Self Infliction

Self Infliction

July 27, 2006 TV Episode xxxHOLiC

Series titles: xxx ホリック, xxxHOLiC

Studio
Production I.G, CLAMP, Kodansha, Ayakashi Workshop
Animation studio
Production I.G
Distributor
Tokyo Broadcast System, Mainichi Broadcast System

Synopsis

On his way home from school, Watanuki is stunned standing in front of a coin locker at the railway station. He is holding a note from Yuko that says, "Buy me glasses for show." Upset by this sudden and apparently unreasonable request, Watanuki buys the glasses and heads toward Yuko's home, when he witnesses a car hitting a woman...

Characters

Yuko Ichihara, Kimihiro Watanuki, Shizuka Domeki, Himawari Kunogi, Maru, Moro, Mokona

Credits

Directing

Director
Masahiko Watanabe

Writing

Writer
Ageha Okawa
Story Supervisors
Michiko Yokote, Ageha Okawa
Series Composition
Ageha Ohkawa, Michiko Yokote

Voices

Voice
Sayaka Ohara (Yuko Ichihara), Jun Fukuyama (Kimihiro Watanuki), Kazuya Nakai (Shizuka Domeki), Shizuka Ito (Himawari Kunogi), Kazuko Kojima (Maru), Hisayo Mochizuki (Moro), Mika Kikuchi (Mokona)

Music

Music
S.E.N.S. Project

Animation

Animator
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (Animation Director)

Art Department

Art Director
Hiromasa Ogura
Storyboards
Yoshinori Iwanaga
Character Design
Kazuchika Kise
Accessory Design
Minoru Ueda

Camera

Director of Photography
Yohei Konishi

Editing

Editor
Taeko Hamauzu

Sound

Sound Director
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Crew

Color Setting
Idumi Hirose

Companies and other credits

  • Original Manga: CLAMP (Mokona, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, Satsuki Igarashi)(Published in "Weekly Young Magazine, " Kodansha)

Production notes

After the feature film "xxxHOLiC - A Midsummer Night's Dream" was released in the summer of 2005, CLAMP and Production I.G continued their collaboration with a brand- new TV series. This time, the whole series concept was supervised by Michiko Yokote ("Cowboy Bebop," "Bleach") and CLAMP's Ageha Okawa in person.

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