Episode 1

Sakura and the Mysterious Magical Book

The story begins with Sakura sleeping. She has this strange dream about herself standing on top of a building, clutching a pink staff, facing Tokyo Tower. Near her, there is this creature shaped like a little teddy bear with white wings. The Sakura in dream says something to the creature and then she jumps off the building....

An alarm rings and Sakura wakes with a start. She has this confused look on her face, wondering whether she is still in her dream. Sakura takes her alarm clock and realizes that she is almost late.

Then the introduction begins. She introduces herself, her school, her most and least favourite sujects. It goes on and on until she reaches the dining-room where she meets her older brother, Touya. Sakura, then, introduces Touya as a wicked older brother who likes to tease her. Touya asks why she is so noisy in the morning and calls Sakura "monster". Sakura replies to him that she is NOT a monster and deep in her heart she wishes she could go taller one day and stump Touya.

Fujitaka comes around and Sakura intoduces him as an excellent father who is capable of cooking, cleaning, even sewing. How she loves her father much. Then Sakura tells about her deceased mother but she says she doesn't feel lonely for her father and brother are always with her.

Touya is ready to go to school, which means Sakura has to eat very fast. Why ? Because she wants to catch up with her brother 's friend, Yukito. They go to school together. When Sakura arrives at her school, she still watches Yukito go, who, a moment later throws a candy to Sakura. Sakura is very happy.

Now come Sakura's best friend, Tomoyo. She says that Sakura is the luckiest girl to have received a present from someone she likes. The two of them talk, Tomoyo mentions she has a new handycam and she wishes Sakura would want to be her model. Why ? Because according to Tomoyo, Sakura is the cutest and sweetest girl in the world.

Now the class begins. while the teacher is talking in front of the class, Sakura is drawing the strange creature she has seen earlier in her dream. Tomoyo sees this and says that Sakura' picture is really cute. When the school is over, Sakura has cheerleading activity. She plays her baton well enough until she thinks again about her dream, and suddenly she sees her baton change into a staff in her dream. Caught by surprise, Sakura doesn't catch the staff and in reality, it is her baton that falls on her head.

Sakura comes home. When she enters the kitchen, Sakura hears some noise from the basement where her father's library is. Thinking that the noise might be a sign of burglar, Sakura braces herself and comes down to it. Awkwardly, she checks every shelf until she arrives to the end of the library, and finds nothing. But the noise comes again. Sakura looks back and sees this certain book is glowing. When she is going to touch the book, the light dissapears.

Sakura takes the book out of the shelf and opens it. Inside, she finds a set of cards. She takes one out and reads its name: Windy. Suddenly a gush of wind appears from under Sakura and blows all the cards, scatters them to different directions. surprised, Sakura drops the book. COming from out of it, a creature with big round head who greets Sakura "Konnyanyachiwa". The creature introduces himself as being the guardian of the cards, when he realizes that all the cards are already gone. The creature, called Cerberus, weeps about the cards having gone, until Sakura gives the one still clutched in her hand. Then Cerberus asks about the whereabouts of pther cards. Sakura explains:
"When I found this book and opened it ("un, un," says Cerberus), I got this card out and said its name: Windy ("un, un), and it blew all other cards out of the house ("is that so ?").
And the two of them are laughing, until...."WHAAAT !!!", screams Cerberus.

In Sakura's room, Cerberus explains everything: about the great sorcerer who created the Cards, the different power each Card possess, and about a creature like him being the Guardian. Cerberus now blames Sakura of letting the Cards go, but Sakura replies that part of it is Cerberus's mistake for having asleep while guarding the Cards.They argue and argue until Cerberus decides that Sakura has to help him catch all the Cards again. So he starts chanting and a key comes out of the book. Cerberus orders Sakura to get the key as it grows larger. The moment Sakura grabs it, Cerberus announces Sakura as a Cardcaptor. Still, they continue the argument. Sakura says she is just a little girl and Cerberus cares nothing other than catching the Cards. Then, a big wind blows to Sakura's room and from the window, they see a very big bird. Cerberus announces that this is the time for the Cardcaptor.

Sakura is rollerblading together with Cerberus who is flying. Cerberus teaches Sakura that the Fly Card needs wind, so Wind Card can help them catch it. Bruising and injured, Sakura makes sure of Cerberus that she cannot do such thing as to fight a great bird. But then, she comes with an idea. She goes toward the bird, passes it and using the wall, she jumps off it and lands on the bird's back. Using the Wind Card which binds the bird, it lands on the ground with a crash. Now Sakura is able to capture it. Sakura then asks Cerberus what the Fly Card can do. Cerberus says to give it a try, and the two of them are flying into the night sky shone by the lights coming from the moon.

Cards captured : Wind Card, Fly Card