Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)

Original title

劇場版カードキャプターさくら

Directed by

Morio Asaka

Genre

fantasy film, magical girl, children's film, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 165 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Sakura Kinomoto and her friends go to Hong Kong on a school trip. There they meet a spirit who was hurt by the magician Clow Reed long ago. Sakura must use her magic to calm the spirit and protect everyone.

lightheartedwhimsicaladventurouswarmgentlemysteriousfamily-friendly

What happens

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie is a 1999 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Morio Asaka and produced by Madhouse and Bandai Visual. The film is based on the anime television series adaptation of Clamp's Cardcaptor Sakura manga series. Written by Nanase Ohkawa, Clamp's head writer, it was released in Japanese theaters on August 21, 1999. It won the Feature Film Award at the 1999 Animation Kobe. Set between the first and second seasons of the television series, the film follows Sakura Kinomoto and her friends as they travel to Hong Kong and encounter a vengeful spirit who was hurt by Clow Reed in the past. A second film, Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, was released in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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