cardcaptor sakura : the movie
a second film, cardcaptor sakura movie 2: the sealed card, followed in 2000 .
clamp struck gold in cardcaptor sakura. so, why not add a movie? cardcaptor sakura: the movie is the first of two cardcaptor sakura films. it offers an interesting “side story” per se for the first part of the series .
update: the first cardcaptor sakura movie takes place during the course of the television series. thanks, sakurablossom143
cardcaptor sakura: the movie is not just a film for cardcaptor sakura buffs, but for any anime fan. it is a lovely, can’t - miss film .
title: cardcaptor sakura: the movie genre: drama / action company: clamp / madhouse studios format: movie; 79 minutes. dates: 21 aug 1999
in 2016, cardcaptor sakura returned with a sequel titled cardcaptor sakura clear card, which takes place directly after the original series .
madoushi, the ghostly soceress who pursues sakura throughout the movie was never identified by name .
based on the original comic
cardcaptor sakura
created by clamp serialized by kodansha limited .
cardcaptor sakura: clear card starts at the point where cardcaptor sakura ends, when sakura kinomoto starts junior high school alongside her friends, including her new boyfriend syaoran, ... see full summary »
like tossing it at my computer screen and demanding anime companies to bring me more cardcaptor sakura .
maybe ever after: the ending of the tv series. averted when the second movie came along .
set after the first season, cardcaptor sakura: the movie takes sakura to an entirely new environment: hong kong. after winning a five - day trip at a local store, sakura is given the opportunity to travel to a different country for the first time in her life .
cardcaptor sakura: the movie opened in theaters in japan in 1999. the story is set during the 70 - episode cardcaptor sakura television anime, with sakura and her friends heading to hong kong. while there, sakura encounters a vengeful spirit seeking to enact her revenge against clow reed. geneon entertainment released the film on dvd in 2002. discotek will release the film on blu - ray and dvd next year .
thank you based discotek for blessing us with the ccs movie in all of its blu - ray glory now pls give us the second movie so i can continue to throw my wallet at you guys .
in the final ending of the tv series syaoran does not permanently move to tomoeda (the second movie rectifies this) .
following the events of cardcaptor sakura movie 2: the sealed card, kero and spinel share a plate of takoyaki (octopus balls). they get into a fight over who gets the last piece, and in the... see full summary »
the original manga features nineteen cards. the anime has fifty - two, though some are only shown in the first movie .
mercury' s wings: the nothing (or alternatively, the hope card) from the second movie has wings on its head .
despite a variety of complaints, cardcaptor sakura: the movie is not bad by any means. compared to most anime movies, and particularly within the mahou shoujo genre, it is still well above average. fans of the series will most likely find some level of enjoyment here between the disappointment, and at only 80 - minutes long it' s hard to go wrong with the prospect of more cardcaptor sakura .
a disappointing anime is often more upsetting than a bad one. when an acclaimed series receives a movie and other additional material, it' s natural to hold high expectations and hope for an experience at least equal to the original. at times brilliant and more often monotonous, the first cardcaptor sakura movie is one that unfortunately falls short of these expectations .
this is an ok movie, but strangely focuses more on the action than the characters. there is some character development, but it' s saved for the end. the majority of this movie is spent either running away from, or fighting, the antagonist .
this is next episode from the tv series end. i' m now not disappointed again with watching this movie, because there is story between syaoran and sakura. sakura is still shy as usual to said that she love syaoran to him. and lee - kun is act gentle for a little boy. they had pure heart as children and that what makes me like this movie. but the ending is too simple and the story is too short not like cardcaptor sakura the first movie. and the ending is too simple, they don' t explained how if sakura and syaoran become lover? the ending song is good .
element number five: the nothing, as appears in the second movie. technically element number 53, but who' s counting ?
discotek media announced on tuesday that it licensed the devilman television anime series, cardcaptor sakura: the movie, the jin - roh film, and mamoru oshii' s dallos original video anime series. it also confirmed its license for the lily c. a. t. original video anime project .
christmas is still a few weeks away, but if you’re a fan of anime franchise cardcaptor sakura, you’re getting an early present. on december 1, the cardcaptor sakura official twitter account proudly announced that a new arc of the anime is in production, and even told us when the follow - up will premiere .
meiling of the anime adaption, idolizing syaoran and being the only other member of the cardcaptor group that considers him most deserving of the title of master of the cards .
after going through some complications with the order, i’ve finally received my blu - ray copy of cardcaptor sakura: the movie. i’ll do a post about the feature itself later (because it’s next on my rewatch - blogs), but for now, let’s take a look at the quality of the release .
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touya calls sakura a monster. sakura proceeds to grind his foot into the floor .
the movie: two of them in fact; the first one is literally named after this trope. the first one happens exactly half way through the tv series, and the second one concludes the anime .
attention: requires region compatible playercardcaptor sakura the movie (dvd new) label: eastern starformat: dvd - standardrelease date: 25 aug 2014no. of discs: 1upc: 875707028028
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chase scene: kero and spinel sun pursue a ball of fried octopus on a complicated path all over town in the bonus episode following the ending of the second movie .
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the same production staff that produced the anime tv series adaptation of cardcaptor sakura also produced cardcaptor sakura: the movie. [ 2 ] the film, animated by madhouse and produced by bandai visual, was directed by morio asaka, written by nanase ohkawa of clamp, and featured character design by kumiko takahashi, who based the designs on clamp' s original illustrations. the art director for the film was katsufumi hariu, and there were three animation directors: hitoshi ueda, kumiko takahashi and kunihiko sakurai. the music was produced by takayuki negishi, with masafumi mima as the sound director. [ 2 ]
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second only to s ailor moon in terms of being ‘the iconic shōjo anime of the early 2000s, ’ watching cardcaptor sakura as an adult today is just as magical as it was in my tweens .
evil sorcerer: the first movie had clow reed' s former student madoushi, particularly in the dub (where she was also his girlfriend at one point) .
for all its flaws, this is a good movie. the ending is disappointing and it suffers from some of the same issues as the series proper, but there' s a lot of well done stuff leading up to the ending and it is a fun film to watch overall. if you enjoyed cardcaptor sakura, you' ll probably like the movie too. my final rating is going to be a 7 / 10. next week it' s finally time for the gintama review so we' ll see how that goes .
in the music video, a young student catches the train and stops by a manhwa cafe, picking up a' cardcaptor sakura' book. toward the end, an akita dog randomly appears as the girl discovers a magical realm behind the bookcase .
i swear, as much as you blog about cardcaptor sakura…i’m almost tempted to watch it. i mean, i did watch a few episodes as a kid but i hardly remember the series .
ten - year old sakura avalon, cardcaptor of the elusive, magical clow cards, unexpectedly wins a trip to hong kong where strange dreams lead her to an imprisoned sorceress with close connections to the creator of the cards .
geneon, who released a subtitled version of the tv series, took over the dubbing of the second movie, making it far more faithful to the original. the manga was originally licensed by tokyo pop and is now out of print. it has since been rescue - licensed by dark horse comics. the series has now been rescued by nis america, and the first movie was rescued by discotek media. in the former' s case, the animax dub was used for the release, while in the movie' s case, the nelvana dub (which was visually uncut) will be retained .
art shift: when declaring
suppie
his rival in the movie, kero gets animated very exaggeratedly and hot - bloodedly. this carries over into the next shot with a regular - and nonplussed - sakura .
the battle sequences are imaginative and visually distinct – something that is enhanced by sakura’s ever changing, extravagant outfits. while some anime series tend to use the same ‘transformation sequences’ and clips time and time again, cardcaptor sakura always has new eye - candy .
the new anime, which shares the designation cardcaptor sakura - clear card arc with the franchise’s manga continuation, is so committed to not fixing what wasn’t broken that morio asaka, director of the original 1998 cardcaptor sakura tv series, will be reclaiming his spot in the director’s chair, and animation production is once again being handled by venerable studio madhouse. the new anime will even be broadcast by nhk, which had the same honor the first time sakura appeared in animated form, and the new series is scheduled to start in january of 2018 .
in medias res: the manga begins with sakura in the middle of finding and capturing a clow card, and a later flashback shows how she found the book and was tasked with being a cardcaptor. the anime begins before that flashback takes place .
the other reason cardcaptor sakura has held up so well from the 90s, appealing to audiences of any age, is that the monster - of - the - week plot is also interspersed with slice - of - life episodes that are heavy on the character development .
cardcaptor sakura: the movie was released on vhs, ld and dvd in japan by bandai visual on february 25, 2000. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the film was re - released on november 25, 2000 on vhs, [ 5 ] may 25, 2007 on dvd in a two - disc set with cardcaptor sakura movie 2: the sealed card, [ 6 ] and on december 22, 2009 on dvd. [ 7 ] nelvana released an english dubbed version of the film, retaining the same name and story changes as its main cardcaptors dub. as with the television series, pioneer entertainment released the film without editing, including the original japanese audio and english subtitles. both the edited and unedited versions were released on vhs and dvd on march 26, 2002. [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
. also eriol and his guardians in scenes where he watches from the shadows. interestingly in the bonus extra episode after the second movie, only kero and suppie' s faces are shown, while the faces of the rest of the cast, including sakura, are deliberately not covered by the camera .
it’s hard to talk about cardcaptor sakura without also mentioning sailor moon, its ‘90s magical girl contemporary. but whereas sailor moon brought back only its lead voice actress when the series was rebooted as sailor moon crystal, the new cardcaptor sakura will be reuniting practically its entire core vocal cast. sakura tenge will once again voice main character sakura kinomoto, and aya hisakawa will reprise her role as magical sidekick / adorable mascot character cerberus. the original voices of sakura’s friends tomoyo, syaoran, and yukito, as well as the heroine’s older brother, toya, will also return .
ten - year old sakura avalon, cardcaptor of the elusive, magical clow cards, unexpectedly wins a trip to hong kong where strange dreams lead her to an imprisoned sorceress with close... see more »
kerberos, the guardian spirit of the book, immediately drafts sakura into becoming a
cardcaptor
by giving her a magical wand capable of sealing and controlling the power of the cards. now, with the aid of her best friend tomoyo, sakura must recover and master all of the missing cards before they can cause some real trouble .
the overall plot of the series is fairly simplistic and follows a monster - of - the - week format, with sakura finding and capturing a new card most episodes. what puts cardcaptor sakura a cut above other shows that follow a similar format is that each of the cards she fights have such different powers .
now all discotek needs to do is license the second movie to complete my blu - ray set (not counting the specials). i’m tossing my money at you guys. make me proud .
discotek media has sent out notification to retailers about a delay with one of their upcoming releases. originally slotted for an august 26th, 2014 release, cardcaptor sakura: the movie is now set for a september 30th, 2014 release. the feature brings the first theatrical release of the property back into circulation after originally being released by geneon entertainment previously. the release is a bilingual dvd that’s priced at $ 19. 95 for its 80 minute run time .
weirdness magnet: poor sakura is this to the point it pivots the entire story .
eyecandy is certainly not something that is lacking in this film. fluid animation, detailed expressions and stunning scenery all set the visuals of cardcaptor sakura: the movie to a much higher standard than most animated films. hong kong is presented as far more than a busy metropolis, with a diverse set of authentic locales being used to effectively portray the culture. unfortunately, the moments highlighting the characters' experiences with the city are all too fleeting. instead we are gifted with a trite and highly predictable story for the remainder of the film .
watch cardcaptor sakura the movie full episodes online english sub. other title: cardcaptor sakura movie 1 synopsis: it’s winter vacation and sakura wins a trip to hong kong. kero, skeptic of her luck in lotteries, questions whether she was merely lucky or was she summoned to hong kong upon inevitability. as sakura strolls through hong kong’s bird street, she senses an evil force calling to her. on chasing two strange birds, she is lead to a phantom world where she learns she was actually made to come to hong kong by a woman, madoushi, who apparently wants revenge on clow reed. with syaoran’s mother, yelan’s help and the guidance from clow reed’s voice, she must fight madoushi and rescue her friends and loved ones, who have been captured. language: english sub status: completed aired: aug 21, 1999 genres: comedy, drama, magic, fantasy, shoujo sources: myanimelist, wikipedia
discotek apparently took the translation straight from geneon’s old release of the movie. geneon’s translation of the series was fine as - is, so i have no problems with that. if only nisa did the same thing with the tv series. sorry nisa, i appreciate you for rescuing the license and your bd release of cardcaptor sakura is perfect in almost every way (- i adore it – it’s one of the best releases to date), but your subtitles will always suck. you need to outsource better translators, guys .
into clow' s life. he' s a very interesting character, and the story from his past in this movie i think would make a great anime series on it' s own .
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the film concludes with everyone preparing to board a ferry and are about to return to japan. everyone does not remember anything, which the three says that that' s a good thing. but the movie ends with sakura saying that she has a feeling she has not seen the last of hong kong .
sakura kinomoto is a sweet, curious 10 - year - old who one afternoon breaks the seal on a magical book in her father’s study, and releases the mischievous spirits imprisoned within, out into the world. kero, the guardian of the clow cards – a ferocious, magical beast who can also take the shape of an adorable, flying cat - rodent – is horrified to find all the cards gone and tells sakura she must become the cardcaptor .
set between the first and second seasons of the television series, after
sakura' s wonderful christmas
and before
sakura and the snowy new school term .
the subtitled cardcaptor sakura uncut collection one – episodes 1 - 35 – was released on dvd by madman in 2012, and watching this series as an adult is one of those rare experiences when you enjoy the show as much as you did as a kid, if not more .
a 12 - volume ‘magical girl’ manga series, published between 1996 and 2000, cardcaptor sakura was simultaneously turned into a 70 - episode anime tv series by madhouse – and acted as many a young person’s gateway drug into an anime and manga obsession .
cardcaptors is the american version of the japanese anime card captor sakura. the main characters are sakura avalon and li showron, who, assisted by keroberos (kero), and sakura' s best... see full summary »
there are quite a few good aspects to the film. the build up is really well done. the gradual escalation is very effective at creating stakes and tension for the scenario. if it hadn' t led to a letdown then these could have been components of an excellent movie .
sakura, the card captor, is quite endearing when catching cards and otherwise .
love revelation epiphany: sakura to syaoran' s confession in the anime finale .
sakura creates the nameless card with a winged heart. later this card merges with the nothing at the last minute to form the hope card, and ensuring that sakura and syaoran' s love survive intact even against the otherwise unconquerable
literal cliffhanger: the final scene of the anime at the end of the sealed card movie, though after everything that' s happened, it' s a very mild example. it was eventually subverted: a lesser known fact is that the minor cliffhanger at the end of the anime was indeed settled by the bonus art poster ◊ that came out in the dvd. also see what happened to the mouse? below .
class trip: a recurring thing in the anime, allowing for sakura to deal with the card of the week or even the trial of the week come season 3 .
could not tell you why some people are disappointed in this movie. it' s just like any of the better episodes of the series, but longer and with superior animation. you get to see sakura being cute in a variety of costumes, as well as her early - series blushing over yukito all the time and getting bullied by her onii - chan. to top it off, it has that sweet cardcaptor sakura flavor where even the antagonist' s motives aren' t necessarily as evil as they may seem at first, and leaves you feeling warm. i wouldn' t ask for anything more .
it’s an accusation you’ll hear lobbed at such groundbreaking shows as dragon ball z, sailor moon, and evangelion. but two decades later, hardly anyone has a bad word to say about cardcaptor sakura, which makes the decision to stay the course in terms of production staff sound like a very good call .
cooldown hug: sakura does one to dash' s physical form after converting it into a sakura card turns it rampant .
loyal phlebotinum: the cards. however before the judgement, the cards choose either syaoran or sakura depending on who had the significant role in its capture .
overall, while it could have been better considering i had to wait a whole month after the remastered dvd release to get the blu - ray version, discotek’s release of the movie is pretty good. i mean, if you’re a gigantic fan of english dubs then it’ll probably suck for you, since the english dub on this release is from the worse ccs dub possible. but, to be all honest, i personally don’t care that much about english dubs, especially when it comes to ccs, and i really believe that chunk of the anime fandom is insignificant when it comes to cardcaptor sakura. yes, i’d love to see an english dub on the level of bang zoom’s rendition of the second movie, but that’s more of a bonus to me rather than a necessity. i’m proud to have this displayed on my shelf, along with my blu - ray set of the tv series by nisa .
sakura kinomoto has come a long way since first being chosen to be a cardcaptor. she' s captured all the cards, made new friends and gained some insight into her own heart. now, she faces her ultimate challenge, finding the strength to confess her feelings to her true love
- - container .
even though it was written in the 90s, the anime feels very modern, partly because of how progressive it is in contrast to western kid’s shows. one of the things i love about both the manga and anime series is how chill the show is about gay and lesbian love stories – something that is disappointingly rare in many western young adult stories. in cardcaptor sakura, nobody makes a big deal out of the fact that both sakura and syaoran have a crush on yukito .
quite a while ago i reviewed cardcaptor sakura, a magical girl series from clamp and madhouse. it was a good anime, albeit not one of the best magical girl series i' ve looked at. the series has gotten two films. let' s look at the first, made in 1999 and written by clamp' s ohkawa nanase .
: the nothing card of the second movie after centuries being hidden and alone, is vehement on being reunited with it' s fellow cards, whether they want it or not, and also has nothing against erasing huge populations of innocent beings in her frenzied search .
the characters in this film are quite average and don’t deviate much from their personalities in the series. however while that might seem a bit negative, that entails the likeable personality of sakura. everything in this movie is done quite well, but where i feel plenty of praise is worthy of going to are the seiyuu, starting with tange sakura ’s rendition of sakura and continuing through with the rest of the characters. some examples, are also some well know names such as ogata megumi (yukito tsukishiro) and seki tomokazu (touya kinomoto) .
among others, the ending is the most notable case in the series. the manga explicitly states
ten - year - old sakura lives a pretty normal life with her older brother, toya, and widowed father, fujitaka. or she did, until the day she returned home from school to discover a glowing book in her father’s study. after opening the book and releasing the cards within, sakura is tasked with collecting each of these magical cards while balancing her life as a normal fourth grader. join cardcaptor sakura on her heartwarming tale of love, excitement, and adventure !
in the episode when sakura catches the power card yamazaki' s eyes open for a moment when he and syaoran are startled by the loud noise and the ground shaking at the zoo .
it really annoyed me they called sakura
cherry
instead of
sakura
in the korean version. i guess its a japanese language prohibition thing ?
yes, when ccs came out in korea in 1999 korea was just starting to loosen up on its ban of japanese cultural products so sakura' s name was changed to cherry. though they still do that today, where in the disney movie big hero 6 they slightly changed hiro' s name to hero ,
episode 27 - the first time sakura hugs syaoran. already completely exhausted, the shock of it proves too much for the poor kid .
while some may question the seeming reluctance to bring new blood into the production team, cardcaptor sakura occupies a unique place in the anime world. many fans get drawn into the hobby by an influential or vibrant series, falling head over heels in love with it as they watch every episode, movie, and spin - off available. but once they wade further out into the vast ocean of japanese animation, and find something that fits better with their individual definition of “quality, ” it’s not uncommon for them to look back on their personal gateway title and exasperatedly say, “wow, i can’t believe i was ever so into that. ”
in episode 36 sakura calls in firery to melt all the snow. melting that amount would flood the entire city .
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 .
creepy cool crosses: some of sakura' s outfits have crosses on them, although sakura is implied to be shinto rather than christian .
syaoran and sakura start like this, but it' s not long before it gets averted as sakura has problems resenting syaoran as one .
not only is nelvana’s english dub bad, but unlike the japanese track, there’s no lossless audio track for this. it isn’t consequential, since real cardcaptor sakura fans are probably going to listen to the japanese audio anyway (with the graces of tange sakura, hisakawa aya, and whatnot). plus, the presence of the english dub, unlike nisa’s blu - ray release of the series, didn’t come at the expense of 5. 1 surround sound. it’s good that people who don’t have the capacity to listen to foreign languages didn’t ruin things for me this time around !
yamazaki. a running gag in the series is sakura and syaoran falling for it every time .
even the guys want him: yukito has sakura, syaoran, and touya fall for him .
break the cutie: there are several events that make sakura sad enough to cry, such as the fallout of catching sleep or the final judgement .
cute bruiser: the power and the fight have attractive humanoid forms. also, meiling and syaoran, and even sakura when she uses the power card .
mundane utility: because the flower shop was closed, sakura once used the flower to make an armful of flowers she wanted .
: sakura accidentally releases all the clow cards from what was supposed to be their final resting place .
luckily, kaho mizuki comes to the rescue with her shrine bell, giving sakura a second chance .
the first clear card sakura captures / creates is gale, an apparent sequel / upgrade to windy .
then, the plot is also interesting in the involvement of the mysterious lady (who is not in the regular series) who wants to meet with clow reed. it is not a radically new plot as many aspects of cardcaptor sakura are still visible within the film. it is interesting in taking whatever one has watched throughout the series and applying it to a new dynamic storyline. while this is that this does not really add any enhancement to the plot in regards to the overall series, it provides a new and enjoyable and intriguing storyline .
if sakura loses to yue at the final judgment, everyone connected to the cards will lose the memories and feelings tied to the person they love most. it almost happens, too .
the dividual: for logistical purposes, the light and the dark are generally regarded as a pair. sakura even complies with their request to be sealed together .
. if it counts, windy is also the first card to be used with sakura' s star rod (though it was not transformed into a sakura card until later) .
no hugging, no kissing: nelvana' s cardcaptors dub managed to, somehow, turn a romance - heavy anime into a no hugging no kissing series. this isn' t just about the controversial stuff; even the most acceptable pairs (mainly syaoran / sakura) became devoid of romantic interest. this became particularly bad in the sakura cards arc, in which syaoran' s feelings towards sakura sometimes got 50% of an episode. in the dub, all the romantic scenes are cut out and the dialogue is changed to some more generic subjects (fighting the forces of evil, etc). to fill in the minutes of lost footage, many flashbacks were added. for example, while cardcaptor sakura last episode is an intense, emotion - filled finale, cardcaptors last episode is almost a clip show .
this may look plain, but take a look at which finger sakura is holding one of the clow cards without the other indexes. ◊
kansai regional accent: kerberos, the beast of the seal who guards the clow cards, spent a while in osaka and picked up the accent. lampshaded by sakura as soon as she heard him speak for the first time .
it’s not bad at all – in fact, it’s a really cute anime artwork of sakura in her movie outfit. the thing is, the japanese version’s modern (!) clamp artwork looks even better; the art is scrumptious. plus, it was a new treat for the 2011 japanese blu - ray remaster of the film. new material straight from clamp themselves. in comparison. the artwork we got is essentially taken straight from an old film poster and lacks that novelty. discotek / eastern star could have done so much more with the cover art .
pinky swear: sakura and syaoran. he' s too overwhelmed to refuse !
free sample plot coupon: in the first episode, while the rest of the clow cards were freed, the windy remains (sakura having had it in her hand when she read its name) .
the official english release of the manga has syaoran calling sakura by her first name in one of their exchanges in chapter 17, even though the japanese keeps the hey you approach. this becomes inconsistent when syaoran dramatically calls sakura by her name for what' s supposed to be the first time in chapter 23, which makes sakura really happy and prompts her to call him by his first name; in the english release the two keep the same conversation, making sakura' s
you' ve never called me by my first name before !
hilariously wrong .
mood whiplash: the sleep card episode. for the most part, it is a cheerful glimpse into sakura' s dad' s university life with sakura ever so eager to help. and then, just after she seals the card, disaster strikes .
kaho at the end of the clow card arc in both versions, though as she writes letters to sakura, her presence is still felt .
only sakura and syaoran notice the strange occurrences with the clow cards because everyone else' s minds reject that which they can' t understand .
bittersweet ending: the nelvana dub did not release the sealed card and cut out most of the final episode' s romantic context, including the final airport scene. meaning that sakura and syaoran do not happily reunite and the series ends rather bleakly on the note of syaoran leaving forever and sakura creating her 53rd card through her tears (which through startling coincidence, the dub edits as
the hope
) .
the cutie: the show really emphasises sakura' s innocence. the cardcaptors dub tried to tone this down, if only to the extent of being a standard sweet little kid than overwhelmingly kind and cheery .
false starts: most of the second half of the manga and season 3 of the anime is about syaoran trying to work up the nerve for a love confession and something interrupting. the sealed card likewise but from sakura' s side .
star power: the whole second series is about sakura having to transfer the clow cards from their old energy source (the sun and the moon, which her predecessor used) over to her power source - the power of her star .
probably because the nothing was merged with the nameless card to become a sakura card (the hope), which was made from sakura' s love for syaoran. thus, it acted something like a very effective curse escape clause; the
price
was still paid in a fashion .
summary (on back) :
sakura kinomoto has come a long way since first being chosen to be a cardcaptor. she' s captured all the cards, made new friends and gained some insight into her own heart. now, she faces her ultimate challenge, finding the strength to confess her feelings to her true love. while struggling with her heart, a mysterious force has begun stealing her cards and threatens to take away what she truly cherishes. can sakura find the inner strength she needs to take on this final challenge ?
while in the marketplace, sakura is lead into a bookstore where she meets the sorceress su yung, who hates clow reed, the wizard who created the magical clow cards. the sorceress captures julian, meilin, li, and tori in water bubbles and keeps them captive. sakura must teach the evil sorceress the truth about clow reed in a great battle to save her friends .
due to the other candidate being exhausted at the time. the card was sealed and transformed but
: especially in the nelvana dub, it' s sometimes baffling how long it takes sakura and madison to even consider that a clow card is behind the strangeness of the week .
in the episode
sakura and her kind father ,
while capturing a card sakura accidentally breaks the laptop containing the research her dad had slaved over for days. the whole scene is played in an actual heartbreaking way, as she realizes this is something she can' t fix with magic .
happy ending: both manga and anime. both share a feature: post love confessions, the moment sakura hugs syaoran, the series is over .
the seemingly cold and unfeeling moon guardian yue of all people turns out to have these tendencies, especially towards sakura .
rarely if ever mentioned beyond its introduction, but sakura and tomoyo are second cousins .
girls love stuffed animals: sakura' s friends have them and shop for them. kero has to act this part for sakura and it works because of this trope .
pimped out dress: sakura' s outfits are frequently like this thanks to tomoyo .
it' s around the point where sakura finds herself drawn to a shrine that things steadily go downhill. most notably, li and meiling show up from absolutely nowhere. in the exact same area of a massive city, with no prior knowledge that either group would even be there. there' s even the cliche of bumping into each other in meiling' s case. how is the viewer supposed to take the movie seriously when it relies on absurd plot conveniences so early on? an explanation may have made the scene less silly, but there is not even that .
what are you doing here ?
, asks sakura. a question left unanswered .
moment killer: too many to list, but syaoran' s attempted love confessions and touya trying to tell yukito the truth about himself, and then in the sealed card sakura' s own attempts at love confessions. in fact one occasion sakura was interrupted by the nothing in a play while playing the part of the princess about to tell the prince how she feels .
syaoran is forced by his mother to accompany sakura and the others around the city. however, sakura encounters a woman with the same magical presence she has been feeling and uses water as her weapon. one by one, the spirit captures toya, yukito, tomoyo, and meiling. sakura and syaoran team up to save their friends. while syaoran fights the woman, sakura frees tomoyo. however syaoran is defeated and captured, and he orders sakura to run and save everyone. coming back into the room sakura tries and fails to find the book that transported them to the other dimension. now back in the hotel room kero tells sakura and tomoyo a tale of when clow reed met and fell in love with a fortune teller (a hydromancer) in hong kong. his magic had caused her to use the magic for evil and so clow reed trapped her in a magical prison, and with that she vowed revenge against him .
sour supporter: the dub tried to make syaoran bitter over sakura winning the final judgement instead of him (likely to fill the large hole cutting out his romantic sub plot left). this is lacking in the original, outside some failed jerkass façade moments, syaoran had lost almost all of his competitive streak by the time sakura won .
missing mom: sakura' s mom, nadeshiko died when sakura was only three. on a few occasions her ghost appears, once as a trick by a clow card and another when she checks on sakura when she' s sick and helps relieve her fever .
the “special features” present in this release are just the japanese tv / theatrical trailers and the english trailer for the movie… which you could probably search up youtube. it’s not much, but most home releases rarely have amazing special features to begin with, so it would be silly to trash disotek’s release based on that alone (especially since it was the same for the japanese release as well) … though i always appreciate a couple of interviews or making - of videos if possible. personally, the english trailer is great enough as an extra feature, because of the drama
train station goodbye: airport goodbye. with meiling, twice. also the tv series ending and the last chapter of the manga, when syaoran has to go back to hong kong and sakura meets him at the airport .
some manga translations switched. the german version, in volume 1 until 4, sakura and syaoran refer to each other by first name. volume 5, though, switches it to syaoran not using her name at all (until sakura falls down a crack in the ground and he yells her name) while sakura calls him li .
in the anime not all of the 53 cards were shown being captured. the through for example .
clip its wings: in the penultimate episode, sakura attempts to use the fly card to fight. her opponent shoots one of the wings with a laser blast, setting it on fire .
touya has one for sakura to the point where he can tell the difference between her and the mirror. lampshaded by yukito in which he tells touya he has a' little sister complex'. the fact that he met syaoran when he was trying to bully sakura into giving him the cards she had caught until then really doesn' t help .
due to episode shuffling, the dub has kero advising sakura to use windy, fly, and shadow to capture the watery card because they' re her oldest cards. in the actual anime, those are the only cards she had at the time. even worse, an episode that aired beforehand in that run showed sakura as already possessing watery .
a clow card, the arrow, is pulling back the string of a bow. the card releases the bow string, and the single glowing arrow fired turns into many, which start raining down on sakura and kero as they attempt to fly away and escape
when trying to figure out how to go back to the woman to save their friends, sakura remembers the well and realises that that' s the place to go. arriving at the well the three find out there is a barrier around the well house, when trying to figure out how to get in they hear footsteps coming toward them. syaoran' s mother shows up and splits the barrier for sakura. telling tomoyo to stay, sakura goes in to the well alone. while going through, kero tells sakura to think of where she wants to go. she thinks
i want to go to where my friends are
, she arrives in a room. the birds from before are there and flies away. sakura runs and arrives at a door. she opens the door to find water filled up to the top of the roof. walking she swims to the top to once again confront the fortune teller .
join sakura and her friends on the most unbelievable adventure ever! sakura wins a trip for 4 to hong kong; the place where clow reed, kero, yue and the clow cards once lived. her excitement fades when an ominous force calls out to sakura in her dreams reminding her that clow reed' s vengeful legacy lingers in the back alleys of li' s hometown. now, for the first time, sakura must call upon her cards to combat a true menace. if she fails, her family and friends will be trapped in the phantom world !
. the manga also explains why the motorbike disappears; it' s because sakura wouldn' t be able to keep up with a motorbike on her rollerblades .
discotek’s subtitles are an accurate translation of the japanese dialogue, and the english of the translation flows pretty smoothly. characters also call each other by their respective given names and surnames as they’re supposed to. for example, sakura should be calling syaoran “li” (at this point of the ccs timeline) and meiling should be calling sakura “kinomoto”, which discotek’s subtitles get right. compare this to nisa’s rather bad translation, where sakura instead calls syaoran “xiaolang” (valid pinyin spelling of his name) and meiling calls sakura “sakura”. the former causes a problem later when sakura, in japanese, starts calling syaoran by his given name to show how specially close they’ve gotten. nisa’s translation has her start calling him “bestie”, which is pretty far off from the connotation that clamp was going for with sakura’s character development. in fact, that’s pretty much the friendzone in contemporary american culture .
the ditz: sakura and meiling whenever her genkiness goes overboard. these two also seem to take turns at this trope. when one of them acts the ditz, the other usually is intelligent .
sakura uses it to take the sword card from rika by having the illusion card transform into their teacher, whom rika has a crush on (and in the manga an actual relationship with) .
big
what? !
: kero' s reaction to sakura admitting she accidentally released all the cards in episode 1 .
magical girl: sakura is one of the most well - known examples of this trope, second only to sailor moon herself .
sonomi manages to make time to attend sakura' s school sporting events and even chaperone her on vacation. anytime they' re on screen together sonomi fusses over sakura and practically ignores tomoyo
cherry blossoms: sakura' s namesake; she roller - blades through a shower of them in the first episode. also appears in touching scenes in the manga .
voices are mental: averted in the original; only the speech patterns switch with the characters' minds .
a girl in 4th grade, sakura kinomoto, opened a strange book and let dozens of powerful magic cards loose on the world. keroberous, the guardian of the clow cards, informs sakura that it is now her responsibility to find and capture the freed cards. sakura wins a trip for 4 to hong kong where clow reed, kero, yue and the clow cards once lived. in hong kong, sakura must call upon her cards to combat a true menace. if she fails, her family and friends will be trapped in a phantom world.
cardcaptor sakura : the movie ( 劇場版カードキャプターさくら gekijōban kādokyaputā sakura ) is a japanese anime film directed by morio asaka and produced by madhouse and bandai visual . the film is based on the anime television series adaptation of clamp 's cardcaptor sakura manga series . written by nanase ohkawa , clamp 's head writer , it was released in japanese theaters on august 21 , 1999 . it won the feature film award at the 1999 animation kobe . a second film , cardcaptor sakura movie 2 : the sealed card , followed in 2000 . set between the first and second seasons of the television series , the film shows sakura and her friends going to hong kong where they encounter a vengeful spirit who was hurt by clow reed in the past . 
cardcaptor sakura: the movie (劇場版カードキャプターさくら gekijōban kādokyaputā sakura) is a japanese anime film directed by morio asaka and produced by madhouse and bandai visual. the film is based on the anime television series adaptation of clamp's cardcaptor sakura manga series. written by nanase ohkawa, clamp's head writer, it was released in japanese theaters on august 21, 1999. it won the feature film award at the 1999 animation kobe. a second film, cardcaptor sakura movie 2: the sealed card, followed in 2000. set between the first and second seasons of the television series, the film shows sakura and her friends going to hong kong where they encounter a vengeful spirit who was hurt by clow reed in the past.
cardcaptor sakura: the movie (劇場版カードキャプターさくら gekijōban kādokyaputā sakura) is a japanese anime film directed by morio asaka and produced by madhouse and bandai visual. the film is based on the anime television series adaptation of clamp's cardcaptor sakura manga series. written by nanase ohkawa, clamp's head writer, it was released in japanese theaters on august 21, 1999. it won the feature film award at the 1999 animation kobe. a second film, cardcaptor sakura movie 2: the sealed card, followed in 2000. set between the first and second seasons of the television series, the film shows sakura and her friends going to hong kong where they encounter a vengeful spirit who was hurt by clow reed in the past.