The
still running CCS anime series has been serialized in Japan since April 7th 1998. So far,
it's made up of two series. The first one, the "Clow Card series", covered the
first 2 seasons of serialization, going from ep. 1 to ep 46. The 47th episode (aired on
Sept 7, 1999) introduced the new storyline, the "Sakura Cards series", which
starts with the events taking place in vol. 7 of the manga.
Western editions:
*France :: After some re-rums of the first series, Fox Kids has finally bought the
second series as well (the 'Sakura Cards' one) The series is uncensored, but the
characters names have been changed into French ones (except for Sakura, Kerberos and
Yoshiyuki Terada). Also there's no opening song or ending, and Kero-chan ni Omakase has
been cutted to. [thx to Rinoa Heartilly
for the info]
*Italy :: Episodes 1-36 were broadcasted by Mediaset/Italia1 between September and
December 1999. It seems they're currently dubbing the second and third seasons of the
show. As a whole, the series was just slightly edited, with no major cuttings, though
Shaoran's crush for Yukito has been 'dismissed' -_- All of the cast kept their original
Japanese names, except for Kerberos (who's only referrred to as Kero-chan), Yukito (who
became Yuki) and Touya (for 'euphonical' reasons he's been re-named Toi). There's no trace
of the Japanese opening and ending themes, both audio and video, which have been replaced
by a (crappy) Italian song; nor the Kero-chan's Check at the end of each episode.
*Spain :: both the 1st and 2nd season of the CCS anime has been aired by
Canal 2 Andalucía, with the title of "Sakura, cazadora de cartas". According to
the info Jesus Ledo Garcia has kindly sent
(thanks!^^), the Spanish version must be pretty good: it's completely unedited, with no
changes in names and storyline, even the soundtrack wasn't modified at all, including the
three different opening and ending themes. Sadly, the signal to Canal 2 covers only the
South of the country.
*Germany :: The CCS anime series is said to be aired in Germany by the end of Y2K.
*US :: The tv series's been bought by Nelvana Entertainment and currently aired by
WB. The series was literally butchered. Names, setting,
music, dialogues, character psychologies and interactions, even the very order of
episodes... *everything* was changed. If you're in the US, got hooked by that
"Cardcaptors" thing and are reading this... well, let me tell you: that is NOT
Card Captor Sakura.
A Card Captor
Sakura movie played in Japanese movie theaters from August 21 to September 10, 1999. The
story is settled in Hong Kong, where Sakura, Tomoyo, Touya and Yukito are on a prize-trip.
You can see a detailed summary of the movie at Hitoshi doi's Card Captor Sakura .
A second movie came out
this summer, but gomen! I couldn't put together any info/synopsis yet. ^^;; |