Funimation’s expanding their presence when it comes to the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card series and Hulu is the latest recipient. The streaming service previously had all twenty-two episodes from the simulcast run but now Funimation has started bringing over the dub. The first eleven episodes of the series are now available for streaming on the service here.
The English cast includes Monica Rial as Sakura Kinomoto, Jason Liebrecht as Syaoran Li, Natalie Hoover as Tomoyo, Mikaela Krantz as Kero, Clifford Chapin as Toya, Justin Briner as Yukito/Yue, Jason Douglas as Fujitaka, Micah Solusod as Eriol, Morgan Garrett as Kaho, Apphia Yu as Spinny, Jill Harris as Chiharu, Alejandro Saab as Takashi, Dani Chambers as Naoko, and Caitlin Glass as Ms. Morita.
The new series has Morio Asaka directing it at Madhouse with Nanase Ohkawa handling the series composition and working on the scripts. Kunihiko Hamada is on board for the character designs while Mokona is handling the costume and card design for it.
The Japanese cast includes Sakura Tange as Sakura Kinomoto, Aya Hisakawa as Keroberos, Junko Iwao as Tomoyo Daidōji, Motoko Kumai as Syaoran Li, Megumi Ogata as Yukito Tsukishiro, Tomokazu Seki as Tōya Kinomoto, Nozomu Sasaki as Eriol Hiragizawa, Emi Shinohara as Kaho Mizuki, Yumi Touma as Spinel Sun, Ryoka Yuzuki as Nakuru Akizuki/Ruby Moon, and Katsuyuki Konishi as Terada-sensei.
The original series from CLAMP came out twenty years ago and had a popular anime series, first released by Geneon here and then recently by NIS America, as well as two theatrical features that were picked up by Discotek Media. The manga itself ran from 1996 to 2000 with twelve million copies sold. TOKYOPOP brought the series out originally and Dark Horse Comics picked it up in omnibus form for a more recent and cleaned up release.
Plot Concept: Fourteen-year-old Sakura starts junior high school along her friends, including Syaoran, who had just returned to Tomoeda. After having a dream with a mysterious cloaked figure, all of Sakura’s cards turn blank and are rendered powerless, thus she starts her quest to find out what is wrong. In doing so, Sakura and her allies discover and capture new transparent cards using a new key.
