The original, 70-episode Cardcaptor Sakura TV anime from Studio Madhouse is set to begin streaming on Netflix, starting on June 01. Netflix confirmed the news via its official, geek-centric Twitter account on Monday. The video below also confirms that the streaming platform will be using the Animax dub.
Cardcaptor Sakura is a Japanese shojo manga from the illustrious, all-female writer/artist group Clamp (X/1999, Magic Knight Rayearth, xxxHolic), which began as a dōjinshi circle in the mid-80s. The original manga series ran from 1996-2000 in Kodansha's Nakayoshi shojo magazine before Madhouse produced a 70-episode anime adaptation from 1998 to 2000. Old school anime fans will remember the anime anchoring the Kid's WB Saturday morning cartoon lineup in 2000. The series has all aired on Nickelodeon and Toonami.
Netflix's streaming of Cardcaptor Sakura will not include the recent, Clear Card sequel anime series which was released during the Fall 2017 anime season.
Some anime fans were hoping that Netflix would provide a new dub for the series, similar to how the streaming giant provided new voiceovers for Saint Seiya. However, it appears that Netflix only has streaming rights to Cardcaptor, they don't hold the license to the franchise, which they do for Saint Seiya. The Animax dub also omits some LGBTQ content from the anime which might be a problem if Netflix is streaming the uncut version.
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