Manga 'Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen' Receives OVA

I guess the best way would be to just adapt the epilogue of the manga(so even anime only viewers have idea on where and how it going) and then continue Clear Card-Hen as manga adaptation while ignoring the rest of inconsistencies.

Also I would not be surprised if Clear Card Hen or at least it's first arc ends with 19-20 chapters or so considering

20 chapters is easily enough for something like 12-13 episodes total.

Apr 2, 2017 2:37 AM by Ahenshihael

Fai said:

AdolTheRed said:

I don't recall anything else beside those events in the movie, and I'm guessing the entire movie was anime original. So then, how did things end with Sakura and syaoran in the manga?

Its unknown how they are planning and if they are planning to connect it to previous anime adaptation. Even if they manage to somehow retcon away the ending with this OVA, it still technically would not fix the other issues.

i think you right about them recton away the ending since as you can see from the preview it hightly possible they going to adapt the manga ending. and why exactly it wont fix the issues even if they will use the manga ending as prologue to clear hen? is it becouse by january 2018 we will only have 19 chapters as metirial for the anime?

Apr 2, 2017 2:20 AM by elior1

WalkingGirlKoi said:
While the character designs are cute, I was expecting for them to bring back Kumiko Takahashi's art back for the OVA. From what has been released from the Clear Card Arc manga, I'm wondering more on how the chapters will be adapted since its very slow paced in terms of plot progression so far.

if my count is right in january 2018 we will have 19 chapters released so far which they can adapt

Apr 2, 2017 2:17 AM by elior1

AdolTheRed said:

I don't recall anything else beside those events in the movie, and I'm guessing the entire movie was anime original. So then, how did things end with Sakura and syaoran in the manga?

Its unknown how they are planning and if they are planning to connect it to previous anime adaptation. Even if they manage to somehow retcon away the ending with this OVA, it still technically would not fix the other issues.

Apr 2, 2017 2:15 AM by Ahenshihael

While the character designs are cute, I was expecting for them to bring back Kumiko Takahashi's art back for the OVA. From what has been released from the Clear Card Arc manga, I'm wondering more on how the chapters will be adapted since its very slow paced in terms of plot progression so far.

Apr 1, 2017 10:35 PM by CicadaShoujo

AdolTheRed said:

Fai said:

Its hard to clearly explain since anime kind of....mix and matched their own material with manga plotlines?

For starters:
- The manga is far shorter and concise, does not have most of SOL bullshit and could easily have fit into 26-32 episodes at most. What that means is that anime has far lighter and more "laid back" tone especially in latter half. ITs a HUGE problem because tone wise Clear Card is far closer to the latter half of CCS manga as well as TRC/xxxholic stuff, with multiple characters keeping secrets and trying to manipulate things.
- There are only 19 cards in the actual story. Everything beyond that, including Nothing and Hope nonsense? Filler. Only 19 cards out of 52 actually exist.
- Since Nothing and Hope do not exist, Sakura has never "created" a card either, which is treated as huge wtf plotline in Clear Card.
- Since cards like Dream do not exist, Sakura's prophetic visions have absolutely nothing to do with cards and are instead natural part of who she is in pretty much every universe. Every Sakura shown in the multiverse so far had some form of premonition to her.
- Sakura did not unintentionally release cards. They escaped by themselves as part of a cycle of events that keeps repeating without them knowing.
- There are no other card owners. Only Sakura can catch cards and convert cards.
- A lot of characters are anime original. People like Meilin literally do NOT exist. AT ALL.
- Both of above make Syaoran's character motivations completely different. Syaoran is also limited to physical, sword arts and martial arts kind of stuff and is unable to interact with Clow's magic(or, well, any magic really)
- Fujitaka and Eriol are two split halves of Clow. Clow foresaw his own coming death and split his power into two, while putting a plan in action that would lead to a person with potential to be a strong magician, Sakura, to eventually collect and convert all cards into Sakura Cards. Its a form of ritual, in a way.
- The ending with Sakura taking over the cards and essentially becoming Clow's successor also included Sakura's father, Fujitaka, as one of Clow's halves, regaining some power too in form of being able to see dead people.
- CCS Sakura after all of that (possibly during clear card story events since she wears same uniform as there) also appears in TRC Manga, interacting and contacting TRC Sakura, as well as giving away her wand to her as to ensure that the final events come to pass in the exact way they want.

Thanks for the reply. Definitely did not expect so many major changes.

I don't recall anything else beside those events in the movie, and I'm guessing the entire movie was anime original. So then, how did things end with Sakura and syaoran in the manga?

it seems from the end of the prologue ova preview i guess they will change a bit about what happend in the movie

Apr 1, 2017 3:50 PM by elior1

Fai said:

AdolTheRed said:
Can anyone tell me how the manga ended in spoilers?

I've watched the second movie, and I thought it was a pretty good ending to the series, and I assumed thats how the manga ended too, but I guess it didn't(?)

Its hard to clearly explain since anime kind of....mix and matched their own material with manga plotlines?

For starters:
- The manga is far shorter and concise, does not have most of SOL bullshit and could easily have fit into 26-32 episodes at most. What that means is that anime has far lighter and more "laid back" tone especially in latter half. ITs a HUGE problem because tone wise Clear Card is far closer to the latter half of CCS manga as well as TRC/xxxholic stuff, with multiple characters keeping secrets and trying to manipulate things.
- There are only 19 cards in the actual story. Everything beyond that, including Nothing and Hope nonsense? Filler. Only 19 cards out of 52 actually exist.
- Since Nothing and Hope do not exist, Sakura has never "created" a card either, which is treated as huge wtf plotline in Clear Card.
- Since cards like Dream do not exist, Sakura's prophetic visions have absolutely nothing to do with cards and are instead natural part of who she is in pretty much every universe. Every Sakura shown in the multiverse so far had some form of premonition to her.
- Sakura did not unintentionally release cards. They escaped by themselves as part of a cycle of events that keeps repeating without them knowing.
- There are no other card owners. Only Sakura can catch cards and convert cards.
- A lot of characters are anime original. People like Meilin literally do NOT exist. AT ALL.
- Both of above make Syaoran's character motivations completely different. Syaoran is also limited to physical, sword arts and martial arts kind of stuff and is unable to interact with Clow's magic(or, well, any magic really)
- Fujitaka and Eriol are two split halves of Clow. Clow foresaw his own coming death and split his power into two, while putting a plan in action that would lead to a person with potential to be a strong magician, Sakura, to eventually collect and convert all cards into Sakura Cards. Its a form of ritual, in a way.
- The ending with Sakura taking over the cards and essentially becoming Clow's successor also included Sakura's father, Fujitaka, as one of Clow's halves, regaining some power too in form of being able to see dead people.
- CCS Sakura after all of that (possibly during clear card story events since she wears same uniform as there) also appears in TRC Manga, interacting and contacting TRC Sakura, as well as giving away her wand to her as to ensure that the final events come to pass in the exact way they want.

Thanks for the reply. Definitely did not expect so many major changes.

I don't recall anything else beside those events in the movie, and I'm guessing the entire movie was anime original. So then, how did things end with Sakura and syaoran in the manga?

Apr 1, 2017 3:05 PM by AdolTheRed

Fai said:

elior1 said:

Fai said:

AdolTheRed said:
Can anyone tell me how the ended in spoilers?

I've watched the second movie, and I thought it was a pretty good ending to the series, and I assumed thats how the ended too, but I guess it didn't(?)

Its hard to clearly explain since kind of....mix and matched their own material with plotlines?

For starters:
- The is far shorter and concise, does not have most of SOL bullshit and could easily have fit into 26-32 episodes at most. What that means is that has far lighter and more "laid back" tone especially in latter half. ITs a HUGE problem because tone wise Clear Card is far closer to the latter half of CCS as well as TRC/xxxholic stuff, with multiple characters keeping secrets and trying to manipulate things.
- There are only 19 cards in the actual story. Everything beyond that, including Nothing and Hope nonsense? Filler. Only 19 cards out of 52 actually exist.
- Since Nothing and Hope do not exist, Sakura has never "created" a card either, which is treated as huge wtf plotline in Clear Card.
- Since cards like Dream do not exist, Sakura's prophetic visions have absolutely nothing to do with cards and are instead natural part of who she is in pretty much every universe. Every Sakura shown in the multiverse so far had some form of premonition to her.
- Sakura did not unintentionally release cards. They escaped by themselves as part of a cycle of events that keeps repeating without them knowing.
- There are no other card owners. Only Sakura can catch cards and convert cards.
- A lot of characters are original. People like Meilin literally do NOT exist. AT ALL.
- Both of above make Syaoran's character motivations completely different. Syaoran is also limited to physical, sword arts and martial arts kind of stuff and is unable to interact with Clow's magic(or, well, any magic really)
- Fujitaka and Eriol are two split halves of Clow. Clow foresaw his own coming death and split his power into two, while putting a plan in action that would lead to a person with potential to be a strong magician, Sakura, to eventually collect and convert all cards into Sakura Cards. Its a form of ritual, in a way.
- The ending with Sakura taking over the cards and essentially becoming Clow's successor also included Sakura's father, Fujitaka, as one of Clow's halves, regaining some power too in form of being able to see dead people.
- CCS Sakura after all of that (possibly during clear card story events since she wears same uniform as there) also appears in TRC , interacting and contacting TRC Sakura, as well as giving away her wand to her as to ensure that the final events come to pass in the exact way they want.

well from the preview above we can stop worry about the animation style in this show

Well Clear Card overall is a major downgrade in terms of designs even in when compared to TRC. I guess they are banking on nostalgia or something with art but I'd prefer if it retained more "refined" look TRC had. Animation quality seems okay tho.

Still not sure how they plan on handling the adaptation. There are like 10 chapters out right now which I guess could be enough for 1 cour season by the time the comes. Do we know when the actual show is airing yet?

yes the tv series will air in january 2018

Apr 1, 2017 10:19 AM by elior1

elior1 said:

Fai said:

Its hard to clearly explain since anime kind of....mix and matched their own material with manga plotlines?

For starters:
- The manga is far shorter and concise, does not have most of SOL bullshit and could easily have fit into 26-32 episodes at most. What that means is that anime has far lighter and more "laid back" tone especially in latter half. ITs a HUGE problem because tone wise Clear Card is far closer to the latter half of CCS manga as well as TRC/xxxholic stuff, with multiple characters keeping secrets and trying to manipulate things.
- There are only 19 cards in the actual story. Everything beyond that, including Nothing and Hope nonsense? Filler. Only 19 cards out of 52 actually exist.
- Since Nothing and Hope do not exist, Sakura has never "created" a card either, which is treated as huge wtf plotline in Clear Card.
- Since cards like Dream do not exist, Sakura's prophetic visions have absolutely nothing to do with cards and are instead natural part of who she is in pretty much every universe. Every Sakura shown in the multiverse so far had some form of premonition to her.
- Sakura did not unintentionally release cards. They escaped by themselves as part of a cycle of events that keeps repeating without them knowing.
- There are no other card owners. Only Sakura can catch cards and convert cards.
- A lot of characters are anime original. People like Meilin literally do NOT exist. AT ALL.
- Both of above make Syaoran's character motivations completely different. Syaoran is also limited to physical, sword arts and martial arts kind of stuff and is unable to interact with Clow's magic(or, well, any magic really)
- Fujitaka and Eriol are two split halves of Clow. Clow foresaw his own coming death and split his power into two, while putting a plan in action that would lead to a person with potential to be a strong magician, Sakura, to eventually collect and convert all cards into Sakura Cards. Its a form of ritual, in a way.
- The ending with Sakura taking over the cards and essentially becoming Clow's successor also included Sakura's father, Fujitaka, as one of Clow's halves, regaining some power too in form of being able to see dead people.
- CCS Sakura after all of that (possibly during clear card story events since she wears same uniform as there) also appears in TRC Manga, interacting and contacting TRC Sakura, as well as giving away her wand to her as to ensure that the final events come to pass in the exact way they want.

well from the preview above we can stop worry about the animation style in this show

Well Clear Card overall is a major downgrade in terms of designs even in manga when compared to TRC. I guess they are banking on nostalgia or something with art but I'd prefer if it retained more "refined" look TRC had. Animation quality seems okay tho.

Still not sure how they plan on handling the adaptation. There are like 10 chapters out right now which I guess could be enough for 1 cour season by the time the anime comes. Do we know when the actual show is airing yet?

Apr 1, 2017 10:11 AM by Ahenshihael

Fai said:

AdolTheRed said:
Can anyone tell me how the manga ended in spoilers?

I've watched the second movie, and I thought it was a pretty good ending to the series, and I assumed thats how the manga ended too, but I guess it didn't(?)

Its hard to clearly explain since anime kind of....mix and matched their own material with manga plotlines?

For starters:
- The manga is far shorter and concise, does not have most of SOL bullshit and could easily have fit into 26-32 episodes at most. What that means is that anime has far lighter and more "laid back" tone especially in latter half. ITs a HUGE problem because tone wise Clear Card is far closer to the latter half of CCS manga as well as TRC/xxxholic stuff, with multiple characters keeping secrets and trying to manipulate things.
- There are only 19 cards in the actual story. Everything beyond that, including Nothing and Hope nonsense? Filler. Only 19 cards out of 52 actually exist.
- Since Nothing and Hope do not exist, Sakura has never "created" a card either, which is treated as huge wtf plotline in Clear Card.
- Since cards like Dream do not exist, Sakura's prophetic visions have absolutely nothing to do with cards and are instead natural part of who she is in pretty much every universe. Every Sakura shown in the multiverse so far had some form of premonition to her.
- Sakura did not unintentionally release cards. They escaped by themselves as part of a cycle of events that keeps repeating without them knowing.
- There are no other card owners. Only Sakura can catch cards and convert cards.
- A lot of characters are anime original. People like Meilin literally do NOT exist. AT ALL.
- Both of above make Syaoran's character motivations completely different. Syaoran is also limited to physical, sword arts and martial arts kind of stuff and is unable to interact with Clow's magic(or, well, any magic really)
- Fujitaka and Eriol are two split halves of Clow. Clow foresaw his own coming death and split his power into two, while putting a plan in action that would lead to a person with potential to be a strong magician, Sakura, to eventually collect and convert all cards into Sakura Cards. Its a form of ritual, in a way.
- The ending with Sakura taking over the cards and essentially becoming Clow's successor also included Sakura's father, Fujitaka, as one of Clow's halves, regaining some power too in form of being able to see dead people.
- CCS Sakura after all of that (possibly during clear card story events since she wears same uniform as there) also appears in TRC Manga, interacting and contacting TRC Sakura, as well as giving away her wand to her as to ensure that the final events come to pass in the exact way they want.

well from the preview above we can stop worry about the animation style in this show

Apr 1, 2017 6:53 AM by elior1

PV that Released at Sakura Festival 2017 today. It will be "Prologue" of the TV anime.

Apr 1, 2017 4:29 AM by tsubasalover

AdolTheRed said:
Can anyone tell me how the manga ended in spoilers?

I've watched the second movie, and I thought it was a pretty good ending to the series, and I assumed thats how the manga ended too, but I guess it didn't(?)

Its hard to clearly explain since anime kind of....mix and matched their own material with manga plotlines?

For starters:
- The manga is far shorter and concise, does not have most of SOL bullshit and could easily have fit into 26-32 episodes at most. What that means is that anime has far lighter and more "laid back" tone especially in latter half. ITs a HUGE problem because tone wise Clear Card is far closer to the latter half of CCS manga as well as TRC/xxxholic stuff, with multiple characters keeping secrets and trying to manipulate things.
- There are only 19 cards in the actual story. Everything beyond that, including Nothing and Hope nonsense? Filler. Only 19 cards out of 52 actually exist.
- Since Nothing and Hope do not exist, Sakura has never "created" a card either, which is treated as huge wtf plotline in Clear Card.
- Since cards like Dream do not exist, Sakura's prophetic visions have absolutely nothing to do with cards and are instead natural part of who she is in pretty much every universe. Every Sakura shown in the multiverse so far had some form of premonition to her.
- Sakura did not unintentionally release cards. They escaped by themselves as part of a cycle of events that keeps repeating without them knowing.
- There are no other card owners. Only Sakura can catch cards and convert cards.
- A lot of characters are anime original. People like Meilin literally do NOT exist. AT ALL.
- Both of above make Syaoran's character motivations completely different. Syaoran is also limited to physical, sword arts and martial arts kind of stuff and is unable to interact with Clow's magic(or, well, any magic really)
- Fujitaka and Eriol are two split halves of Clow. Clow foresaw his own coming death and split his power into two, while putting a plan in action that would lead to a person with potential to be a strong magician, Sakura, to eventually collect and convert all cards into Sakura Cards. Its a form of ritual, in a way.
- The ending with Sakura taking over the cards and essentially becoming Clow's successor also included Sakura's father, Fujitaka, as one of Clow's halves, regaining some power too in form of being able to see dead people.
- CCS Sakura after all of that (possibly during clear card story events since she wears same uniform as there) also appears in TRC Manga, interacting and contacting TRC Sakura, as well as giving away her wand to her as to ensure that the final events come to pass in the exact way they want.

Mar 31, 2017 10:58 PM by Ahenshihael

Can anyone tell me how the manga ended in spoilers?

I've watched the second movie, and I thought it was a pretty good ending to the series, and I assumed thats how the manga ended too, but I guess it didn't(?)

Mar 31, 2017 7:30 PM by AdolTheRed

OK. I must watch this masterpiece somehow before it comes! I have a good feeling of this series.

I might go for manga for main story and then watch movie and then will wait for the second season happily.

Mar 31, 2017 3:46 PM by removed-user

An OVA first before the anime itself? Interesting. We can see how will the animation fare after all these yrs.

As long as there's more Sakura is always fine by me.

Mar 31, 2017 3:01 PM by removed-user

Fai said:
Still no info what the adaptation will cover considering there's literally no way to "connect" a sequel to CCS manga to the previous CCS anime. Third awful CLAMP adaptation would be too much. Its enough that CCS anime already was nothing like manga and then TRC adaptation was turned into saccharine clone of CCS...

OVA will most likely have no ties to series since its mainly for manga readers.

the ova will be original consept so it will not conenct to manga or tv series

Mar 31, 2017 1:49 PM by elior1

Still no info what the adaptation will cover considering there's literally no way to "connect" a sequel to CCS manga to the previous CCS anime. Third awful CLAMP adaptation would be too much. Its enough that CCS anime already was nothing like manga and then TRC adaptation was turned into saccharine clone of CCS...

OVA will most likely have no ties to series since its mainly for manga readers.

Mar 31, 2017 10:26 AM by Ahenshihael

Oh thank God the art-style is still cute. Guess it transitions well to digital after all.

I'll consider this a test-run to see if I want to watch the Clear-hen TV series, since its one of my worries/uncertainties.

Mar 31, 2017 10:15 AM by Lil-Bird

Salokannel2 said:
@tsubasalover u have a slight spelling error on the second paragraph :P
with "Chiharafuru" which should read Chihayafuru instead I assume(?)

Thank you. I made sure to double check, but I still got it wrong.

Mar 31, 2017 9:43 AM by tsubasalover

@tsubasalover u have a slight spelling error on the second paragraph :P

tsubasalover said:
Also, the staff members for the OVA will be the same as TV anime, and Kunihiko Hamada (Chiharafuru) has added to the staff list, as he will do character design for the OVA. Nanase Ohkawa will write the script.

with "Chiharafuru" which should read Chihayafuru instead I assume(?)

OT: great news, more Sakura is always welcomed.

Mar 31, 2017 9:37 AM by Salokannel2

Anime:	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Prologue - Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma
Manga:	Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen

Manga 'Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen' Receives OVA

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