Suteki Desu wa, Sakura-chan! Tomoyo no Cardcaptor Sakura Katsuyaku Video Nikki!

I really enjoyed these specials! Who is fan of the series, surely will like them, too.
I suggest watch them after ending the main serie. Not because they will spoiler something, neither because is difficult to understanding, but because:
1 - The first episode is about how the first opening of the anime has been made.
2 - The second one shows Sakura and Tomoyo with the same clothes used by them in the third and last ending video music of the anime, so I guess this episode was created for be a history for that (also counts with the participation of Eriol, who appears only in the third season of the serie); they are making English cookies, when...
3 - The third one occurs at Tomoeda school and it is about Yamazaki and his lies... in my opinion, this one is the most funny of the specials.

These short episodes are pretty funny, as is a chance to see again the characters (This time on chibi mode! That was so cute *--*) in new adventures. Unmissable. :)

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These were very short, fun, and cute specials! Definitely watch them after finishing the main series, these short episodes made me feel less withdrawal-y right after finishing the series. I thought it was really cute and funny how they put a mock copyright in the beginning of the first episode and signed it under Tomoyo's name (because apparently Tomoyo was the one who produced CCS from recording Sakura every single day). I guess this is a must-watch for fans of CCS, please watch it!

Loved these. They're all comedy shorts, and my favorite was the first one, in which Tomoyo directs Sakura in filming the original opening to the TV show. It's a lot of meta fun. It also opens with an in-universe copyright notice that got my brain juices flowing for a minute. She said that her remedy would be that she would no longer talk to the infringer anymore. (Which makes this the only copyright notice I've ever feared.) Thinking in terms of US copyright, to what extent can a copyright holder determine their preferred remedy in a case of copyright infringement if they embed it as a license term? The first major copyright case under the Copyright Act of 1790 was between Jedidiah Morse and someone who infringed his copyright. After he won the copyright suit, he determined that the award was too high, and let the infringer off the hook with half that amount, out of consideration for the man's family. If Tomoyo said that it would be punished by painful silence, or perhaps "only" painful silence, would that preclude an award of money? Intriguing.

The second short was about baking with Eriol, which was fine. I chuckled when Kero bit into the fake cake.

The third short was really good, too, and it had a unique art style that suggests to me that someone specific did the key animation or at least was trying out being a director. There was a lot of creative cost-cutting in it (and in the other shorts), which I'm always tickled by. The story was quite humorous, and so was the twist about Yamazaki's eyes.

These were so much fun. ^^

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