5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
If you want the Real Macoy buy CardCaptor Sakura, June 26, 2001
This review is from: Cardcaptors: V.4 New Lessons (ep.10-12) (DVD)
If you like CardCaptors seriously consider getting CardCaptor Sakura. CCS has more character development and better voice acting. Its characters are much more endering and real with their crushes and family life. Als CCS is in the correct episode order not the order Nelvana has (8,12,23,3...). Your child will love it much more,(it isn't the action paced, pokemon clone they made it to be, but a sight to love) So it is within your best intrest to get CCS insted of CC. Plus your chil will learn to read more with subtitles a plus!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
What is Nelvana thinking?!!!, August 26, 2001
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I would like to add my voice to the chorus of those that say: Buy Cardcaptor Sakura! Don't let the subtitles scare you off! Nelvana has butchered a cute show and destroyed any semblance of personality in the characters! You don't know how bad this is until you see the original!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A sad thing to do to a sweet show, August 23, 2001
This review is from: Cardcaptors: V.4 New Lessons (ep.10-12) (DVD)
The original Card Captor Sakura (available full and uncut on DVD) is a wonderfully sweet bit of mahou shoujo (magical girl) anime. The "monster of the day" premise serves as a backdrop to the real drama of the character interactions among Sakura, her family, and friends.
Unfortunately Cardcaptors doesn't preserve the beauty of the original. There are two major classes of cut. First is the "potentially objectionable" material, such as the romantic tinges of the relationship between Sakura and Tomoyo, or a number of cross-generational relationships. None of this is truly "mature subject matter," but American standards for children's TV are a lot more stringent than Japanese. Despite the damage which these cuts do to the story, they're at least understandable.
Far less desirable are the "keep it moving" snips. This class itself divides into two subclasses: on the one hand, Sakura is diminished and Li is emphasised in order to change Sakura from protagonist. On the other, many of the more moving character moments are compressed or eliminated to hurry on to the "action" sequences of capturing the cards. The end result is to change a cute character-focussed show into a mildly frightening or violent action show.
Despite the damage, some of the genius of the original creation still shows through, so I can't entirely condemn this release for very young children. However, if your child is age six or so, I'd highly recommend the uncut subtitled version as an excellent show, a good reason to improve reading skills, and a chance to use the more controversial elements as a jumping-off point for discussion. Watch it with your child--you'll be drawn in yourself.
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