Cardcaptor Sakura

Cardcaptor Sakura
Original Title	カードキャプターさくら (Kādokyaputā Sakura)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio 1	Ocean Productions
Dubbing Studio 2	Omni Productions
Voice Director 1	Amiel Gladstone
Voice Director 2	Karl Willems
Translation & Adaptation	Meredith Woodward
Recorded	2000
Dub Country 1	Canada
Dub Country 2	Hong Kong
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	70
Year	1998-2000

Cardcaptor Sakura (カードキャプターさくら Kādokyaputā Sakura), also known as Cardcaptors, is an anime series created by CLAMP, which is based on the manga published in 1996.

Synopsis Sakura Kinomoto was an ordinary 4th grader until the day she opened a strange book and let dozens of powerful magic cards loose on the world. Keroberos, the Guardian of the Clow Cards, informs Sakura that it is now her responsibility to find and capture the freed cards. However, much to the reluctant Sakura's dismay, things aren't going to be easy for her; simply saying magic words and waving her wand around isn't good enough. Each card is a living, thinking, extremely powerful being. She'll have to learn to cope with her new responsibilities, as well as ordinary troubles involving love, school, family, and friends. With the support of her friend Tomoyo and a young boy with powers of his own, she must learn how to use her newly awakened magical abilities to collect each card and prevent the disaster that will befall the world if she doesn't.

Dubbing History

Nelvana licensed Cardcaptor Sakura in North America, dubbed the series into English with Ocean Productions. This version was heavily edited from the original Japanese version. The initial version of the dub covered all 70 episodes, although character names were changed, some Japanese text was changed to English, and controversial subjects such as same-sex relationships were edited out. The musical score was completely replaced with new music and some of the sound effects were replaced when they could not be separated into separate tracks, although the original opening and ending themes were dubbed into English. This version aired in Australia on Network Ten and Cartoon Network, in Ireland on RTÉ2, in the UK on CiTV and Nickelodeon, and in Canada on Teletoon.

Cardcaptors first aired in the United States on Kids' WB between June 17, 2000 and December 14, 2001. The version that aired on Kids' WB was an alternate version of the Nelvana dub that was heavily edited even further with episodes re-ordered and some left out completely. The editing to the original Nelvana dub was done to refocus the series to be more action oriented for the appeal of male viewers, as they were seen as the largest audience of animation at the time. The first episode aired in Kids' WB's version was "Sakura's Rival", the eighth episode of the series, having removed episodes focusing on Sakura and to have the show start with Syaoran's arrival. This version ran for 39 episodes, changing the original episode order but finishing with the show's actual final episode. Rather than using the English versions of the original opening and ending themes like in Australia, the North American runs of the series used a new opening theme produced for the dub.

Pioneer Entertainment released the dubbed episodes to nine VHS and DVD compilation volumes from November 2000 to July 2002. They also released the unedited series with the original Japanese audio tracks and English subtitles, to 18 DVDs from November 2000 to November 2003.

An alternative English dub of the series was produced in Hong Kong by Animax Asia for airing in Southeast Asia. This dub was uncut and featured the original character names and music. It is unknown when exactly this dub was recorded, though likely sometime between 2004-2008. On August 5, 2014, NIS America released the entire anime on DVD and Blu-Ray with this dub; making this the first (and so far, only) dub produced for Animax Asia to see an official American release.

Cast

Image	Character	Dub Name (Nelvana)	Seiyū	Dub Actor
				Nelvana Dub	Animax Dub
Main Characters
	Sakura Kinomoto	Sakura Avalon	Sakura Tange	Carly McKillip	Andrea Kwan
	Shaoran Li	Li Showron	Motoko Kumai	Rhys Huber (first voice)	Candice Moore
				Jordan Kilik (second voice)
	Kerberos "Kero"		Aya Hisakawa	Matt Hill	Sarah Hauser
			Masaya Onosaka	Richard Newman	Darren Pleavin
	Tomoyo Daidōji	Madison Taylor	Junko Iwao	Maggie Blue O'Hara	Sarah Hauser (first voice)
					Claudia Thompson (second voice)
	Tōya Kinomoto	Tori Avalon	Tomokazu Seki	Tony Sampson	Darren Pleavin
	Yukito Tsukishiro / Yue	Julian Star / Yue	Megumi Ogata	Samuel Vincent	Candice Moore
	Meilin Li	Meilin Rae	Yukana Nogami	Nicole Oliver	Sarah Hauser
	Eriol Hiragizawa	Eli Moon	Nozomu Sasaki	Bill Switzer	Claudia Thompson
	Spi / Spinel Sun	Spinny / Spinner Sun	Yumi Tōma	Colin Murdock	Andrea Kwan
			Katsuyuki Konishi		Darren Pleavin
	Nakuru Akizuki / Ruby Moon		Ryōka Yuzuki	Willow Johnson	Sarah Hauser
					Candice Moore
Secondary Characters
	Kaho Mizuki	Layla MacKenzie	Emi Shinohara	Linda Rae	Candice Moore
				¿? (young; ep. 11)	Sarah Hauser (young; ep. 11)
	Naoko Yanagizawa	Nikki	Emi Motoi	Kelly Sheridan	Candice Moore
					Andrea Kwan (ep. 29, Most scenes)
	Rika Sasaki	Rita	Tomoko Kawakami	¿?	Sarah Hauser (eps. 1-46)
					Claudia Thompson (eps. 47-70)
	Chiharu Mihara	Chelsea	Miwa Matsumoto	Jocelyne Loewen	Candice Moore (ep. 2)
					Sarah Hauser (eps. 3-70)
	Takashi Yamazaki	Zachary	Issei Miyazaki	Andrew Francis	¿?
	Fujitaka Kinomoto	Aiden Avalon	Hideyuki Tanaka	Brian Drummond	Scott Evans
	Yoshiyuki Terada		Tōru Furusawa (eps. 1-35)		Darren Pleavin (first voice)
			Katsuyuki Konishi (eps. 36-70)		Scott Evans (second voice)
	Sonomi Daidōji	Samantha Taylor	Miki Itō	Venus Terzo	Claudia Thompson (eps. 10-54)
					Candice Moore (season 3)
	Wei Wang		Motomu Kiyokawa	Ron Halder	Darren Pleavin
	Nadeshiko Kinomoto	Natasha Avalon	Yūko Minaguchi	Janyse Jaud	Sarah Hauser (ep. 11)
					Candice Moore (second voice)
	Maki Matsumoto	Maggie	Kotono Mitsuishi	Nicole Oliver	Candice Moore
	Yukie Kimura	Mrs. Moore	Tomo Saeki	¿?	Sarah Hauser
	Makiko Midori		Kei Hayami	Nicole Oliver
	Masaki Amamiya	Masaki Avalon	Osamu Saka	¿?	Rik Thomas
	Shōko Tsujitani		Michiko Neya	Lisa Ann Beley	Candice Moore
	Clow Reed		Kazuo Hayashi	Dale Wilson	Darren Pleavin

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Dub Name	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Dub Actor	Episode
First Season
	Penguin Trainer		¿?	Ellen Kennedy	Candice Moore	3
	Yuuki Tachibana	Alex Mills	Taeko Kawata	Chantal Strand		7
	Museum Guard		¿?	Brian Drummond	Rik Thomas
	Servant		¿?	Nicole Oliver	Candice Moore	11
	Yoko Nakagawa	Vicky	Kyōko Hikami	Saffron Henderson	Candice Moore	14
	Yoko's Friends	Vicky's Friends	¿?	Willow Johnson	Sarah Hauser
			¿?	¿?
	Evil Stepmother		¿?	Brad Swaile	¿?
	Basketball Player		Kishō Taniyama		Darren Pleavin
	Akane	Anika	Kae Araki	Chantal Strand	Andrea Kwan	15
	Keiko Kurokawa		Hinako Kanamaru	¿?	Candice Moore	22
	Katsuya Abe		Naoki Imamura	¿?	Scott Evans
	Kouichi Kouno		Takahiro Sakurai	¿?	Darren Pleavin
	Rei Tachibana	Jessie	Yuka Imai	¿?	Candice Moore	30
	Light Card		Rei Sakuma	Lisa Ann Beley	Candice Moore	42
	Dark Card				Sarah Hauser

Additional Voices

Nelvana Dub Michael Coleman Nicole Oliver Samuel Vincent

Animax Dub Sarah Hauser Andrea Kwan Candice Moore Darren Pleavin

Notes

• The Animax dub leave all the singing and some scenes (Most notably Episode 27 when Sakura and Shaoran are talking on a tree) undubbed

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2000-2002	Teletoon	Canada
2000-2001	The WB! (Kids' WB!)	United States
2001	Cartoon Network (Toonami)
	Network Ten	Australia
	Cartoon Network
	CiTV	United Kingdom
	Nickelodeon
2001-2002	Cartoon Network	India

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Dub	Region	Country
Pioneer Entertainment	2000-2002		Episodes 1-27	Nelvana	NTSC	United States
			9 Volumes
Phase 4 Films	2001		24 Episodes			Canada
			8 Volumes
Pioneer Entertainment	2001-2002		Episodes 1-27		1 NTSC	United States
			9 Volumes
Phase 4 Films	2001		24 Episodes			Canada
			8 Volumes
NIS America	2014		The Complete Series	Animax		United States
			3 Volumes
			The Complete Series		A DVB-T
			9 Discs

See Also

• List of Cardcaptor Sakura Films & Specials
• Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
• Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Prologue: Sakura & the Two Bears
• Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE

External Links

• Cardcaptor Sakura at the Internet Movie Database
• Cardcaptor Sakura (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia