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TV Show: Sailor Moon Crystal: New Proplica Announced
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Originally posted by Lights and Waves
Things to look forward to in the immediate future:
Episodes 1 - 4 of season 3 come out on a Blu-Ray this week. Crystal Comparisons is going to be doing comparison shots of all the updates and corrections they make to the anime.
On 6/30 (Usagi's bday) there's going to be a big Sailor Moon event on Nico Nico with Kotono. This is where everyone is predicting that they'll announce season 4 as a winter anime.
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I thought the event was confirmed to be mostly about the new musical but perhaps they will announce the new season too.
EDIT: Oh wow, it's in 3 days.
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Meh episode was good, nothing special though. I feel like the pacing is way too quick. Nothing still beats 90s episode 125
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Just watched the season finale and it was beautiful. This season is a HUGE improvement from the past 2 seasons.
I loved the used the very first opening and first ending.
I can't wait for the Dreams Arc. I hope they continue and make the Stars Arc.
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I thought the event was confirmed to be mostly about the new musical but perhaps they will announce the new season too.
EDIT: Oh wow, it's in 3 days.
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Ugh yes her best attack. Excited for Eternal Sailor Moon and I hope that the other Senshi also get the eternal forms like in the manga.
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I need them to add some spice to the transformation music though.
It's too PreCure, I need something to hype me up.
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Originally posted by Lights and Waves
Things to look forward to in the immediate future:
Episodes 1 - 4 of season 3 come out on a Blu-Ray this week. Crystal Comparisons is going to be doing comparison shots of all the updates and corrections they make to the anime.
On 6/30 (Usagi's bday) there's going to be a big Sailor Moon event on Nico Nico with Kotono. This is where everyone is predicting that they'll announce season 4 as a winter anime.
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I know it's not on this blu ray, but they better fix NQS' hair and the "Moon Crisis" dub. I can't believe they let those two pass multiple times.
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I'm crying
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I'm crying
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No tears, just tea.
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So, as blasphemous as this might sound, I've never seen the original Sailor Moon in it's entirety. I saw a couple of episodes in passing when I was little, but that was it. It's a long series, so I've never gotten the chance to commit to watching. (I'm tempted to buy those new DVDs/Blu-Ray to finally educate myself, although that horrible picture quality is a turn-off. Did they ever fix that?)
I watched the first 2 seasons of Crystal recently, and thought it was bad. It looked awful, (everyone looked like Pepe the Frog) it was boring, and all-around just a chore to watch. But, I've been watching the 3rd season and finished it today with everyone else. This season was a MASSIVE improvement over the first two. Chiaki Kon was a great director that actually gave the series direction. The character designs and animation were great, the show was filled with personality, and it was so enjoyable. To me, the story was still kind of boring and not that engaging. Everyone other than Usagi, Chibi Usa, and Hotaru were completely useless by the end. I feel like I barely know anyone in the show, but that's more because of the writing being so plot heavy.
Overall, I liked this season. I would not be opposed to more, which will probably be a given, as long as they keep this staff. It's easy to tell that the people on this season actually cared about what they were making. I'm interested in watching the original one day to compare these arcs. One more random note: they should have recast Kotono as Usagi. She sounds really out of place and old compared to the rest of the cast. It would have been better if they cast her as Queen Serenity and give a new girl the chance to be Usagi.
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Perfection.
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Originally posted by Rhisiart
One more random note: they should have recast Kotono as Usagi. She sounds really out of place and old compared to the rest of the cast. It would have been better if they cast her as Queen Serenity and give a new girl the chance to be Usagi.
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Naoko would rather die than let go of Kotono but I mean, she's basically Usagi so no one else could have done a better job.
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Originally posted by Rhisiart
So, as blasphemous as this might sound, I've never seen the original Sailor Moon in it's entirety. I saw a couple of episodes in passing when I was little, but that was it. It's a long series, so I've never gotten the chance to commit to watching. (I'm tempted to buy those new DVDs/Blu-Ray to finally educate myself, although that horrible picture quality is a turn-off. Did they ever fix that?)
I watched the first 2 seasons of Crystal recently, and thought it was bad. It looked awful, (everyone looked like Pepe the Frog) it was boring, and all-around just a chore to watch. But, I've been watching the 3rd season and finished it today with everyone else. This season was a MASSIVE improvement over the first two. Chiaki Kon was a great director that actually gave the series direction. The character designs and animation were great, the show was filled with personality, and it was so enjoyable. To me, the story was still kind of boring and not that engaging. Everyone other than Usagi, Chibi Usa, and Hotaru were completely useless by the end. I feel like I barely know anyone in the show, but that's more because of the writing being so plot heavy.
Overall, I liked this season. I would not be opposed to more, which will probably be a given, as long as they keep this staff. It's easy to tell that the people on this season actually cared about what they were making. I'm interested in watching the original one day to compare these arcs. One more random note: they should have recast Kotono as Usagi. She sounds really out of place and old compared to the rest of the cast. It would have been better if they cast her as Queen Serenity and give a new girl the chance to be Usagi.
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You should watch the 90s show in its entirety. Having that knowledge really helps to fill in the gaps as to what some of the girls' personalities are like. S was the season where they really started to diverge from the manga, but most of the changes were rather interesting and well done.
For example, in S, Uranus and Neptune didn't know they had the talismans within them. The talismans are used to summon the moon chalice, not Sailor Saturn, and the chalice ends up destroyed because Sailor Moon gives it to Mistress 9 in exchange for Hotaru's life (which ends up being a trick). The ending of S is really really different, but much more emotional seeing as the girls aren't nearly as strong as their Crystal counterparts - in S, Sailor Moon can't even remain in the Super form as the chalice was meant to be used by her. It's not until SuperS where she can use Super Sailor Moon permanently.
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Ugh yes her best attack. Excited for Eternal Sailor Moon and I hope that the other Senshi also get the eternal forms like in the manga.
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They probably will, however they're pretty tacky tbh. The Super forms are my favourite
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Originally posted by Rhisiart
One more random note: they should have recast Kotono as Usagi. She sounds really out of place and old compared to the rest of the cast. It would have been better if they cast her as Queen Serenity and give a new girl the chance to be Usagi.
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I think Kotono still sound perfect as Usagi. Especially this Usagi that is not the 24/7 crybaby. No one could hold a candle to her if they changed the seiyuu.
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I think Kotono strugled with the pitch at the first season of Crystal where she sounded exactly like a cat from Precure ( she was giving the voice acting for that cat few years ago )
In season 3 she was flawless
I am not excited about season 4 because that was the worst season for me in original so i dont know how will it be better in Crystal
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They probably will, however they're pretty tacky tbh. The Super forms are my favourite
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The wings are the tacky part tbh. I just want to see them all in their forms since it never happened in the original anime.
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Originally posted by Underworld
I think Kotono strugled with the pitch at the first season of Crystal where she sounded exactly like a cat from Precure ( she was giving the voice acting for that cat few years ago )
In season 3 she was flawless
I am not excited about season 4 because that was the worst season for me in original so i dont know how will it be better in Crystal
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it will slay hope they make 15 episodes instead 13
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Originally posted by Rhisiart
So, as blasphemous as this might sound, I've never seen the original Sailor Moon in it's entirety. I saw a couple of episodes in passing when I was little, but that was it. It's a long series, so I've never gotten the chance to commit to watching. (I'm tempted to buy those new DVDs/Blu-Ray to finally educate myself, although that horrible picture quality is a turn-off. Did they ever fix that?)
I watched the first 2 seasons of Crystal recently, and thought it was bad. It looked awful, (everyone looked like Pepe the Frog) it was boring, and all-around just a chore to watch. But, I've been watching the 3rd season and finished it today with everyone else. This season was a MASSIVE improvement over the first two. Chiaki Kon was a great director that actually gave the series direction. The character designs and animation were great, the show was filled with personality, and it was so enjoyable. To me, the story was still kind of boring and not that engaging. Everyone other than Usagi, Chibi Usa, and Hotaru were completely useless by the end. I feel like I barely know anyone in the show, but that's more because of the writing being so plot heavy.
Overall, I liked this season. I would not be opposed to more, which will probably be a given, as long as they keep this staff. It's easy to tell that the people on this season actually cared about what they were making. I'm interested in watching the original one day to compare these arcs. One more random note: they should have recast Kotono as Usagi. She sounds really out of place and old compared to the rest of the cast. It would have been better if they cast her as Queen Serenity and give a new girl the chance to be Usagi.
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Kotono slays
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