The upcoming anime adaptation of CLAMP’s Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card manga will be aired on January 7, 2018 in Japan. As a way to hype up the fans, the anime’s official website has revealed the character designs of Akiho and Yuna.

Akiho is a new friend of Sakura. Same as Li Syaoran in the first Cardcaptor Sakura anime, she is a transfer student from Hong Kong. She also lived abroad in countries like Germany and France. She has a stuffed animal named Momo which she loved so dear. Minori Suzuki will be voicing her.

Next up is Yuna, a boy who is an expert in creating the finest desserts and making delicious black tea. He takes care of Akiho and he will be voiced by Natsuki Hanae.

Cardcaptor Sakura tells the story of an ordinary girl named Sakura Kinomoto who founds a book containing magical “Clow Cards”. When the cards all flew away and scattered all around her town, it is her duty to capture them before they wreak havoc into the world. She is guided by the guardian Keroberos upon capturing the Clow Cards. The first television anime had a total of 70 episodes and two movies that were all successful hits not only in Japan but also in other parts of the world.

Morio Asaka returns to direct the new anime at Madhouse. Asaka was also the director of the first Cardcaptor Sakura anime as well as its two films. The card designs and costumes are carefully designed by CLAMP’s Mokona while Kunihiko Hamada is in charge of the character designs. Takayuki Negisihi will be composing the music for the new anime, Masafumi Mima as its sound director, and its producers are NHK Enterprise, NHK, and Kondansha.

Source: Nijimen