NIS America has just dropped news about a pretty special release for fans as they’ve acquired the rights to the Cardcaptor Sakura TV series. They’ll be releasing it on August 5th, 2014 in a couple of different ways. The series was originally released by Geneon Entertainment years ago and they brought out the complete run in single volume form on DVD. NIS America is set to bring out a premium edition Blu-ray box set that contains all seventy episodes with the original Japanese and English subtitles with a mono English language dub as well. That release is priced at $249.99 for the whole seventy episode run. Plus it comes with a 76 page full color artbook.
The series will also get a regular edition that will be on DVD only and will be spread across three season releases. Each season retails for $59.99 each and has the same audio formats for it. The first season covers episodes 1-23, the second does 24-46 while the third does 47-70.
Premium edition:
Contains episodes 1-70.
This premium edition includes a 76-page, full-color artbook featuring Tomoyo’s diary of Sakura’s adventure and character illustrations!
Special Features: Clean Openings, Clean Endings.
Spoken Languages: English (mono only), Japanese, English subtitles.
Note: Each episode features both English and Japanese audio, and is unedited.
Regular edition:
Special Features: Clean Opening, Clean Ending.
Spoken Languages: English (mono only), Japanese, English subtitles.
Note: Each episode features both English and Japanese audio, and is unedited.
Season 1
Ten-year-old Sakura lives a pretty normal life with her older brother Toya, and widowed father Fujitaka. Or she did… until the day she returned home from school to discover a glowing book in her father’s study. After opening the book and releasing the cards within, Sakura is tasked with collecting each of these magical cards, while trying to live the life of a normal fourth grader. In the monumental task of collecting all the cards, Sakura must rely on her friends and family, and decide what she finds most important in life.
Season 2
Sakura’s journey to recapture the Clow Cards continues. With most of them captured, she finds that the remaining cards are going to put up a fight. Along the way, she must also navigate the struggles of moving on to the fifth grade and contend with the ever-evolving romances in her life. And before long, she discovers that there’s a not so pleasant surprise waiting for her at the end of her card-capturing journey…
Season 3
After a harrowing journey to collect the cards and prove her worth as their master, Sakura finds herself in a whole new world of trouble as mysterious events begin to threaten the small town of Tomoeda. To make matters worse, Yukito seems to be having some unexplained troubles of his own. With no cards left on the loose, Sakura must form a special bond with her cards to quell each new disturbance, and discover what could possibly be causing them before the lives of Tomoeda’s residents are damaged beyond repair!
