Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ #3 second week sales report

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© CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / 講談社

The third volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ dropped to the 6th position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 89,155 copies sold in its second week of sales.

The above numbers are for the regular edition. The Special Edition (OAD) did not appear in this week’s top 50.

Combining the sales for both versions, Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ #3 sold an estimate of 245,134 copies overall! That is slightly better than the overall second week sales for volume 2, but slightly less than the overall second week sales for volume 1.

It is worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.

Source: ANN.

Kodansha has recently announced that the Clear Card arc series has 1.5 copies in print.

The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):

It is going really well! It is likely that volume 3 will show up for one or two weeks more, at least.

Maaya Sakamoto to sing Clear Card arc TV Anime OP theme song

The official website of Card Captor Sakura announced today that the Opening theme song for the upcoming TV Anime adaptation of Clear Card arc will be performed by Maaya Sakamoto.

The song is entitled “CLEAR” and the lyrics were written by Maaya Sakamoto herself. Yoshiki Mizuno is in charge of the composition.

In a comment left by Maaya Sakamoto for the website, the singer wrote that she is happy and honored to be singing a new theme song for Card Captor Sakura nearly 20 years after the release of Platinum.

Source: Card Captor Sakura Official Website.

Great news! Little by little, our expectations are being met. Everything is aligned for a very promising sequel.

Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ TV Anime PV

Here is the PV for the brand new TV Anime adaptation of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~:

The first episode will air on January 7.

So, what did you all think? I’m not sure I like the CG work and all the rainbowness of it. And there is a bit of haze effect here and there too. Fingers crossed the rest will be good.

Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ #3 first week sales report

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© CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / 講談社

The third volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ debutted at the 1st position in Oricon’s weekly ranking, with an estimate of 122,895 copies sold in its first week of sales. This is the first time a Clear Card arc volume reaches number #1 in Oricon’s weekly ranking.

The above numbers are for the regular edition. The Special Edition (OAD) debutted at the 23th position with an estimate of 33,084 copies sold.

Combining the sales for both versions, Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ #3 sold an estimate of 155,979 copies overall! That is twice as much as the figures of the first week sales for volume 2 and almost as much as the first week sales for volume 1.

It is worth mentioning that Oricon only takes into account a certain number of shops. These numbers are only an estimate and it’s possible that the real figures are higher than these.

Source: ANN.

Kodansha has recently announced that the Clear Card arc series has 1.5 copies in print.

The chart below shows the progress in the sales of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ over the weeks and compares it with previous volumes’ performances (click on it for dynamic version):

Great first week sales for volume 3! This is probably going to reappear in rankings for the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ TV Anime key visuals, start date decided, PV in two days

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© CLAMP・ST/講談社・NEP・NHK

The hotsite for the upcoming TV Anime series of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ has opened in NHK’s Anime World website:

http://www.nhk.or.jp/anime/ccsakura/

The website has the anime designs for the main characters so make sure to check them out!

The series will premiere on January 7, 2018 (Sunday) at 7:30 am on NHK BS Premium, which is NHK’s cable channel, the same that re-aired the series lately and the same that aired the Kobato. TV Anime.

A new PV for the TV Series will air on September 22 during the Card Captor Sakura Selection that is going to air on NHK public channel.

Lastly, but certainly not least, the only thing left that I was hoping for this adaptation has finally been confirmed! CLAMP member Mokona will repeat her role as costume and card designer for this TV Anime adaptation as well! This is key to assure the quality of this anime adaptation, therefore I’m very happy with this piece of news!

The designs at the hotsite are looking really nice! It’s the first time we’ve seen how the clear cards look like in color, too! In fact, the key visual is even looking a lot like the original series! This is looking very promising. Looking forward to the PV in two days!

Review: Sakura and the Two Teddy Bears OAD

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The 3rd volume of Card Captor Sakura ~Clear Card arc~ bundled with the Sakura and the Two Teddy Bears OAD was released two days ago in Japan.

By now there should be plenty of links available on the internet. If you search around, you should be able to find one and watch it if you haven’t done so yet.

I wrote a little review for it and you can read it below.

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