Product Details

• Actors: Colleen Clinkenbeard, Todd Haberkorn, J. Michael Tatum, Carrie Savage
• Directors: Brina Palencia
• Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Japanese, English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Funimation
• DVD Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0016LHH5S
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #40,996 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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The oppressive heat and humidity of the Japanese summer figure so prominently in these episodes of xxxHOLIC, the season almost becomes another character. Dimensional Witch Yuko lacks the energy to grant wishes for many clients, but she still manages to make life miserable for long-suffering Watanuki. Much to his chagrin, Watanuki shares a powerful bond with the taciturn Doumeki: Watanuki can see spirits, but Doumeki can banish them. They could make a formidable team if Watanuki would stop fussing and ask for help--something he's too proud to do. When supernatural beings attempt to seize Watanuki during a late night get-together to tell ghost stories, Doumeki scatters them with an arrow of pure energy, and squeaky-voiced Mokona demonstrates an unsuspected ability to devour evil spirits. A specter appears in a rented beach house, and Watanuki has to be rescued yet again: he never learns from his experiences.(Rated TV PG: comic violence, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon

Product Description
There are many unusual things in this world. Every day, events occur that cannot be explained...

Watanuki s life has never been normal, but working for Yuko has fast become an exercise in all things strange. Visitors from other realms mingle with ghosts down hidden corridors and a pinky swear can mean things far from expected. Every lesson exposed comes with a toll... Not all endings are happy, not all happiness final. While the witch can give you direction, each journey comes complete with inherent distractions. Each path is unique save for one fact: There is always a price to pay...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars xxxHolic Third Collection, May 20, 2009

By	Elizabeth C. Matsuda "Anime Lover" (Van Nuys, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great series. So much fun to watch and a great collection for any animes fans.

4.0 out of 5 stars Yuko Hosts a Seance, March 28, 2009

By	James F. Neel "Jemcollector" (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

NOT a "Customer review from the Amazon Vine(tm) Program (What's this?)" -

But another from a CLAMP fan who's actually INTERESTED in the story! ( Have you noticed how the number of reviews have fallen drastically once the interlopers have been eliminated? )

Once again we have the latest "collection" of four xxxHOLiC episodes. ( Am I the only one BOTHERED by that desigination for these DVD's - it sounds like it should be at least a COMPLETE season, not just the usual next set of episodes? ) And again the Dimensional Witch Yuko continues to weave a spell around not only her "part-time employee" Watanuki, but at the same time involves both his "love interest" Himawari and his "rival" Doumeki.

Doumeki becomes even more important in this "collection", both to help Watanuki by fending off ghosts as usual; but also to in turn be helped by him when a timid household sprite, friend of vol. 2's rain spirit, becomes infatuated. It almost proves fatal to the uncomprehending Doumeki, whose soul is about to be forfit as a result of the contact, thereby forcing Watanuki to intercede. Yuko has a penchant for including both Doumeki and Himawari in their adventures, inviting both first to a seance of sorts at Doumeki's family temple; then for a seaside outing at a beachfront summer cottage. It's made even more evident that Doumeki is the antidote to Watanuki's continuing problem of attracting various ghosts, sprites, and spirits; but Himawari's connection in the mix remains the open question. Thus far a lesser character, she is at least accepting of Yuko and her weird surroundings, and has positively adopted Mokona as an acceptable friend; so she obviously has at least an affinity for the supernatural herself.

The interaction of these four main characters remains the big draw for fans of this series. Although the "monster-of-the-week"-type stories are for the most part entertaining enough, it is the reaction and developing relationship between the mysterious Yuko and her young friends that forms the basis for continuing interest. Those who like lots of fast-paced action, sappy romance, or oceans of blood are not likely to stick around to see what happens in this rather dark and slowly developing series. ( Maybe that's what happened to all the "Amazon Vine" reviewers? )

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4.0 out of 5 stars I Love XXXHolic! , July 30, 2008

By	Lynn Ellingwood "The ESOL Teacher" (Webster, NY United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This collection isn't as good as one and two but it is good. I became interested in XXXHolic after receiving the first disk through the Amazon Vine program. I have read all the books so far and am a big fan! In this disk we have a girl who must face the fact she has been stringing a number of men around, Watanuki discovers why Domenki is actually good for him but wonders why it has to be him. Yuko continues to fix Watanuki as well.