Cardcaptor Sakura Specials

Loved these. They're all comedy shorts, and my favorite was the first one, in which Tomoyo directs Sakura in filming the original opening to the TV show. It's a lot of meta fun. It also opens with an in-universe copyright notice that got my brain juices flowing for a minute. She said that her remedy would be that she would no longer talk to the infringer anymore. (Which makes this the only copyright notice I've ever feared.) Thinking in terms of US copyright, to what extent can a copyright holder determine their preferred remedy in a case of copyright infringement if they embed it asa license term? The first major copyright case under the Copyright Act of 1790 was between Jedidiah Morse and someone who infringed his copyright. After he won the copyright suit, he determined that the award was too high, and let the infringer off the hook with half that amount, out of consideration for the man's family. If Tomoyo said that it would be punished by painful silence, or perhaps "only" painful silence, would that preclude an award of money? Intriguing. The second short was about baking with Eriol, which was fine. I chuckled when Kero bit into the fake cake. The third short was really good, too, and it had a unique art style that suggests to me that someone specific did the key animation or at least was trying out being a director. There was a lot of creative cost-cutting in it (and in the other shorts), which I'm always tickled by. The story was quite humorous, and so was the twist about Yamazaki's eyes. These were so much fun. ^^

You're Wonderful, Sakura-Chan! acts as a great follow-up to the series, focusing on lots of fun side-plots full of silliness, which is exactly what a series like this needs. As always, the main characters are the focus and it's great to add even more adventures. These mostly serve as spoofs or joke segments to the main series, many of which are actually are actually hilarious and land many of the jokes; for instance, the recording of the first opening theme with Sakura questioning why she's in a pile of cherry blossom petals. My main point is that if you liked the series (particularly the sliceof life elements and comedy aspects), you'll enjoy these; if anything, they're extremely short if you happen to dislike them, totaling to about one regular episode (20 minutes) and they're great as a bonus after the series. 8/10.