Each card has its own unique ability and can assume an alternate form when activated. Ten-year-old Sakura Kinomoto accidentally releases a set of magical cards known as Clow Cards from a book in her basement created by and named after the sorcerer Clow Reed. See also: List of Cardcaptor Sakura charactersĬardcaptor Sakura takes place in the fictional town of Tomoeda, which is located somewhere near the Japanese capital of Tokyo. The American edit of Cardcaptors, however, was criticized for removing elements essential to the plot. 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 Animage Grand Prix award for Best Anime in 1999. The manga series was awarded the Seiun Award for Best Manga in 2001. 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 TV series was also released by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.Ĭardcaptor Sakura was critically well received. The TV series and films were sub-licensed by Geneon, which released them unedited with English subtitles. Cardcaptors also aired on Cartoon Network ( Toonami), Teletoon, Nickelodeon, Network Ten, and RTÉ2.
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All 70 episodes were dubbed while other English-speaking territories received the full run, the version aired on American television was heavily edited into 39 episodes. Nelvana licensed the TV series and first film for North America under the English title Cardcaptors, which first aired on Kids' WB from June 2000 to December 2001. The anime was dubbed in English by Hong Kong's Omni Productions, and was aired in Southeast Asia and South Asia on the channel Animax Asia.
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After Tokyopop's license expired, Dark Horse Manga released the series in omnibus editions from October 2010 to September 2012. Tokyopop released the manga in English in North America from March 2000 to August 2003. Additional media include two anime films, video games, art books, picture books, and film comics. The manga was adapted into a 70-episode anime television series by Madhouse that aired on Japan's satellite television channel NHK BS2 from April 1998 to March 2000.
A sequel by Clamp, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, focusing on Sakura in junior high school, began serialization in Nakayoshi in 2016. Each of these cards grants different magical powers, and can only be activated by someone with inherent magical abilities. The story centers on Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards into the world she must retrieve the cards to prevent catastrophe. Serialized monthly in the shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi from May 1996 to June 2000, it was also published in 12 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha between November 1996 and July 2000.
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