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Cardcaptor Sakura (カードキャプターさくら kādo kyaputā sakura), also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space) and often abbreviated to CCS, is a manga series from the well-known all-female artist team CLAMP. An anime television series (1998-2000) based on the manga consists of 70 half-hour episodes in three seasons, two theatrical-release movies and several specials.

The series begins as a simple girls' anime of the magical girl genre (similar series include Sailor Moon and Pretty Sammy). Ten-year-old Sakura Kinomoto opens a mysterious book in her father's study and accidentally lets loose the magical Clow Cards. By her ability to open the seal, Sakura is revealed to have special powers, and it becomes her responsibility to retrieve the missing cards. The task involves finding each card, battling its magical personification, and sealing it away. She is assisted by Kerberos (a.k.a., Kero-chan), the beast of the seal assigned to protect the cards, but who was asleep when Sakura opened the Clow book. Kero-chan, who appears throughout most of the series rather like an animated plush toy, guides Sakura as she develops her Cardcaptor powers. In the first episode, he presents her with the key of the seal which allows her to fight and capture the cards.

As CCS progresses, there is a pattern of foreshadowing and dreams that lead to an unusual conclusion. Like in Magic Knight Rayearth, one of CLAMP's previous works, CCS is a new twist on an old genre.

Due in part to its animation, Cardcaptor Sakura has a wide fanbase on the Internet, particularly in the yaoi, shōjo, yuri and lolicon fandom.

The Cardcaptor Sakura characters also appear in a manga called Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle.

CCS is published in Japan by Kodansha. CCS was once serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi.

Contents 1 English adaptations 1.1 Cardcaptors English Anime 1.2 English Manga 1.3 Other versions 2 Characters 2.1 Sakura Kinomoto/Sakura Avalon 2.2 Cerberus/Keroberos 2.3 Tomoyo Daidouji/Madison Taylor 2.4 Toya Kinomoto/Tori Avalon 2.5 Fujitaka Kinomoto/Aiden Avalon 2.6 Yukito Tsukishiro/Julian Star 2.7 Yue 2.8 Syaoran Li/Li Showron 2.9 Meiling Li/Meilin Rae 2.10 Chiharu Mihara/Chelsea 2.11 Takashi Yamazaki/Zachary 2.12 Naoko Yanagisawa/Nikki 2.13 Rika Sasaki/Rita 2.14 Nadeshiko Kinomoto/Natasha Avalon 2.15 Sonomi Daidouji/Samantha Taylor 2.16 Kaho Mizuki/Layla Mackenzie 2.17 Yoshiyuki Terada/Mr. Terada 2.18 Eriol Hiiragizawa/Eli Moon 2.19 Spinel Sun 2.20 Ruby Moon 2.21 Nakuru Akizuki/Ruby Moon 2.22 Clow Reed 2.23 Clow Cards 3 Title Names In Other Languages 4 Broadcasting 5 Intros 6 Voice casts 6.1 Japanese version (Cardcaptor Sakura) 6.2 Mexico (Spanish) version (Sakura Card Captors) 6.3 French version (Sakura, La Chasseuse de Cartes) 6.4 English Dubs 7 External links

English adaptations

Cardcaptors English Anime

Cardcaptor Sakura was dubbed into English by Nelvana and brought to the United States under the name Cardcaptors - but it is almost universally believed that Nelvana could not have been completely aware of show's content, as the assorted romantic pairings were felt by some to be questionable for an American children's programme. Practically all romantic subtext - not just the shōjo-ai and shōnen-ai - was excised from the show, and entire episodes of the original series were taken apart and spliced together in a haphazard manner. The goal was ostensibly to make Cardcaptors more appealing to American teenage boys, as there was a conception that with the exception of Sailor Moon girl-oriented series would not succeed. Keeping this in mind, it's not surprising that the US dub of the series was almost completely reviled by viewers of the original. Most of the websites related to Cardcaptors are "flame sites" devoted to revealing the advantages of the uncensored version over the dub.

For a while it was on the WB Television Network, the same network that carried Pokémon in the United States, where ran for 39 episodes (as compared to the original series' 70-episode run) before it was ultimately cancelled. These episodes ran in a different order compared to the original episodes, and as mentioned above, some consisted of multiple episodes spliced together, creating a feeling that the plot was disjointed. However, in Canada and other English-speaking countries (such as Australia, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom), it ran in a more complete form, with all 70 episodes being shown in its original order (although in edited form due to culture and political issues), in some cases eschewing the English opening and closing themes in favor of dubbed versions of the original themes (However, Austraila and India recived the original titles in their distributions, with dubbed versions of at least 4 of the 6 title\credit songs). The DVD line was cancelled after the ninth volume (the beginning of the second story arc); however, Pioneer released an uncut, subtitled version of the show on DVD that ran all 70 episodes on 18 discs.

The two movies have also been dubbed into English, and as both the Cardcaptor Sakura version and the Cardcaptors version can be found on the same DVD, the only major differences between the two are the dialogue. The second movie is more faithful to the original, primarily because it was not dubbed by Nelvana and was not called Cardcaptors. As a result, it retains the original names and much of the original dialogue, as well as having a different voice cast from Cardcaptors.

In addition to its negative reviews, Cardcaptors merchandise was not widely received as certain parents were concerned that, as the Clow Cards vaguely, but significantly, resembled the tarot cards, the series could be seen as promoting witchcraft or the occult. So much so that when Cardcaptors toys were released in Taco Bell in 2002, two of the four (Sakura's tarot-like card book, and Li's Lasin Board) were pulled within a week due to articles published by Christian groups.

English Manga

The manga was translated into English by TOKYOPOP (Formerly Mixx); the characters kept their Japanese names in the translated manga, however Yukito's nickname Yuki, which was originally only used by Toya, was used by the rest of the cast as well in the English version. The manga was mostly unchanged from the original. The earlier edition of the first six volumes, were flipped to read left to right, while the later six volumes, under the name Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, read the original right to left way. The original six volumes have been re-released as the original right-to-left format manga.

Kodansha also published bilingual editions to help Japanese children learn English. Many English-reading fans preferred the paper quality and translations of these editions to the TOKYOPOP editions. Kodansha stopped publishing the editions when it was found that English-speakers in North America imported Kodansha's translations ahead of TOKYOPOP's releases and did not buy TOKYOPOP's releases. Therefore, only TOKYOPOP has all of the volumes translated.

The American translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment.

Other versions

The anime is called Sakura, la chasseuse de cartes in France and, much like the English version, was edited in the same way.

The series also was aired in Israel, with all 70 episodes and with Hebrew dubbing and slight editing. The series was titled סאקורה (Sakura) in Israel.

In Portugal the series aired some time throughout 2001 and 2002 in the Public Service RTP 1 Channel. Albeit all names were kept in their Japanese form, the series and the songs in it were dubbed. Recently, the Cable TV Panda Channel has been broadcasting the RTP 1 version. More information is available in the Portuguese version of this article.

In Sweden, where the series aired in 2005, the English title Cardcaptor Sakura is being used but all characters have their original names. The series is given in Japanese with original intro, all subtitled and uncut.

Characters

Names are written using the Western naming order (given names first), with the original name listed first, followed by the name used in the Cardcaptors dubbed anime. Names are romanized according to the TOKYOPOP manga. The name romanized according to the Wikipedia:Manual of Style for Japan-related articles is notated in Japanese order next to the name in Japanese characters. In the case of the Syaoran Li (Shaoran Li in the uncut anime), the TOKYOPOP name is given first, with the actual pinyin notated. In Meiling Li's case, the pinyin in Western order is given first.

Sakura Kinomoto/Sakura Avalon

(木之本 桜 Kinomoto Sakura)

article: Sakura Kinomoto

The main character of the series. Sakura is a student at Tomoeda Elementary School in Tomoeda (Cardcaptors calls the town Reedington). She is very good at athletics, but hates mathematics. Among her extracurricular activities is cheerleading, but during baton twirling practice she sometimes gets distracted, which results in the baton hitting her in the head. She finds herself in love with Yukito, despite the fact that he is her older brother's best friend, but as the series unfolds, she finds out that this is because Yukito reminds her of her father. Her birthday is April 1. Sakura was originally going to be called "Nikki" in Cardcaptors, Nelvana kept her name as Sakura due to fan demand and the difficulty and expense of editing out numerous appearances of her name in rōmaji. In the English dub, stress is put on the "ku", while in Japanese the stress would be on the "sa".

Cerberus/Keroberos

(ケルベロス Keruberosu) (usually referred to as Kero-chan)

Cerberus is the Guardian of the Seal, sleeping when Sakura opens The Clow and releases all of the cards. When the family is not at home, Cerberus is often playing one of Sakura's video games. Although Cerberus does not need to eat, he has an affection for snacks and sweets. Due to the fact that The Clow had been in Osaka for a long time, Cerberus speaks in an Osaka accent. Cerberus appears in two different forms, the smaller of which is referred to as simply "Kero-chan". He is based on Cerberus, from Greek mythology. In the English anime Keroberos has a New York City accent. The older TOKYOPOP releases render his name as "Keroberos".

Tomoyo Daidouji/Madison Taylor

(大道寺 知世 Daidōji Tomoyo)

article: Tomoyo Daidouji

Tomoyo Daidouji is Sakura's best friend and distant cousin. One of Tomoyo's hobbies is filming Sakura and providing her with the various outfits that Sakura wears. She first finds out of Sakura's magical abilities when she captures Sakura on film and Kero-chan in her backpack. Because she often appears with a camera while accompanying Sakura with her quest to find the various Clow Cards, Tomoyo is sometimes referred to as the Videocaptor by fans. She is an excellent singer, and a few episodes showcase this talent (the Song and Voice card episodes, and the episode in which Song is transformed). She is also in love with Sakura, and she is pretty much in the same scenario as her mother, who was in love with Sakura's mother. She once told Sakura that she loved her, but Sakura misinterpreted her to mean a "friendship" kind of love. Tomoyo always takes pleasure in knowing Syaoran likes Sakura. She also has very sharp perception, as she was able to tell right from the start that Eriol meant no harm, due to the kindness he always had in his eyes when he looked at Sakura. Her birthday is September 3. In the English dub, Madison has a "Valley Girl" accent.

Puni Puni Poemy 's Futaba is often considered an over-the-top-parody of her.

Toya Kinomoto/Tori Avalon

(木之本 桃矢 Kinomoto Tōya)

article: Toya Kinomoto

Sakura's older brother. He holds the belief that as Sakura's older brother, he was the only person entitled to make fun of her, a belief that his best friend Yukito refers to as a "sister complex". However, he is also protective and caring of her, which led him to dislike Syaoran when they first meet. He is often working, and a running gag in the series involves Sakura and Yukito running into him while at work -- which can happen virtually anywhere. Toya was born with some magical ability, and used to be able to see ghosts (including that of his late mother). He gave up his magical abilities to keep Yukito from fading away -- he happens not only to be in love with him, but seems to actually have a relationship with him througout most of the series. He has a vague idea of what Sakura's been up to as the Cardcaptor, despite Sakura's attempts to keep it a secret. His birthday is February 29.

Fujitaka Kinomoto/Aiden Avalon

(木之本 藤隆 Kinomoto Fujitaka)

Sakura's father. Fujitaka is a college professor of archaeology at Towa University, who still finds time for both Toya and Sakura. One of the differences between the manga and the anime versions is that in the manga, he is explicitly stated as one of the two reincarnations of Clow Reed, creator of the Clow Cards, but holds no magical abilities himself, while in the anime, this connection was erased altogether, as he was shown as one of the people affected by Eriol's sleep spell. In the manga, being half of Clow's reincarnation, he was unaffected by his spell and even showed up after Sakura managed to transform Light and Dark cards and dispel Eriol's sleep spell. Towards the end of the manga, after he received half of Eriol's magical power, he is able to see the spirit of his deceased wife, Nadeshiko. His birthday is January 3.

Yukito Tsukishiro/Julian Star

(月城 雪兎 Tsukishiro Yukito)

article: Yukito Tsukishiro

Yukito is Toya's best friend, with similar athletic abilities to that of Toya. He moved to town at the start of his tenth year, where he quickly became Toya's best friend. He eats a lot in the later half of the series as Sakura's inability to support him magically manifested itself as an insatiable hunger. This inability almost lead to his complete dissapearance, which Toya saved him from by giving up his medium abilities. Sakura has an enormous crush on him, but he treats her more like a little sister because he's in love with Toya. His birthday is December 25.

Yue

(月 Yuè or Yue4, ユエ), also spelled Yueh

Yue is the alter-ego of Yukito. While Cerberus selects the Cardcaptor, it is Yue who tests them. However, with Sakura and Syaoran owning all the cards between them, Yue battles both of them, one at a time, with the condition that should both lose, a great disaster would befall all who were involved (which Sakura believes to be some kind of physical disaster). Yue is more serious and intimidating than Kero, and shared a special bond with Clow that makes it hard for him to accept Sakura as a "replacement" for his creator. Yue has jurisdiction over all things wind and water, the elements from which he draws his power. He may also call on the abilities of the cards under his protection.

Syaoran Li/Li Showron

article: Syaoran Li

(李 小狼 Lǐ Xiǎoláng or Li3 Xiao3lang2) (spelled Shaoran in the uncut anime, sounds similar to the name Lee Chaolan)

Syaoran is a student from Hong Kong who travels to Tomoeda in order to try to capture the Clow Cards. At first he tries to bully Sakura out of the cards in her possession, much to her brother's displeasure, but later goes on to work with Sakura. He has feelings for Yukito, but it is generally because of Yue's power of the moon. He has a certain dislike for other characters with magical abilities, most notably Mizuki and Cerberus, who, in its small form, he calls a "plush toy". In the manga, he lives alone, while in the anime, he lives with Wei, one of the family butlers. Later on, Li develops a crush on Sakura. In addition his mother, Yelan Li, is a relative of Clow Reed on his mother's side.

One of the major changes made in Cardcaptors was to push Li so that he becomes a male lead character, rather than a supporting character in the original. In the manga, he did not manage to seal a single card and thus played no role in the final judgement. In Cardcaptors, Li is referred to as a Cardcaptor, while he is not referred to as such in the original (as Cerberus never selected him). His birthday is July 13.

In the older TOKYOPOP releases, his name was rendered in Chinese order (Li Syaoran).

Meiling Li/Meilin Rae

article: Meiling Li

(李 苺鈴 Lǐ Méilíng or Li3 Mei2ling2)

Meiling is Syaoran's cousin and fiancée (something that isn't rare in most Asian countries), helping Syaoran capture the Clow Cards, much to Syaoran's displeasure. Although she has no magical abilities (a rarity for someone of her lineage), she believes that her physical talents would more than make up for it. Although initially jealous of Sakura, Meiling's feelings for Sakura changed later on. Meiling does not appear in the manga version. Her birthday is March 25.

Chiharu Mihara/Chelsea

article: Chiharu Mihara

(三原 千春 Mihara Chiharu)

Chiharu is a girl in Sakura's class, and Yamazaki's childhood friend (and girlfriend). She is in the cheerleading squad with Sakura. Her birthday is May 28. In Cardcaptors, Zachary is Chelsea's cousin. Chiharu is the girl that usually beats up Yamazaki because of his lies.

Takashi Yamazaki/Zachary

(山崎 貴史 Yamazaki Takashi)

Yamazaki is a boy in the same class as Sakura, and often tells stories that are obviously false, but somehow Sakura and Syaoran accept as truth, until another character, usually Chiharu, expose it as a lie. Yamazaki is also very athletic, with abilities near that of Sakura or Syaoran. His birthday is June 1. In Cardcaptors, Chelsea is Zachary's cousin.

Naoko Yanagisawa/Nikki

(柳沢 奈緒子 Yanagisawa Naoko)

Naoko is a classmate of Sakura, a member of a cheerleading club along with Chiharu and Sakura, and is into reading various types of stories. Among them are fantasy stories (which Sakura quickly gets hooked on) and ghost stories (which scare Sakura). Her birthday is October 11. Naoko is the one who finds the Create Card by mistake.

Rika Sasaki/Rita

(佐々木 利佳 Sasaki Rika)

Rika is another student in Sakura's class. Although she is one of the more mature students, she has a crush on her teacher, Yoshiyuki Terada. Rika, who is engaged to Terada in the manga, has this crush as he reminds her of her father, who is often away. In Cardcaptors, this relationship was edited to the point that it appeared that Rita was afraid of Terada. Her birthday is July 24.

Nadeshiko Kinomoto/Natasha Avalon

(木之本 撫子 Kinomoto Nadeshiko)

Nadeshiko Amamiya was a student of Fujitaka Kinomoto in his first year as a teacher, and also worked as a model while in school. She married Fujitaka when she was sixteen, much to the displeasure of her various relatives (especially her cousin Sonomi and grandfather Masaaki). (In Japan girls are allowed to marry at 16) She fell ill and died when Sakura was three, although Fujitaka has kept her memory alive by putting a picture of her in the Kinomoto household and changing the picture every day. Her ghost occasionally appears to check up on her two children, though only Toya can see her while Sakura can only sense her mother's presence. Her birthday was May 20.

Sonomi Daidouji/Samantha Taylor

(大道寺 園美 Daidōji Sonomi)

Sonomi Daidouji née Amamiya (her maiden name is King in the dub) is the cousin of Nadeshiko and mother of Tomoyo, and was once a student of Fujitaka. Sonomi runs a large toy corporation, and owns a large estate. She treats Sakura as if she was her own daughter despite the fact that she does not hold Fujitaka in the highest regard (because he stole Nadeshiko's heart). As she was very protective of her cousin, she never quite forgave Fujikata for a long time. Her birthday is October 13.

Kaho Mizuki/Layla Mackenzie

(観月 歌帆 Mizuki Kaho)

Kaho is a teacher, having instructed (and having had a relationship with) Toya when the Kinomoto family moved to Tomoeda. She later broke up with him to study abroad. Later in the first season she returns to Tomoeda and becomes Sakura's mathematics teacher. Kaho has strong magical abilities related to the moon's power, and is shrine maiden at the Tsukimine Shrine. She often tells Sakura about events that are about to unfold, and watches over Sakura as she captures Clow Cards. She was entrusted with a relic of Clow's, a mystical bell, which she used to help Sakura both in capturing the Maze card and in the Final Judgement with Yue. The bell provided the moon power necessary to transform the wand and a single use of Windy. This is why Sakura was able to use Windy against Yue in the final judgement, but later had to transform the cards before she could utilise them, as the wand no longer had any residual power left. Her birthday is February 11.

When Kaho broke up with Toya, she said that when she returned, both she and Toya would have found somebody else to care deeply for. She was referring to Eriol and Yukito/Yue although she never did outright said so.

Yoshiyuki Terada/Mr. Terada

Mr. Terada is Sakura's homeroom teacher. Rika Sasaki has a crush on him, and they are engaged in the manga.

Eriol Hiiragizawa/Eli Moon

(柊沢 エリオル Hiiragizawa Erioru) Article: Eriol Hiiragizawa

Eriol is a student from England, and is one of the two reincarnations of Clow Reed, with much of his magical powers. His birthday is March 23. Eriol is also the mastermind of various incidents in Tomoeda that forces Sakura to change the Clow Cards she collected into Sakura Cards. He is in many ways, more elegant and refined than others of his age (largely due to possessing some of Clow's memories), but also because he is actually much older than he appears. He stopped himself from aging so that he could get near Sakura as a student in the second part of the series, and has been waiting for the right moment ever since.

He had always intended for Sakura to become the new mistress of the Clow cards, as evident by his making the wand a cute pink colour, and the entrusting of the moon bell to Kaho to ensure that Sakura would prevail against Yue in the final judgement, knowing full well that with her kind nature, she could never bear to hurt Yue in the slightest bit.

It is also hinted that he has a romatic relationship with Kaho. This is verified at the end of the manga, but only hinted at in CCS: The 2nd Movie, in the short scene of him and Kaho together when he calls Sakura to warn her of the sealed card.

In the anime, his sole purpose was to help Sakura in transforming all the clow cards into sakura cards, but he is portrayed as somewhat more self-serving in the manga. In the manga, his true objective was to make Sakura a more powerful magician than him, thus getting her to split his magic equally between him and Sakura's father, who was the other half of Clow's reincarnation, something he was unable to accomplish himself. With this, he is finally rid of his ability to foresee the future.

Spinel Sun

(スピネル・サン Supineru Sun)

Spinel is one of Eriol's guardians, and is Cerberus' counterpart. Whereas Kero tends to be less mellow, Spinel is more calm and refined, and spends much of his time on-screen reading. Spinel gets "drunk" after eating snacks or sweets, and because of this, it has a certain distaste for it. Though maybe be because Nakuru likes to force him sugar and cookies most of the time. Like Cerberus, Spinel has a smaller and larger form, and Spinel is often called Soupy (Suppi-chan, known in the English cartoon as "Spinner") by Nakuru in its smaller form, a fact which annoys him to no end.

Ruby Moon

(ルビー・ムーン Rubī Mūn)

Ruby is one of Eriol's guardians, and is Yue's counterpart. Despite the fact that she is technically genderless, she prefers dressing in women's clothes as it looks cuter. She also enjoys antagonizing her counterpart, Yue, in both true and "false" forms. In Cardcaptors, both forms share the name of Ruby.

Nakuru Akizuki/Ruby Moon

(秋月 奈久留 Akizuki Nakuru)

Nakuru is Ruby Moon's alternate form, and is a classmate of Toya and Yukito at Seijyu High School. She seems to be attracted to Toya due to his magical power, to the point that he finds her annoying. In Cardcaptors, both forms share the name of Ruby. She always distracts and annoys Toya intentionally, whenever he is about to tell Yukito that he knows he is Yue.

Clow Reed

(クロウ・リード)

Clow Reed is the creator of the Clow Cards, a series of cards resembling tarot cards with various magical powers within them. In addition, he is the creator of Yue and Cerberus. In Cardcaptors, he is also a local figure, with the town of Reedington being named after him.

Clow Cards

article: Clow Cards

The Clow Cards were created by the wizard Clow Reed, using a combination of European- and Oriental-style magic. At that time, Clow Reed created an entirely new style of magic. To contain the incredible power of the Clow Cards, Clow Reed locked them into the Clow Book.

Title Names In Other Languages

• Chinese:
  • China: 百变小樱魔法卡
  • Hong Kong: 百變小櫻Magic咭
  • Taiwan: 庫洛魔法使
• English: Cardcaptors
• French: Sakura, la chasseuse de cartes
• Hebrew: סאקורה (sakura)
• Japanese: カードキャプターさくら (kādo kyaputā sakura) (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Korean: 카드캡터 사쿠라 (R.R.: kadeu kaepteo Sakura) (Mc.R.: k'atŭ k'aept'ŏ sakura) (Cardcaptor Sakura)
  • NOTE: TV series title is 카드캡터 체리 (R.R.: kadeu kaepteo cheri) (Mc.R.: k'atŭ k'aept'ŏ ch'eri) (Cardcaptor Cherry)
• Spanish: Sakura Card Captors (Latin America version)
  • Sakura, la Cazadora de Cartas (Spain version)
• Portuguese: Sakura, a Caçadora de Cartas
• Italian:
  • 1° Season: Pesca la tua carta Sakura (CCS)
  • 2° Season: Sakura, la partita non è finita (CCS)

Broadcasting

The original version was broadcasted in Japan on March 2000. It was rerun on April 10,2004 on NHK Educational TV. In other countries it was broadcasted in the Philippines and Singapore on ABS-CBN and then Animax-Asia on August 5 2004.

The original version's third series is due to air following the end of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle's first series and will lead up to the second series of Tsubasa.

The English version (Cardcaptors) was done in 2 versions. However, Nelvana dubbed all 70 episodes (certain episodes were obmitted from broadcast in the US, and then shown later in the UK). As a result, the US dub was oriented on the action packed episodes with Sakura and Li, while other English versions featured all the episodes in the same order as in CCS. The only major change in the English dub was the yuri and yaoi scenes, names of characters, and various other scenes. The UK version also had the first 2 seasons merged together to form one whole season. This meant the first season was based on the Clow cards and the second season on the transformation into Star cards.

CC started to air in America on June 17, 2000, but did not air on Kids WB! until December 14, 2001. It also aired on Cartoon Network USA in June of 2001 (only the first season was shown). In Canada it was broadcast on Teletoon in both English and French.

The other English episode layout was broadcasted to the rest of the English-speaking commonwealth and related countries. In the UK itself, it was broadcast on Nickelodeon and CITV in 2001. In Australia it was broadcast on Cartoon Network. In Ireland it was broadcast on RTÉ Network 2 (now RTÉ Two). In Indonesia it was broadcast on RCTI. In New Zealand it was broadcast on TV3’s Sticky TV and Cartoon Network. In India it is broadcast on Cartoon Network.

Ironically, The US episode layout of Cardcaptors was broadcast on GMTV2 in late July/early August 2005 with Sky's synopsis of the series using the Japanese name for Tomoyo. The series is now running an apprently random mix of the Clow and Star card arcs, however the first opening is always used regardless of series.

The Spanish/Portuguese version (Sakura Card Captors) was broadcast on Cartoon Network in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and the rest of Latin America. It was also broadcast in San Diego, USA on XEWT. There were no name changes in this version except for Sakura’s surname, which was Daniella (but only in the Portuguese version, the Spanish version remained the same as the original)

The French version (Sakura, la Chasseuse de Cartes) was broadcast on Fox Kids in 1999 and then on M6 in 2001, roughly around the same time as the UK broadcasts. Also, like the UK dub, the first two seasons were merged into one whole season. It was also aired in French speaking regions of Canada. There were name changes in this version.

CCS was also broadcast in the Netherlands on Yorin Station in September 2002 and in Italy as "Pesca la Tua Carta Sakura". It was broadcast in 2005 in Sweden with the original Japanese soundtrack and Swedish subtitles on Barnkanalen (the Children Channel).

Intros

The original Japanese version used 3 Intros. The US dub used 2 of its own as did the UK dub, however the UK dub only used the first intro through both seasons with the second season intro only shown once.

The French dub is even more complex. On Fox Kids, they used the same intros as the original, only with the songs in French. In the M6 version there were two new intros.

In New Zealand the First Japanese intro sequence (dubbed in English) with the American ending theme was shown on Sticky TV. While the Cartoon Network owners (in NZ) got it lucky and had the first Japanese intro (dubbed into English) and the first Japanese ending (dubbed into English) broadcasted for the first 2 seasons. While for the third season, they had the third Japanese intro (dubbed into English) and the third Japanese ending (dubbed into English) broadcasted.

Voice casts

Japanese version (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Character	Voice Actor (Seiyuu)
Sakura Kinomoto	Sakura Tange
Kero	Aya Hisakawa
Keroberos	Masaya Onosaka
Syaoran Li	Motoko Kumai
Tomoyo Daidouji	Junko Iwao
Toya Kinomoto	Tomokazu Seki
Yukito Tsukishiro/Yue	Megumi Ogata
Meiling Li	Yukana Nogami
Fujitaka Kinomoto	Hideyuki Tanaka
Eriol Hiiragizawa	Nozomu Sasaki
Nakuru Akizuki/Ruby Moon	Ryouka Yuzuki
Spinel Sun	Katsuyuki Konishi
Souppy	Yumi Touma
Kaho Mizuki	Emi Shinohara
Chiharu Mihara	Miwa Matsumoto
Naoko Yanagisawa	Emi Motoi
Takashi Yamazaki	Issei Miyazaki
Rika Sasaki	Tomoko Kawakami
Yoshiyuki Terada	Toru Furusawa
Sonomi Daidouji	Miki Ito
Wei Li	Motomu Kiyokawa
Clow Reed	Kazuo Hayashi
Nadeshiko Kinomoto	Yuko Minaguchi
Masaki Amamiya	Osamu Saka
Yelan Li (1st Movie)	Kikuko Inoue
The Sorceress (1st Movie)	Megumi Hayashibara
Maki Matsumoto	Kotono Mitsuishi
Mariko Midori	Kei Hayami

Mexico (Spanish) version (Sakura Card Captors)

Character	Voice Actor (Seiyuu)
Sakura Kinomoto	Cristina Hernandez
Kero	Yamil Atala
Syaoran Li	Uraz Huerta
Tomoyo Daidouji	Monica Villaseñor
Toya Kinomoto	Luis Daniel Ramirez
Yukito Tsukishirou/Yue	Enzo Fortuni
Meiling Li	Gabriela Willert
Fujitaka Kinomoto	Enrique Mederos
Kaho Mizuki	Dulce Guerrero
Takashi Yamazaki	Kalimba Marichal
Rika Sasaki	Circe Luna
Sonomi Daidouji	Monica Manjarrez

French version (Sakura, La Chasseuse de Cartes)

Character	Voice Actor (Seiyuu)
Sakura Gauthier	Patricia Legrand
Kero	Dolly Vanden
Kérobéros	Mathieu Rivolier
Lionel Li	Suzanne Sindberg
Tiffany (Tomoyo)	Léa Gabrièle
Thomas Gauthier (Toya)	Yann Pichon
Yué	Constantin Pappas
Stéphanie Li (Meiling Li)	Suzanne Sindberg
Dominique Gauthier (Fujitaka)	Phillipe Roulier
Anthoney (Eriol)	Frédérique Wojaik
Samantha (Nakuru/Ruby Moon)	unknown
Gothar (Suppii)	unknown
Melle Moreau (Kaho)	Suzanne Sindberg
Naoko	Suzanne Sindberg
Sonia (Rika Sasaki)	Suzanne Sindberg
Yoshiyuki Terada	Yann Pichon
Clow Reed	Patrick Pellegrin

English Dubs

External links

• Official Cardcaptors Website
• Card Captor Sakura Entry at the dmoz.org directory
• CLAMP Entry at the dmoz.org directory
• Information from Hitoshi Doi
• Card Captor Science Theater 3000 MSTings done by the characters from Cardcaptor Sakura
• Freckle's Cardcaptor Sakura Lyrics & Translations Contains romanized lyrics & translations for every vocal song
• SLG CCS Network fan site by Saffy
• Kawaii Sakura Shrine fan site by Ruka
• Cherry Blossom festival fansite by Hillary
• Michael's Cardcaptors fansite by Michael. Contains dub information amongst others
• Sakura's BME clinic fansite which contains transcripts for the original and both English dubs

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