Cardcaptor Sakura in Portugal (Alternate History)

Sakura, a Caçadora de Cartas (Japanese: カードキャプターさくら, Hepburn: Kādokyaputā Sakura) is the name of CSS franchise in Portugal.

Original Saga
One day, Sakura Kinomoto accidentally opened a book containing dozens of magical cards called Clow Cards, and they scattered around her hometown of Tomoeda. Sakura was chosen to be the master of these cards and has been enlisted by the sun-based guardian Kerberos to use her magic and reclaim these cards before they make any more trouble in town. She is encouraged by her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, and she meets a rival cardcaptor, Syaoran Li, who is a direct descendant of the creator of the Clow Cards.

Clear Card Saga
Sakura Kinomoto is starting junior high school alongside her friends, including her boyfriend Syaoran, who had just returned to Tomoeda. After having a prophetic dream about a mysterious cloaked figure, all of the Sakura Cards turn blank and are rendered completely powerless, thus starting her quest to find out what is wrong. In doing so, Sakura and her friends, along with her guardians and protectors Cerberus and Yue, discover and capture the transparent cards, using the new and much stronger mystical dream key. Eriol, Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon appear as supporting characters, as does Kaho Mizuki, having returned to England, but continuing to aid Sakura and her protectors from afar. Sakura ends up befriending a transfer student named Akiho Shinomoto and meets her butler and guardian Yuna D. Kaito, from whom Syaoran detects vast amounts of magical power.

Manga
The manga was first released in the country in August 2011 by Edições ASA, based on the omnibus version of Dark Horse Comics. The 2nd volume was published in January 2012. The 3rd was published in July. The 4th and last in December.

In July 2018, G. Floy Studio starts publishing the Nakayoshi 60th Anniversary Edition. In January 2021, and thanks to the successful publication of the original saga and the exhibition of Clear Card anime in TV, announces the publication Clear Card manga.

Original Anime
The anime debuted in Portugal on September 15, 2001 on RTP1. It stopped being aired on February 11, 2003.

In 2002 it was also shown on RTP2 and RTP Madeira (This being a Free-to-air channel only in the Autonomous Region of Madeira). It stopped being broadcast in the same year.

On December 20, 2003, premiered on Canal Panda and stopped broadcasting in 2005. A Portuguese-subtitled Spanish dub of the first movie aired in August 2008.

On December 1, 2009 it premiered on Panda Biggs and in 2010 it stopped being broadcast.

Since June 1, 2020 the anime and the two movies are available on Netflix.

Trivia

 * In this dubbing, Spinel's gender was changed from male to female.
 * Paulo Coelho dubbed a female character, one of Tomoyo's bodyguards, who appears in the second episode of the series.
 * After the first episode, Naoko and Chiharu voices were exchanged.
 * In the original, Kero and Spinel have different voice actors for their two forms.
 * In this dub, they kept the same actor for both forms.
 * Broadcasts on the RTP channels had no credits in the OPs and EDs.
 * While the broadcasts on the Canal Panda and Panda Biggs had no credits in the OPs and Spanish credits in the EDs.
 * Netflix has the original credits.
 * The movies were dubbed with the cast of Clear Card anime.

Clear Card Anime
The dub premiered on RTP2 on November 2, 2020 and on Biggs on January 25, 2021. In streaming, the first 11 dubbed episodes premiered on November 15, 2020 on Netflix. The remaining episodes premiered on January 4, 2021.

Trivia

 * Bárbara Lourenço, Mónica Garcez, Paulo Coelho and Quimbé came back from dub of the original series.
 * But only Quimbé returned to the roles he did.
 * The OVA was also dubbed, but only debuted on Netflix as Sakura e os Dois Ursinhos de Peluche (Sakura and the Two Teddy Bears).
 * All changes in the original anime dub have been reversed.