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Cardcaptor Sakura  
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Description
Sakura Kinomoto was just an average 4th Grader - loved P.E., hated math - until one day, while looking through her father's library, Sakura found the Clow, an enchanted book designed to hold a set of magical Clow Cards. But when Sakura opened the book, it was empty. Talk about disasters!! Cerberus, the Creature of the Seal, emerged from the cover of the book and told Sakura the cards must be returned to the book. "If the cards aren't in the book, they come to life and do evil!" Kero formed a contract with Sakura making her a Cardcaptor and together with Sakura's best friend, Tomoyo, they embark on a mystical journey to capture all the Clow Cards before the Cards can wreak chaos and destruction.


Won the Seiun Award in 2001

Type
Manga

Related Series
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (Alternate Story)
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Associated Names
カードキャプターさくら
库洛魔法使
魔卡少女樱
카드캡터 사쿠라
Card Captor Sakura
CCS

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The High Stories Of The Moon
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Latest Release(s)
c.CD Comic Oneshot by Fail Manga (1477d ago)
v.1 c.1 by The High Stories Of The Moon (1873d ago)
c.Artbook 1-2 by Be With You Scans (2387d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
12 Volumes (Complete)
12 Volumes (Shinsouban)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 12

User Reviews
N/A

Forum
2 topics, 5 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.5 / 10.0 (822 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.44 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 8th 2013, 7:40am PST

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Genre
Action  Comedy  Drama  Fantasy  Romance  School Life  Shoujo  Supernatural 
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Author(s)
CLAMP
OHKAWA Ageha

Artist(s)
APAPA Mokona
CLAMP

Year
1996

Original Publisher
Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)
Nakayoshi (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Dark Horse (4 Omnibus Volumes - Complete)
TOKYOPOP (12 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #801 increased(+255)
Monthly Pos #990 decreased(-464)
3 Month Pos #784 decreased(-153)
6 Month Pos #650 increased(+3)

List Stats
On 380 reading lists
On 465 wish lists
On 2517 completed lists
On 72 unfinished lists
On 273 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Chapter 51 and CD Comic Oneshot 897 days, 5 hours, 1 minutes ago
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 The manga is not for minors.   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by jurippe
November 26th, 2012, 6:37am
These series belongs with the Girl power genre like, Sailor Moon, Wedding Peach & Pre-tear. Like Sailor Moon this manga deals with some mature themes that may not be appropriate for minor readers ages 7-12. So for minors I suggest you stick with the anime adaptation since it reduces some maturity from the manga then after 3-5 years you may read the manga. Anyway the series is a good read. The plot was good. Every character as well as the cards have a purpose. Sakura is a cute heroine & very mature for age plus she have many costume changes than the usual super hero.

... Last updated on November 26th, 2012, 6:42am
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 A great manga comes with a great anime.   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Aika
August 25th, 2012, 12:23pm
Cardcaptor Sakura is indeed. A great manga comes with such an excellent anime. But since most people from this community are already aware of it's manga. I'll take my review on the anime of Cardcaptor Sakura. The anime isn't really all shoujo-ish for only 9-12 years old kids to enjoy but it is a good watch for all ages (despite it's cute animation style). The anime tells further meaning in each episodes, whenever I watch this anime over again it'll leave me with such a pleasant and warm feelings.

Season 1 :
Introduction season, in this season the whole plot mainly focus on Sakura on how she'll manage to catch the Clow cards. Many supporter characters were introduced in this season.

Season 2 :
At the very end of season 1, new supporter character (which first are thought as an antagonist character) Kaho Mizuki appear to support Sakura from the back before the "Last Judgment" by Yue (Moon guardian keeper).
Throughout this season, the series has gotten more dark.

Season 3 :
In the last season the series is now more dark and serious, the first antagonist character in the series were introduced. "Eriol" appear to attack Sakura from the behind in every episodes during this season. At the end, Eriol isn't really an antagonist. At the very end of the anime he has somehow changed to "Supporter characters" group from being an antagonist character.

The anime never have an antagonist character/s actually. But it got many valuable moral values.
I never really appreciate anime this much. I've watch many manga to anime adaptation series but none of them are excellent as Cardcaptor Sakura. If you were to watch this anime NEVER watch the dubs, the original Japanese audio would totally do. In this rare case, I will also leave my 10/10 rate for this series.
I highly recommend this anime for all those serious anime lovers.
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 wow   
Rating: N/A
by shouichi
April 25th, 2012, 3:47am
the most complete genre so far : Het, Shonen ai, shoujo ai, shota-con, Lolita. I read it because of shonen ai (not that much, though), but I enjoy the story. so much shoujo-ish (Shoujo hero), but it's still fun to read
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 :3 The Best Childhood Memories X3   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by bibisuki
April 21st, 2012, 7:54pm
I read the manga last year (2011) but even after I grew up, I didn't get bored at all while reading it. This anime plus Pokemon, Inuyasha, Shin Chan and Ranma are my best childhood memory.
The manga got a really interesting story, a great development of it, great characters, and such a cute art. It truly deserves the award it won.
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 THE BEST!!! ♥ \(´▽`)/ ♥   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by fisukisuki
March 30th, 2012, 5:59am
This is first time i can read CCS from the start 'till end and now... I really really can say I LOVE IT!!! I LOVE CLAMP!!! I LOVE CCS SO MUCH!!! smile ♥ ♥ ♥ This is the BEST Shoujo mang EVER!!! And have a Multiple Couple that is Unique and Cute!!! So different from other and really sweet!!!
I would love to recommended this manga to someone who never read this manga! ♥
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 Classic   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by cherrykookie
June 26th, 2011, 3:20am
Beautiful art and story, as expected from Clamp.
Although this is supposively targeted at a younger audience, it does have various mature themes that raise an eyebrow. Honestly, when i first read/watched this when i was in elementary school i didn't pick up on any of those themes-- haha. Naiveness.
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 Cute   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Okumatte
June 8th, 2011, 11:22am
Interesting storyline, pretty good art, cute characters, and really cute fluff. It's a great manga that's suitable for all ages. I understand that some things are controversial in this series, but that's one thing that make it interesting. I recommend this to anyone who loves cute manga series. ^_^

... Last updated on December 18th, 2012, 6:52pm
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 Classic Classic Classic   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by shakiya
May 18th, 2011, 1:30am
THE anime/manga that introduced me to the anime/manga world!! I dont care what people say about sailor moon or DBZ kicking starting anime for American girls and boys, CCS is epitome of the anime/manga industry...Do i sound bias? Yep but without CCS leaving me such a great impression to anime/manga i doubt i would have ventured thus far into this industry. Plus kudos for CLAMP to be unafraid of adding subtle hints of shonenai and shojoai (I dont understand why ppl exclaim that there MUST be warnings for them -_- )as well as plausible love triangle and good love development transition. 10 out of 10! What else would it be?

... Last updated on May 18th, 2011, 1:33am
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 Loved it!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by SilverSlippers77
April 18th, 2011, 8:15pm
I really love this series. Its very cute and charming. I'd recommended it to anyone who wants some thing cute and fun to read that doesn't ever get dark or depressing. It has a good ending and likable characters. No one is really evil and everyone is relatively nice to each other.
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 aimed at kids, but has some child-inappropriate material   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by lynira
February 27th, 2011, 7:20pm
This manga is very much aimed at little girls, with a generally kiddy feel, the magical girl theme, and with cute romance being pretty important. But there are many homosexual crushes and also a pedophilic (9-year old girl with an adult teacher) relationship featured and treated as if they were perfectly acceptable, which is not appropriate, especially for children. Kids aren't ready to deal with such sexual matters, so this manga really isn't suitable for children.

That major issue aside, this is a pretty fun and charming magical girl manga. That's why it's really a shame that Clamp included material that's not appropriate for children. I would prefer a little more action
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(for example, Sakura has fights with card spirits, but these are handled in a pretty fluffy way--they are kept simple and short, and she usually defeats them with magic in a way that nobody gets remotely hurt)
but the way things are kept fluffy and how no one gets hurt helps keep things more aimed at girls and kid-friendly. It also keeps the "charming and cute" mood for the series. The plot was pretty interesting as well, not as simple as you might think when reading the first few chapters.

As for romance, it does get important in the series, and I'm not very much into romance, but it's kept pretty charming and doesn't get mushy or melodramatic, so I think it appeals to both people who love romance and to those like me.

The major criticism I have is the art. I thought from looking at the cover that the art would be really good, like Clamp's recent stuff. But looking inside, I found that this is from Clamp's not-so-great-art phase, where they would draw the adults way too tall, the men with huge shoulders but tiny waists, their faces too narrow, their arms and legs really long and skinny, and things like that. Some of it is unbearably ugly (men's faces in particular). Only the adults are drawn badly, though--the kids look just fine (except for the girls' eyes, which are drawn in that ugly gaping style, where the top eyelash is even higher that the top of the pupil & iris. It's just a mild case of this style, though--I've seen much worse). Art is very important to me, so I have a big problem with this. It would be great if this manga were redrawn with Clamp's current style (Chobits, Tsubasa), which has improved into something very beautiful.

... Last updated on May 6th, 2013, 5:25pm
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