"CardCaptors" (2000) TV series

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Writers:

Clamp (comic)
Jennifer Pertsch (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Expect The Unexpected

Plot:

CardCaptors is the American version of the Japanese anime Card Captor Sakura. The main characters are Sakura Avalon and Li Showron...

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Magic | Magic Wand

Cast

Carly McKillip	...	Sakura Avalon (voice)
Rhys Huber	...	Li Showron (voice)
Matt Hill	...	Keroberos (voice)
Maggie Blue O'Hara	...	Madison Taylor (voice)
Tony Sampson	...	Tori Avalon (voice)
Sam Vincent	...	Julian Star / Yue (voice)
Brian Drummond	...	Aiden Avalon / Mr. Terada (voice)
Linda Rae	...	Layla MacKenzie (voice)
Kelly Sheridan	...	Nikki (voice)
Jocelyne Loewen	...	Chelsea (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrew Francis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Janyse Jaud	...	Natasha (voice)
Jordan Killik	...	Li Showron #2 (voice)
Sarah Lafleur	...	Ruby (voice)
Kirby Morrow	...	Sakura's Dad (voice)
Colin Murdock	...	Spinner Sun (voice)
Richard Newman	...	Keroberos (voice)
Bill Switzer	...	Eli Moon (voice)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA | Japan | Canada

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

UK:PG (some epiosodes) | UK:U (some epiosodes) | USA:TV-Y7

Company:

Nelvana

Trivia:

In the U.S. and Canada the show was place out of order and skipped around. However in most other countries they followed the original story line.

Goofs:

Plot holes: The scenes shown at the end of early episodes are spoilers for as-yet-not-seen episodes

Quotes:

Sakura: Are you okay?
Li: Well, I've been better...

Movie Connections:

Alternate language version of "Cardcaptor Sakura" (1998)

Ok you're right, but then again...

Being a long time anime fan, I find that in order to find the stuff that you want, you have to take what you can get. When I first started buying anime, there were hardly any dual language DVDs available and the dub tapes were just about all there was in the store. I had to settle for dubs most of the time.

I do like dubs. I like dubs that are able to stick to the original Japanese plot. HOWEVER... I'm afraid that Cardcaptors is not one of those series. I don't want to spoil the Japanese version for any of you so you have a fair warning... in the original Japanese story Julian (Yuki) and Tori(Toya) are a lot more than friends. This is even more obvious in the CLAMP manga that the anime was based on. And in the Japanese version Lee has a crush on YUKI not on Sakura. Either children in Japan are expected to be able to understand this stuff, or, as it seems to be the case these 'cute girly shows' are not just for kids.

Nelvana did a poor job of dubbing CCS but they did an even worse job translating it. Why bother to make the names more American sounding. The worst name change was from Toya to Tori. In Japanese Toya means peach arrow, Tori means bird.

Anyhow, I guess you can't blame them. Here in the US anime is for children. In Japan, anime is for everyone. Sadly, for those of us who appreciate the original, we'll just have to wait until it comes out on DVD. (I know for a fact you can find it if you want to)