Cardcaptors

Untuk informasi anime aslinya, silakan lihat Cardcaptor Sakura.

Cardcaptors adalah judul adaptasi berbahasa Inggris Nelvana dari seri anime Jepang Cardcaptor Sakura. Pertama kali disiarkan pada tahun 2000. Seri ini ditayangkan di Amerika Serikat, Inggris dan Australia. ^[1]

Sinopsis

Seorang anak perempuan (Sakura Avalon) secara tidak sengaja mengeluarkan berbagai macam kartu dari sebuah buku tua, hidupnya berubah, mendapat tugas baru untuk mengumpulkan kartu yang tersebar itu semelum menimbulkan malapetaka bagi dunia.

Dengan seseorang yang dianggap sebagai saingan atau teman, Sakura dan rivalnya Li berjuang mengumpulkan Clow Card sebelum mereka menghancurkan dunia.

Karakter

Perhatian: Pranala merujuk kepada keterangan dari karakter asli Jepang.

Chelsea
Rita
Zachary
Nikki
Maggie
Mr. Terada

Yang Menjadi Perbedaan

	Cardcaptor Sakura	Cardcaptors
Hubungan Karakter	Tomoyo menyukai Sakura, walau dia sendiri tak menyadarinya. Yukito dan Toya berhubungan dekat, walau seringkali menimbulkan kesan homoseksual. Syaoran tertarik pada Yukito pada musim pertama. Toya berhubungan dengan guru matematika Sakura, Kaho Mizuki (Layla Mackenzie) pada masa SMP. Nadeshiko dan Sonomi adalah sepupu dan Sakura dan Tomoyo adalah sepupu kedua. Syaoran dan Meiling adalah sepupu yang bertunangan. Rika tertarik dengan Yoshiyuki Terada, dan sepertinya Terada pun meresponsnya. Hubungan antara Chiharu dan Takashi Yamazaki digambarkan dengan jelas	Sebagian besar hubungan homo dan hetero seksual dihapus. Madison tetap teman baik Sakura, dengan sedikit perbedaan. Mereka juga tak lagi sebagai sepupu. Hubungan antara Tori dan Ms. MacKenzie tidak diketahui, namun diketahui mereka berdua pernah bertemu. Disinyalir kekuatan magislah yang membuat mereka berdua bertemu. Li dan Meilin tak lagi bersepupu. Meilin Rae, tetap bertunangan dengan Li. Ketertarikan Rita tak lagi jelas. Situasi saat Rita memandang digambarkan sebagai keingintahuan terhadap Mr. Terada. Hubungan Li dan Sakura tak diubah drastis, namun hanya sebagian kecil. Disamping hanya memperlihatkan dari persaingan menjadi persahabatan, disinyalir hubungan mereka berua masih terasa. Chelsea dan Zachary dijadikan sepupu, untuk memberi alasan mengapa mereka berdua berdekatan. Aslinya, Li tertarik pada Julian. Dalam translasi, ia terobsesi pada kepribadian Julian yang selalu terlihat bahagia, namun kemudian melihatnya hanya sebagai teman belaka. TKelanjutan adegan roman antara Julian diubah menjadi persaingan dengan Sakura, atau hanya sekedar hal yang memalukan.
Episode	Ada 70 episode dan 2 film. Pada sesi pertama, segmen "Leave It To Kero" (Serahkan Saja Pada Kero) ditayangkan pada akhir episode, termasuk kilasan episode berikutnya.	Cardcaptors dimulai pada Episode 8, menghilangkan episode dengan figur sentral Sakura untuk meyakinkan Li akan menjadi pendamping karakter utama (untuk mengakomodasi pemirsa lelaki). Menurut survei, 60% pemirsa adalah laki-laki. Bermacam-macam Clow Cards ditampilkan, hanya untuk membentuk plot saja. Negara lainnya yang berbahasa Inggris memulai dari Episode 1 dan menampilkan sekitar 68-70 episode.
Lokasi	Lokasinya mengambil tempat di kota Tomoeda, Japan. Keluarga Li tinggal di Hong Kong. Sakura juga bermimpi berada di Tokyo Tower. Kaho Mizuki bersekolah di England	Bertempat di kota Reedington, walaupun ia tak bereferensi di mana. Sakura menyatakan Tokyo Tower sebagai Radio Tower. Li dan Meilin tetap berada di Hong Kong.
Musik	Disusun oleh Takayuki Negishi. Lagu pembuka (pada sesi 1) adalah "Catch You Catch Me."	Lagu asli diubah dan disusun oleh by Dave Doré. Lagu pembuka juga diubah sesuai judul, "Cardcaptors." Semua lagi sisipan diubah. Tiada lagu penutup yang dibuat untuk membiarkan iklan di akhir acara. Pada beberapa varian, (seperti di Australia), versi terjemahan dari lagu pembuka dan penutup juga dipakai.
Names	Characters contain common Japanese/Chinese names. "Sakura" is pronounced with a Japanese pitch accent, with the accent on "sa". The transformed cards in season three are called Sakura Cards.	All given names except Sakura's and Meiling's were changed to Western-styled names and Yoshiyuki Terada was just known as Mr. Terada. The pronunciation of Sakura's name was changed to sa-KU-ra (heavy emphasis on the middle syllable), which is how many English-speakers would likely pronounce it. Li's name was flipped around from Syaoran Li to Li Showron, and his cousin, Meiling Li's name was changed to Meilin Rae in order to remove any blood relation between the two. The Sakura Cards became Star Cards. Incantations were also changed.

Changes

Though Nelvana adapted all 70 episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura, about half were omitted from broadcast in the United States. In addition, practically all romantic subtext was erased from the show, and episodes were edited either for unusual content or time reasons.

Cardcaptors aired in the United States in June 2000, on Kids' WB during its Saturday morning block and ran for 39 episodes before it was pulled. Cartoon Network also carried the series during the afternoon Toonami block beginning on June 4, 2001, but aired the first season only once before dropping the show from the lineup. The English version in the US started on Episode 8, in the U.S. and skipped around in the series line up in order to ensure there would be a male character to keep the appeal strong for male audiences (See below).

In other English-speaking countries (i.e. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom), Cardcaptors ran in a more complete form, with all 70 episodes being shown in its original order, though still in an edited form because of culture and political differences, in some cases keeping the English opening and closing themes in favor of dubbed versions of the original themes (however, Australia and India received the original titles in their distributions, with dubbed versions of at least 4 of the 6 title/credit songs). The DVD release of Cardcaptors was cancelled after the ninth volume (the beginning of the second arc), but Pioneer has released an uncut, subtitled version of the show on DVD that ran all 70 episodes on 18 discs.

The two movies have also been dubbed into English, and currently both the Cardcaptor Sakura version and the Cardcaptors version of the first movie can be found on the same DVD. The only major difference between the two versions is the dialogue. The second movie is more faithful to the original, as Bang Zoom Entertainment was responsible for dubbing and did not adhere to any censorship standards (the fact that the second movie was not meant to be a TV release could be a factor ^{[butuh rujukan]}). All of the original names and much of the original dialogue were retained, and an entirely different voice cast than that of the Cardcaptors dub by the Ocean Group was hired.

Merchandising

In addition to its negative reviews, Cardcaptors merchandise was not widely received as certain parents were concerned that, as the Clow Cards vaguely resembled tarot cards, the series could be seen as promoting witchcraft or the occult. The concern was so great that, when Cardcaptors toys were released at Taco Bell during a promotion in 2002, two of the four (Sakura's "tarot-like" Clow Book, and Li's Lasin Board) toys were pulled within a week of release due to articles published by Christian groups. ^{[butuh rujukan]} There is also the SWORD Card, which is a suit in tarot cards (i.e. the ace of swords, the king of swords, etc.). Clow Books were also available in stores such as Blockbuster as well as Sakura Dolls.

Episodes

The last Cardcaptors episode to air on Kids' WB was "Trouble at the Park" on December 28, 2001. The series was never officially cancelled, but was never mentioned again. (Note: There was a special running after the general cancellation that showed up to Episode 70 a few weeks later. This was during the weekday showing time)

A more complete version appeared on Canadian network Teletoon. The last time it aired was during Summer 2003, ending its run with "Revelations, Part 2", the last episode of the 2nd season.

Season 1

#	Episode Title	#	Episode Title
1	One Fateful Day	24	No Problem Too Small
2	Partners In Crime	25	Double Take
3	Allies	26	No Way Out
4	An Unexpected Find	27	Return To The Future
5	Trouble At Twin Bells	28	Buyer Beware
6	Seeing Is Believing	29	How Sweet It Is
7	The Mysterious Painting	30	The Race
8	Sakura's Rival	31	Dragon Slayer
9	Double Edged Sword	32	The Switch
10	An Unexpected Reunion	33	Ice Breaker
11	The Special Box	34	By the Light of the Full Moon
12	Time And Again	35	The Third Element
13	Power's Ploy	36	Stormy Weather
14	Play Misty For Tori	37	The Show Must Go On
15	Kero and Sakura's Big Fight	38	A Berry Strange Day
16	The Summer House	39	Under the Weather
17	The Cave	40	Dream a Little Dream
18	A Fair To Remember	41	The Sands of Time
19	Nothing To Report	42	A Strange Intermission
20	The New Rival	43	Meilin's Story
21	The Long Marathon	44	The Last Card Part 1
22	No Time For Sleep	45	The Last Card Part 2
23	Practice Makes Perfect	46	The Final Judgment

The 2nd season, which occurs after the events of the 1st movie, was amalgamated as part of the 1st season in the North American release. The events of the 3rd season are referred to as the 2nd season.

Season 2

#	Episode Title	#	Episode Title
47	The Past, The Present, and The Future	59	Out of Bounds
48	A Strange New Beginning	60	Just Like Old Times
49	The Dangerous Piano	61	A Present for the Cards
50	The Threads That Bind	62	Sakura's Strange Fortune
51	A New Set of Wings	63	A Wave of Danger
52	Trouble at the Park	64	A Slippery Slope
53	Running Out of Time	65	The Vanishing Act
54	Calendar of Memories	66	When Stars Fall
55	Sakura in Wonderland	67	The Calm Before the Storm
56	Spinning Out of Control	68	Sakura's Return to the Past
57	Li's Calling	69	Revelations Part 1
58	Double Trouble	70	Revelations Part 2

References

^ Poitras, Gilles (2001). Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know. Stone Bridge Press. hlm. 27. ISBN 1-880656-53-1.

Official sites

(Jepang) Official Cardcaptor Sakura Website (NHK)

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[1] Poitras, Gilles (2001). Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know. Stone Bridge Press. hlm. 27. ISBN 1-880656-53-1.

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