Cardcaptors - New Lessons (V.4) [VHS]

Ah yes, I remember watching Cardcaptors when it was still on Kids WB. It was my favorite show, as well as Pokemon was. This is a great DVD, it has 3 exciting episodes on it:"Dragon Slayer"Nikki buys a strange old book at the bookstore that you can write inside. The book is actually a Clow Card!Meanwhile, Sakura captures the Big card. After capturing it, Sakura, Li, and company start to see weird things. A lady pass over the bridge, animals with swirly eyes and are growing wings. It's the work of the Create card! Everything Nikki writes become real!"The Switch"Sakura captures the Change card, but before it was captured, it switched Li and Kero. Now Li is Kero, and Kero is Li, they have switched bodies!They have to stay like this for 24 hours and meet back at the park to fix the problem, or else they're stuck like this forever. But can either one handle being the other for an entire day?"Ice Breaker"Reedington Elementry goes on a field trip to an ice rink. It's been really cold lately. Li and Meilin aren't used to cold weather, so they're really bundled-up. At the ice rink, it just seems to get colder and colder. First, Meilin freezes before Li's eyes, then Madison freezes before Sakura. Suddenly, everyone freezes. Can Li and Sakura capture it, or will they freeze too?Very exciting episodes. You will not want to miss a second!I really love "The Switch" it is just so funny. And "Ice Breaker" is really, really exiting, so is "Dragon Slayer"All who remember watching Cardcaptors, I totally recommend this DVD!Never heard of the show? You should definantly check it out!

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The vhs I got was perfect and new condition. It even came with a surprise; a standee.

This is a great addition to the Cardcaptor series. And if a fan, it is a much needed item since it is a part of the collection.

I remember that day when Kids WB announced that it would be showing a new anime series. I was so excited, and when it came on, wow! Beautiful animation, fun character, and all around great!Then I bought a video of Cardcaptor Sakura.Now I'm filled with rage at Nelvana. How dare they do this to such a wonderful series? First thing, which I could live with alone, is the name changes. How do you get Madison out of Tomoyo? Julian out of Yukito? It makes no sense! At least in Pokemon, some of the name translations made sense (Kasumi, which means "cloud" was changed to Misty, for example). Next, the out of order. It makes no sense! One day, Sakura is using a card to capture a different one, the next, she's capturing that very same one she used! Please! Finally, the general edits. When I watched the water card episode after buying the video, I was shrieking at the TV non-stop. For example, they had edited it so much! They took out everything that wasn't directly related to the capture of the card. They made a prearranged meeting of Yukito and Sakura a coincidental meeting of Julian and Sakura.In conclusion, don't buy this. Buy the unedited version. You'll be so much more satisfied.

The original Card Captor Sakura (available full and uncut on DVD) is a wonderfully sweet bit of mahou shoujo (magical girl) anime. The "monster of the day" premise serves as a backdrop to the real drama of the character interactions among Sakura, her family, and friends.Unfortunately Cardcaptors doesn't preserve the beauty of the original. There are two major classes of cut. First is the "potentially objectionable" material, such as the romantic tinges of the relationship between Sakura and Tomoyo, or a number of cross-generational relationships. None of this is truly "mature subject matter," but American standards for children's TV are a lot more stringent than Japanese. Despite the damage which these cuts do to the story, they're at least understandable.Far less desirable are the "keep it moving" snips. This class itself divides into two subclasses: on the one hand, Sakura is diminished and Li is emphasised in order to change Sakura from protagonist. On the other, many of the more moving character moments are compressed or eliminated to hurry on to the "action" sequences of capturing the cards. The end result is to change a cute character-focussed show into a mildly frightening or violent action show.Despite the damage, some of the genius of the original creation still shows through, so I can't entirely condemn this release for very young children. However, if your child is age six or so, I'd highly recommend the uncut subtitled version as an excellent show, a good reason to improve reading skills, and a chance to use the more controversial elements as a jumping-off point for discussion. Watch it with your child--you'll be drawn in yourself.