Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie - DVD

Sakura Kinomoto wins a lottery at her favorite shop — a trip to Hong Kong for four people. She brings her best friend Tomoyo, her brother Touya, and his friend Yukito, with Kero hidden in her bag. Hong Kong is where Syaoran Li and his cousin Meiling live, and their reunion is warm — but Sakura has been having strange dreams of dark water and a mysterious woman, and the dreams intensify as soon as she arrives. Two birds lead her to an old well in the city where the spirit of a sorceress named Madoushi reaches out to her. Madoushi has been imprisoned there for decades by Clow Reed — the creator of the Clow Cards — and her desperate love for him, still burning after all this time, has curdled into something that puts everyone Sakura cares about in danger. The film is set between the first and second arcs of the TV series.

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie is an 80-minute theatrical film directed by Morio Asaka — the same director as the TV series — produced by Madhouse and Bandai Visual, and written by Nanase Ohkawa of CLAMP. It was released in Japanese theaters on August 21, 1999 and won the Feature Film Award at the 1999 Animation Kobe.

Pioneer Entertainment released the film in North America on March 26, 2002 in both an edited Cardcaptors version and this uncut bilingual edition — presenting the film with original character names intact, both the Nelvana English dub and Japanese audio with English subtitles. Discotek Media later released a remastered subtitle-only DVD and Blu-ray on September 30, 2014. 

Notable Staff & Voice Talent

Director: Morio Asaka (Cardcaptor Sakura TV, Chobits)
Screenplay: Nanase Ohkawa (CLAMP — Cardcaptor Sakura, RG Veda, Magic Knight Rayearth, Angelic Layer, Chobits, XXXHOLiC)
Studio: Madhouse (Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Metropolis, Chobits, Claymore, Kaiba, Paprika, Elfen Lied)
Music: Takayuki Negishi (Ghost Talker's Daydream, Tenchi Movie 2: Daughter of Darkness)
Theme Song: "Tōi Kono Machi de" by Naomi Kaitani

Japanese Cast:
- Sakura Tange as Sakura Kinomoto
- Junko Iwao as Tomoyo Daidoji 
- Aya Hisakawa as Kero-chan / Cerberus
- Akira Ishida as Yukito Tsukishiro / Yue 
- Tohru Furuya as Touya Kinomoto
- Megumi Ogata as Syaoran Li (Evangelion — Shinji)


English Dub Cast (Nelvana / Voicebox Productions — Vancouver):
- Carly McKillip as Sakura Avalon
- Maggie Blue O'Hara as Madison Taylor
- Matt Hill as Syaoran Li / Lee Showron
- Tony Sampson as Touya / Tori Kinomoto
- Brian Drummond as Yukito / Julian Sta
- Richard Newman as Cerberus / Keroberos / Kero

DVD Features (Pioneer Entertainment Uncut Bilingual Edition)

- Uncut Original Japanese Version with Original Character Names
- Nelvana English Dub (uncut, original character names retained unlike TV series)
- Japanese Audio + English Subtitles
- Movie Trailers (Japanese)
- Pioneer Entertainment Previews
- Note: Nelvana TV series dub used altered character names (Sakura Avalon, Madison, etc.) but this film dub retains original names. Discotek Media remastered sub-only DVD + Blu-ray available (September 30, 2014).

Spoken Languages: English (Nelvana dub) & Japanese Audio, English Subtitles

Edition Details

Japanese Title: 劇場版 カードキャプターさくら (Gekijōban Kādokyaputā Sakura / Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie)
Runtime: ~80 Minutes
Director: Morio Asaka
DVD Release Year: 2002 (U.S. Uncut Bilingual Edition, March 26 — Pioneer Entertainment); Discotek Media remastered DVD + Blu-ray September 30, 2014
Original Release Date (Japan): August 21, 1999
Publisher: Pioneer Entertainment (original); Discotek Media (current license holder)
Rating: G
Region: Region 1 (U.S. / Canada)
Note: Uncut bilingual edition — original character names retained. Set between Seasons 1 and 2 of the TV series. Won Feature Film Award at 1999 Animation Kobe. Edited Cardcaptors version also released same date. Discotek Media reissue (2014) is sub-only.
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Magical Girl
Themes: Hong Kong Setting, Clow Reed's Past, Spirit Imprisoned by Love, CLAMP World, Interquel Film

Media assumed VG+ unless otherwise noted.