As most people say, (even me) the manga is better than the anime. But even so, I still love both manga and anime.
The negative things about the anime are:
1. they are so skinny! In the first episode, when Syaoran dragged Sakura off to get away from the people, she was like, being carried off like a doll! And also, that scene never happened in the manga.
2. the comedy is too little. The anime focuses more on the action and adventure. And that is what annoys me, expecially in Syaoran's case. In the manga, he shows more emotion than in the anime. Facial expression is very important. And well... in the manga, the cute/comical parts are, if not from kuro+fai+mokona, are from syaoran.
An example of this is in the world of that giant lake.
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In the manga, when Syaoran was already out of the lake, Mokona was like, "Syaoran! Sakura is! Sakura is! Sakura is!" and Syaoran goes, "Sakura is?!" Mokona replies, "Sakura is sleeping."
Then when Sakura wakes up, she shouts, "Syaoran is still in the lake!" and she runs off towards the lake, Mokona dangling on her clothes. Syaoran runs after her and takes her by the shoulders from behind saying, "I'm right here!" Read the manga. It's quite hard to explain really. And also in the world of the rabbit-like creatures, I dunno if anyone found this funny, but I was giggling when i read it. Nuts were falling from the sky and Syaoran was like, "A nut?!" and later on, he gets hit on the head with a nut and falls unconcious.
so far those are the things i dont like.
And of course, if there's a negative side, there has to be a positive side. (Universal Balance... ahehehe
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The positive side about the anime:
1. the music. The music is very good. I enjoy it a lot. Especially the background music. The insert songs are also great, as well as the opening and ending songs.
2. voice. the anime of course has voice. I think the seiyuu for the characters did well. Though i think fai has a bit of a low voice. i mean, for that happy personality he shows, it could have been a bit more... um... how do i descibe it... um... well the animax dub of Fai is okay, kinda like that. But of course, Daisuke-san did very well as Fai.
3. the action scenes. Action scenes are better in anime since you actually see it moving and everything, unlike in the manga where it's just a drawing. and we all know drawings/pictures dont move. --unless you're in the world of Harry Potter where photos really do move.
I'm not against the anime or the manga or anything. I love both.
As for the recycling of characters, it's okay with me. Well, it
is actually said to be a crossover.
From Wikipedia: 'CLAMP cites that Tsubasa and xxxHOLiC are meant to tie all of their works together yet still stand alone as their own story.'
this is quite long, isn't it? Well, that's basically all I wanted to say...
And TC is not getting worse. I think it's going better. Even if it's just bit by bit...