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Episode 9 – Sakura’s Thrilling Aquarium Visit

Card Captor Sakura Clear Card TV Anime is being broadcast in several countries around the world via online services in a simultaneous or semi-simultaneous fashion. Please check the guide below to see if your country is included:

Where can I watch Card Captor Sakura Clear Card TV Anime? – A useful guide

If you watch the anime via one of these channels, you’ll be supporting the creators and helping to make Card Captor Sakura even more popular worldwide.
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It’s been announced that the second half of the Card Captor Sakura Clear Card TV Anime will be getting brand new Opening and Ending animation sequence and theme songs.

New Opening Theme Song

Rocket Beat (ロケットビート)

Performed by: Yasuno Kiyono

Lyrics: Iwasato Yuho / Composition/Arrangement: Katsutoshi Kitagawa (Round Table) / Strings Arrangement: Dan Miyagawa

Iwasato Yuho also wrote the lyrics for Maaya Sakamoto’s Platinum, the 3rd Card Captor Sakura Opening Theme song, and Katsutoshi Kitagawa, from Round Table, composed the music for Let Me Be With You (Chobits OP), Magic Number (Kobato. OP) and Oh! Yeah!! (CLAMP IN WONDERLAND 2 ED). It’s nice that they are bringing people who have a background with working with CLAMP anime songs.

The song is described as an “upper tune”.

New Ending Theme Song

Rewind (リワインド)

Performed by: Minori Suzuki (Akiho Shinomoto’s voice actress)

Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Yusuke Shirato

Tne song is described as “tricky” and “cute”.

The new OP and ED sequences will air for the first time on Episode 14 (April 8th).

Source: Card Captor Sakura Official Website.

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The DVD & Blu-Ray release schedule for the Card Captor Sakura Clear Card TV Anime has been announced.

It will be a total of 8 DVDs and Blu-rays, compiling all 22 episodes.

• Vol. 1: May 9th (Episodes 1~3)
• Vol. 2: May 30th (Episodes 4~6)
• Vol. 3: June 27th (Episodes 7~9)
• Vol. 4: July 25th (Episodes 10~12)
• Vol. 5: August 29th (Episodes 13~15)
• Vol. 6: September 26th (Episodes 16~18)
• Vol. 7: October 31st (Episodes 19~21)
• Vol. 8: November 28th (Episode 22)

Some of the extras include:

• Episode with audio commentary;
• CMs+PVs;
• Non-credit OP and ED;
• A clear photo film that allows you to take pictures with the characters of the series (putting all 8 together allows you to take a group photo with them);
• A photobook by Tomoyo with all of Sakura’s important scenes;
• more.

There will be a massive campaign with several stores accross Japan, each will offer an exclusive privilege if one purchases the DVDs or Blu-rays with them.

For more information and a complete list of purchasing privileges for each store, please check the Card Captor Sakura Official Website.

Unlike the original series, in which CLAMP drew new illustrations for each volume, for Clear Card the jackets illustrations for each volume will be drawn by the anime character designer Kunihiko Hamada. Hopefully CLAMP will draw a special box to hold all volumes but that is yet to be confirmed.

I was very disappointed to hear that CLAMP won’t be providing the art for the covers since some of the very best Card Captor Sakura illustrations were originally made for the 90s TV anime media releases — LDs, DVDs and VHS. I am crossing my fingers that they will at least do a box illustration.

Below is a PV for the DVD & Blu-ray releases: