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1999 · Japan

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 81 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

Sakura Kinomoto, a Card Captor, wins a game of chance and is awarded a trip to Hong Kong, along with her best friend Tomoyo and her rival, Syaoran Li. It turns out that the ancient rival of Clow Reed, the creator of the mysterious and powerful Clow Cards, summoned them, and she's out for revenge. A battle ensues, and secrets are revealed about Clow Reed's shady past and Sakura's connection to him.

dreams
magic
surrealism
based on manga
shoujo
anime
magical girl

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Tomokazu Seki — Touya Kinomoto (voice)
Megumi Ogata — Yukito Tsukishiro (voice)
Yukana — Meilin Li (voice)
Hideyuki Tanaka — Fujitaka Kinomoto (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara — Madoushi (voice)
Kazuo Hayashi — Clow Reed (voice)
Kikuko Inoue — Yelan Li (Shaoran's mother) (voice)
Chiyako Shibahara — Xuehua Li (Shaoran's sister) (voice)
Lica Wakusawa — Huanglian Li (Shaoran's sister) (voice)
Sachiko Sugawara — Feimei Li (Shaoran's sister) (voice)
Yuriko Yamaguchi — Fudie Li (Shaoran's sister) (voice)

Directed: Morio Asaka
Written: Nanase Okawa

Production

Rating: 7.7 / 10 · 169 ratings
Studio: Shelty, Bandai Visual, NHK Enterprises, NHK, Madhouse

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1999 · You’re here
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie
Where it starts.
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card
2000

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.