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Tsubasa 3: Spectres Of Legend
01/05/2008 . Source: Phil Jones 
region 2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films. FUN73003. 1 DVD 105 minutes episodes 11-14, 4 episodes plus extras. Price: £15.99 (UK). Buy Tsubasa 3: Spectres Of Legend in the USA - or Buy Tsubasa 3: Spectres Of Legend in the UK  check out websites: www.revfilms.com www.funimation.com/tsubasa
Syaoran and his friends are still on a near never-ending quest to find the shattered memory feather fragments of Sakura's that are scattered across many different worlds. The first episode is the finale of the last mini-arch. The team cause a mini-revolution with the local population which, with the help of Syaran and his realisation that the trapped Sakura is just an illusion, they finally overthrow the tyrannical overlord and retrieve the feather that he has been misusing to aid his rule.
Episode 12 is unusual as the group finds themselves next to a mysterious lake with strange things at its bottom but little else around. The group, after establishing there is no feathers, travel onto a snow-bound world of Jade. They hear of an ancient legend where the children of the town go missing. On arriving at a small town, children go missing. Much as in the legend. A sighting of a ghostly princess and a strange crumbling ruined castle on the outskirts of the town present more questions than answers. The legend spoke of a princess who many centuries ago gained a feather which she said brought great power but when her parents died she used the feather to entice the local children to follow her. It's happening again. The new arrivals are suspected to be involved, but they have to get the locals on their side if they want to discover what is going on and find the feather. With Sakura missing, the stakes are raised, and it's up to the team to discover what is really going on.
Episode 12 is the odd one out here. It does allow the telling of some more back-story and also establish that Syaoran is missing from Sakura's newly found 'old' memories. The fact she picks up on but doesn't know who the missing person is also established as well. This echoes back to what the dimensional witch said would be lost. The culmination of the arch in episode 11 still doesn't give much in the way of allowing Syaoran to really kick butt. You just feel like things are being held back a bit although this is still a marked improvement on the earlier episodes.
The Jade episodes are again feudal in feel. Perhaps moving forward in time but still with a lord and peasants feel to it. There are clues to what is happening and with Sakura going missing the bar is raised. We only really just start getting into this story arch by the end of this disc. It almost feels like old 'Dr. Who' episodes where you have to wait till next week to find out what's happening.
There is a lot to like about this series. After its shaky beginnings, it's got a whole lot better. The characters are good and the team is starting to meld together. There is a good dose of humour and decent storylines as well. The set-up allows for a whole range of stories to be told and hopefully that will be used to the full in up-coming episodes. It's not without its faults and still a bit up and down, but I think it's heading in the right direction. Worth watching especially now it's starting to improve.
Phil Jones
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