Sakura (with the space) and often abbreviated to CCS,
is a manga series from the well-known all-women artist
team CLAMP. It is also an anime show (1998-2000) created
from the manga, consisting of 70 half-hour episodes in
three series and two theatrical-release movies. The series
begins as a simple girls' anime of the magical girl genre
(similar series include Sailor Moon and Pretty Sammy).
Ten-year-old Sakura Kinomoto opens a mysterious book in
her father's study and accidentally lets loose the magical
Clow Cards. As she lost them, it is her job to retrieve
them, which involves finding each card and battling its
magical personification. She is assisted by Cerberus (a.k.a.,
Kero-chan), the beast of the seal assigned to protect
the cards, but who was asleep when Sakura opened the Clow
book. Kero-chan, who appears throughout most of the series
rather like an animated plush toy, makes Sakura into the
Cardcaptor and gives her the key of the seal which allows
her to fight and capture the cards.
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