Blast From The Past - Cardcaptor Sakura (CITV)

If there's any series I'd give an arm and a leg for a UK release of, it'd be Cardcaptor Sakura (or Cardcaptors as it was known by in the English dubbed version).

Back in the early 2000s, I'd just started at secondary school and I distinctly remember rushing home on weekdays to catch the latest episode of Cardcaptors. Here was a cartoon that felt distinctly adolescent - both in tone, and visually - something that offered adventure, fantasy and an escape from reality. Twenty minutes to lose yourself in, leaving homework behind in a dizzying spin of addictive 'gotta see the next episode' viewing. Much like World of Warcraft did for me years later, Cardcaptors was the door into another world - a means to transport your mind into a world where excitement lurked behind every door and adventure could be found in everyday school life.

In Sakura, you had the plucky heroine. With Lee, you had the boyish self-insert entry point that the English version so clearly played up (much to the chagrin of fans of the original Japanese version). Together, you had one hell of an adventure series. There was even the collectible card element, which coming off the back of the Pokemon craze, felt oh so timely.

And, man oh man, that theme tune...