To protect the world from disaster she must capture all of the Clow Cards with the help of her friend Tomoyo and Kerberos.Aided by her school teacher Kaho Mizuki, Sakura passes the test and becomes the new master of the Clow Cards.The manga was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from May 1996 to June 2000, and published in 12 tankbon volumes by Kodansha from November 1996 to July 2000.
The story focuses on Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student in Japan who discovers magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards into the world; she must retrieve the cards to prevent catastrophe. Each of these cards grants different magical powers, and can only be activated by someone with inherent magical abilities. A sequel by Clamp, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, focusing on Sakura in junior high school, began serialization in Nakayoshi in 2016. Additional media include two anime films, video games, art books, picture books, and film comics. Tokyopop released the manga in English in North America from March 2000 to August 2003. Cardcaptor Sakura Show Series In OmnibusAfter Tokyopops license expired, Dark Horse Manga released the series in omnibus editions from October 2010 to September 2012. 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. 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. Cardcaptors also aired on Cartoon Network ( Toonami ), Teletoon, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, Network Ten, and RT2. ![]() The TV series was also released by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. Critics praised the manga for its creativity and described it as a quintessential shjo manga, as well as a critical work for manga in general. 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 American edit of Cardcaptors, however, was criticized for removing elements essential to the plot. Ten-year-old Sakura Kinomoto accidentally releases a set of magical cards known as Clow Cards from a book in her basement created and named after the sorcerer Clow Reed. Each card has its own unique ability and can assume an alternate form when activated. The guardian of the cards, Cerberus (nicknamed Kero), emerges from the book, explains only a person with magical powers could open the seal of the book, and chooses Sakura to retrieve the missing cards. As she finds each card, she battles its magical personification and defeats it by sealing it away. Cerberus acts as her guide, while her best friend and second cousin, Tomoyo Daidouji films her exploits and provides her with both battle costumes and moral support. Sakuras older brother Toya Kinomoto watches over her, while pretending that he is unaware of what is going on. While initially antagonistic, he comes to respect Sakura and begins aiding her in capturing the cards. ![]()
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