XxxHolic (miniseries)

xxxHolic
DVD box of the drama featuring Kimihiro Watanuki and Yuko Ichihara
Kanji	CLAMPドラマ ホリック〜xxxHOLiC〜
Literal meaning	CLAMP Drama xxxHOLiC
Revised Hepburn	CLAMP Dorama Horikku
Genre	Supernatural Drama Dark fantasy
Based on	xxxHolic by CLAMP
Written by	Jun Tsugita Keisuke Toyoshima
Directed by	Keisuke Toyoshima
Starring	Anne Watanabe Shōta Sometani Masahiro Higashide Karen Miyazaki Yumi Adachi
Music by	Nobuhiko Morino
Opening theme	"Aitai" by Suga Shikao
Ending theme	"You Tell Me" by Chay
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producers	Daisuke Katagiri Aya Matsunaga Chikako Nakabayashi
Cinematography	Yasutaka Nagano
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Wowow
Release	February 24 (2013-02-24) – April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)

xxxHolic (also known as CLAMP Drama xxxHOLiC (CLAMPドラマ ホリック〜xxxHOLiC〜, CLAMP Dorama Horikku)) is a 2013 Japanese supernatural dark fantasy drama miniseries based on a manga series with a same name written and illustrated by manga artist group CLAMP. The miniseries stars Anne Watanabe and Shōta Sometani as Yuko Ichihara and Kimihiro Watanuki respectively. The miniseries was broadcast on Wowow from February 24, 2013, and ended on April 16, 2013.^[1]

xxxHolic follows the story of Kimihiro Watanuki, a high school student that is plagued by ayakashi spirits, where he stumbles upon a shop that grants wishes. He meets the owner, Yuko Ichihara, a mysterious witch of many names and esoteric known. For a price, she offers to grants his wish to rid of spirits, but for a price, to become Yuko's part-time cook and housekeeper.

• Anne Watanabe as Yuko Ichihara, a shop owner that grants people's wishes.
• Shōta Sometani as Kimihiro Watanuki, a teenage boy that can see and plagued by ayakashi.
• Masahiro Higashide as Shizuka Dōmeki, Kimihiro's classmate that lives in a shrine.
• Karen Miyazaki as Himawari Kunogi, Kimihiro's love interest and classmate.
• Rika Kawashima and Tsumugi Hatekeyama as Maru and Moro, two artificial beings that keeps Yuko's shop in existence.
• Yumi Adachi as Jōrogumo, a yōkai that is linked to spiders.

Anne Watanabe portrays Yuko while Shota Sometani plays Watanuki

In September 2012, it was announced that CLAMP's manga series, xxxHolic will be adapted into a live-action television miniseries. Anne Watanabe was announced as the role of Yuko Ichihara, while Shōta Sometani playing Kimihiro Watanuki. The series is directed and written by Keisuke Toyoshima with Jun Tsugita as a co-writer, and will air on Wowow on February 24, 2013.^[1][2][3] It was announced that the series will run for eight episodes.^[4] Suga Shikao, who provided many theme songs for the anime series, provided the opening theme song for the miniseries, titled "Aitai" (アイタイ).^[5]

Kotaku felt Shōta Sometani's portrayal of Watanuki's character was appropriate, but believed Anne Watanabe who played Yuko overshadowed him.^[6]

• CLAMP Drama xxxHOLiC at Wowow
• xxxHOLiC at IMDb