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OP2: 「MOON PRIDE」 by ももいろクローバーZ (Momoiro Clover Z)
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「侵入 –SAILOR MARS–」 (Shinnyuu –SAILOR MARS-)
“Infilitration –SAILOR MARS–”
The first season of Sailor Moon was probably never a favorite of mine and I can say that after finishing the last 6 months of Sailor Moon Crystal, it’s still not my preferred season. However, that’s all starting to change as we get into the second half of our 1-year run. The new season of Sailor Moon Crystal will be focused on Chibi Usa and her hunt for the Legendary Silver Crystal; as well as new villains to battle – the Dark Moon Clan. I mentioned before, but I enjoyed the later seasons of the original Sailor Moon a lot more because they incorporated new characters and brought a lot more complexity to the story. I’m expecting no different from this remake, but with obvious tweaks (like personality differences in characters and motives). The opening sequence also changed a few of its frames but I’m a bit disappointed that it wasn’t a completely new song or opening. Oh wells, you can’t have it all.
Thinking more positively now, I’m excited to see the show introduce more characters to the show. I’ve never been a huge fan of the original Chibi Usa, but I hear that she’s much more bearable in the manga so we’ll see if that materializes. Although she’s a bit of a brat now, I’m sure she’ll get better later on. Rather than resembling a lost child, she seems more independent and driven this time around. The Dark Moon Clan are a bit two-dimensional right now but I’ll give them a few episodes to warm up. I remember that the original series had a good few episodes dedicated to each of the Ayakashi Sisters, however clearly they’re meant to be “villain-of-the-week” types and I can probably forego any expected development from them. That’s a shame since one of the best (and only) pros of having filler episodes in the original series was the development for all major and minor characters. Kooan (Yukino Satsuki) was barely given any speaking lines before she was quickly eliminated this week and I don’t think she played a good role as a “counterpart” to Rei either. I can only hope that the other sisters are better. I was pleased that Crimson Rubeus (Takahashi Hiroki) had more screen time though since I expect more out of him. We’ll have to see if his fate is the same as what I would expect.
All in all, the episode was a good introduction to the next arc and what surprised me was how they still kept up with the school life aspects of the girls. Although it’s quite choppy and only used for the benefit of advancing plot, at least we know that they still attend school at all. Also, Luna gives the Scouts new transformation pens! But why no new transformation sequence?! I’m super disappointed after wasting a good few minutes just re-watching all of them transform. I thought this episode would be used to develop Rei and showcase more of her unique abilities, but other than a new fire attack, she quickly get whisked away by Rubeus. The cliffhanger is good and it makes me more anxious to see the next episode, but overall, the show is either lacking tension build-up or new flashy elements. Even though Sailor Moon gets another scepter (I actually have a plastic model of this one from my childhood), every episode feels like it’s giving away new items that it loses its significance. It’s like Oprah’s giveaways, ”You get a car! You get a car! Everyone gets a car!”. Jokes aside though, I do like the new direction of this second arc. I only hope it gets better from here on out.
Bottom Line – @RCCherrie: Liking #SailorMoonCrystal much more now that we’re into the second half. Animation still needs some work though =S
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Erm…I think it’s spelled ‘Oprah’. ^^;;
Lol typos. Fixed.
I haven’t watched this but Sailor Moon was probably my first anime I ever watched on Fox Kids. Might start watching this now that Chibi Usagi has shown up quite early on.
I’m starting to feel like the original anime deserves way more credit after seeing Crystal. I think if this was the original animated version of Sailor Moon (manga consistency aside) it would not have taken off like it did.
It’s true it had way too much ‘monster of the week’ But it sure did take that extra time to develop the main characters and the villains much better. It barely feels like we even know the scouts/guardians in this one and now they are looking to get captured in order. Seems the villains will get even worse of it if they all die in order like we saw in this episode.
It’s not all a waste, but overall feels pretty weak. Especially since they can’t even be bothered to make new transformation sequences. Though I wasn’t really surprised they didn’t go through the effort of doing that.
Sailor Moon is a really old manga and people have very powerful feelings attached to it. For many people, it was their first manga so there’s a lot of nostalgia glasses to go around. The manga medium is also quite a bit different than anime. Some things that world really well and need no explanation on a panel could do with better transition in animation.
What it really needed was a studio that would find a happy medium between being faithful to the manga and actually having enough creativity to add appropriate “meat” where needed. A medium road for both fanbases and some actual artistic interpretation rather than terrible CGI and choppy panel-by-panel translated scenes.
But we have Toei so all of those things are impossible.
Dat Sailor Pkuto’s face…
Oh god. I hate to beat a dead horse, but what the heck is so hard about making pupils land on the same axis and point in the same direction? This is like first year art student stuff.
It was a pretty fun episode but as shallow as ever
dat idiot
https://randomc.net/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2006.jpg
“Illegitimate” child…
https://randomc.net/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2016.jpg
Cute Luna on the table…<3
https://randomc.net/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2012.jpg
Epic Rei face
https://randomc.net/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2028.jpg
How'd she lose that showdown!
https://randomc.net/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2030.jpg
Tiara proves to be more dangerous than helpful again.
https://randomc.net/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2033.jpg
What powers did Tuxedo Mask have that came from hand holding?
I hope Sailor Pluto looks better than that in the actual episodes than in the opening, because that is the ugliest drawing of her ever.
Hopefully they’ll do a late new OP or re-do her face for the Blu-Ray edition. I remember Rei having a really distorted face in her episode but the BR looks much better =)
I always wanted to know if the Blue Rays are really different compared to the broadcasts on TV. Hopefully, they would fix Pluto’s face, because I always thought she was one of the prettiest guardians.
Apart from the animation, this episode was a lot better than previous episodes. I actually liked the four sisters in the original anime, they were cliched villains, but when they were eventually salvaged they became adorable, so it was quite disappointing to find out that they were going to be booted from the show within a couple of episodes as this series is relatively shorter. However, having Miyano Mamoru in the show is always a plus. XD
Many people do not realize the difference between a web anime and a regular TV anime. There is no point in criticizing how poor the animation is if the web anime is just a work-in-progress. If you want a finished product, wait until it comes out on TV.
knowing the black moon arc in the original or rather first sailor moon anime, this is were chibi usa, turned to a yummy lady right? *drooling right now*
Black/wicked lady= adult Chibi Usa
the f art is this? i am a male but seeing classic 90s anime being raped despite advancements in animations makes a nerve or 2 snap. but well, its the story that counts right?
https://randomc.net/image/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal/Sailor%20Moon%20Crystal%20-%20OP2%20-%20Large%2003.jpg
—(how did i know sailor moon (SM)? well i got 2 sis watching the first SM anime in early 90s and during that time it was ultimate boredom for me so i have no choice but watch it too)
Don’t be ashamed of yourself. I made my brother watch the original anime series.