Cardcaptor Sakura Anime
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Cardcaptor Sakura was adapted into an anime television series by Madhouse. The manga creators, CLAMP, were fully involved in the project, with head writer Nanase Ōkawa writing and composing the series' screenplay and Mokona Apapa overseeing the costumes and card designs. Directed by Kumiko Takahashi, the series premiered on NHK on April 8, 1998 where it ran for 52 episodes until its conclusion on March 21, 2000. The series was also aired across Japan by the anime satellite television network, Animax, who later broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide.
Cardcaptor Sakura was initially licensed for English release in North America by Nelvana, which dubbed the series into English and released it under the name Cardcaptors. The heavily edited episodes were reordered, with some episodes left out completely. The series was refocused to be more action oriented and give Syaoran Li a larger role in an attempt to make the series more appealing to young males. Most of the characters were renamed and some of the romantic relationships that might have been deemed inappropriate by American viewers were removed. The opening theme was also changed. In Nelvana's airing of the series in the United Kingdom in 2001 on Nickelodeon and CITV, the episodes that had been skipped in the American broadcast were restored, but the other edits remain. The Cardcaptors dub also aired in America on Kids' WB, in Australia on Cartoon Network, in Ireland on RTÉ Network 2, and in Canada on Teletoon (which also aired the episodes with a French dub).
Geneon Entertainment also licensed the series for English release in North America, releasing the series to DVD unedited, with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitled. When Geneon Entertainment went out of business, the Cardcaptor Sakura DVDs went out-of-print.
Animax created an English dub of the series as well, which it broadcasted on its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
The anime adaptation uses six pieces of theme music, three opening themes and three ending themes. The song "Catch You Catch Me", performed by Gumi, is used for the first season opening, "Tobira wo Akete" (扉をあけて) by ANZA is used for the second season opening. In the third season, the opening changes to "Platinum" (プラチナ, Purachina) by Maaya Sakamoto. The first season uses the song "Groovy!" by Kōmi Hirose for its ending theme. In the second season this changes to "Honey" by Chihiro and "Fruits Candy" by Megumi Kojima is used for the third season. The Cardcaptors English adaptation replacing the original theme songs with an original song creator for the series, "Cardcaptors Theme Song".
[edit] Seasons
| Cardcaptor Sakura | ||||||||
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| Timeline of events | ||||||||
| Media | English dub • Episodes (Clow Card: 1 2 • Sakura Card: 3) • DVDs • Albums • Clow Cards • Media | |||||||
| Theme Songs | Catch You Catch Me • Groovy! • Tobira wo Akete • Honey • Platinum • Fruits Candy • Tooi Kono Machi de • Ashita e no Melody | |||||||
| Locations | Tomoeda • Hong Kong | |||||||
| Main Characters | Sakura Kinomoto • Syaoran Li • Meiling Li • Tomoyo Daidōji • Cerberus • Yue • Clow Reed • Eriol Hiiragizawa • Yukito Tsukishiro | |||||||
| Minor Characters | Toya Kinomoto • Fujitaka Kinomoto • Nadeshiko Kinomoto • Sonomi Daidōji • Spinel Sun • Ruby Moon • Kaho Mizuki • Chiharu Mihara • Rika Sasaki • Takashi Yamazaki • Naoko Yanagisawa • Yoshiyuki Terada | |||||||
