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カードキャプターさくらイラスト集 [Cardcaptor Sakura Illustrations] #2
Card Captor Sakura: Artbook, Tome 2
Cardcaptor Sakura was the top-selling girls' manga in Japan, and now it’s the top-selling girls manga in America. Now fans can collect all of the full-color artwork from CLAMP featuring their favorite characters. The Art of Cardcaptor Sakura contains over 100 full color pictures from the series, most of which have never before been seen in America!
116 pages, Paperback
First published April 26, 2000
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Clamp
755 books3,157 followersŌkawa Nanase 大川七瀬
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
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April 7, 2024
Review for volume 1 - 3
The Art of Cardcaptor Sakura 1 - 3 are everything artbooks should be. All three volumes are filled to the brim with beautiful full-page illustrations, feature a small comic episode at the end, artists comments on all artworks and a nice insight to the evolution of the art from the beginning to the end of the series.
Volume one covers the first arc of the story - the illustrations are lively, vibrant and quirky. It is easy to see that these are the earlier works of this series, but it doesn't mean they're any less beautiful. I love how there are several sets of illustrations that belong together featuring different characters in similar compositions and scenarios. Some illustrations refer straight back to certain episodes and scenes from the series while others are just nice pictures of the various characters. There's also a cute brother-sister bonus story at the end which wasn't in the manga.
Volume two focuses on the second and final half of the story. The illustrations are equally colourful and make a nice continuation to some of the sets of the previous volume. The art has clearly improved and one can tell that the relationships between the characters have changed slightly in accordance with the plot. Like the first volume, this one also features a small comic episode which wasn't seen in the manga - it is a cute continuation of what was shown in the first artbook. It doesn't add to the story, but it is a nice little treat if you enjoy the characters.
Volume three takes a step back and features a range of older pictures. It seems it is mostly filled with illustrations that represented the series in various ways, e.g. the cover images of the original 12 volumes and a range of chibis that were featured with the blurb. There are also newer ones, but one can tell that this is more of a collection of bonus material while the previous two volumes directly tied in with the two halves of the series.
These are just absolutely beautiful artbooks and not to be missed - don't just read one of them, pick up all three!
January 6, 2019
These illustrations are true pieces of art.
October 27, 2025
I rly love the adventure and magic, but I still have my reservations on the love interests.
September 11, 2014
Beside from these being mostly a book that shows artwork, there is also a very short story at the end which is amazingly cute. Sakura taking care of the sick Shaolan.
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