CLAMP has an illustration of the director, Rintaro, in this month's PLUS MADHOUSE 04 to coincide with the article on Rintaro (director of X the movie, Metropolis, Yona Yona Penguin, etc). The magazine will also have a special storyboard section in which X will be included. More information on the magazine's contents can be found at Amazon.jp.

I have obsessed and saved every fanfic I have ever seen of Off*beat (from both LJ and FF.net). Currently I have 88 stories saved (including my own).

We should see who gets to be #100!

Tsubaki Nekoi posted this today on the member's board of CLAMP-NET. Very many thanks to chibiyuuto for sharing this.

昨年末頃、CLAMP２０周年記念にと、各国の読者の方々が
インターネットで原稿を集めて、それをまとめてFAN　BOOKを
作って贈ってくださいました。

各国それぞれの言語および、日本の漫画が好きで日本語を勉強して
下さったたくさんの方々のメッセージや、イラストを掲載された
分厚い上製本。

なにより参加してくださった国の多いこと！
こんなに色々なところで読んで頂けてそのうえ好きだと言って
頂けるなんて、本当に嬉しいです。

お礼の言葉が届くかわからないのですが、
皆様、本当に有難う御座いました。これからも新しい作品が生まれて行くと思います。それらも読んで頂けますよう頑張っていきます！

ね！　ナナコ！

Translation thx to starlady38 :
At the tail end of last year, for CLAMP's 20th anniversary celebration, readers from many countries collected manuscripts through the internet and put them together to make and send a fan book.

It's a thick, deluxe-edition book with illustrations and with messages in Japanese from many people who learned it through liking Japanese manga as well as in many countries' individual languages.

Best of all is the large number of countries that participated! We really are happy to hear that our works are read, and furthermore liked, in so many different places.

I don't know whether words of thanks will reach you, everyone, but thank you very much indeed. I think new works will be born after this as well. We'll do our best so that you read them too!

Right! Nanako!

[Translator's Note: I don't understand the last word--I think it's a counter for seven somethings, but I have no idea what. ETA: Nekoi is talking about Nanase Ohkawa per chibiyuuto.]

~Congrats to everyone!

Our Happy 20th Anniversay •CLAMP• Fan Appreciation Fanbook is now up for purchase. There is no mark-up and please look at the shipping page for shipping options to your country.

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A couple of things I just have to say about volume 8 - (SPOILERS!)  ( Read more... )
'coarse I'm sure I missed a lot 'cause I read so fast - I'm sure I'll pick up a lot in rereads...
Now when does volume 9 come out? **sigh**

I'll go back to the previous volume 8 discussions & add clarifications from the new release where appropriate...

Hey, all. I've got two fics to give you guys-- one is on Fanfiction that I wrote a while ago, and the other is a little more recent that I did for the community 31_days. So, they are fake cuts, but hopefully no one minds? :D

Undefined and Reckless

Sick, or Something

I like writing for Off*Beat but I don't often get to do it- but I hope to write more of it. C: uh... Enjoy?

I've just received my PVC Kobato Figurine so I figured I'd take photos to show off how pretty it is!

Excuse my poor photography skills and my phone camera (although it is an 8MP phone camera).

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volume 8 (english) is finally released!    'bout time!  Amazon sent me an email saying my copy was mailed out Tuesday. I bet this brings more fan activity (I hope!)

Happy New Years everybody!

And another year is coming to a close.
What did we stress over in 2009?
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Happy New Year!