Tell me about Sailor Moon

[LadyMoondancer]

I started watching the original series in English (the dub).  Then I restarted with the original Japanese voices, and subtitles.  I like the Japanese voice cast much better.

I think the entire series is on WatchCartoonOnline.com , which I've never had any issues with.  And unlike some sites it doesn't object to the fact that I have AdBlock turned on.

[Ponyfan]

Thanks everyone. I finally decided to give the 90's anime a try first before to see if I like it before I try Crystal.


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[Ponyfan]

I've watched a few episodes of the Viz English dubbed episodes. I agree that the monster a day format gets old fast.

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[DazzleKitty]

I haven't seen Crystal  yet. I have heard mixed things about it. I did watch all of the 90's and loved it....really nostalgic for me. One of the first animes that I watched. I have it all in Japanese. I have the original releases by Geneon and ADV. I bought the first season by Viz to try to get my mom to watch it with me and she says it's too childish. She really only likes the more mature animes.

[Stormness_1]

I don't mind the new voice cast or the name revisions back to the original names. What kills me about these new versions is the vastly inferior soundtrack. I bought the first set of episodes and was ready to dive in, but once I got started something was bugging me and it took me several episodes to figure out what that was. Now to be fair I was / am a huge fan of the dub that was made in the 90s so to me this was very noticeable and unappealing. But depending on your background it could effect you or it might not phase you at all.

This sooo much! I LOVED the original US soundtrack, and I liked that the names weren't in Japanese, it made it feel more relevant for me as a child. I miss the names, but I'm getting used to them. The biggest thing for me was that soundtrack, especially the intros and transformations. When they did the first transformation in the new dub, I was so disappointed. It just wasn't as epic with the Japanese music. It is much more magical girl (which I guess it was supposed to be) than superhero which is a more western idea I guess. I mean that DiC Jupiter's theme... my absolute favourite music of any of the music from any sailor moon dub or incarnation so far. Awesome...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svGvLd9UBNw

Crystal I'm pretty sure has started to release in English... I saw the first Crystal DVD in Sanity yesterday, when I was checking what they were up to, as I have been away for a while, and before that was pretty financially preoccupied, so hadn't been paying attention. I didn't look at it in detail, so maybe it was a sub DVD, but I highly doubt it - Madman usually does anime DVD's with either English or Both Japanese and English languages and subs available, and they can't publish until VIZ already has.

[Ponyfan]

I've watched several episodes of the 90's anime now. I like some of them but not others. I'm not sure yet if I will buy another season. I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts o Jadeite and Nephrite.

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[Mermaid]

I looove sailor moon! I'm a fan of both the original and crystal!

I more of a fan of the manga! The story is one of my all time favs!

[Ponyfan]

I'm still trying to decide whether to buy the rest of season 1 or give Crystal a try. Any thoughts?


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[Pokeyonekenobie]

I have both.  Crystal is an interesting version.  It's the same basic story without a lot of the extra fluff episodes (and some new information that totally makes you go ).  By the end of the first season Chibi-Usa has already shown up, but she doesn't show up until the end of the second season in the original series.  I just bought the second season of Crystal but haven't watched it yet.

Honestly, I like both but that might be because I grew up with the original and I'm one of those people that can separate the old and new versions of things and consider them as their own entities.

[Ponyfan]

I finally decided to stick with the 90's anime for now. I ordered the rest of Season 1 and the first part of Season 2.  I'm still interested in Crystal though.


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[Ponyfan]

My DVDs arrived today.

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[lovesbabysquirmy]

I got lucky and found all the DVD seasons of original Sailormoon at a thrift store recently this year!  I already have season one so I left it for some lucky person.  Yes they are fansubbed bootlegs but buying them secondhand is about as non gray-market as you can get. 

  I have never seen StarS outside of really bad VHS onto web upload in the Zero's quality so this has been enjoyable!

[Ponyfan]

Congrats lovesbabysqurimy. 

I watched the season one finale earlier and

Spoiler

I was surprised at how emotional it was. I never cry during sad movies or TV shows but I cried when the ghosts of the Sailor Guardians came to Usagi /Serena when she was crying and told  her not to give up and they'd always be with her.

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[Ponyfan]

Here is a picture of one of the Sailor Moon displays at one of my Walmart stores.

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Sailor Moon by LovesBarbie, on Flickr


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[Kazzellin]

Ah, yes. Sailor Moon (Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, in Japan) is a long favorite of mine. The version that was on TV here in the 90's was translated by DIC, and does not live up to the original by any means. The original manga and anime was intended for pre-puberty girls, who would grow up with the characters a bit and be a close age match to them. DIC dumbed it down for kindergarteners.

I haven't been able to check out Crystal yet; if it's really going to be closer to the manga, be forwarned that the manga got dark at times.