Well, after seeing the rating scale I gave, you’d think I worshiped this movie or something. Well, in my honest opinion, I have seen this movie about three times and it is amazing. Already CLAMP has brought some great works into the world, from Magic Knight Rayearth to X and most recently Angelic Layer, but what an amazing series this was. Now the official ending to the series, the second CardCaptor Sakura movie couldn’t have summed it all up any better. From beginning to end, the movie answers your questions and leaves you thinking for days on end of how great it was. Much like the original movie, amazing amounts of detail were put into each little part from consistency in plot to the complete reality of backgrounds and of course, the characters. In the eyes of some, CLAMP has taken a bad turn in it’s choice to change their style, but I believe it is a turn for the better.

Back in the days, 1992 if you want to know what period I am talking about, CLAMP was the most original and in many ways stylish companies out there. But as of recently, many shows are beginning to resemble the art style of such CLAMP shows as Magic Knight Rayearth and CLAMP School Detectives. Then, with CardCaptor Sakura, they turned from their ways and brought to Japan a completely original CLAMP work. A magic wielding fourth grader and a story of love and friendship…..nothing like X or Clover at all! But once again, CLAMP proved that they could change the face of anime and bring original concepts along with amazing characters and make a great new show.

The Second Movie is in some ways one of the best parts of the series and also one of the most amazing. When is the last time you were intrigued so much on graphics. I know my last time was the first Tenchi Movie but that’s another review for another page. The graphics are outstanding and the characters even more beautiful in my eyes. The movement and use of symbolism to portray emotion is something not normally done for such a length of time and many times not as well. This, added with the characters motives and connection to the story brings out an amazingly dramatic story out of a wonderfully cute show. And as the original reviewer wrote, the music is very well done. I think this movie should be seen by any anime fan, it has something for everyone, plus it’s just darn beautiful.

Individual Rating: Art: 10; Story & Plot: 9; Characters:10; Sounds:10

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