdAnA — April 17, 2008 #

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pleaze the 3° season please

Comment by ghathiithaw — May 15, 2008 #

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http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/769/costumetw3.jpg

where did this come from?

Comment by candy — June 26, 2008 #

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@ candy:
CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 OVA.

Comment by Atashi — June 26, 2008 #

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Gosh!!!! Soooo cool!!!! Thank you very very very very very muuuuuch!!!!! I love it!!!!! Hweeee I wanna cry seeing that T^T

Comment by Shaarie — October 12, 2008 #

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OMG!!!! It’s extremely cooool!!!!!XD Thank you very very very very very muuuuuch!!!! I really really love it!!! Seeing it I wanna cry T^T

Comment by Shaarie — October 12, 2008 #

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oops! i sent it 2 times coz i thought it wasn’t sent teehee gomen ^^”

Comment by Shaarie — October 12, 2008 #

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esta incre manden me el video no

Comment by brayaan — April 15, 2009 #

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nice one

Comment by syaoran — May 9, 2009 #

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es una buena pagina

Comment by brune — July 23, 2009 #

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Cool site, love the info.

Comment by Bill Bartmann — September 3, 2009 #

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