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Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Anime Adds More Returning Cast

NHK announced six more cast members for the television anime of CLAMP's Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card manga on Tuesday. All of the new cast members are returning from the previous anime:

• Hideyuki Tanaka as Fujitaka Kinomoto
• Yumi Touma as Spinel Sun
• Ryoka Yuzuki as Nakuru Akizuki/Ruby Moon
• Issei Miyazaki as Takashi Yamazaki
• Miwa Matsumoto as Chiharu Mihara
• Emi Motoi as Naoko Yanagisawa

The anime will premiere on NHK BS Premium at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 7, 2018. The anime will then repeat on Fridays at 11:45 p.m.

Morio Asaka is returning from the first television anime series and two films to direct the new series at Madhouse. CLAMP's Nanase Ohkawa is handling the series composition and is writing the scripts. Kunihiko Hamada (animation director for previous TV series and two films) is the character designer with costume and card designs by CLAMP's Mokona. Masafumi Mima is directing the sound, and Takayuki Negishi is composing the music. NHK, Kodansha, and NHK Enterprise are producing.

The main returning cast includes:

New characters include:

Minori Suzuki as Akiho, a new friend of Sakura's who has transferred from Hong Kong. She has lived abroad for a long time in France, Germany, and so on. Her favorite stuffed animal is named Momo.

Natsuki Hanae as Yuna, who takes care of Akiho. He is good at making delicious black tea and sweets.

Maaya Sakamoto is returning to the franchise to perform the opening theme song "CLEAR." Sakamoto wrote the song's lyrics and Ikimono-gakarimember Yoshiki Mizuno composed the song.

CLAMP launched the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card sequel manga series in Nakayoshi on June 3, 2016. The manga's third volume shipped on September 13, and a special edition bundled the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card-hen Prologue - Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma OVA. The manga series now has more than 1.5 million copies in print.