xxxHOLiC - DVD

Kimihiro Watanuki has been plagued by spirits his entire life — demons and supernatural beings that only he can see, drawn to him by something in his bloodline that he doesn't understand and cannot control. Stumbling through a neighborhood he doesn't recognize, he is pulled as if by fate through the door of an unusual shop. The proprietor is Yūko Ichihara — the Dimensional Witch, a woman of extraordinary beauty, mysterious power, and a talent for appearing to have been expecting exactly whoever just walked through her door. Yūko grants wishes, for a price equivalent to what the wish is worth to the person making it. Watanuki wishes to be rid of his ability to see spirits. Yūko's price: he will work part-time in her shop until the debt is paid. What follows is a series of cases — clients with wishes, spirits with agendas, and supernatural encounters — each one carrying a moral about desire, addiction, and consequence, while Watanuki navigates his complicated feelings for the cheerful Himawari and his grudging rivalry with the stoic archer Dōmeki.

xxxHOLiC is a 24-episode supernatural anthology series produced by Production I.G — the studio behind Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor, Jin-Roh, and FLCL — directed by Tsutomu Mizushima (Squid Girl, Girls und Panzer, Shirobako), with Ageha Ohkawa of CLAMP serving as executive producer and co-series compositor. Based on CLAMP's manga serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from 2003 to 2010 — a series that shares its universe with Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and references multiple other CLAMP works including Cardcaptor Sakura and Angelic Layer. The series aired on TBS from April 6 to September 28, 2006, and made its North American broadcast debut on the FUNimation Channel on January 26, 2009. The English dub was produced by FUNimation with Colleen Clinkenbeard as Yūko and Todd Haberkorn as Watanuki. The opening theme "19sai" and ending theme "Reason" were performed by Shikao Suga. FUNimation released the series in two half-season collections beginning July 22, 2008;

Notable Staff & Voice Talent

Director: Tsutomu Mizushima (Squid Girl, Girls und Panzer)
Executive Producer / Series Composition: Ageha Ohkawa (CLAMP — Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Angelic Layer)
Original Manga: CLAMP (xxxHOLiC, serialized in Weekly Young Magazine, Kodansha, 2003–2010, 19 volumes; English license: Del Rey Manga / Kodansha Comics)
Character Design: Kazuchika Kise 
Studio: Production I.G (Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh, FLCL, Ghost in the Shell: SAC)
Music: Yoshihisa Hirano
Opening Theme: "19sai" by Shikao Suga
Ending Theme: "Reason" by Shikao Suga

Japanese Cast:
• Jun Fukuyama as Kimihiro Watanuki (Code Geass — voice of Lelouch)
• Sayaka Ohara as Yūko Ichihara 
• Kazuya Nakai as Shizuka Dōmeki (One Piece — Roronoa Zoro)
• Shizuka Itō as Himawari Kunogi
• Mika Doi as Maru
• Akiko Yajima as Moro 

DVD Features 
• Textless Opening & Closing Songs
• FUNimation Previews

Spoken Languages: English & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles

Edition Details

Japanese Title: ×××HOLiC (Horikku / xxxHOLiC)
Runtime: ~325 Minutes (Season 1, Episodes 1–13, 2 Discs)
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
DVD Release Year: 2008 
Original Broadcast Date (Japan): April 6 – September 28, 2006 (TBS)
Publisher: FUNimation Entertainment
Rating: 13+
Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada)
Genre: Mystery, Supernatural, Drama
Themes: Wish-Granting Shop, Supernatural Anthology, Moral Consequences, CLAMP Universe, Production I.G Supernatural Drama

Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.