Cardcaptor Sakura (1998) poster TV-PG

Cardcaptor Sakura

★ 8.6 1998 · 1990s 4 seasons SBS, NHK BS2, NHK BS Premium, Tooniverse

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Synopsis

Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years. She is then tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.

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Cast & Crew

Sakura Tange

Sakura Tange

Sakura Kinomoto (voice)

Junko Iwao

Junko Iwao

Tomoyo Daidouji (voice)

Motoko Kumai

Motoko Kumai

Syaoran Li (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Kerberos (voice)

Emi Shinohara

Emi Shinohara

Naoko Yanagisawa (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Fujitaka Kinomoto (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Masaya Onosaka

Kerberos(big) (voice)

Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Yukito Tsukishiro (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Touya Kinomoto (voice)

Yukana

Yukana

Meiling Li (voice)

Tomoko Kawakami

Tomoko Kawakami

Rika Sasaki (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Eriol Hiiragizawa (voice)

Eizo Kondo

Eizo Kondo

Producer

Trivia about Cardcaptor Sakura

Cardcaptor Sakura was first conceived shortly before the conclusion of Clamp's Magic Knight Rayearth, which was serialized in Nakayoshi.

Head Clamp writer Nanase Ohkawa's first impulse was to create a magical girl series, despite not being well-versed in the genre.

Once Ohkawa had enough information on the characters, she had the three artists in Clamp—Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi—design them based on her descriptions.

Syaoran and Toya were conceived to be a common type of character featured in Clamp's works.

Various other titles were suggested for the series such as Cardcaster Sakura and Card Character Sakura before Nekoi suggested Cardcaptor Sakura.

While Ohkawa planned out Cardcaptor Sakura from beginning to end, she never consulted the plot with the other members, instead giving them the script one chapter at a time.