Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card-hen

Kinda dissapointed with the direction of the storyline but its too early to decide whether its awful or not. So far, just average. Not as good as the original tbh. Its the continuation from the original series and maybe the 2nd movie. Recommended.

These comments assume people will have watched the original 'Cardcaptor Sakura' so will be familiar with the characters and the magical cards Sakura has collected. Watching this without watching the original might be rather confusing.

This series, made several years after the original, is set immediately after that original. Following a strange dream all of Sakura's cards turn clear and no longer work and her magical staff has changed. Once again strange things happen; the work of a new set of cards... the clear cards. With the help of her friends Sakura begins collecting these cards. The dreams continue; it would appear that Sakura's increasing powers haven't gone unnoticed.

I must admit I came to 'Cardcaptor Sakura' rather late but as an anime fan I wanted to watch this classic. I enjoyed the original and found this to be just as much fun. I like the fact that even though it was made twenty years later the makers didn't find it necessary to 'improve' character designs; this means one can watch this straight after the original without thinking it is too different. That isn't to say there are no changes... the cards, which are still similar in basic design, look great. The animation is also impressive. The ending does leave questions unanswered so hopefully we will get more in future. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of the original; it was great seeing all the old characters back in a new story, which also introduces some new characters.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

Asians' favorite character is back after 20 years!

As a kid, I was so obsessed with Sakura's beautiful costumes, and so as my other friends. I remembered the old time that how we rushed to go home and caught the TV schedules, collected the beautiful stickers and posters . We learned the introductory divination from Clow Cards to Tarot. It was a sweet and greedy childhood, we always wanted to collect more and more. It was great money making seasons to the sellers I guess, everything printed with Sakura, and we all buying it because everyone liked this animation from kindergarten kids like me to teenage girls.

And, this fever is still on fire after 20 years. The original Cardcaptor Sakura cartoon is still quite fashionable, it's not outdated when I watch some episodes from the old one that was made in 20 years ago. At least each episode tells a story, and the whole thing is inspiring full of positive energy, it's delightful.

The new cartoon is decent, but not strong as the old one. I don't know how to put into words, but probably that's the pain of growing up, happiness changed with age, many things become not amusing. I missed the old time, the simple joys that I could easily access from a cute cartoon tv shows. Also, it's true that the new magic array pattern is less fine compared to the old magic array.

Anyway, it's good to see the puppy love ending of Sakura and Li Syaoran, it fulfilled my childhood hope.

The modern animation style of this kawaii magical girl series greatly inspires me! I also love how Sonia Nevermind & Monophanie's English VA voices as Tomyo!

I took a but of a closer look at this dub so I'll be honest. I's awesome! While Natalie Hoover's a good choice for Tomoyo. She sounds whispery and quiet for her, and her high-pitched range fits her energetic mood to film Sakura . Jason Lebricht is very ill-fitting as Syoarin. I really like Monica Rial as Sakura. We know that she can pull off cute voices. All in all I'd say the Tsubasa VAs are what are pleasant. I'd saying it was a good move on Funimation's part to go with reprisals from the Reserve Chronicle. All in all it's a 9/10 dub.