I was in your situation a few years back. The production quality of the old anime is great even by today's standard, and I think the only thing that stands out is the lack of some modern post-processing effects. The 90's TV anime has a lot of added stuff which makes it feel somewhat repetitive at times, especially near the end (around 20 episodes near the end of 70). If your goal is to understand the back story in order to enjoy the new TV series, reading the manga would be easier as it's much shorter. At the moment it's hard to tell which direction the show will go towards later. The Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma OVA follows the manga closely, while the first episode of Clear Card TV series seems to mix the previous manga ending with the anime ending, which makes a conflict that isn't explained yet. The movie is anime-original without a manga counterpart. It's a stand-alone "side quest" with no direct impact on the following plot. To expend on Kerosu's answer, the first movie's story happened at the end anime season 1 (ends at episode 35). It's also not as good an adaptation as CCS, so for TRC I'd recommend the manga if anything. For TRC there is an anime (which includes OVAs and movies) and a manga, which diverge fairly heavily in parts, and the anime of which was never really completed. These are parallel universe versions of the same characters, to be sure. TRC is actually the more significant tie-in, since Sakura and Syaoran appear as main characters, along with Toya, Yukito, and Tomoyo in lesser but still prominent roles. I'm going to back this up not with arguments about canon, but with the claim that the manga is also great, and it gives you additional room to let the characters grow on you.Īs for tie-ins to other series, the biggest tie-ins are to xxxHolic and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. I think it's also worth reading the manga. It also leaves out a few minor details which have larger implications for other CLAMP series that take place in the same multiverse. The anime invents a few new characters, and a large number of new cards (there are 19 in the manga, 52 in the anime). There are a fair number of differences between the manga and anime, too. But the same-sex crushes and relationships were removed from the English dub. Cardcaptor Sakura is really more about the romance than it is about the magic and collecting of cards, and are vital to how the characters relate to each other and grow as people. I highly recommend watching the Japanese dub (with English subtitles) of the original anime if you've only ever seen the English dub as a kid.
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