Cardcaptor Sakura 

Sakura stumbled upon the book of Clow Cards in a library. Accidentally setting the magical cards loose, it's now up to Sakura to catch them all with her best friend Tomoyo, and Kerberos, the guardian of the cards.

Stars:

Sakura Tange, Andrea Kwan, Junko Iwao

Cast

Series cast summary:
Sakura Tange	...	Sakura Kinomoto / ... 70 episodes, 1998-2000
Andrea Kwan	...	Sakura Kinomoto (Animax Asia dub) 70 episodes, 1998-2000
Junko Iwao	...	Tomoyo Daidouji / ... 50 episodes, 1998-2000
Aya Hisakawa	...	Kero-chan / ... 50 episodes, 1998-2000
Tomokazu Seki	...	Touya Kinomoto 48 episodes, 1998-1999
Megumi Ogata	...	Yue / ... 48 episodes, 1998-1999
Darren Pleavin	...	Touya Kinomoto (Animax Asia dub) / ... 47 episodes, 1998-1999
Motoko Kumai	...	Shaoran Li 37 episodes, 1998-2000
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

Storyline

Sakura was a normal fourth-grader until she stumbled upon the book of Clow Cards in her father's library. After accidentally setting the magical cards loose, it's now up to Sakura to catch them all again before they wreak havoc on the entire world! Luckily, she has her best friend Tomoyo, and Kerberos, the guardian of the cards, to help her. But when the help is more interested in costumes and video games than in Clow Cards, what's a young captor to do? And now Sakura has a rival, both in her chase for the Clow Cards and for the affections for her brother's friend Yukito....

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Plot Keywords:

child protagonist | card deck | wealth | courage | crossdressing | 

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Taglines:

Expect the Unexpected

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-Y7-FV

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

7 April 1998 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Cardcaptor Sakura

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clamp, Madhouse, NHK Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (70 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the Anime Streaming Site Crunchyroll, the Episode Descriptions are written as if Tomoyo wrote them.

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Goofs

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

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Alternate Versions

A "restored" dubbed version was released on Cartoon Network (Toonami). While still maintaining the "Cardcaptors" name and Anglicised character names, the following was changed (only major changes mentioned):

• New opening sequence/theme song (different lyrics to original Englsh version) based on the original Japanese opening theme song (i.e. same music)
• Restoration of original episodes and placing of episodes in correct order, still same character voices as in original English version
• Restoration of "Leave it to Kero-chan" segment (renamed "Kero's Corner")
• Ending theme

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Connections

Followed by CardCaptors (2000)

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Soundtracks

Catch You Catch Me
Music Lyrics and Arrangement by Koumi Hirose
Performed by Gumi

User Reviews

Anime for beginners!

I'm a 17 year old male and I openly admit to my friends that I loved Card Captor Sakura. It's got the perfect dose of comedy, action and storytelling for a well balanced anime show, throughout all 70 episodes. The movies are excellent as well. And while guys my age may not enjoy this, it's perfect for those new to anime, especially girls. It's got a wide appeal and never gets boring. While it isn't every extremely violent or leaves hanging on the edge of your seat (for some it might), I consider it a job well done by CLAMP. Since the show is about children, it can't get that out of hand anyway. If you're too manly to watch this series, then don't judge it! It's not for you.