![]() This allows her to finally pass the test and become Master of The Clow Cards.Ĭonsisting of episodes 47-70, this final season features trouble stirring with the arrival of new characters: a ten year old boy named Eriol Hiiragizawa that transfers into Sakura’s 5th grade class and a teenaged girl named Nakuru Akizuki that transfers into Sakura’s brother’s class in high school. As a result, Sakura has a hard time with the test until she gets a little unexpected help and learns to empathize with the person testing her. Not only does it take two episodes to catch the card, but the person responsible for administering the test ends up being someone very close to Sakura. Then, there is the work that goes into catching the final Clow Card and then undergoing the test to become their new Master. This episode also features a visit from Sakura’s deceased mother Nadeshiko in ghost form, who cures Sakura’s fever. Nonetheless, he doesn’t say anything to the fake Sakura or the real Sakura out of respect for his sister’s privacy. However, Sakura’s brother Toya knows that Sakura is gone even if he doesn’t quite know why. One notable episode is 'Sakura’s Dizzy Fever Day', when Sakura gets sick and uses the Mirror card to make a double of herself to stay in bed while the real Sakura goes to capture a Clow card. Despite being only ten episodes, it packs a lot of neat everyday and magical moments. Going from episodes 36-46, this season features Sakura collecting the remaining Clow Cards before taking the test to become their new master. It is available to stream on Crunchyroll. It doesn’t involve Sakura capturing any new Clow Cards, but it serves as a nice diversion. It features Sakura and her friends going to Syaoran’s home country of Hong Kong and encountering the angry spirit of a woman who was hurt by the Clow Cards’ creator Clow Reed. This movie is set between the first and second seasons of the anime series. This season as well as the rest of the series is available to watch on Netflix, Crunchyroll, and Tubi. By episode 32, Syaoran has gone from being antagonistic toward Sakura to respecting her as a Cardcaptor and falling in love with her. Other notable aspects of this season are Tomoyo’s handmade magical girl outfits that are made for Sakura and the growing relationship between Syaoran and Sakura. We also see key details about certain character relationships, such as Sakura’s older brother Toya being able to see ghosts and certain magical things and Sakura having a crush on Toya’s friend Yukito. Sakura manages to capture several Clow cards such as the Fly card, the Sweets card, and the Sword card.Īt the same time, Syaoran also claims nine of the cards for himself despite not officially capturing them by signing his name onto the cards. If you haven’t watched Carcaptor Sakura before, then here is a guide.Ĭonsisting of episodes 1-35, this season features Sakura’s debut as a Cardcaptor while also introducing other secondary and supporting characters such as Sakura’s best friend Tomoyo, Sakura’s rival Syaoran, and Sakura’s family members. Not only has the original manga has also been reprinted into omnibus editions, but characters from the series have also made appearances in CLAMP’s alternate magical universe manga Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (2003). Since the original anime’s run, the series has gone on to influence other magical girl anime such as Magical Lyrical Nanoha (2004) and has received a manga and anime sequel called Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card (2018).ĭespite receiving an infamous English dub, the popularity of the Japanese version endures today. Not only is Cardcaptor Sakura known for its magical hijinks, but also its feel good slice-of-life moments involving family, female friendships, and LGBTQ characters and themes. When she accidentally sets all the cards free, she is appointed the role of Cardcaptor by the book’s magical guardian Keberos and sets out to recapture all the cards. Its premise involves a ten year old girl named Sakura Kinomoto who discovers a magical book of Clow Cards hidden in her father’s library. ![]() This year marks the 25th anniversary of the anime adaptation of CLAMP’s classic magical girl manga Cardcaptor Sakura (1998).
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