In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Cardcaptor Sakura”, also known by the following titles:
- カードキャプターさくら
- CCS
- Cardcaptors
- Card Captor Sakura
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- Some related entries are still listed as ongoing on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Cardcaptor Sakura is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#

Cardcaptor Sakura ↗ ↖
Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow
Summary
"Herein lie the Clow Cards—if their seal is broken, disaster shall befall this world..."Sakura Kinomoto is an energetic and sweet 10-year-old girl attending Tomoeda Elementary School. One day not long after entering the fourth grade, Sakura finds a mysterious book titled The Clow hidden within her father’s bookshelves. Upon opening it, a small, winged creature with an Osakan accent comes out of the book and introduces itself as Keroberos, the Creature of the Seal who guards magical cards known as the Clow Cards and keeps them from escaping the book.
Unfortunately for the plushy guardian, it seems that the Clow Cards have already escaped—and now Sakura is tasked with capturing them before the cards unleash their powers and cause havoc all over Tomoeda! With the support of the tiny guardian who she nicknames “Kero” and her best friend, Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura must wield a magical bird-shaped key and use her new powers as the Cardcaptor to maintain peace and ensure that everything is alright.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Cardcaptor Sakura won the 32nd Seiun Award for Best Manga in 2001. The series was published in English by Tokyopop from March 1, 2001, to August 5, 2003, and in 3-in-1 omnibus volumes by Dark Horse Comics from October 20, 2010, to September 19, 2012. Tokyopop's release split the manga into two six-volume series, the second of which is titled Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow. The series was published in Spain by Ediciones Glénat; in French by Pika Édition; in Italian by Edizioni Star Comics; in German by Egmont Manga; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC. The series was adapted into multiple video games, audio CDs, and artbooks.
Cardcaptor Sakura ↗ ↖
CCS
Summary
Ten-year-old Sakura Kinomoto is an ordinary fourth-grade student living in Tomoeda until, one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious book of cards titled "The Clow." Pondering over her discovery, she unintentionally causes a magical gust of wind to scatter the cards all over town.The accident awakens the Beast of the Seal—Keroberos, nicknamed “Kero”—who tells Sakura that she has released the mystical “Clow Cards” created by the sorcerer Clow Reed. Due to each Card’s ability to act independently and their incredible power, Clow had sealed them away. Now that they have been set free, the Cards pose great danger to the world, and it is up to Sakura to put an end to them.
Appointing Sakura as the “Cardcaptor” and granting her the Sealed Key, Kero tasks her with finding and recapturing all the Clow Cards. Alongside her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, and with Kero’s guidance, Sakura must learn to balance her new secret duty with the everyday troubles as she takes flight on her magical adventures as Cardcaptor Sakura.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Cardcaptor Sakura won the Animage Grand Prix award for Best Anime in 1999.
Cardcaptor Sakura Extras ↗ ↖
Honey Tea
Summary
Two-part extra included in the Cardcaptor Sakura Illustration Collection Artbooks.
Suteki desu wa, Sakura-chan! Tomoyo no Cardcaptor Sakura Katsuyaku Video Nikki! ↗ ↖
すてきですわ、さくらちゃん! 知世のカードキャプターさくら活躍ビデオ日記!
Summary
These are 3 episodes of about 6 minutes of pure CCS fun! Refer to any point during the series.
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 1 ↗ ↖
劇場版 カードキャプターさくら
Summary
During an after-school shopping trip, Sakura Kinomoto decides to participate in the Tomoeda Shopping District's year-end lottery, with the grand prize being a round trip to Hong Kong. Surprisingly, she draws the winning ball. Alongside her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, her older brother Touya, her crush Yukito Tsukishiro, and Keroberos, Sakura heads off to Hong Kong.However, vacation for the Cardcaptor will get cut short. Little does Sakura know, the trip may be connected to her recent, prophetic dreams featuring a mysterious woman and Clow Reed himself, creator of the Clow Cards.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 1 won the Feature Film Award in the 4th Animation Kobe Awards in 1999. Revival screenings of the film were held beginning January 21, 2017.
Cardcaptor Sakura: Kero-chan ni Omakase! ↗ ↖
ケロちゃんにおまかせ!
Summary
Following the events of Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, Kero and Spinel share a plate of takoyaki (octopus balls). They get into a fight over who gets the last piece, and in the process send it flying out the window. They both chase the takoyaki, and each other, in a mighty effort to be the "takoyaki captor".(Source: ANN)
Background
Released on Bluray by Discotek Media in 2018.
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: Fuuin Sareta Card ↗ ↖
劇場版 カードキャプターさくら 封印されたカード
Summary
For this year's Nadeshiko Festival, Sakura Kinomoto's elementary school class is presenting a play. She will portray a princess who struggles to respond to the love confession of the neighboring country's prince. Sakura empathizes with her character all too well, since she herself still owes an answer to the boy who confessed his love for her four months ago.When cousins Shaoran and Meiling Li return from Hong Kong to pay a surprise visit to their friends in Japan, Sakura receives further encouragement to finally declare her feelings. However, she is repeatedly distracted by a presence reminiscent of a Clow Card as well as unexplained disappearances around town.
Eventually, Sakura learns of another of Clow Reed’s creations—the “Nothing”—which was formerly sealed away beneath the magician’s old house. It has power equal to all 52 cards Sakura possesses, and furthermore, it wants to take those cards away from her! Objects, space, and people disappear from Tomoeda with each card that is stolen. Sakura sets out to capture the Nothing so everything will return to normal, but what must she sacrifice in the process?
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: Fuuin Sareta Card earned a total of 522 million yen during its original theatrical run in Japan. It won the Feature Film Award in the 5th Animation Kobe Awards in 2000. Revival screenings of the film were held beginning December 29, 2017.
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen ↗ ↖
カードキャプターさくら クリアカード編
Summary
Upon successfully capturing all of the elusive Clow Cards and transforming them into her very own Sakura Cards, Sakura Kinomoto finds her duty as Cardcaptor complete. On the way to her first day of classes at Tomoeda Middle School, Sakura is surprised by a reunion with her sweetheart Shaoran Li, who informs her that he is permanently moving back to Tomoeda. To her delight, Shaoran will also be attending the same school!Although her life seems brighter than ever, Sakura has a strange dream later that night where she is surrounded by transparent cards and meets a mysterious cloaked figure. To her horror, the Sakura Cards have all turned clear upon waking up, and her dream now reality. With ongoing prophetic dreams, a new staff, and encounters with a new set of cards, Sakura must once again take up the role of Cardcaptor alongside her guardians and friends in a whole new adventure.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen was published digitally in English by Kodansha USA from June 30, 2017 to March 11, 2025 and in print from December 19, 2017 to March 11, 2025. It has been licensed in Spanish by Norma Editorial.
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Prologue - Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma ↗ ↖
カードキャプターさくら クリアカード編 プロローグ さくらとふたつのくま
Summary
After the conclusion of the Sakura Card Arc, life is going back to normal. There are no more mysteries, no more disturbances of evil, no more tests of strength. Everyone is moving on with their lives and Sakura feels a sadness in her heart. Even through the goodbyes, Sakura perseveres to keep everyone and a special someone, dear to her heart.Background
This episode was released bundled with the special edition of the third volume of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card. It adapts the ending of the original manga accurately as opposed to the original series and The Sealed Card which had an original ending. However, the TV anime of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card follows the original anime's continuity rather than the manga or prologue OVA.
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen ↗ ↖
カードキャプターさくら クリアカード編
Summary
With all of the Clow Cards recaptured and changed into her own Sakura Cards, Sakura Kinomoto now enters her first year at Tomoeda Middle School. After her initial day of classes, Sakura reunites with her love Shaoran Li, who informs her that he is permanently moving back to Tomoeda. Much to her surprise, it even turns out that Shaoran will attend the same school and it seems as if Sakura's life is heading in all the right directions.However, when Sakura goes to sleep, she encounters in her dream a mysterious cloaked figure and finds herself surrounded by transparent cards. Waking up in fear, Sakura is shocked to see her dream has come true, with the Sakura Cards having turned clear. Continued dreamlike encounters with the unknown enemy and her gaining a new magical key sets the stage for Cardcaptor Sakura’s latest adventure!
[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Recap ↗ ↖
カードキャプターさくら クリアカード編 総集編
Summary
Recap of first 12 episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen.
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen (Zoku-hen) ↗ ↖
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card (Sequel)
