The TV Anime of Card Captor Sakura is celebrating today 24 years since its original broadcast. The first episode of the original TV Anime adaptation was aired on April 7th of 1998 in NHK channel.

To celebrate, it’s been announced that a 25th Anniversary project was launched.

A series of special events and goods based on the original and Clear Card series are scheduled for the coming year, while gearing up for April 7th, 2023, when the 25th Anniversary will be officially celebrated.

A new key visual has been released, featuring Sakura from Clear Card, inspired by the classic key visual from the original series:

Moreover, the official Card Captor Sakura twitter account asked fans to stay tuned for future announcements and fans are speculating that it could be the much anticipated Clear Card Season 2 announcement:

本日、放送開始25年を迎えた TVアニメ『カードキャプターさくら』の 新プロジェクトが始動🌸
25年を記念したイラストを初公開！
少し大人になったさくらちゃん、どこか懐かしさも感じる素敵なイラストです！
今後の発表をお楽しみに…🌸#ccsakura #カードキャプターさくら pic.twitter.com/ArdIoG11Vs

— カードキャプターさくら（公式） (@ccsakura_info) April 6, 2022

The series’ sound director, Mima Masafumi, who very seldom tweets about Card Captor Sakura, has retweeted an article about the 25th Anniversary that was published on a Japanese website, contributing for the speculation of a Season 2 being in production:

TVアニメ「カードキャプターさくら」放送25周年プロジェクトでサンリオコラボグッズが登場 – GAME Watch https://t.co/UIZRukLEki @game_watchより

— 音響監督 三間雅文 (@Sunma47) April 7, 2022

I personally think the timing is perfect to tie in with the manga ending. It’s really extremely hard to believe that a series with the magnitude of Card Captor Sakura will be left with its anime adaptation unfinished.

It will be at least a year long of celebrations so stay tuned!