Tsubasa Chronicle OP 2 "IT'S" Original Storyboard

I found scans of what appears to be the original storyboard for the second Tsubasa Chronicle opening sequence that was scrapped and replaced with its current inferior counterpart. The storyboard is a rough, black-and-white pencil sketch, but you should be able to see that it's far more action-packed and powerful than the current opening.

Summary:
-Syaoran walks through a desert with flames around him.
-Title card.
-Animated version of a gorgeous picture from the 2005 Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-/xxxHOLiC calendar.
-Sakura holds a sphere with one of her feathers inside.
-Syaoran, Kurogane, and Fai riding on dragons, which was animated in the CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 OVA.
-Sakura raises the sphere and the feather's light shatters it and the surrounding place.
-Brief childhood scenes of Kurogane (with his mother and father), Fai (with Ashura), Syaoran (with Fujitaka), and Sakura (with Toya and Yukito).
-Syaoran grabs a sparkle of light and the dragon ride scene continues.
-The scene cuts away to the three riding into battle on the dragons. This was also animated in the CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 OVA.
-Mokona's wings unwrap Sakura as she raises a hand toward the sky.
-Brief shots of each character turning toward each other.
-Individual battle scenes for Kurogane (with a sword), Fai (with staff on chains), and Syaoran (with dual tonfas and a sword). Very similar poses were animated in the CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 OVA.
-Syaoran reaches out, as if trying to grasp something. Another hand reaches for him, which belongs to another Syaoran.
-The two Syaorans face each other inversed and spin away from view in a yin-yang symbol. I'm pretty sure that this is also copied from a manga picture, but I can't remember where it's from exactly.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• sequence
• tsubasa
• chronicle
• reservoir
• syaoran
• sakura
• fai
• fay
• fye
• kurogane
• opening
• theme
• storyboard
• animation
• it's

[xPosskx]

...*Headdesk*

...Bee Train has further disgusted me. Damn it, this would've been a great opening. Even if the animation/style was terrible, this opening would've been brilliant..Gah. Especially the part with the Clone and Real Syaoran stretching hands and then spinning into a Yin Yang symbol. Sheesh. And the dragons..

God, I bet Bee Train changed it just so it'd show the anime with a 'happier' theme, 'cause they thought the actual story was too dark. Argh.

[Appleeclipse]

Someone should animate this.

[MadHatterMadii]

Words cannot even BEGIN to express my level of hate towards Bee Train whenever I watch this.

[BreezeVideos]

they animate this in clamp in wonderland 2 (:

[paulabee09]

its in the tsubasa guidebook right?

[27becci]

Ashura and Fai! <3 How would real Fai look like in Fai's age...

[haruspringtree]

@TARDIShobbit thats true too :\

[TARDIShobbit]

@haruspringtree

Spoilers, hmm? Maybe. I think it would raise more questions and curiosity rather than provide any real spoilers.

[Epicniche]

ashura and little fai ;___;

[haruspringtree]

This is WAYYYY BETTERRRR.

but if they did animate, there would be a lot of spoilers...

[Rincaisha]

oh!!! es real? si es asi, lo hubiera puesto Clamp, estaria muy padre asi no?

[CorruptedAngel92]

This should have been the video for the opening theme song! Darn it! This showed the actual footage of some other previous animes (i.e. CLAMP in Wonderland OVA) and showing more background history and action! This should be animated! Screw Bee Train for making it the way it is now! This one is WAY better!