Cardcaptor Sakura

is a wonderfully cute and adorable anime series, and that isn't just the appearance of the animation artwork. Yes, the character designs are adorable, but Cardcaptor Sakura is a show, more than anything else, about the everyday life of a fifth grade girl called Sakura Kinomoto. Much screen time is devoted to Sakura doing normal things that the rest of us do like eating breakfast, then packing lunches before school, even brushing her teeth. Normally these things go unnoticed in any TV show, but not here. CCS presents itself with a warm, homey kind of atmosphere and after watching a number of episodes you'll feel just like you're part of Sakura's family. Of course we cannot forget about the Clow Cards and Sakura's mission to capture them all. The whole magical realm that Sakura becomes drawn into seems to be very unreal and at odds with her school and home life. But wouldn't any normal person feel the same way? The situations that Sakura finds herself in are so wonderfully easy to identify with. Add to that the quirky romantic relationships that CLAMP is famous for, and you wind up with one of the best anime series ever made. It needs to be pointed out though that CCS was brought to America under the title Cardcaptors, and was significantly altered from its original form and content. While I'll refrain from making any critical comments about that here, I will assert that Cardcaptors and the original Cardcaptor Sakura must be treated as completely separate anime series.
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