"Cardcaptor Sakura" (1998) TV series 1998-2000

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

listopad 1998 (Italy)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Expect the Unexpected

Plot:

Sakura was a normal fourth-grader until she stumbled upon the book of Clow Cards in her father's library...

Plot Keywords:

Manga | Magic | Friendship | Father Daughter Relationship | Chosen One

Cast

Sakura Tange	...	Sakura Kinomoto / ... (70 episodes, 1998-2000)
Junko Iwao	...	The Song / ... (49 episodes, 1998-1999)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Kero-chan (49 episodes, 1998-1999)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Touya Kinomoto (48 episodes, 1998-1999)
Megumi Ogata	...	Yue / ... (48 episodes, 1998-1999)
Motoko Kumai	...	Shaoran Li (36 episodes, 1998-1999)
Hideyuki Tanaka	...	Fujitaka Kinomoto (32 episodes, 1998-1999)
Tomoko Kawakami	...	Rika Sasaki (31 episodes, 1998-1999)
Miwa Matsumoto	...	Chiharu Mihara (31 episodes, 1998-1999)
Emi Motoi	...	Naoko Yanagisawa (30 episodes, 1998-1999)

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min | Japan:30 min (70 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 (edited dubbed version) | Brazil:Livre | USA:Unrated (uncensored version) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Germany:6

Company:

Clamp

Trivia:

Successful sales of the uncut DVDs helped spawn a market for more shoujo (girl-themed) anime.

Goofs:

Plot holes: In episode 36 Sakura calls in Firery to melt all the snow. Melting that amount would flood the entire city.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tsubasa: Toukyou Bakuro (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Tobira wo Akete

Better than I expected

I caught a few of the American versions on TV before watching the original series. I think everyone who has seen the original series that its superior to the US version. Sakura is very cute (although so is everyone else in the series). There is real character development as the story progresses (although slowly/gradually). The magic sequences are tremendous (especially when she takes out her keychain). This is a comments section so I won't go into the plot, suffice to say halfway through the series there is a huge turning point, full of mystery. Sakura's relationship with her family is very sweet, and sometimes moving, especially with her mother. I was cheering on Li Shaoran all the way (I'm chinese)