Cardcaptors is the title of the English adaptation produced by Nelvana of the Japanese anime series Cardcaptor Sakura. It first aired in 2000. The series has aired in the United States as well as the United Kingdom and Australia. ^[1] Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company, founded in 1971, that is well-known for its work in childrens animation, among many things. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... Serialized in Nakayoshi Original run 1996 – 2000 No. ...

Plot synopsis

After a young girl (Sakura Avalon) accidentally releases a series of magical cards encased within an ancient book, she finds her life flipped, turned upside down as she attempts to recapture all of the cards before they can destroy the world.

Whether sometimes rivals or allies, Sakura and her rival Li aim to recapture all the Clow Cards before they wreak havoc upon the world.

Characters

Note: Links currently redirect to articles about the characters' Japanese counterparts. Specific information regarding the Cardcaptors characterization is slowly being added.

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Plot Differences

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Changes

Though Nelvana adapted all 70 episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura, about half were omitted from broadcast in the United States. In addition, practically all romantic subtext was erased from the show, and episodes were edited either for unusual content or time reasons. from http://www. ...

Cardcaptors aired in the United States in June 2000, on Kids' WB during its Saturday morning block and ran for 39 episodes before it was pulled. Cartoon Network also carried the series during the afternoon Toonami block beginning on June 4, 2001, but aired the first season only once before dropping the show from the lineup. The English version in the US started on Episode 8, and skipped around in the series line up in order to ensure there would be a male character to keep the appeal strong for male audiences (See below). Kids WB is the Saturday morning cartoon block of The CW Television Networks weekend programming. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... For Toonami, the television channel in the United Kingdom, see Toonami (UK). ...

In other English-speaking countries (i.e. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom), Cardcaptors ran in a more complete form, with all 70 episodes being shown in its original order, though still in an edited form because of culture and political differences, in some cases keeping the English opening and closing themes in favor of dubbed versions of the original themes (however, Australia and India received the original titles in their distributions, with dubbed versions of at least 4 of the 6 title/credit songs). They started the show in January 2000 cutting off in Canada at about July 2000. The DVD release of Cardcaptors was cancelled after the ninth volume (the beginning of the second arc), but Pioneer has released an uncut, subtitled version of the show on DVD that ran all 70 episodes on 18 discs. In printed material In printed material, a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title. ...

The two movies have also been dubbed into English, and currently both the Cardcaptor Sakura version and the Cardcaptors version of the first movie can be found on the same DVD. The only major difference between the two versions is the dialogue. The second movie is more faithful to the original, as Bang Zoom Entertainment was responsible for dubbing and did not adhere to any censorship standards (the fact that the second movie was not meant to be a TV release could be a factor ^{[citation needed]}). All of the original names and much of the original dialogue were retained, and an entirely different voice cast than that of the Cardcaptors dub by the Ocean Group was hired. Ocean Group is an organization located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that purchases anime for English dubbing. ...

Fan Response

With all the changes done to the show, CardCaptors was not exactly smiled apon by fans of the origional. After the first few episodes began to air, one by one "Anti-CardCaptors" websites would pop up on the internet. These sites were basically dedicated to poking fun at the dub. In some cases (For instance, Cardcaptors-Uncensored.) Sites would be so dedicated and upset as to post the exact times the cuts were made in the show, how the dialogue was changed, and where somthing was where it shouldn't be., But after the show was pulled in 2000, The sites began to vanish. However, in June 2001, when Cartoon Network began airing the series during it's Toonami block, The sites one-by-one began to surface again. But after Cartoon Network dropped the show from it's line-up, most of the websites, again, vanished. There are, however, still a few websites dedicated to showing their love for CardCaptor Sakura, and their distaste for CardCaptors (For instance, CC VS CCS.)

The dub was also the subject of many "comedy" cosplay skits. In one case, A skit titled "Few Clow Cards Short of a Deck", which was performed at Fanime 2001 convention during the "Anything Goes" period, the CardCaptor Sakura cosplayers all went into what appeared to be intense migraines, and began to drop to the ground. This was because the "CardCaptors" opening theme song began to play, And the audience wooped in response.

All though most fans of the origional refused to tolerate CardCaptors, there were a very small few who had seen the origional that enjoyed the dub. These people were often "shunned" apon by the Anti CardCaptors' sites and die-hard fans. Even in present day it will most likely highly deeply annoy a CardCaptor Sakura fan to hear a CardCaptors fan talk about the show. There were also alot of children who had seen the dub but not the origional., These people were the target of many angered E-mails by fans of the origional. Alot of fans who used to watch the dub later discovered the origional and switched their opinion entirely. The basic opinion of the entire CardCaptor Sakura fanbase had this to say on the dub, "Unforgivable."

Merchandising

In addition to its negative reviews, Cardcaptors merchandise was not widely received as certain parents were concerned that, as the Clow Cards vaguely resembled tarot cards, the series could be seen as promoting witchcraft or the occult. The concern was so great that, when Cardcaptors toys were released at Taco Bell during a promotion in 2002, two of the four (Sakura's "tarot-like" Clow Book, and Li's Lasin Board) toys were pulled within a week of release due to articles published by Christian groups. ^{[citation needed]} There is also the SWORD Card, which is a suit in tarot cards (i.e. the ace of swords, the king of swords, etc.). Clow Books were also available in stores such as Blockbuster as well as Sakura Dolls. Tarot (Tar-oh) is a system of symbolical images. ... “Witch” redirects here. ... Taco Bell Corp. ... Blockbuster Inc. ...

Episodes

The last Cardcaptors episode to air on Kids' WB was "Revelations Part 2" on December 28, 2001. The series was never officially cancelled, but was never mentioned again. (Note: There was a special running after the general cancellation that showed up to Episode 70 a few weeks later. This was during the weekday showing time) Kids WB is the Saturday morning cartoon block of The CW Television Networks weekend programming. ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

A more complete version appeared on Canadian network Teletoon. The last time it aired was during Summer 2003, ending its run with "Revelations, Part 2", the last episode of the 2nd season. For the French-Canadian version of this television channel, see Télétoon (Canada). ...

Season 1

• The 2nd season, which occurs after the events of the 1st movie, was amalgamated as part of the 1st season in the North American release. The events of the 3rd season are referred to as the 2nd season.

Season 2

References

1. ^ Poitras, Gilles (2001). Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know. Stone Bridge Press, 27. ISBN 1-880656-53-1. 

Official sites

• (Japanese) Official Cardcaptor Sakura Website (NHK)