http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/05/28/xxxholic-08-getting-better-and-better/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/05/28/xxxholic-08-getting-better-and-better/#comment-7486 Mon, 05 May 2008 21:30:46 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/05/28/xxxholic-08-getting-better-and-better/#comment-7486 The anime's being a bit plain,bland,flat, or under-detailed, actually has to do with the original manga. CLAMP(the manga's artist, a team of four women who each have very specific jobs) sports a very unique art style for xxxHolic. Most works of manga utilize "dot papers" of some kind to achieve different "shades of gray," or given such an impression. However, CLAMP does none of that. The xxxHolic manga has a very unique style in that everything is purely black-and-white. The only kind of "shading" CLAMP uses is to fill in with closely spaced straight lines. The extra lanky bodies of the characters is also part of the stylized look. The anime’s being a bit plain,bland,flat, or under-detailed, actually has to do with the original manga. CLAMP(the manga’s artist, a team of four women who each have very specific jobs) sports a very unique art style for xxxHolic. Most works of manga utilize “dot papers” of some kind to achieve different “shades of gray,” or given such an impression. However, CLAMP does none of that. The xxxHolic manga has a very unique style in that everything is purely black-and-white. The only kind of “shading” CLAMP uses is to fill in with closely spaced straight lines. The extra lanky bodies of the characters is also part of the stylized look.

]]> http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/05/28/xxxholic-08-getting-better-and-better/#comment-6277 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:38:32 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2006/05/28/xxxholic-08-getting-better-and-better/#comment-6277 Your praise for xxxHOLIC pleases me. 8 episodes in, and I'm quite hooked. I really wished that I watched this show sooner. Your praise for xxxHOLIC pleases me. 8 episodes in, and I’m quite hooked. I really wished that I watched this show sooner.

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