Cardcaptor Sakura

What is Cardcaptor Sakura about?

Cardcaptor Sakura is a TV anime series of 70 episodes animated by MADHOUSE, adapted from a manga. It aired from April 7, 1998 to March 21, 2000. AniList classifies it as comedy, drama, fantasy and mahou shoujo.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Magic, Shoujo, Female Protagonist, Urban Fantasy, Coming of Age, Primarily Child Cast, Episodic, Family Life, School, Henshin.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Sakura Kinomoto 木之本さくら

  Main character

  Sakura is an extremely energetic and cheerful character. She is very athletic, being a member of her school's cheerleading squad and an excellent runner. She loves Physical Education and Music, but she really dislikes Math.

  Japanese voice: Sakura Tange

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  Cerberus ケルベロス

  Main character

  Cerberus, nicknamed "Kero", is the appointed guardian of the book which holds the Clow Cards. He is one of two magical creatures created by Clow Reed along with the Clow Cards.

  Japanese voice: Aya Hisakawa

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  Xiaolang Li 李小狼

  Main character

  Syaoran is a distant relative of Clow Reed, the creator of the Clow Cards. As a member of the Li clan of sorcerers from Hong Kong, of which Clow's mother was a member, Syaoran believes that he should be the one to inherit the Clow Cards rather than Sakura Kinomoto.

  Japanese voice: Motoko Kumai

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  Tomoyo Daidouji 大道寺知世

  Main character

  Tomoyo is the best friend of the series heroine, Sakura Kinomoto. When she discovers that Sakura has become the Cardcaptor, she becomes Sakura's primary assistant by designing "battle costumes" and filming all of her magical (and non-magical) endeavours.

  Japanese voice: Junko Iwao

Supporting characters

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  Yukito Tsukishiro 月城雪兎

  Supporting character

  From the moment Yukito is introduced, it is clear that Sakura has an enormous crush on him. She continually marvels that he can be friends with her "barbaric brother."

  Japanese voice: Megumi Ogata

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  Eriol Hiiragizawa 柊沢エリオル

  Supporting character

  Eriol Hiiragizawa moved from England to transfer to Tomoeda Elementary school. He is depicted as a quiet, mature boy while at school, though he also shows a mischievous side when he regularly joins classmate Takashi Yamazaki in weaving complex lies about the history of objects, places, and events.

  Japanese voice: Nozomu Sasaki

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  Clow Reed クロウ・リード

  Supporting character

  Clow Reed is the magician who originally created the Clow Cards, and their magical guardians Cerberus and Yue. Born of an English father and a Chinese mother, Clow created a new type of magic that blended both Eastern and Western magical elements.

  Japanese voice: Kazuo Hayashi

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  Yue 月

  Supporting character

  Yue is one of two guardians of Clow Cards and judges candidates to become the next master of Clow Cards. Yue's appearance is that of a young man with long, silver braided hair and violet cat-like eyes (blue in the anime). He has a pair of angelic wings that he can use to fly.

  Japanese voice: Megumi Ogata

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  Fujitaka Kinomoto 木之本藤隆

  Supporting character

  Fujitaka Kinomoto is a professor of archaeology at Towa University and the father of Sakura Kinomoto. Fujitaka met his late wife Nadeshiko while doing his first year as a teacher at her high school. Nadeshiko had climbed a tree to return a baby bird to its nest, but fell out of the tree, landing on Fujitaka.

  Japanese voice: Hideyuki Tanaka

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  Nadeshiko Kinomoto 木之本撫子

  Supporting character

  Nadeshiko Kinomoto is the mother of the series titular character, Sakura Kinomoto, who died seven years before the series starts. Only seen in flashbacks, photographs, and as a spirit, Nadeshiko was a high school student and professional model when she met and fell in love with Fujitaka Kinomoto, who was her teacher.

  Japanese voice: Yuuko Minaguchi

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  Kaho Mizuki 観月歌帆

  Supporting character

  Kaho Mizuki is a shrine maiden and the daughter of the priest at the Tsukimine Shrine. She first appears in the series as a new substitute teacher at Tomoeda Elementary School for the math class of Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li.

  Japanese voice: Emi Shinohara

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  Nakuru Akizuki 秋月奈久留

  Supporting character

  Ruby Moon is one of two magical guardians created by Eriol Hiiragizawa. The counterpart to the original guardian Yue, Ruby Moon is genderless but prefers to act like a female.

  Japanese voice: Ryouka Yuzuki

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  Spinel Sun スピネル・サン

  Supporting character

  Spinel Sun is the cat-like magical guardian created by Eriol Hiiragizawa as a counter part to Clow Reed's original guardian Cerberus. Spinel Sun's true form is a winged black panther, while his false form is similar to a small winged cat.

  Japanese voice: Katsuyuki Konishi

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  Rika Sasaki 佐々木利佳

  Supporting character

  Rika Sasaki is a classmate and friend of Sakura Kinomoto. She is considered to be very elegant and mature for her age, though she can also be shy. During the series, she is also shown to be a skilled cook and very good at crafts. During the series, Rika is affected by the Clow Cards several times.

  Japanese voice: Tomoko Kawakami

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  Meiling Li 李苺鈴

  Supporting character

  Meiling Li is a character that appears only in the anime adaptation of Cardcaptor Sakura. Introduced in episode 19, she is Syaoran Li's cousin and self-proclaimed fiancée. As children living in Hong Kong, they both trained in martial arts under the tutelage of Wang Wei.

  Japanese voice: Yukana

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  Chiharu Mihara 三原千春

  Supporting character

  Chiharu Mihara is a friend and classmate of Sakura Kinomoto, as well as a fellow member of the cheerleading squad. Chiharu is often in charge of stopping Takashi Yamazaki when he starts spinning lies about the history of objects and events.

  Japanese voice: Miwa Matsumoto