The first OVA released is a two-part episode titled xxxHolic Shunmuki released in 2009 together with volumes 14 and 15 of the manga respectively. Its opening theme is “Nobody Knows” by Shikao Suga and ending theme is “Honey Honey” by Seamo. The anime saw the return of the staff and cast from season 1. The second season of the anime, titled xxxHolic Kei, aired on TBS from April to June 2008 and spanned 13 episodes. Its theme music includes opening theme “19sai” by Shikao Suga and ending themes “Reason” by Fonogenico and “Kagerou” by Buck-Tick. Its main cast includes Jun Fukuyama as Kimihiro Watanuki, Sayaka Ohara as Yuko Ichihara, Kazuya Nakai as Shizuka Domeki, Shizuka Ito as Himawari Kunogi, and Rina HIdaka as Kohane Tsuyuri.

The first season of the anime, titled xxxHolic, aired on TBS and ran from April to September 2006, spanning 24 episodes total. Two anime seasons and several OVA directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and executive produced by Ageha Ohkawa of CLAMP with production by Production I.G have been released for the series. It has been collected into three tankobon volumes so far. 16 onward, and another manga titled xxxHolic Rei began serialization in Young Magazine in March 2013. The manga’s title was changed to xxxHolic Ro from Vol. Its story spans a total of 213 chapters that have been collected into 19 tankobon volumes. It would remain in the magazine until 2009 when it switched to Bessatsu Shonen Magazine until its conclusion in 2011. The xxxHolic manga is published by Kodansha and began serialization in Young Magazine in 2003. Its storyline crosses over with that of other CLAMP series, most notably Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, which was written concurrently with it, and Cardcaptor Sakura, the history of which is drawn on several times in the series. He is often accompanied on his errands by love interest Himawari Kunogi and “rival” Shizuka Domeki and the three become increasingly close. But he soon finds himself being tasked with errands that take on more and more a supernatural nature.

After offering to grant Watanuki’s wish to be rid of his supernatural abilities, Watanuki becomes Yuko’s temporary, part-time cook and housekeeper as payment. Its story revolves around main character Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student plagued with the ability to see yokai and ayakashi spirits which no one else can see, and Yuko Ichihara, a witch who owns a wish-granting shop which Watanuki stumbles into by chance. XxxHolic is a supernatural series written and illustrated by popular artist group CLAMP whose other notable series include RG Veda, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, and Cardcaptor Sakura.

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