When I first watched this DVD, I was expecting the same good ol’ American dub courtesy of Nelvana, so you can say I was surprised to find out it wasn’t. Which is why I don’t like a majority sequels; they change pretty much everything to actors, voice-actors and the personality of characters in the story which sort of kills any expectations or enjoyment of even considering to watch a sequel. That aside Cardcaptor Sakura: the sealed card continues where the series left off, with a very corny opening with. Sakura is sill brooding over Li’s departure to Hong Kong and the only way she seems to quell this wanting to see Li is to watch a bunch of tapes made by her queer friend Tomoyo— [Madison in Nelvana's CCS version, Cardcaptors] who thinks pretty much everything and everyone (especially Sakura and Li ¬¬;) are so cute! Then one day, Li and his cousin Meling suddenly appear out of nowhere and Sakura finds herself faced with task of telling Li how she really feels about him. Throughout the movie you have to sit and watch Sakura’s inability to confess her true feelings to Li, while at the same time figure out why her “Sakura” cards and various objects and people are all vanishing with each passing day, however, its no mystery as to what’s behind it.

The fillers in this movie are the constant ploys like Meling and Tomoyo playing matchmaker and Sakura’s constant stalling to confess to Li, which becomes repetitive. You want to tell her to go on and confess already. The music in the movie is a tad too childish for my liking, the action in the CCS2 is few and far between, most of the so-called ‘action-moment’s’ consist of Sakura trying to persuade the ‘enemy’ to stop what its doing and running for her life while her Guardian’s along with Li have to save her from peril. The main focus and plot (if you wanna call it that) of this movie is the intolerable, so-predicable romance between Sakura and Li, which gets really boring in and of itself. I mean, the movie was fun to watch at times and had some redeemable moments but the cutsey-cute atmosphere is almost too sweet to even stomach. The Japanese dub remains the same, while English dub is performed by Zang Boom entertainment: which is the English dubs major downfall. While ZBE maintains the original names (no matter how badly pronounced) of the characters, Nelvana did a better job in the voice-acting and music department, aside from the fact that they edited CCS. All in all, the sealed card will only please Otaku fans of CCS, but if your someone who never minded the edited version Cardcaptors, then you’ll find the English dub and movie very unfamiliar ground and comfortable to listen to.—– [a 3 out of 5]

I bought this movie off of ebay about a year and a half ago because I couldn’t wait for it to come to America. It is the best movie and so cute. If you are a Cardcaptor Sakura fan, especially a S&S fan, GET THIS MOVIE!!!