Wholesomeness oozes from this series about an eight-year-old conferred with a daunting responsibility. A must see for the shoujo enthusiast.

Simplistic beauty, this storyline follows Sakura's recapture of each card she originally lost.

Plenty of character development potential looms, what with her increasing confidence with her role as Card Captor while also dealing with a youthful crush. But so far the promise hasn't come to fruition. Although Sakura is a lovable character, she hasn't shown much growth so far.

The high point of this work, Kumiko Takashi's art is spellbinding.

A reasonable job, the translation is fairly accurate but dated.

A stellar voice cast (see X-Factors).

Sakura and Tomoyo are in fourth grade, yet they can wander around in the middle of the night any time they want. Everyone should have parents as liberal and a neighborhood as safe as these guys have.

Everywhere Sakura goes, her female fan club seems to be there, standing to one side and talking about how great she is. When will they start asking her for autographs?

There are some veteran voice actors on this series and the high caliber of talent shows - the voicing for Card Captor Sakura is excellent. Sakura's sweet, childish voice is done by Tange Sakura, (strange coincidence of names…or is it?) who's also voiced Saori of "Dirty Pair Flash," Ririka of "Burn-Up Excess" and she debuted as Sakuma Suzu on "Marmalade Boy." The brash Kerberos is voiced by Hisakawa Aya, who's also voiced Suzuki Arimi on "Marmalade Boy," Skuld in "Ah! Megamisama" (otherwise known as "Oh! My Goddess") and as Sailor Mercury on "Sailor Moon." Iwao Junko, who did the voice of Key in "Key the Metal Idol," is the voice of Tomoyo. And Ogata Megumi, Shinji from "Neon Genesis Evangelion," does the voice of the gentle Yukito. It's hard to go wrong with a crew like this one.

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