Audio CDs edit

Several albums were released for Card Captor Sakura, including four albums covering the three seasons of the anime, one album for each movie, three vocals albums and two drama albums. Singles were released for the opening and closing themes for all three anime seasons, the two movies and characters dedicated soundtracks. Many of the releases charted in the Oricon charts, with the highest ranking album being "Card Captor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4" at 70h,[1] and the highest ranking single being "Purachina", the opening theme for the third season, at 21st.[2]. Every albums and singles were distributed under Victor Entertainment label.

First season singles and albums edit

The opening Catch You Catch Me and closing Groovy! themes were released as singles on April 22, 1998 and September 23, 1998,[3][4] and peak ranked 92nd and 67th on the Oricon singles chart, respectively.[5][6] The opening theme single performed by Gumi included "Catch You Catch Me" and "Hitorijime" in both vocal and instrumental versions, with lyrics written by Koumi Hirose and Megumi Hinata, respectively.[7] The ending theme single performed by Koumi Hirose included "Groovy! " in both vocal and instrumental versions, with lyrics and music by the same.[8]

Two albums covers the first season. The first one, CardCaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack, was released on July 23, 1998 with catalog number (VICL-60263) and peak ranked 97th on Oricon albums chart.[9][10] It contained 26 tracks included "Catch You Catch Me" and "Hitorijime" performed Gumi, "Yoru no uta" by Junko Iwao, "Shiawase no mahou" Sakura Tange and "Anata to ireba" by the later two. [11] The second album, CardCaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 2, was released on December 19, 1998 with catalog number (VICL-60342).[12] It contained 34 tracks included "Groovy!" in normal and TV size version performed by Koumi Hirose, "Super Duper Love Love Days" and "Catch You Catch Me" TV Size version by Gumi and its Sakura Version by Sakura Tange singing as Sakura Kinomoto. Takayuki Negishi made the music and the arrangements of the remaining tracks.[13]

Second season singles and album edit

The opening Tobira o akete and closing Honey themes were released as singles on April 21, 1999 and May 21, 1999,[14][15] and peak ranked 57th and 86th on the Oricon singles chart, respectively.[16][17] The opening theme single performed by Anza included "Tobira o akete" and "Mienai chizu" in both vocal and instrumental versions, with lyrics written by Kikuko and Anza with Izumi Arisato, respectively.[18] The ending theme single included "Honey" in normal version performed Chihiro, Sakura version by Sakura Tange singing as Sakura Kinomoto and instrumental version. The credit of the lyrics and music goes to Chihiro.[19]

The album for the second season, CardCaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 3, was released on June 23, 1999 with catalog number (VICL-60385), and peak ranked 90th on Oricon albums chart.[20][21] It contained 19 tracks included "Tobira o akete" performed by Anza, "Tomo e" by Junko Iwao, "Honey" normal version by Chihiro and its Sakura version by Sakura Tange. Takayuki Negishi made the music and the arrangements of the remaining tracks.[22]

Third season singles and album edit

The opening Purachina and the closing Fruits Candy themes were released as singles on October 21, 1999 and November 20, 1999,[23][24] and peak ranked 21st and 61st on the Oricon singles chart, respectively.[2][25] The opening theme single performed by Maaya Sakamoto included "Purachina" and "24 Twenty-four", with lyrics written by Yuuho Iwasato and Kazumi Someya, respectively.[26] The ending theme single included "Fruits Candy" in normal version performed by Megumi Kojima, Sakura-Tomoyo-Kero version by Sakura Tange, Junko Iwao and Aya Hisakawa reprising their anime roles and instrumental version. The lyrics were written by Takeshi Yokoyama.[27]

The album for the third season, CardCaptor Sakura Original Soundtrack 4, was released on March 23, 2000 with catalog number (VICL-60544), and peak ranked 70th on Oricon albums chart.[28][1] It contained 25 tracks included "Purachina" performed by Maaya Sakamoto, "Fruits Candy" by Megumi Kojima, "Kureyuku hitotose" by Junko Iwao and "Hitotsudake" by Sakura Tange. Takayuki Negishi made the music and the arrangements of the remaining tracks.[29]

Movies singles and albums edit

The closing Tooi Kono Machi De theme of Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie was released as singles on August 11, 1999, and peak ranked 86th on the Oricon singles chart.[30][31] The ending theme single performed by Naomi Kaiya included "Tooi Kono Machi De" and "Sepia No Hibi" in both vocal and instrumental versions, with lyrics and musics by the same.[32]

The album for the first movie, CardCaptor Sakura The Movie Original Soundtrack, was released on August 25, 1999 with catalog number (VICL-60446), and peak ranked 78th on Oricon albums chart.[33][34] It contained 30 tracks, most of them with Chinese titles, included three songs performed by Sakura Tange, Wuyontana and Naomi Kaiya, respectively. Takayuki Negishi made the music and the arrangements of the remaining tracks.[35]

The closing Ashita E No Melody theme of Cardcaptor Sakura Movie: The Sealed Card was released as singles on July 12, 2000, and peak ranked 43rd on the Oricon singles chart.[36][37] The ending theme single performed by Chaka included "Ashita e no Melody" in both vocal and instrumental versions and "Blue as the Sky". Lyrics of both songs were written by the same.[38]

The album for the second movie, Cardcaptor Sakura Movie: The Sealed Card Original Soundtrack, was released on August 2, 2000 with catalog number (VICL-60591), and peak ranked 60th on Oricon albums chart.[39][40] It contained 32 tracks included "Arigatou" performed by Sakura Tange, "Koko Ni Kite" by Junko Iwao and "Ashita E No Melody" by Chaka. Takayuki Negishi made the music and the arrangements of the remaining tracks.[41]

The single for the short movie Leave It To Kero, Okashi No Uta, was released on July 12, 2000, and peak ranked 82nd on Oricon Singles chart.[42][43]. The single performed by Aya Hisakawa and Yumi Touma included "Okashi No Uta" in both vocal and instrumental versions. Aya Hisakawa wrote the lyrics and Takayuki Negishi the music.[44]

Vocal singles and albums edit

Six Character single were released, each of them included a theme song in both vocal and instrumental version, performed by a seiyu singing as its anime counter-part. The first three singles were released on June 3, 1998 and the remaining three on June 24, 1998.

  1. SAKURA, included "Prism" performed by Sakura Tange as Sakura Kinomoto with lyrics by Mitsuko Shiramine.[45][46]
  2. TOUYA, included "Kimi Ga Ita Scene" performed by Tomokazu Seki as Toya Kinomoto with lyrics by Masahiro Takami.[47][48]
  3. KERO, included "Issho Ni Utaou" performed by Aya Hisakawa as Cerberus with lyrics by Nanase Ookawa.[49][50]
  4. TOMOYO, included "Yasashisa No Tane" performed by Junko Iwao as Tomoyo Daidouji with lyrics by Kana Matsumoto.[51][52]
  5. YUKITO, included "Jitensha Ni Notte" performed by Megumi Ogata as Yukito Tsukishiro with lyrics by Takeshi Yokoyama.[53][54]
  6. SYAORAN, included "Kininaru Aitsu" performed by Motoko Kumai as Syaoran Li with lyrics by Mitsuko Shiramine.[55][56]

The album titled Character Songbook was released on January 21, 1999 with catalog number (VICL-60318), and peak ranked 73rd on Oricon albums chart.[57][58] It compiled the songs from the six Chracter single and included "Zutto Zutto Zutto" performed by Aya Hisakawa and Sakura Tange as their anime counter-part, "Kocchi O Muite" by Yukana Nogami as Meilin Li, "Watashi Dake No Movie Star" by Junko Iwao as Tomoyo Daidouji and "Aoi Kioku" by Emi Shinohara as Kaho Mizuki.[59]

The album titled Christmas Concert by the Choir of Tomoeda Elementary School was released on December 1, 1999 with catalog number (VICL-60494), and peak ranked 91st on Oricon albums chart.[60][61]. It contained the supposed Christmas concert held by the choir of Tomoeda Elementary School. Junko Iwao performed most of tracks as Tomoyo Daidouji, the others being sung by the choir. The album booklet was in form of a Christmas concert program.[62][63]

The album titled Theme Song Collection was released on December 19, 2001 with catalog number (VICL-60820), and peak ranked 90th on Oricon albums chart.[64][65]. Its was a collection of all the opening and close themes from the three anime seasons, the two movies and the short movie Leave it to Kero. The album also included "Arigatou" performed by Sakura Tange, "Yoru No Uta" performed by Junko Iwao and "Get Your Love" by the Tomoeda girls with every girl seiyu singing as their anime counter-part.[66]

Drama albums edit

Two drama albums were produced. The first one Original Drama Album 1 "Sakura to Okaa-san no Organ" was released on July 23, 1998 with catalog number (VICL-60262), and peak ranked 87th on Oricon albums chart.[67][68] The second Original Drama Album 1 "Sweet Valentine Stories" was released on February 10, 1999 with catalog number (VICL-60344), and peak ranked 76th on Oricon albums chart.[69][70] The cast on both albums was comprised of seiyu from the anime reprising their roles.

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