On Monday, 18th May, Netflix made an announcement on its Twitter account that from 1st June, it will stream the English dubbed version of the anime Cardcaptor Sakura in the United States and Canada.
Netflix chose to stream the Animax dubbed version, which was an excellent choice. There are totally 3 English dubbed versions of the anime.
Dust off your wands and return to Clamp’s legendary world of a magical girl and her card-capturing quest! Cardcaptor Sakura series Clow Card and Sakura Card arrive on Netflix in the US and Canada June 1st. pic.twitter.com/TSIcOxA5Kb
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) May 18, 2020
First is the Nelvana version, done in collaboration with Ocean studios, which significantly changes the story and omits out same-sex relationships among characters.
Next is the Funimation dub, which is better than the Nelvana version and causes fewer changes to the story. Still, these changes are enough to set off fans who have watched the original version.
The Animax Asia dub is the closest to the original version, with very few minor tweaks. It is the best watch among the three. For those who don’t have Netflix, there is nothing to worry about as it is still streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.
The manga was adapted into an anime by Madhouse Inc. and aired from April 1998 to March 2000 on the NHK BS2 channel.
An anime film, Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie, debuted in 1999 in Japan. It was followed by another film, Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card in 2000.
There is also a sequel to the series written and illustrated again by CLAMP named Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card, which was serialized in 2016 in Nakayoshi magazine.
It was also adapted into an anime, and it aired from January till June 2018. This series was streamed by Crunchyroll and Funimation.
We hope Netflix will stream the rest of the Cardcaptor Sakura franchise in the near future as well.
About Cardcaptor Sakura
Cardcaptor Sakura is a Japanese Shojo manga series. It was penned and illustrated by a manga group CLAMP. It was originally serialized in Kodansha’s Nakayoshi magazine from 1996 to 2000. The main story revolves around an elementary school student, Sakura Kinimoto. She discovers she has magical powers after she accidentally released a magical set of cards all over the world.
Each card grants the user a unique set of magical power. Still, they can only be gained by someone who has inherent magical abilities.
Sakura must retrieve all the cards and prevent a catastrophe from taking place.
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