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Ranked #181
xxxHOLiC

xxxHOLiC

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Holic, Holic TV
Japanese: XXX ホリック

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2006 to Sep 29, 2006
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.241 (scored by 13550 users)
Ranked: #1812
Popularity: #86
Members: 26,626
Favorites: 809
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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clamp comedy fantasy mystery supernatural
Jul 19, 2008
templar132
Prepare to be taken on a tour de force through the world of the supernatural. Or maybe just a regular tour. I wouldn't know. Having only recently experienced the genre of "supernatural" anime, xxxHOLiC (hereby referred to as simply "Holic") was a breath of fresh air from my usual action/fantasy fare.

The story behind Holic is intriguing and interesting, revolving around spirits, ghosts, and the very strange. Geared towards an older and more sophisticated audience, there's little action, but loads of thought-provoking and amazingly insightful dialogue. Holic is the kind of anime that gets your mind pumping about topics such as fate, destiny, and one's purpose read more
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Jul 7, 2007
jet2r0cks
Funny, creepy, dark, interesting and clever. Those would be the words that could describe this anime.

It’s funny – thanks to Watanuki’s wild antics as well as Mokona’s drunkenness. Creepy – mostly because it scared the heck out of me sometimes (especially episode 10, 12 and 24). Dark, because it presents the world in a way that people rarely see. It’s interesting – you get hooked into it and you actually become an xxxHOLIC-holic. Finally, it’s clever because it doesn’t take the viewers for fools.

The characters are just great. Doumeki and Watanuki are yin and yang. They always seem to have this love-hate comedy routine wherein read more
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Mar 9, 2008
cafe-kun
xxxHOLiC, is a project of the famed group CLAMP. Let's begin the reviews ne

Story
- xxxHOLiC is about the daily lives of Watanuki and Yuuko. Two characters whos fate has intertwined. xxxHOLiC is a collection of different strange yet interesting stories which happens to produce a happy ending on every episode. One particular viewer would learn something from the episodes of xxxHOLiC. It's about the mistake of humans and the solution to them were given by the main character "Yuuko". I'd say that some episodes were mediocre but interesting enough.

Art
- Production IG was involved, judging the fact that this anime were made in the read more
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Oct 7, 2007
Belinda
Oh CLAMP! I’ve always loved their works; there is (albeit, sometimes misguided) sincerity in their stories that many other anime/manga can’t quite manage. An example of this is in the second episode that revolved around a girl with a pinky problem. It is revealed that it’s not mere limb stiffness, because to Yuuko and Watanuki, they see that she has a trail of black smoke coming out from her finger. The episode goes to reveal what the black smoke is about and the type of life this girl leads. There is obvious social commentary going on, and in a very CLAMP-esque way, rather than any read more
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Jun 24, 2009
JesuOtaku
On the technical side of things, I have many bones to pick with the art and animation here. Actually there are too many bones to pick out on these spaghetti people, who I feel like I could easily snap across my thumb if I ever pat them on the back, even the supernaturally voluptuous Yuuko. Seriously, that woman should have SPINAL PROBLEMS with a rack of that magnitude on that beanpole, and throughout the entire series’ run, I never got used to the tiny-headed, long-bodied creatures they call people in this show, or the way they move either. Really fluid animation could have compensated for read more
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Dec 17, 2008
alienninjasaiyan
xxxHolic is a 26-episode anime series produced by TBS and Production I.G. and is based on the CLAMP manga of the same name. It's a highly exciting and delightful anime, and will offer the viewer a different side of the CLAMP franchise.
The art of the anime is superlative. It takes time to get adjusted to the slightly unconventional art, but one soon gets used to it. Additionally, every character except the lead characters is not clearly drawn; rather, you get gray silhouettes which serve to further accentuate the lead characters’ behavior.
The lead characters themselves are very-well conceived read more
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Mar 30, 2008
galluvton
Its possibly the BEST anime i'v ever seen.

It combines fun and adventures, but it also has an aura of seruisness around every episode.

I never saw an anime that had a better script than this one, and there wasen't even a second that I thought of anything else while watching this anime.

The art isen't the level you would expect for an anime of this rank to be, but even though it lookes kind of chieldish, I would like to see you find an anime that can give such a story with such an atmosphere with this art.

I labeled it as Holy. You should too.
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May 22, 2009
dbaranyi
The anime interpretation of CLAMP's story "xxxHolic" is a marvelously witty and stylishly animated look into the old saying, "Be careful of what you wish for, because you might get it." High school student Watanuki is not much different from most other guys his age. He just wants to outdo his rival Doumeki, and to win the affection of a pretty girl named Himawari who is in his class. But the "difference" in Watanuki is a bit more "different" than normal, because Watanuki attracts and can see spirits, but he can't keep them from bothering him.

This "attraction" eventually brings Watanuki to the very mysterious read more
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Oct 17, 2009
Koolag1
XXXholic is one truly amazing anime show and its one of Clamps finest works yet but clamps work just gets better and better with each one they do.

The characters are very lovable and the way only the characters relevant to each story are give full detail so you only focus on those characters.

The artwork is stunning and works well for the show. The English voice actors are very well chosen and Todd Haberkorn was a very good choice for Watanuki. Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yuuko is also a very good choice as she fits the character very well.

The music choice is very good the opening and read more
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Dec 20, 2008
Dogfather-PuA
Your typical supernatural anime but this one lacks adventure and initiative although there are some few good psychological epsiodes but still lacks a good point for a story..

The Characters:

**The Hot Bitchy Witch-
All she does all day is grant wishes, though there are some good "Morals" that come out of it from the ones she grants wishes from.

**The Nerdy, Manbitch
A Very annoying character that i don't believe he deserve the the role as the main-character.. He shouts too much like a girl and acts all goofy especially around his cool rival and his crush on this girl whom he even don't have the guts read more
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