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「タイム・ワープ –SAILOR PLUTO-」 (Taimu Waapu -SAILOR PLUTO-)
“Time Warp -SAILOR PLUTO-“
Just when I was giving up hope, Sailor Moon Crystal gives me just enough to hold on. This week’s episode was better than I expected and explained a lot more than I anticipated. Given – my expectations for this show aren’t incredibly high at the moment, but it still manages to keep me surprised. Not only is the plot less episodic, but the animation is slightly better. The animation style in fact has changed a lot with the additional full-lengths, use of frames and even the whole layered flashbacks. Not sure if this is expected to continue, but it’s a nice change in style. This week’s focus on Chibi Usa and the future Moon Kingdom in the 30th century certainly wasn’t what I remembered it to be. There’s people’s bodies lying around, tougher enemies ahead of them and of course, Neo Queen Serenity.
I never want to say too much (because you never know who hasn’t seen Sailor Moon yet), but I wanted to mention that regardless of how well I know the original story, it’s how this story is revealed that keeps me interested. We all know the obvious, but there are still surprises along the way because of the differences between the anime and manga. Things like seeing King Endymion show up and Sailor Pluto, are all tiny appearances in the story that keep me on my toes. Seeing Usagi and Mamoru actually share a moment here and there, is also nice and refreshing because we can’t forget that this series is partly romance. I don’t like seeing their love flaunted in my face every few minutes, but seeing a reminder of it is good continuity. As we learn more about the 30th century, I’m waiting to see Prince Dimande and the Wiseman actually make their move. We only have several episodes left and with quite a bit of ground to cover, I’d love to see Sailor Moon Crystal make use of its remaining time. I always say that but we’ll see if it actually happens.
One thing that I have to mention after watch this episode though is this idea of time travel being used. Normally I watch shows or movies that talk about sending people back in time to alter the future – assuming that time is one-dimensional and there’s not an unlimited number of possibilities. In this case, Chibi Usa comes back to the past in order to ask for Usagi’s help and sends her to the future… I don’t see why that’s a better idea than to defeat the Dark Moon in the current era before they destroyed the future Moon Kingdom. The idea of time travel is always an iffy one for me if it’s not explained well, but I guess in this situation, Sailor Moon Crystal avoids the whole loop of which came first, the chicken or the egg. It’s also not a sci-fi show so I shouldn’t be judging it too harshly. Either way, it’s just food for thought while I was watching.
Bottom Line – @RCCherrie: #SailorMoonCrystal actually has some surprises left up its sleeve. And what’s up with the updated animation style? Interesting… O.o
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Just out of curiosity for the moment, but did the sailor quartet and the sailor Sailor Senshi from outside the solar system already made an appearance?
No, the only one to make an appearance is Sailor Pluto, and only a few minutes.
Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn don’t show up until the next arc, and the Quartet in the arc after that.
Ah okay. I only vaguely remember the order of the arcs so i wasn’t sure since it seemed as if they would rush the other episodes to get to the end with sailor galaxy. (Yeah, one of the few sailor scouts i actually remember is the final boss… )
I’m glad we get to see more of the palace and Crystal Tokyo. As for the time traveling thing…I just try not to think too hard about it because it has always confused the heck out of me.
Looks like it’s gradually developing the ability to come into its own, so it will be interesting to see where Crystal ultimately goes.
This is one effective episode in that it portrays a lot of Sailor Pluto’s character in a mere few minutes – a mysterious, lonely but caring guardian.
I’m just glad that the original story doesn’t have the whole part of King Endymion “testing” Usagi and Mamoru’s love for each other (by making Mamoru see dreams and visions that made him think that them being together would only lead to Usagi being in danger and hurt, causing him to break up with her for half the arc) like the 90s anime did. That was something that, IMO, kind of hurt that part of the 90s series because it just felt completely pointless, especially given Usagi and Mamoru were clearly in love since the end of the first arc and even MORE so in the first episode of that arc, and it even came extremely close to erasing the future. It was a plan that had an extremely high chance of screwing everything up.
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Hmmm changing to the frontal angle doesn’t change how weird it is to see Tuxedo mask doing the “Tuxedo smoking bomber.” I’m more use to seeing him throw roses and whacking things with his magic stick.
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Lots of in-your-face pan-views.
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Haha she’s wearing “the” dress.
Was anyone else disturbed at the scene where Usagi accused Mamoru for having “sexual feelings” for Chibiusa and that she was angry only because she thought that Chibiusa would “steal” him away from her.
…..I kinda was.