"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)

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Series Directed by
Hitoyuki Matsui		(4 episodes, 1998-1999)
Naoto Hashimoto		(3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Hiroyuki Tanaka		(3 episodes, 1999-2000)
Morio Asaka		(2 episodes, 1998-2000)
Akio Sakai		(2 episodes, 1998)
Junichi Sakata		(2 episodes, 1998)
Fushio Takase		(2 episodes, 1999)

Series Writing credits
Clamp		(70 episodes, 1998-2000)
Nanase Ôkawa		(70 episodes, 1998-2000)
Jiro Kaneko		(7 episodes, 1998)
Hiroshi Ishii		(4 episodes, 1998)
Tomoko Ogawa		(4 episodes, 1998)
Tomoyasu Okubo		(3 episodes, 1998-1999)

Series Produced by
Hideki Goto	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Eizo Kondo	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Tatsuya Ono	....	animation producer: Mad House [jp] (unknown episodes)
Yasuko Uchizawa	....	executive producer: NHK [jp] (unknown episodes)
Akira Watanabe	....	executive producer: NEP21 [jp] (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Takayuki Negishi		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Hisao Shirai		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Harutoshi Ogata		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Katsufumi Haryu		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Mokona Apapa		(70 episodes, 1998-2000)

Series Art Department
Madoka Katsunuma	....	color key (unknown episodes)
Junichi Sakata	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Shizuo Kurahashi	....	sound effects (unknown episodes)
Masafumi Mima	....	sound supervisor (unknown episodes)
Fujio Yamada	....	sound designer (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Mokona Apapa	....	character designer: original manga (unknown episodes)
Kumiko Takahashi	....	animation director / character designer (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mokona Apapa	....	costumer: costumes and cards (70 episodes, 1998-2000)

Series Music Department
Hisaaki Hogari	....	music arranger: "Fruits Candy" (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Nanase Ôkawa	....	series structure (59 episodes, 1998-2000)
Christopher Smith	....	subtitle timing (unknown episodes)
Rika Takahashi	....	translator (unknown episodes)
Tatsuhiko Urahata	....	script editor (unknown episodes)
Dana Weaver	....	subtitle timing (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Clamp
• Madhouse
• NHK Enterprises (produced in association with)
• NHK

Distributors

• Geneon Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (re-release)
• NHK (1998) (Japan) (TV)
• Pioneer Entertainment
• Polyband (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Captions  subtitling
• VDI Media West  post-production facilities
• ZRO Limit Productions  translation

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

Konyanyanchiwa!

I was another CCS fan who was horribly irritated when the WB chopped and hacked the series into bits, but it's good to see it back in its original form. ^_^ Everyone has their original name, everything's uncut and the way it should be, not to mention, TOUYA AND YUKITO GOODNESS! The dub destroyed the relationship between Sakura's older brother and his "friend", and this uncut version of Card Captor Sakura finally gives their relationship the respect it deserves.

If you've only seen the dub, prepared to see some HUGE differences in dialogue and scenes. That's a good thing, though! You'll enjoy this version a lot more than the one you used to be subjected to.

And lia, yes you do have a problem with male/male relationships. If you didn't, you wouldn't think something's wrong with exposing children to it. It's called tolerance, or if you would, acceptance.

Do check out Card Captor Sakura! It's worth every cent! ^_^