Sep 17, 2017
So, I believe this OAD must've raised many eyebrows, specially for the anime-only fans. As someone who has watched the anime and also read the whole manga, I decided to clarify some points about this special episode, and why it was needed as a prologue for Clear Card Arc, which I've been reading monthly for the past year.
Before I begin, I have to say I've enjoyed it a lot but I don't know what that means coming from me since I'm not overly critical unless something is really bad, and maybe I'm just biased because Cardcaptor Sakura is my favorite series ever. It did made
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me feel nostalgic, specially with the exact same soundtrack from years ago and the voice actors.
Animation-wise it was great, though, I do think the character design could've been better. It looks cute though.
As for the colors, it looks much more pastel (and BRIGHT) now, which is the big difference between the original anime and this: The colors were much vibrant back then. I don't dislike it since I like pastel colors. It's visually pleasing for me.
Now, back to the explanations.
As we all know, the anime ended with episode 70 + the second movie, meanwhile, the manga ends with the events that happened in this OAD, called 'Sakura and the two Bears'.
As a matter of fact, the two bears do have importance in the current sequel. I'm still unaware of why they are important but the focus they've been getting must mean something. I'm not gonna talk about it any further since I do not want to spoil anyone who plans on reading or only watching it in 2018.
In the anime, though, there was only one single bear (which was completely forgotten in The Sealed Card, didn't even get mentioned at all), and, as I said, the TWO of them are important.
Other than the bears, Eriol's house, which was demolished in The Sealed Card is also important in the sequel, so... yeah. Again, will not go any further on this.
So they either had to heavily edit the storyline or follow the original work-- and editing the storyline is unreasonable and too much work, definitely.
Still, I must mention that there is still much more exclusive content in the manga. Seriously, a lot more. If you're a CCS fan I recommend reading it! I've watched the anime first and then read the manga afterwards and I honestly enjoyed all the new content I got to see. It's the best of both worlds, I guess.
Overall, it is a good adaptation of the last chapters! It was extremely faithful to it, really, even the flowers are the exact same from the manga. (Honestly, that was kinda awkward though, it works well in the manga but not too much in the anime, haha.) I'm much more excited for the 2018 anime though! Clear Card Arc has a lot of action scenes so far and I'm excited to see their take on it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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