Cardcaptor Sakura

About Cardcaptor Sakura

Sakura Kinomoto, an elementary school student who discovers that she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years. She is then tasked with retrieving those cards in order to avoid an unknown catastrophe from befalling the world.

Cardcaptor Sakura is an action-adventure, animation, and science fiction series that ran on NHK BS2 and NHK BS Premium. The series is filed under magical girl, love polygon, sympathetic, and drastic change of life.

Its 4 seasons and 92 episodes aired between April 1998 and June 2018. Seasons run to about 23 episodes.

Sakura Tange leads the cast as Sakura Kinomoto (voice), Junko Iwao as Tomoyo Daidouji (voice), Motoko Kumai as Syaoran Li (voice), and Aya Hisakawa as Kerberos (voice). It is adapted from a manga. It was produced by Kodansha, Madhouse, and NHK.

American members can watch it on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel. Kamisama Kiss, Fruits Basket, and Your Lie in April make useful companions to Cardcaptor Sakura, all filed under bishounen, coming of age, and based on manga. TMDB voters put it at 8.6 out of 10 across 820 votes and it carries a TV-PG rating.