History YMMV / CardcaptorSakura

* ArcFatigue: The anime's third season.

** The anime is also heavily unpopular among evangelical Protestant Christian in South Korea ever since it was localized and aired due to occult connections.

** Kero's voice in Spain by Creator/JaimeRoca is a huge breaking point even among people who unambiguously approve the entire dub. Some think that turning his KansaiRegionalAccent into a pseudo-Mexican accent was an error and ruins the character, others like it because it gives flavour to Kero and was the most logic decision to keep the original language cues (the alternative, as said in the Kansai-ben article, would have been giving him an Andalusian accent, but that wouldn't have been popular with Spanish pundits either) and others just think of it as NarmCharm.

** Many fans outside Japan hate Terada (a teacher in his 30s) due to his inappropriate and pedophilic relationship with the 10 year-old Rika (and the ''very'' common AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that said relationship is grooming/predatory in nature) in the manga. Rika also receives hate as a result, for both simlilar and different reasons. They are both the closest thing the English-speaking fandom has to TheScrappy.

** The series was also extremely popular in Spain. Along with ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' and others, ''CCS'' was one of the most popular anime series brought in TheNineties, and it is the first thing a Spaniard sees in his mind when thinking of the MagicalGirl genre (that even considering that ''Manga/SailorMoon'' was also part of the mentioned batch). Its [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing particularly well-made dub and adaptation]] makes it stand out as well.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The movies's Spanish dub, which was done by an entirely different cast, had an extremely bad reception among the fans, and a redub was asked for years to no avail.

* {{Adorkable}}: Sakura, even at her most competent, usually comes off as endearingly naive and clumsy.

* NamesTheSame: Rei Tachibana shares the same name with someone from ''Anime/PaniPoniDash''

** Also years later, ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', another series revolving around magical cards (that one could argue is "Cardcaptor Sakura for boys"), would introduce a HotBlooded, ineffectual joke rival to the brown haired protagonist that's unlucky in love. Basically, "The Chazz" Princeton is Meiling's male counterpart.

** Also years later, ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', another series revolving around magical cards, would introduce a HotBlooded, ineffectual joke rival to the brown haired protagonist that's unlucky in love. Basically, "The Chazz" Princeton is Meiling's male counterpart.

** The Nelvana dub line says that "Cardcaptors of the clow Expect the unexpected". Which became the CatchPhrase for the US version of the reality TV series ''Series/BigBrother''.

* {{Macekre}}: The English adaptation known as ''Cardcaptors'' was [[CutAndPasteTranslation edited and modified]] in an attempt to downplay the cutesy shoujo factor and moderate it for [[PeripheryDemographic easier audience consumption]] across the board. In addition to also being a shoddy attempt at doing so, it was not looked upon favorably by the original fans or many new ones; production and [=DVDs=] for the series stopped being made after it was noted the original version released at the same time sold much better.

* DesignatedVillain: Very minor as they're hardly bad people, but Sonomi and Masaki are portrayed to be in the wrong for not approving of Nadeshiko's marriage with Fujitaka; Masaki regrets not giving his granddaughter his blessings nor going to her wedding and comes to accept his grandson-in-law late in the series, Sonomi is resentful to the very end but grudgingly acts less cold to Fujitaka after he beats her in the parents' running race, and it's repeatedly stated that Nadeshiko was very happy during her marriage. Given the fact that Fukitaka was Nadeshiko's high school ''teacher'', readers often sympathise much more with Sonomi and Masaki's disapproval than the man in question.

* {{Narm}}:
** When Syaoran, upon being confused on who he truly likes, Yukito or Sakura stumbles into the latter. In the manga, they had gone into FirstNameBasis earlier thus she calls him Syaoran-kun making her joy seemed genuine as is he is one of her closest friends. But in the anime she calls him Li-kun as they are still on a LastNameBasis since this is before they get trapped in an elevator. This makes this moment less impactful as being called by last name is the equivalent of being more formal towards each other like an ordinary friend instead of someone special.
** You can make a drinking game of just how much they keep saying "Clow Reed's presence". One or two times is tolerable but saying it at every single episode of season 3 then it starts to become annoying. Heck it even goes to the point when Sakura sits on a chair, she immediately says "Clow Reed's presence" on something so mundane.

** The manga is saturated with romantic relationships, desired or actual, that are either TeacherStudentRomance (where the students in question range from sixteen years old down to ten) or incestuous (see the women of the Daidouji family), which already unsettles much of the audience, even before taking into account that the setting is a SugarBowl and CLAMP goes out of its way to ensure it all TastesLikeDiabetes, which has prompted even worse reactions in some.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Occasionally accused of such due to the somewhat cutesy nature of the series as a whole (especially the title character). Then again for some, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it's the key draw appeal]].

* FoeYay: Even before they actually started being on friendly terms, let alone crushing on each other, the dynamic between Sakura and Syaoran early in the series can come off as romantic tension even though Syaoran only sees Sakura as a rival and treats her quite coldly at this point.

* GirlShowGhetto: Averted, as the series is very feminine due to the MagicalGirl plot but also well-acclaimed thanks to its engaging characters (and the fact that Tomoyo designs costumes just so she can throw Sakura into them), interesting story, and some dark undertones. Some haters though may accuse the series of not being all that good due to its normally bright and idealistic nature and in-universe romance. Hence why ''Cardcaptors'', the edited dub, exists.

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', given the similar optimistic tone, friendship themes, and GottaCatchEmAll elements between the two. The ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' anime even [[https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5b/Sakura_and_Tomoyo_DP077.png paid homage to this show.]]

* Woolseyism: In the first episode, after Kero-chan speaks for the first time, a dumbfounded Sakura asks, "Osaka-ben?"[[note]] ''"An Osakan accent?"[[/note]]. The joke being that a magical fantasy creature basically speaks like [[MinnesotaNice somebody from Minnesota]]. Since this means absolutely nothing to most English speakers, the Crunchyroll sub just has her repeat his usage of "Flabbergasted?"

* CryForTheDevil: Mirror and Nothing are incredibly sympathetic.

* AbandonShipping: Some fans end up losing interest in Tomoyo x Sakura the moment it's revealed that they're actually first cousins. Unfortunately, CLAMP fans who find incest uncomfortable may have to navigate past ''a lot'' of it, since almost EveryoneIsRelated one way or another in this series.

* PairTheSpares: Tomoyo/Meiling is somewhat popular in the fandom, thanks to their similarities and interactions in Season 3. People who ship it [[ShipMates also tend to ship]] Syaoran/Sakura.

** The Dash card has an uncanny resemblance to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Espeon]]. Even more fittingly, in the Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime, the Kimono Girl who owns Espeon is named Sakura.[[note]]Also in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', but her name was changed to Sayo for the English release.[[/note]] Interestingly, The Dash [[OlderThanTheyThink actually predates Espeon by about a year]].