Talk:Cardcaptor Sakura

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January 31, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

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Blu-Ray release

Genon is releasing CCS on Blu-Ray. Link here (page is Japanese). 69.209.103.50 (talk) 23:19, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the above person is suggesting that this be incorporated into the article; there's no mention of the Blu-Ray release at all, and it seems pertinent. At the very least, there's no reason to delete a suggestion from a talk page. HoCkEy PUCK (talk) 18:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The link is legit, and says that two blue-ray sets were released - the first, episodes 1-46 and various extras on March 27, 2009 for ￥78,000 without tax, and the second, episodes 47-70 on June 26, 2009, for ￥47,000 without tax. It's sold on Amazon (box 1) box 2. Some people have blogged about it in English as well. Anyway, not sure where to add it to the article, otherwise I would. BookishAcolyte (talk) 05:03, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sales rankings in May 2000

Y'all may find this reference useful: http://web.archive.org/web/20010706135824/http://j-pop.com/anime/news/top10.html

It gives top-10 sales rankings of anime in the US & Japan. This is included in the list. --Gwern (contribs) 01:30 26 January 2010 (GMT)

Added, and thanks. That link led me to an archive of Animerica with an online archive of an Escaflowne Q&A I'd used in the article from the printed Animerica issue. Having an online copy will make it easier for future GA/FA reviews.-- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 01:42, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect Citation?

Unless there was a reprint that I'm not familiar with, the first article cited ("Animerica Spotlight: Cardcaptor Sakura") was published in November 2000, not December 2008. --Cjovalle (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:01, 21 April 2010 (UTC).[reply]

It should have been December 2000 not 2008. Thanks for spotting that. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:10, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Review(s)

~~About.com: Comic-Con 2010 Best/Worst Manga~~ --KrebMarkt (talk) 18:16, 10 August 3010 (UTC)[reply]

Incorporated.--十八 23:21, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Toonami

Added this page to the Toonami category. I had done this previously but it was removed due to the source of it having been on toonami not being cited. Kind of difficult to cite a past tv lineup, but I did find a video of the intro for the show on toonami proving it had aired on toonami. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_njLnot0lwo Miles Blues (talk · contribs) 23:00, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ideas

Consider expanding in the lead "The manga was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from the May 1996 to June 2000 issues". Something like "The manga was originally serialized monthly in Nakayoshi from the May 1996 until the June 2000 issue" would clear up any assumption of how regularly and how many times it appeared in Nakayoshi.
"Critics praised the manga for its creativity and has been described as a quintessential shōjo manga". Change it to make sense. "Critics praised the manga for its creativity and described it as a quintessential shōjo manga" is how I would interpret it.
Consider rewording "Heavily edited and dubbed, the series was renamed Cardcaptors and aired 39 episodes..." It might read better if the order was changed "Heavily edited and dubbed into 39 episodes, the series was renamed Cardcaptors and aired..."
"so fans could think "I want to be like her." Unless this is a quote from Nakayoshi, it would be better to use formal language. Something like "so that fans could relate to her" may be more appropriate. There is an overuse of informal prose as opposed to encyclopedic prose, for example, "going so far as to try to".

Content is excellent. Some parts need rewording.--Squilibob (talk) 10:54, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The "I want to be like her" was a direct quote, worded by Nanase Ohkawa, but I can see it would probably be better to paraphrase it, and probably other quotes used. I'll get on fixing these problems, though really it's going to take someone not involved in the article.--十八 22:19, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Cardcaptor Sakura/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 03:46, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Since it's been over a month, I'll review this article over the next few days. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 06:15, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies for the delay, Cirt abandoned about 10 articles at GAN and I managed to get through all of them now. Anyway, I read through the article and didn't find any issues keeping it from GA status. If you want things to fix outside of GA, I found a couple. There are a few names and like linked multiple times in the article; they only need to be linked the first time. Also, there's a couple places where you use 5-6 refs. If there's a way to shrink that in those cases then that may be helpful.

Since I couldn't find any issues, I'll pass the article as a GA; it was waiting long enough anyway. Wizardman _{Operation Big Bear} 04:47, 31 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

I propose that List of Cardcaptor Sakura video games be merged into Cardcaptor Sakura. I think that the content in the video-game article can easily be incorporated in the main article, and the main article is of a reasonable size in which the merging will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. Furthermore, the video game article is quite short, and unlikely to grow larger barring a revival or sequel by Clamp. --User:WoodElf 05:01, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have mixed feelings about this. The reason I created the article was so I could split off most of the video game info from this article, and put it in a standard format. But I can see how it could be merged back into this article, especially because the mention of the video games is fairly short. If it were merged, the video games would have to get their own subsection, but that's fine.--十八 05:21, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is what I thought too. We should have a "Video Game" subheading. We can place all the information in a wikitable with headings: Title | Release date | Platform | Notes. The video game article looks larger than it actually is because of the large font and white space. --User:WoodElf 05:59, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --User:WoodElf 06:57, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tomoyo's ('Madison's') lesbian crush on Sakura

In the original Japanese version of Cardcaptor, Tomoyo, her best friend, has very, very, obvious feelings for Sakura, which (as usual) were completely removed from the dubbed version. For example, in their first proper scene together in episode one, Tomoyo is quite plainly smitten with her and talks about how 'sweet' and 'cute' she is from almost the very moment she is introduced. Indeed, their first proper conversation starts off with Tomoyo openly telling Sakura that she likes her; "You were so cute back there, Sakura-chan" and it is quite plain what she means from the body-language. Tomoyo goes on to tell her that she wishes she could have "recorded that moment (of cuteness)" on tape or camera. Sakura then explains (via internal monologue) that Tomo likes videoing and taking pictures - particularly of Sakura. Sakura says that Tomo could easily find something more interesting to photograph than her - to which Tomo dreamily answers that there is "isn't anything more interesting, or cuter, than you, Sakura!", while looking off into the distance and clutching her hands to her face.

All of which was (crudely) cut out in the dub, including Tomo's infatuated body language - and Sakura's awkward embarrassment at being the object of another girl's affection, in favour of Tomo announcing how she is going to "Make a documentary on the life of a fourth grade girl". I think this and the other 'controversial' elements of the show should have their own section. Hadashi (talk) 13:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If there is evidence of it being controversial from reliable, third-party sources, then they can be added in the reception section where it talks of the criticism the Cardcaptors dub received.--十八 20:35, 23 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think this should do it.LINK

Hadashi (talk) 11:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"her best friend and cousin Tomoyo Daidouji"

Tomoyo and Sakura are second cousins (their mothers were cousins).