Description After a harrowing journey to collect the cards and prove her worth as their master, Sakura finds herself in a whole new world of trouble as mysterious events begin to threaten the small town of Tomoeda. To make matters worse, Yukito seems to be having some unexplained troubles of his own. With no cards left on the loose, Sakura must form a special bond with her cards to quell each new disturbance, and discover what could possibly be causing them before the lives of Tomoeda’s residents are damaged beyond repair! Name Description Time Price 1 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Mysterious Transfer Student We got back from summer vacation to discover that we had a new student in the class! His name is Eriol Hiiragizawa and he came here from England, but Sakura thought she had met him before.
That night, Kero and Sakura were talking about Eriol's arrival when they felt a strange presence. We all went to Penguin Park in the rain to check it out, but a big stream of water attacked Sakura! When she tried to stop it, she realized that her magic wasn't working!
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25:00 $2.99 2 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Awakened Star Key Sakura was pretty sad that her magic wasn't working anymore, but Eriol gave her a flower at school, and that seemed to cheer her up a bit. He's so nice! Xiaolang saw what happened and got pretty upset. It still hadn't stopped raining from the day before, and Sakura decided to do something about it. When we went to search for the cause of the rain, Sakura's magic still didn't work and we were all trapped in water geysers! Luckily, Clow Reed talked to Sakura somehow and she managed to get her star staff working! She was even able to change a Clow Card into a Sakura Card with her new star power!
25:00 $2.99 3 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Dangerous Piano Poor Sakura had been really tired lately. I guess that was because changing the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards takes a lot of energy.
While I was practicing singing- and thinking about Sakura, of course- the piano started trying to squish me! Sakura is so smart that she figured out it was attracted to my voice, and used the Song Card to save me. Sakura said she sensed Clow Reed nearby which didn't make sense because he died a long time ago. 25:01 $2.99 4 TV-14 Video Sakura, Xiaolang, and the Invisible Thread We found out that making a handmade teddy bear and giving it to the person you like makes them liek you back, so Sakura decided to make one. We went to the craft store with Eriol and Xiaolang to get some supplies.
Sakura told me that she sensed Clow Reed while she was makign her teddy bear at home that night, so she met Xiaolang to hunt down the source. But when they met up, Xiaolang started trying to attack Sakura! Luckily, Xiaolang helped Sakura figure out that he was being controlled by some mysterious threads so she could save him. 25:01 $2.99 5 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Big Teddy Bear Xiaolang finisehd putting together the teddy bear kit that he got at the craft store. He was going to give it to Yukito, but Yue showed up and told him that he only liked Yukito because of the moon's magic and that Xiaolang's true love was actually someone else. When Sakura finished her teddy bear, she gave it to Yukito (just like I knew she would!), but it suddenly grew huge and tried to crush us!
With a little advice from Yue, Sakura found the source of the magic, and stopped it. The source turned out to be a piece of paper with Clow Reed's magic circle on it. 25:00 $2.99 6 TV-14 Video Sakura's Sheep Warning Sakura was still pretty tired from changing more cards into Sakura Cards, and had a hard time staying awake in class. Meanwhile, Yukito was starting to get concerned about how tired he was and how much he had been blacking out.
It turned out that his issues were because Yue's power was running out. If Yue were to run out of power, then both of them would disappear.
Toya noticed something wrong with Yukito, and wanted to help, but Nakuru got in his way. When we went to Penguin Park that night, Sakura felt Clow Reed's presence again, and we found a huge pit! After hopping in it, Sakura said she got covered in sheep, but she managed to escape and close it up! 25:01 $2.99 7 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Panicky Bike The Clow Cards that Sakura hadn't changed were starting to get cold, and Kero said that it was because they would become normal cards soon. Since Sakura wanted to save them, she tried transforming all of them at once, but it was too much for her.
The Dash card didn't finish being transformed, and escaped! She chased it down and cleverly used the Loop card to finally catch Dash. After Dash's escape and wild behavior, I think Sakura realized that she needed to be more careful with her magic.
25:01 $2.99 8 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Calendar of Memories Sakura was so happy when her father gave her mother's old calendar! After seeing all the dates her mother wrote down, Sakura realized that it was her great grandfather's birthday. She was sad to find out that he didn't like her father, and decided to show him how happy they all were together! Sakura put together a really thoughtful present for her great grandfather, just like her mother used to do. She made a handmade gift, and added pink flowers with the Flower card, and even wrote her great grandfather a beautiful letter so he'd know they were all happy. 25:01 $2.99 9 TV-14 Video Sakura in Wonderland Sakura started reading 'Alice in Wonderland,' and she loved it.
But she ended up getting literally pulled inside the story! She said she saw everyone she knew turned into characters from the story; Toya was the Mad Hatter, Yukito was the White Rabbit, Xiaolang became Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Eriol became the Chesire Cat! I turned into a pretty member of the queen's court. Sakura even said that Kero got turned into the evil queen and chased her all around before she managed to discover a link back to the real world!
I was so glad she got back safely! 25:01 $2.99 10 TV-14 Video Sakura, Kero, and the Sweet Meeting We got to hand out sweets and juice to everyone who attended the school's bazaar. Of course, Kero showed up because he can't stay away from tasty food! Somebody snuck through and ate all the sweets! We thought it was Kero, but he said that while he was hiding in the woods, he ran into a panther-like version of himself!
The other Kero was named Supie. Since Kero is super nice, he invited Supie to share some treats with him, but then Kero discovered that Supie turns into a sweets vacuum when he has sugar!
That's what Kero claimed happened anyway. 25:01 $2.99 11 TV-14 Video Sakura, Xiaolang, and the Elevator Xiaolang still didn't seem to be able to get Sakura out of his head. Which makes sense since she's so adorable! But he didn't know why she was always on his mind, and seemed troubled by it. Eriol, Sakura, Xiaolang and I went to see the Teddy Bear Exhibit and I noticed that Xiaolang was always keeping an eye on Sakura.
When I mentioned it, Xiaolang got embarrassed and wanted to go home, but instead, he and Sakura got stuck in the elevator together! Sakura said that she fell out of the elevator down the shaft, but used the Float card to save herself. Xiaolang was really worried about her though.
I think the look cute together. 25:01 $2.99 12 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Double Trouble Yue and Kero got stuck in their true forms! Sakura needed to figure out a way for them to change back into their temporary forms, but she had a lot of chores to do. Kero was helping her, but ended up making a huge mess with the flour. When Sakura talked to Kero and Yue about Clow Reed, she noticed that Yue seemed to really care about him. Still stumped for a solution to their problem, Sakura received a package of crab in the mail and had a brilliant idea!
She decided to use the Shield card to protect Yue and Kero from any outside magic. 25:01 $2.99 13 TV-14 Video Sakura, Tomoyo, and the Ball Trap We all headed to the school after Sakura sensed Clow Reed there. When we arrived we noticed a basketball bouncing all by itself. We chased it into a classroom, but the door slammed shut like a trap! We tried to leave, but when we opened the door to the hallway, it just led to another classroom! I was too slow and got stuck in a classroom all alone.
Every door just seemed to lead to a different classroom. I think Sakura started getting scared, so I began singing to let her know I was okay. Eventually, Sakura had the brilliant idea of using the Shadow card to find and save me, just like I knew she would!
25:01 $2.99 14 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Precious Friend Meiling flew all the way here from Hong Kong just for a day so that Xiaolang could tell her something important in person. Everyone was so excited to be able to see her again! We decided to get some juice near Penguin Park to celebrate, but all of a sudden, the penguin statues in the park came to life and attacked us! It's a good thing Meiling was there with her martial arts, because Sakura was too surprised to react and would have been smashed! I think that was when Meiling realized that Xiaolang really liked Sakura.
Meiling was pretty upset and spent the night at my place before she went home, so I got to comfort her. 25:01 $2.99 15 TV-14 Video Sakura, the Cards, and Her Gifts Christmas was just around the corner and everyone was figuring out their last minute presents. Sakura had everyone's planned, but felt like she was still forgetting one. I had to get ready to film Sakura being super cute on Christmas day, so I didn't wait for Sakura and Xiaolang to finish their school chores to walk home with them.
Besides, Sakura had to go shopping with Toya for her father's gift. When their school chores were finally done, they felt Clow Reed nearby and decided to check it out. Sakura had to call on the Mirror card again to go with Toya. After dealing with Clow Reed's disturbance, Sakura realized she hadn't gotten a gift for the cards and had Eriol help her record a hymn for them. 25:01 $2.99 16 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Strange Fortune My mother and I ran into Sakura and her family at Tsukimine Shrine for New Year's rituals. They were supposed to meet Yukito, but he didn't show up so Toya went to go find him. Sakura and I went to get our fortunes and were really surprised to find Eriol giving them out instead of a shrine maiden!
My fortune said that my dream would come true this year. I think it meant that I'll get to film Sakura just the way I always wanted to! Sakura's fortune was a lot more confusing, though. It said she'd learn the truth in her first dream of the new year. She told me she had a pretty strange dream that night, too.
25:01 $2.99 17 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Water Park Wave We went to the new water park in Tomoeda! It was so wonderful to have a chance to fim Sakura in her swimsuit, even in the winter! Sakura made Kero stay behind because we were with our friends and there were s many people nearby. After Sakura finished giving Rika a swimming lesson, we got some cream soda, and Kero showed up! I knew Sakura couldn't keep Kero away from such tasty treats. All of a sudden, the wave pool started going crazy and Rika got trapped in it!
Sakura couldn't use her magic because there were so many people, but I noticed there was a waterslide that she could hide in. On her way down it, she and used Watery to stop the waves and save Rika. 25:01 $2.99 18 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Snowy Ski Class Our class took a trip to a ski resort, Eriol is a really good skier!
The first night, Naoko wanted to tell scary stories, and Eriol had one about a Snow Spirit! Sakura seemed a little scared that night. Since Sakura learned how to ski really quickly, the next day she decided to head up to a harder hill with Eriol.
I didn't go up because I wanted to film her coming down for 'Sakura Dances on the Silvery White Mountain,' but it started snowing pretty hard and everyone had to go inside. An avalanche started while Sakura and Eriol were still on the mountain! Sakura tried to stop it using the time and Firey cards, but it was too much power and she ended up passing out. 25:01 $2.99 19 TV-14 Video Sakura, Yukito, and His Fading Power Yukito and Toya got cast as the main characters in a film for the high school's fair! When Sakura stumbled into one of their scenes, Nakuru, the director, asked her to be in the movie too! I came along to the filming so that I could shoot some behind-the-scenes footage fo my own and capture Sakura's debut on the silver screen.
Yukito ended up getting super tired and fell off a balcony during a scene! It turned out that it was because Yue was almost out of energy, so Toya gave Yue his own magic power to keep Yue and Yukito from disappearing. 25:01 $2.99 20 TV-14 Video Sakura and Who She Likes the Most We went to the school fair at Toya and Yukito's schol to see the film that Sakura was in. Everyone loved her just like I knew they would! They thought she was so cute! Afterwards, we ate and decided to see some of the displays.
Nakuru sent us into the star display in pairs, and Sakura finally told Yukito how she felt about him. Xiaolang and I heard a loud crash while we were outside, and Xiaolang rushed in to help! When they made it out, I found out that Sakura had passed out! I was so worried. She said that she had run into someone she thought might be Clow Reed.
25:01 $2.99 21 TV-14 Video Sakura, Xiaolang, and Tsukimine Shrine Sakura found out there was going to be a moon festival at Tsukimine Shrine and invited Xiaolang to go along with all of us. Sakura was really tired in the days leading up to the festival because she was staying up late knitting a scarf for Xiaolang as a thank you for all of his help. At the festival, I tried talking to Xiaolang into telling Sakura how he felt about her, but he was too worried that it would just give her something else to worry about. The lights at the festival went out, and after dealing with a magical horse (that I finally got to record!), Sakura used the Glow card to keep the festival going. 25:01 $2.99 22 TV-14 Video Sakura, the Past, and Clow Reed Sakura had to deal with some more odd things- this time, it was a bunch of snowmen. There were a lot of strange things happening, and Sakura really wanted to get to the bottom of it, so she decided to use the Return card to go back and talk to Clow Reed himself.
She told me about her conversation with him; it seemed very. But Sakura really cares about Kero, Yue and the cards, so everything would definitely be alright! After she got back, we finally discovered the new Clow Reed! 25:01 $2.99 23 TV-14 Video Sakura and the Appearance of Clow Reed It turned out that the new Clow Reed was really Eriol! We were all so confused. Eriol told us that he was actually the incarnation of Clow Reed. He used his magic to darken the sky and put everyone without magical powers to sleep!
When I woke up, Sakura said that to save everyone, she had needed to change the rest of the cards to Sakura Cards. I'm glad that she's so strong! Eriol disappeared though, so we didn't get any answer from him, but Xiaolang finally told Sakura about his feelings! 25:01 $2.99 24 TV-14 Video Sakura and Her True Feelings Sakura seemed a bit preoccupied at school. I wonder if it was because of Xiaolang or Eriol.
After school, Eriol invited us over to his house to say goodbye and to explain everything. It turned out that all the crazy things that had been happening were actually because of him! He was trying to help Sakura become the true master of the cards.
I talked to Xiaolang to find out what Sakura had said when he revealed her how he felt, and he told me that she didn't say anything! I then found out that Xiaolang was going to leave for Hong Kong without hearing how Sakura felt! I couldn't let that happen and made sure Sakura had a chance to see Xiaolang. 26:06 $2.99 24 Episodes.
Original run April 7, 1998 – March 21, 2000 Episodes 70 Other. Cardcaptor Sakura (: カードキャプターさくら,: Kādokyaputā Sakura), abbreviated as CCS and also known as Cardcaptors, is a Japanese series written and illustrated by the manga group. The manga was originally in from May 1996 to June 2000, and published in 12 volumes by from November 1996 to July 2000. The story focuses on, an elementary school student who discovers magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards; she must retrieve the cards to prevent catastrophe. A sequel by Clamp, focusing on Sakura in junior high school, began serialization in Nakayoshi in 2016. The series was adapted into a 70-episode television series by that aired on Japan's channel from April 1998 to March 2000.
Additional media include anime films,. Released the manga in English in North America from March 2000 to August 2003.
After Tokyopop's license expired, released the series in omnibus editions from October 2010 to September 2012. Licensed the TV series and first film for North America as Cardcaptors, which first aired on from June 2000 to December 2001.
All 70 episodes were; while other English-speaking territories received the full run, the version aired on American television was heavily edited into 39 episodes. Cardcaptors also aired on,. The TV series and films were sub-licensed by, which released them unedited with English subtitles.
The TV series was also released by in Australia and New Zealand. Cardcaptor Sakura has received critical acclaim. Critics praised the manga for its creativity and described it as a quintessential shōjo manga, as well as a critical work for manga in general. The manga series was awarded the for Best Manga in 2001. The television series was praised for transcending its target audience of young children and being enjoyable to older viewers, and for its artwork, humor, and animation; it won the award for Best Anime in 1999. The American edit of Cardcaptors, however, was criticized for removing elements essential to the plot.
See also: A 70-episode television series adaptation produced by the animation studio aired in Japan on the television network spread over three seasons. The first season, consisting of 35 episodes, aired between April 7 and December 29, 1998. The second season, with 11 episodes, aired between April 6 and June 22, 1999. The third season, containing 24 episodes, aired between September 7, 1999 and March 21, 2000.
Directed by, Clamp was fully involved in the project, with head writer writing and composing the screenplay and overseeing the costumes and card designs. The series was later released by to 18, and compilation volumes from September 1998 to May 2000. Two box set volumes were released by Geneon in 2009. An upgraded remaster was released in December 2017 as an 11-disc set in both DVD and Blu-ray Disc box sets.
Licensed Cardcaptor Sakura in North America, dubbed the series into English with featuring as Sakura, and released it under the name Cardcaptors. This version was heavily edited from the original Japanese version. The initial version of the dub covered all 70 episodes, although character names were changed, some Japanese text was changed to English, and controversial subjects such as were edited out.
The musical score was completely replaced with new music and some of the sound effects were replaced when they could not be separated into separate tracks, although the original opening and ending themes were dubbed into English. This version aired in Australia on and, in Ireland on, in the UK on and, and in Canada on (which also aired the episodes with a French dub). An alternative English dub of the series was produced by Omni Productions to air on and it has been shown entirely unedited and uncut making it very faithfully closer to the original Japanese version, which it broadcast on its English-language networks in.
Cardcaptors first aired in the United States on between June 17, 2000 and December 14, 2001. The version that aired on Kids' WB was an alternate version of the Nelvana dub that was heavily edited even further with episodes re-ordered and some left out completely. The editing to the original Nelvana dub was done to refocus the series to be more action oriented for the appeal of male viewers, as they were seen as the largest audience of animation at the time. The first episode aired in Kids' WB's version was 'Sakura's Rival', the eighth episode of the series, having removed episodes focusing on Sakura and to have the show start with Syaoran's arrival. The series ran for 39 episodes, changing the original episode order but finishing with the show's actual final episode. Rather than using the English versions of the original opening and ending themes like in Australia, the North American runs of the series used a new opening theme produced for the dub.
Released the dubbed Cardcaptors episodes to nine VHS and DVD compilation volumes from November 2000 to July 2002. They also released the unedited Cardcaptor Sakura series with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles, to 18 DVDs from November 2000 to November 2003; the first 11 volumes were also released in VHS. The Cardcaptor Sakura TV series DVDs went out-of-print at the end of 2006 when the license expired. Has licensed the Cardcaptor Sakura TV series and re-released the entire series with Japanese and an unedited English audio track ('s dub) on DVD and Blu-ray on August 5, 2014. Licensed the original Cardcaptor Sakura episodes in its uncut form with Japanese audio and English subtitles in Australia and New Zealand, and later released the series in two DVD box collections, one consisting of season one and the other consisting of seasons two and three.
Each DVD box set contained the textless openings and endings of the series; the second DVD box set also contained an exclusive interview with, Sakura Kinomoto's Japanese voice actress. The first DVD box collection was released in September 2012, and the second DVD box collection was released in November 2012.
Main articles: and produced two, 82-minute anime films as an extension to the anime television series. The first, Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie, was released on August 21, 1999. Set between the first and second seasons of the TV series, the film shows Sakura and her friends going to Hong Kong where they encounter a who was hurt by Clow Reed in the past. It was released to VHS, LD and DVD in Japan by Bandai Visual in February 2000. Nelvana released an English dubbed version of the film, retaining the same name and story changes as its main Cardcaptors dub, although it was dubbed with no visual edits and was released in cut and uncut versions. As with the TV series, Pioneer Entertainment also released the film with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles, and also released a bilingual DVD containing both audio tracks.
Both the edited and unedited versions were released on VHS and DVD in March 2002. Released the first film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on September 30, 2014 in North America. The second film, Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, was released in Japan on July 15, 2000. It provided a conclusion to the TV series, in which Syaoran returns to Tokyo in hopes of getting Sakura's answer to his love confession, but her own confession is interrupted by the appearance of a 53rd Clow Card.
It was released to LD (as a limited edition) and DVD in January 2001, and to VHS in July 2001. It was released in North America to DVD by Pioneer in November 2003 and featured an English dub by instead of Nelvana and Ocean Studios, now with as Sakura, and this time retaining the original character names and the content unedited and uncut. The films as released by Pioneer (later renamed Geneon) remained in print in North America until late 2007. A bonus titled Leave it to Kero! Was played with the theatrical screening of the second film. Audio CDs As a preview to the anime series, Kodansha released a tankōbon-sized CD volume titled CD Comic Cardcaptor Sakura in August 1997 containing two sung by the voice actors of Sakura and Tomoyo and tracks. Two drama CDs were released for the series.
The first, Sakura to Okaa-san no Organ, was released in July 1998 featuring a script written by Clamp author. It depicts Sakura having a dream about her mother playing an organ and choosing to write about her the following day for a school project.
The second CD, Sweet Valentine Stories, was released in February 1999 and depicts a single day in the life of the girls in Sakura's class, including Sakura herself. Four original soundtrack CD albums were released for the anime television series from July 1998 to March 2000. The soundtracks included instrumental and the vocal theme songs. Two soundtracks were produced for the films: the first film's soundtrack was released in August 1999, followed by the second film's soundtrack in August 2000.
Nine theme song were released: six for the TV series and three for the films. The three opening theme song singles for the TV series are 'Catch You Catch Me' by released in April 1998, 'Tobira o Akete' by released in April 1999, and 'Platinum' by released in October 1999. The three ending theme song singles for the TV series are 'Groovy!' By Kohmi Hirose released in September 1998, 'Honey' by Chihiro released in May 1999, and 'Fruits Candy' by Megumi Kojima released in November 1999. The two ending theme song singles for the films are 'Tōi Kono Machi de' by Naomi Kaitani released in August 1999 for the first film, and 'Ashita e no Melody' by Chaka released in July 2000 for the second film. The theme song single for the anime Leave It To Kero! Shown with the second film, 'Okashi no Uta', was released in July 2000.
Six character song singles sung by the voice actors of Sakura, Toya, Cerberus, Tomoyo, Yukito and Syaoran released in June 1998; each single also contained a short drama track. A character song album titled Cardcaptor Sakura Character Songbook was released in January 1999 containing tracks from the previously released character song singles as well as new tracks sung by the various voice actors. An album titled Tomoeda Elementary Choir Club Christmas Concert, released in December 1999, contains seven tracks by a children's choir, including five where they are joined by Junko Iwao, the voice actress for Tomoyo. A four-CD compilation set, Complete Vocal Collection, was released in February 2001 compiling the series' theme songs, tracks from the character song singles, of previously released songs, and new music.
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An album containing the theme songs from the TV series and films titled Cardcaptor Sakura Theme Song Collection was released in December 2001. Released the albums and singles for Cardcaptor Sakura. An original soundtrack for Cardcaptors titled Cardcaptors: Songs from the Hit TV Series was released in September 2001. Video games Ten have been produced based on the series and released on a variety of.
They feature various genres, such as. Title Release date Producer(s) Platform Cardcaptor Sakura: Itsumo Sakura-chan to Issho! ( カードキャプターさくら ～いつもさくらちゃんといっしょ～, Cardcaptor Sakura: Forever with Sakura-chan).: December 2, 2004 Published by Other media Kodansha published three for the manga series and three art books from for the anime television series featuring art by character designer Kumiko Takahashi. The three books for the manga titled Cardcaptor Sakura Illustration Collection were released from July 1998 to December 2000. The three for the TV series titled Cheerio!
Were released from April 1999 to September 2000. A set of the 52 Clow Cards featured in the TV series was released in August 1999 and a Clow Card Fortune Book, which contains information on how to use the Clow Card replica set as cards, was released in March 2000. A fan book for the manga titled Cardcaptor Sakura Memorial Book was published on February 27, 2001 containing various illustrations from the series, as well as information on branded merchandise based on the series and interviews. Four fan books under the title Complete Book, were released for the TV series and Films. For the TV series, two fan books labeled Clow Card-hen ( クロウカード編, Clow Card Arc) and Sakura Card-hen ( さくらカード編, Sakura Card Arc) were released in July 1999 and June 2000 respectively Each of the two films received a fan book and were released in October 1999 and October 2000 respectively.
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A poster box containing several posters and a T-shirt was released on August 22, 2001. Ten volumes of a sharing the same name as the manga and anime series were published from August 1998 to November 2000 covering the first two anime seasons, though some episodes were skipped.
Three more were published under the subtitle, Sakura Card-hen from March 2001 to February 2002 covering up to episode 59, though again some episodes were skipped. Four were released for the TV series from September 1998 to November 2000. Four books were released for the TV series from August 1999 to March 2004. In February 2018, three Cardcaptor Sakura-themed cafes opened in,. The restaurants feature decorations of artwork from the series, and serve menu items connected to Cardcaptor Sakura characters or items. Reception Manga The manga has over 17 million copies in print as of April 2018. Cardcaptor Sakura was popular with Japanese readers, ranking among the top five sellers during its release.
The manga series was awarded the for Best Manga in 2001. Of described the series as a quintessential shōjo manga, which is praised for its mature direction in the second half. Cardcaptor Sakura has been described as a 'critical work' of manga by Christopher Butcher of Comics212.
In a review by Lisa Anderson of Manga Life, the subplots in the series related to the interactions between characters were noted to be of special interest. Anderson praised how the manga, while at the onset begins with a costumed Sakura chasing after a Clow Card, takes a 'rather big leap in another direction' when focusing on the characters.
The manga is further lauded for its depth. (ANN) reviewer Robert Nguyen felt Cardcaptor Sakura is an 'atypical shōjo' manga, which puts an 'emphasis on the emotions of the character.' In, Mason Templar states that the series is not 'just one of the best kids' manga in translation, it's one of the very best manga available in English, period.' He praises Clamp for their creativity and shrewd business sense, in being able to create a series that 'clearly has merchandising in line' and an 'utterly forgettable premise' into a story that is 'brimming with warmth and joy and wonder' and is 'much more than the sum of its parts.' The manga is cited as being cute by critics, and in some cases too cute; however, Anderson stated that 'much like, even a cute story will have its depth and drama.'
The artwork of the manga is praised for being detailed and having 'beautifully drawn pictures of the Clow Cards themselves.' The cards are described as having 'an artful blend of magical fantasy and reality.' Anime The anime adaptation was popular with viewers in Japan, despite having a timeslot that normally has low viewership. The Cardcaptor Sakura anime adaptation won the award for best anime in 1999.
In May 2000, volumes 8 and 17 of the anime release were among the top selling titles, with volume 17 being in first place. The 18th DVD volume was the eighth best selling anime DVD in Japan in June 2000. Contributor Kevin Lew felt the series had a 'sophisticated design sense' that allowed the series to transcend its target audience of young children and be enjoyable to older viewers as well. Fellow contributor Takashi Oshiguichi found the character Sakura to be appealing and praised the series art work. He felt that while it was 'very calculated' to attract male readers, the series was attractive to fans due to Clamp's 'unique entertainment style' that incorporates 'perfectly timed appearances of 'fascinating villains' and the unusual element of having the main character change costume for every capture. The magazine's Winnie Chow felt the series' animation was 'far above average for a TV series', and compliments Sakura's magic-casting scenes for being nearly unique due to the regular costume changes. Zac Bertschy of ANN praised Cardcaptor Sakura for taking an 'incredibly stale and repetitive' magical girl genre and 'providing something fun, clever, beautifully animated, touching and exciting all at once;' Bertschy goes on to call the series 'the best magical girl show ever produced.'
The animation was described as being 'incredibly fluid' with the character designs 'maintaining a consistent and impressive level of detail, even during action scenes.' The series has been described as formulaic, but this is not said to detract from the show's enjoyment. While Cardcaptor Sakura is normally intended for an audience of young girls, the anime is lauded for containing 'elements that can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of age or gender, providing they are open-minded enough.'
In 2001, the anime ranked 46th on Wizard's Anime Magazine 's 'Top 50 Anime released in North America' ranking. The Kids' WB version of the Cardcaptors dub was panned by critics. Jake Godek of THEM Anime called it 'the worst thing that has ever happened to anime that had a good Japanese name,' with the dubbing being 'one of the worst if not the worst dubbing done for a program.'
He also criticized the editing, saying that it had 'demolished the plot' and noting that it cut out vital character backgrounds needed in order to understand the show. Adam Arnold of Animefringe, reviewing the first Cardcaptors DVD, said it was 'nothing more than an attempt to dilute a fan favorite anime,' with the dubbed voices described as 'not up-to-par with the originals.' The ordering of the episodes on the DVD was also criticized, noting that starting with episode eight meant that the cast are 'left without their backgrounds fleshed out.'
However, he also approved of the episode stories being left intact, and praised the voices of as Sakura Avalon and as Syaoran Li, stating that they were 'only voices that really shine above the rest.' In January 2002, the restaurant chain began a month-long promotion in which four Cardcaptors toys were available in their and the company expected to distribute up to 7 million of the toys during the month.
The 'conservative Christian political orientation' complained about the promotion as the organization felt the Clow Cards in the series were too similar to tarot cards and Eastern mythology. However, the organization's complaints did not begin until the promotion was already scheduled to end, so it is unsure whether the complaints had any actual effect. References.