Blue Seed S1E8 — What? How Strange! A Rival Appears!

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Blue Seed•Season 1•Episode 8

What? How Strange! A Rival Appears!

6.9/10 · 11 votesNov 23, 199423 min

Ranked #21 of 26 in Season 1•−0.9 vs season avg

Sakura Yamazaki has just returned from her stay in America, and the priestess considers Momiji Fujiyama an enemy. Sakura thus challenges Momiji to a singing contest -- at a studio with a number of Aragami attacks.

Directed byKiyoshi Murayama

Written byNaruhisa Arakawa

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Season 1 Episodes26

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Princess Kushinada

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Cast12

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Momiji Fujimiya (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Mamoru Kusanagi (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Koume Sawaguchi (voice)

Ai Orikasa

Ai Orikasa

Ryoko Takeuchi (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Daitetsu Kunikida (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Azusa Matsudaira (voice)

Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Yoshiki Yaegashi (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakura Yamazaki (voice)

Mami Kingetsu

Mami Kingetsu

Reiko Kanbayashi (voice)

M

Mitsuki Yayoi

Kaede Fujimiya (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Murakumo (voice)

Keiichi Nanba

Keiichi Nanba

Shun'ichi Sugishita (voice)

Crew8

K

Kiyoshi Murayama

Director

H

Hideaki Sakaguchi

Key Animation

Y

Yasuhiko Kanezuka

Key Animation

T

Toshihiro Nakajima

Key Animation

M

Mitsuru Ishihara

Key Animation

Munenori Nawa

Munenori Nawa

Key Animation

K

Keiji Gotoh

Animation Director

Naruhisa Arakawa

Naruhisa Arakawa

Writer

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Episode Summary

"What? How Strange! A Rival Appears!" is episode 8 of Blue Seed season 1. It scored 6.9/10 from 11 votes, ranking #21 of 26 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Kiyoshi Murayama and written by Naruhisa Arakawa, it aired on November 23, 1994.

Next: E9 · Are You Serious? Is This a Dream?! An Exciting Date!Best of Season 1