Hi there mash-up fans! It’s that time that comes every 11 weeks or so, when I start a new mash-up theme! You know, it’s just hitting me as I write it that each theme goes that long. That means I only do five themes a year. If you don’t dig a theme, it’s MONTHS before you see a new one. Crazy.
I first caught the English dub of Cardcaptor Sakura, localized as Cardcaptors, back in 2000. It hooked me right away. I really dig the lore, the cards, Kero. All of it. I have the original series on DVD, a talking Kero plushie, a set of Clow cards, figures, two card games. Yeah, they got my money good on this one. I pretty much stopped buying DVDs so I probably won’t get the sequel series, Clear Card, but I did subscribe to a streaming service to be able to watch it. The anime caught up to the manga so I don’t know the resolution. I’m going to have to check that out now that I think about it.
Here’s Nektara as the titular Cardcaptor Sakura. Sakura gets a LOT of costumes. I think it’s close to one per episode. This is the one I think of first though when I think of the character so it’s the one I chose for the mash-up. As you can see, I’m going for some animation-style shading here that I’ve busted out for the anime themes (except Sailor Moon for some reason). I dig this one. It’s a good start and I’m hoping that means a solid set!
That’s it for this week. Which CCS character will we see next week? Hint: Skitter will be the one dressing up.