Cardcaptor Sakura
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| カードキャプターさくら | |
| Kādokyaputā Sakura | |
| Genre: | Magical Girl, Romance |
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| Publisher: | Kōdansha |
| Demographic: | Shojo |
| Magazine: | Nakayoshi |
| Original run: | May 1996-June 2000 |
| Volumes: | 12 |
Cardcaptor Sakura (カードキャプターさくら, Kādokyaputā Sakura?), also known as Cardcaptors or just CCS is a shojo manga series written and illustrated by the mangaka team artists CLAMP. The story relates Sakura Kinomoto's quest to retrieve the Clow Cards after they had released from a book, in order to avoid a catastrophe in the world.
The manga started its publication on May 1996 by Kōdansha editorial. It was serialized by the Japanese monthly magazine Nakayoshi until June 2000. It consists of 12 volumes and 50 chapters. Tokyopop published the series in English, with the second half of the series having the subtitle "Masters of the Clow."
Later on, the manga's story was adapted to anime, which was produced by Madhouse. It was aired in Japan from April 7th, 1998 until March 21, 2000 and broadcasted by TV network NHK. It consisted of 2 seasons, which include 70 episodes. Two movies were produced, many videogames and complementary books, and many other merchandise. The anime in the dubbed version was licensed by the now defunct Geneon.
Both the anime and manga series have reached a great success inside and out of Japan. In 2000, Cardcaptor Sakura received the Anime Grand Prix on the category "Best Anime", while on 2001 it received the Seiun prize on the category "Best Manga". On a TV ranking poll by TV Asashi of the "100 Best Animes of 2005", the series ranked #69, while ranking #44 on 2006.
