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Cardcaptor Sakura S1E8 — Sakura's Rival Appears!

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Cardcaptor Sakura•Season 1•Episode 8

Sakura's Rival Appears!

7.9/10 · 109 votesJun 2, 199825 min

Ranked #3 of 35 in Season 1•+0.4 vs season avg

Sakura has the same recurring dream she had in episode one, specifically focusing on the boy wielding a sword in Chinese clothing. She hears from both Cerberus and Yukito that it might be a "foretelling dream". A new transfer student arrives from Hong Kong named

Directed bySunao Katabuchi

Written byNanase Okawa

Previous episodeE7 · Sakura's First Challenge as a Thief!?Next episodeE9 · Sakura and the Mysterious Broach

Seasons4

Season 1 Episodes35

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Sakura and the Mysterious Magic Book

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Sakura's Wonderful Friend

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Sakura's Heart-throbbing First Date

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Sakura's Exhausting Sunday

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Sakura and the Panda and the Cute Store

Sakura and Her Mother's Memory still

Sakura and Her Mother's Memory

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Sakura's First Challenge as a Thief!?

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Sakura's Rival Appears!

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Sakura and the Mysterious Broach

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Sakura and the Flowery Athletics Meet

Sakura, Tomoyo and the Big House still

Sakura, Tomoyo and the Big House

Sakura's Endless Day still

Sakura's Endless Day

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Sakura and the Elephant's Strength Contest

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Sakura, Touya and Cinderella

Sakura and Kero's Big Fight still

Sakura and Kero's Big Fight

Sakura and the Rainbow of Memories still

Sakura and the Rainbow of Memories

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Sakura's Scary Courage Test

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Sakura, Yukito and the Summer Festival

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Sakura and the Summer Vacation Homework

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Sakura and the Fighting Exchange Student

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Sakura's Long Marathon

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Sakura and Her Kind Father

Sakura, Tomoyo and the Wonderful Song still

Sakura, Tomoyo and the Wonderful Song

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Sakura's Mini Great Adventure

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Sakura and Another Sakura

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Sakura and the Wonderful Teacher

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Sakura and the Shrine of Memories

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Sakura and the Incantation Cards

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Sakura's Sweet Cooking

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Sakura and the Injured Card

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Sakura and the Nameless Book

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Sakura, Kero, Shaoran and ...

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Sakura's Cold Ice Skating

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Sakura and Yukito and the Daytime Moon

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Sakura's Wonderful Christmas

Cast12

Sakura Tange

Sakura Tange

Sakura Kinomoto (voice)

Junko Iwao

Junko Iwao

Tomoyo Daidouji (voice)

Motoko Kumai

Motoko Kumai

Syaoran Li (voice)

Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Kerberos (voice)

Emi Shinohara

Emi Shinohara

Naoko Yanagisawa (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Fujitaka Kinomoto (voice)

Masaya Onosaka

Masaya Onosaka

Kerberos(big) (voice)

Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Yukito Tsukishiro (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Touya Kinomoto (voice)

Yukana

Yukana

Meiling Li (voice)

Tomoko Kawakami

Tomoko Kawakami

Rika Sasaki (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Eriol Hiiragizawa (voice)

Crew12

N

Nanase Okawa

Writer

T

Takuo Noda

Key Animation

H

Hiroyuki Kasugai

Key Animation

M

Masaru Kitao

Key Animation

K

Kunihiko Hamada

Key Animation

A

Akiko Yamaguchi

Key Animation

Sunao Katabuchi

Sunao Katabuchi

Storyboard Artist

Sunao Katabuchi

Sunao Katabuchi

Director

T

Toshiya Washida

Key Animation

K

Keiji Ishihara

Key Animation

S

Shigeru Fujita

Key Animation

K

Kunihiko Sakurai

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Sakura's Rival Appears!" is episode 8 of Cardcaptor Sakura season 1. It scored 7.9/10 from 109 votes, ranking #3 of 35 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Sunao Katabuchi and written by Nanase Okawa, it aired on June 2, 1998.

Next: E9 · Sakura and the Mysterious Broach Best of Season 1