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CLAMP to Publish New Cardcaptor Sakura Manga
posted on by Egan Loo
The April issue of franchise. The announcement does not list any details about the new work, and the magazine says it will announce which future issue will run the new manga when that is decided. The Japanese wording of the announcement indicates that the new manga is not a full-length series.
The March issue of the magazine had listed last month that the franchise would be getting a new project. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the original manga. ship on March 24. Six Animate Cafés in Japan will host a Cardcaptor Sakura theme starting on April 1.
The original Cardcaptor Sakura magical girl manga series ran in Nakayoshi from May 1996 to June 2000, and Kodansha published 12 volumes of the manga from November 1996 to July 2000. Dark Horse Comics released the series in omnibus format.
An anime series produced by Cardcaptor Sakura: The Sealed Card followed in 2000.
licensed the television anime in 2014 and re-released it in a Blu-ray Edition and DVD Standard Edition in North America.
NIS America describes the story:
Ten-year-old Sakura lives a pretty normal life with her older brother, Toya, and widowed father, Fujitaka. At least 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.
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