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Happy Birthday Sailor Moon!

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Today we celebrate the 38th (June 30, 1978) Birthday of Usagi Tsukino.
Go eat some cake, bunhead!
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>>143490266
Happy birthday to the clumsy moon bunny
What's your favorite form of sailor moon? Personally I really like Neo Queen Serenity.
Her design is really well exectuted, and I have a love for animated mothers.
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>>143490385
Favorite design? Same as yours. She's so pretty!
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>>143490385
Super Sailor Moon.

love that overall white color.
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To another decade of Black Dog
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>>143490266
This thread deserve to be bumped with Usagi pics until it reach the image limit.
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How do I into Sailor Moon? I never knew what network it aired on in English and the Spanish network was really sporadic in its airing of episodes. I also heard the animu is better than the manga in a lot of ways and that Crystal has awful >QUALITY
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>>143491757
Nyaa, KA, CR, Netflix, take your pick.
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>>143491757
There are two anime and a manga. This should not be difficult.
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>>143493288
>chibi-usagi
well, it's Chibiusa's birthday too...
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Sailor Moon would be a lot better if there wasn't a generic monster of the week every week. The best episodes were those which had a lot of slife of life content or featured one of the main villains (i.e. those who actualy had developed personalities). I rather see the Sailor Team fight against Zoisite for a dozen times than watch a boring battle against a megaman-tier monster that has an unoriginal gimmick.
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>>143493752
I'm sorry for your shit taste. The MOTWs are fun (especially the Lemures).
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>>143493939

I watched every episode of Sailor Moon at least twice and I can barely remember any MOTWs because they're so forgettable. The only one I remember clearly is that cat monster. I remember it because the episode was excellent and the cat who turned into the monster had a very cute relationship with Luna. That's how all the monsters should be done. Give them a mini-backstory and then we care about them. Instead, we got lazyily designed characterless monsters. I bet that the inspiration for 99% of them was some random object the author happened to look at the time.
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Happy Birthday, Usagi! You're the sweetest.
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Happy birthday to my first and most often fap
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Shirtpunch is selling a bundle of this shirt and POP figure of Tuxedo Mask for $15 today.

I know a lot of people hate the Pop stuff, but is there any reason why? I think it looks kinda cute and the shirt looks nice.

>>143490385
Super Sailor Moon. I'd like Eternal Sailor Moon if it wasn't for the big wings, but all of her forms are pretty much great. I wanted to be Princess Serenity as a child.
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>>143490385
Sailor Cosmos
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>>143490385
If we are talking about design, Super
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>>143497638
I decided to order it anyways. I think the figure looks nice and the shirt is definitely my aesthetic.

I think this will be my 3rd or 4th sailor moon shirt at this point.
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>Moon is my favorite

Said absolutely no one ever
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>>143500409

>>143462186
>>143462970
>>143463862
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>>143500334
What are your other ones?
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>>143500409
Its hard for me to decide on a favorite. I like Moon, Minimoon, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune the most I guess but all of them are great.

>>143500518
Sorry for the low quality
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>>143500836
Nice. Cute Luna, by the way.
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>>143500409
Moon is my favorite.

There, You got another one to count.
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>>143497638
Nice! I'll check this out!
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>>143500409

Usagi and Rika are my favorite.
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>no one mentioning sailor starlights
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Come on Anons, let's dance with the best girl on her birthday party.
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>>143501423

Seiya is up there with Usagi and Haruka in character development. But I don't find him/her sexually attractive.

This thread has obviously derailed into the typical 'which sailor would you fuck' debate.
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>>143491757
>and the Spanish network

Holy shit you are lucky, just watch the whole thing in Spanish in the based latin dub and avoid the annoying squeaky voices in every other version. You guys got the absolute best version of the series.
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>>143501423
Why would we bring up the Starlights in a thread celebrating Usagi and Chibi-usa's birthday? We already have a more generalized thread >>143385225
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>>143491757

You download the original show with subs and watch it. Why do you make everything so hard on yourself by defaulting to dubs? It actually takes more work to find a dub than the original.
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>>143501656
There's more than one way to celebrate a birthday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXg9hnILYlw
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>>143491757
Watch the Sailor Moon redub on kissanime or hulu or dvd/bluray.

Read the manga

Then watch Crystal if you want hilarious poor quality in the first two seasons.
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>>143501822
Seiya please. These delusions aren't healthy. Usagi doesn't feel the same way about you that you do about her.
https://youtu.be/-juH7wyC1nw
Also, way to be a bitch about it.
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>>143494200
>I watched every episode of Sailor Moon at least twice and I can barely remember any MOTWs because they're so forgettable.

Same here, though Tetis is the one that stands out to me more than the others since she has an actual relationship with Jedite. The anime really handled them terribly and they mostly feel repetitive and completely out of place compared to all the other elements of the show. SuperS was the only season where the format actually made sense and was handled in a reasonably interesting way. The irony is that virtually every other MotW based magical girl show that game out after SM became popular did this way better than SM ever managed too, and either manages to have good fights or actually have the enemy tie into the issues the characters are dealing with.

It strike me as utterly weird that a show with such exceptionally high quality direction as SM is stuck to the most repetitive and lame MotW format I've ever seen in a show.
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>>143502036
> Usagi doesn't feel the same way about you that you do about her.

Half the point of anime Stars is that Usagi probably would have fallen for Seiya if she knew that Mamoru wasn't coming back.
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>>143502192
But she didn't and she doesn't, so who cares?
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>>143502257
Because that's what makes the whole dilemma interesting. You don't have to want Seiya x Usagi specifically in order to empathize with Usagi in that situation. Were the scenario different, the drama would be weaker for it.
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>>143502626
Except I disagree with your fundamental premise.
I don't remember Usagi even once indicating interest in Seiya beyond friendship, and I remember numerous times her indicating her lack thereof.
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>>143502771

Not that guy, but she goes on a date with Seiya and makes it pretty evident that she is attracted to him. But then cuts the date short because she remembers Mamoru.

There's also other examples of her questioning herself and the other senshi teasing her. Its plainly obvious that she will always be true to Mamoru, but it does set up that she could have liked him if Mamoru wasn't around.

>someone post the gif of Usagi dancing with seiya in the discotec
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>>143501423
Is it Yaten's birthday, too?

>>143500409
Shit tastes detected
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>>143503911
Dont have a gif but heres a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ8R8Sh8GhA
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>>143504101

One of the best episodes of the show and Stars is my second favorite season. Japan can suck it.
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>>143504198
I can't wait for them to get that far in the redub/rerelease.

Will be nice having non-VHS quality footage. How far are they now? Like Sailor Moon S?
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>>143497638
>POP figure

They look ugly, imo.
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>>143504426
Look at the viz website, they've finished resubing the entire series already, not counting the specials and movies, which we may never get.
The redub goes to the end of R currently.
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>>143501865
the redub isn't on kissanime.

>>143491757
I'd suggest watching the old anime on hulu, either the viz redub or the subs. Though, I prefer torrenting for long series' like this.
Crystal got better in season 3, but you'd need some knowledge of the first two story arcs to even start that season.
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>>143496350
What is this version from?
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>>143490385
I like pretty much all her forms but her Eternal form. Princess Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Moon are definitely higher up on my list, though. PSM is what ESM should have been, a more "royal" looking form, closer to her NQS form.
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>>143504866
It's Princess Serenity's Sailor form the live action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.
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>>143504866
It was in the live action sailor moon series
https://youtu.be/ajzBWF7H4UA
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>>143505055
>>143504939
Is the live action series worth a watch?
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>>143505235
It's very good, i'd recommend it to anyone.
The effects are pretty cheesy though, but it was 2003 cgi.
The writing is great, and some of the story liberties they took were really awesome.
Lots of fans think this is the best version of the first story arc, and I agree.
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>>143505235
It's pretty good. The characterization is great and it does a good job of keeping the zanyness from the 90s anime. If you pay close attention you'll realize that they incorporate a lot of elements from later arcs and even the anime into the first arc to keep things interesting for someone already familiar with Sailor Moon. The actors take a while to get into their roles and the effects are pretty bad but aside from that, I absolutely loved PGSM.
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>>143503911
Oh come on, sqrt(2) isn't even something you can just guess.

I only remember it being around 1.41~
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Did anyone watch the Niconico stream?
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>>143490266

Happy Birthday Usagi!
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>>143506662
Yeah, it finished hours ago. It turned out to be another stealth musical ad, with them only talking about the anime at the end of it. Turns out that Crystal S3 is continuing like normal and next Monday will be the first episode of the Dream arc.

I wish. I don't know. I came into the thread expecting it to mainly be about the stream.
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>>143507175
>I wish
Why'd you have to go and give me blue balls, anon.
;__;
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>>143490266
>Happy Birthday Sailor Moon!
How old would she be now? 34?
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>>143508233
She's at least 38 years old if we're counting that she was 14 in the 1992 anime.
39 if we're talking about the manga version from 1991.
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>>143490266
What would you give Usagi for her birthday?
Any gift? Or maybe a cake?
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>>143507175
>>143506662

I've been checking various sites for info as wel. One person on twitter said they blocked international viewers.

A book was announced and the cast for Amour Eternal performed a bit
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>>143508420
39 years old, yet she would look young and beautiful even in 961 years later....
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>>143508420
>>143508757
Jesus Christ, what an old hag!!
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>>143508757
Sucks for Chibi Usa though
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>>143508633
Food of course!

>>143508951
>>143508757
She's a great MILF
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Is this why Togashi went on hiatus? To celebrate with his wife?
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>>143509275
So this is how Usagi would look in the YYH art style?
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>>143504657
I agree
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>>143509709
I can definitely agree with this.
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>>143506688
Nice last post.
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>>143502100
>It strike me as utterly weird that a show with such exceptionally high quality direction as SM is stuck to the most repetitive and lame MotW format I've ever seen in a show.

Yeah, that's a mystery.On the other hand, it makes actual character development and plot rewarding.
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>>143502100
That's one of the reasons why SuperS was enjoyable to me.
I felt like the monster of the week stuff really worked in that arc because they were dealing with circus freaks.
In all other arcs, it feels forced.
That being said, S had the best Monster of the Week designs in my opinion. Unfortunately for a story like the infinity arc, it also really pegged down that season for me in the old anime. The only reason I liked S was because of the comedy, and i'm an Ikuhara fag.
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>>143490266
>Usagi is just about 8 months older than I am.
Not sure what I should think about that.
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>>143511266
>being over the age of 30 and posting on 4chan
Oldfags get out reeeeEEEE!!!
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>>143490266
My first and only childhood crush
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>>143511788
>tfw you never had a tv until around 2006 so your childhood wasn't filled with Sailor Moon
I only watched it after finding episodes online during middle school, but it hurts not being able to call Usako my childhood waifu ;__;
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>>143511788
Tuxedo Mask was my first childhood crush. Usagi has good taste.

Unfortunately his taste in fashion is... nowhere near as good.
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>>143512232
well...it was the early 90s
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>>143511266
Should I have heard that guitar chord in my head?

>>143511788
Strangely enough, it was her Princess Serenity side that got me more than her Usagi/Sailor Moon side. I never could explain why.
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>>143512422
>Strangely enough, it was her Princess Serenity side that got me more than her Usagi/Sailor Moon side. I never could explain why.
Probably because it was when she started showing a mature side and began growing up. She started standing up for herself, rather than yelling catchphrases and running away all the time.
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>>143498661

Wait, I'm lost. Where does that Sailor Princess form come from?
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>>143512666
Live-Action TV show, apparently: >>143505055
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>>143512666

>>143504939
>>143505055
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>>143508420
>>143508757
>>143508951
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>>143513831
At least post an image of some kind when you bump.
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Since this is a birthday thread, how discovered and watched SM for first time /a/nons?

In my case i was 6 or 7 on class and one kid who was objectively a moron said the show was only for girls and sucked very hard, and if he said that, should be good, i was abducted by the show quickly
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>>143514346
Usagi has the greatest reactions
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>>143514249
It was around 2007 and I was around 9-10. I was walking around recess looking for someone to talk to, since I was a lonely kid and all.

I saw a girl that was playing with a moonstick toy by herself and I decided to give her some company since she looked lonely, too.

She was such a huge sailor moon fan and talked about it so much that I felt like I had to watch it too, and due to the US not airing sailor moon on tv after 2001, I had to watch the japanese version online.

I was literally watching one episode per week because my parents used to restrict my computer time so I could study more, so I finished the entire series within 2-3 years.
And that's basically my story of how I got into sailor moon.
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Happy birthday, Serena.
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>>143514804
>Serena
Cancer of the Earth, please go.
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>>143514798
>you can only watch one SM episode per week
that hurts
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>>143514804
>>143514894
>grew up with dub
>manga is at local library
>only one volume
>wonder why everyone's names are different
It was extra confusing since I'd only seen the early episodes at the time and the manga was around Hotaru's time.
I honestly have yet to watch the series subbed.
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>>143490266
Don't forget the little one too
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>>143514894
Yes, Usagi is a cancer.

In all seriousness though, Serena is a pretty great name and I much prefer it over Naoko's "official" Bunny name for her.
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>>143515611
I guess it's not the name that gets people angry. It's just the fact that it reminds them of a dub that watered down a pretty good show.
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>>143515661
>watered down
To a little kid watching Saturday morning cartoons it was amazing. I can understand why someone older or an adult wouldn't like it cause it'd be like watching 4kids. But kids don't see it that way.
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>Sailor Venus' stage theme in the fighting games is literally Venus by Bananarama
Why was Arisawa so based? Will Crystal ever have good music?
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>>143509275
Wait Hiatus again? that's fast
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>>143516591
Curse of the boat anon.
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>>143514249
I was in elementary school. I caught the DiC dub of the series during it's original syndicated run.
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>>143514249
Before it aired here in the mid 90's it was pretty hyped. Publicity events, tv ads, newspaper articles and merchandise months before it premiered, by the time the first episode aired pretty much every kid knew about it and a lot of them (myself included) were eager to see it
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>>143514798
>I was literally watching one episode per week
I know that feel.
I didn't have cable at home growing up in the 90s, so I could only watch it on the weekends when I went to visit my grandparents.
It was the english dub, and I never got to see consecutive episodes, but I still have some fond memories.
I mean, it was enough to make Venus my waifu for laifu
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>>143518940
On a good note, it did make the actual plot moving episodes extra special to me because I had to slog through a lot of monster of the week stuff.
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>>143513063
What did she mean by that?
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>>143519309
She is hot and ready for the market
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>>143504426

The SMC group released the whole show from Laserdisk copies. I also own the original VHS copies they released.
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Hey guys. What if...stay with me here. What if there was a show like Sailor Moon. But the entire show was just slice of life. No sentai monsters or transformations.
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>>143519901
I would watch it immediately
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>>143519901
I don't know if that'd work.
As much as I enjoy the slice of life aspect of the series, i'd like there to be some of kind of conflict.
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>>143519901
Best boy
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>>143519901
I probably would not watch it.
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>>143520023

It could work. It just couldn't be supported by the weak love story. The secondary characters would have to support it, like in other good slice of life shows like Working!! or Azumanga Daioh. I mean, we all love Sailor Moon, but everyone but Usagi, Rika, Chibi Usa, Haruka and Seiya were drastically ignored. Even Mamoru was kind of pointless, despite being part of the main plot.
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>>143519901
What if we make a cut compilation of the all the slice of life parts of SM?
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>>143520391
we could make it happen if we tried.
We'd need some brave /a/nons, though..
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>>143520391

Then it would come out to be 150 episodes of a 200 episode show.

Also, that's basically what DiC already tried to do. Let's not repeat their stupidity.
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>>143516690
What would think Naoko about his husband? a new hiatus again is something unbelievable
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>>143520714
You mean "her" husband

I don't know if they really care. They are parents with 2 kids to take care of, and a bunch of business stuff.
Isn't Togashi an editor at Shounen Jump or something?
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>>143519526
Proper context is needed.
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Happy Birthday Sailor Moon
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>>143519901
I personally love the magic and monsters, but I'd still watch the shit out of that.
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>>143519901
I'd watch it and I'm sure I'd like it but I also really like the mahout shoujo aspect of Sailor Moon. The 90s anime could survive without it but definitely not the manga.
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>>143493752
I agree. The problem with every MotW show is when a MotW is very clearly shoehorned in at the last minute and ruins the flow of the episode.

Fun fact, the director of Jetman actually wanted to do away with there being a battle in every episode but the higher-ups supposedly said no because it never happened.
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>>143520391
>What if we make a cut compilation of the all the slice of life parts of SM?

I'd seriously argue that this would be one of the most appropriate ways to abridge it and actually make it more consistently solid. The high level plot and drama is absolutely crucial to making it as good as it is, so that would be kept along with the SoL, but at least half the MotW plots could be stripped out in favor of condensing the pacing and combining the character development of multiple episodes and avoiding the parts where the writing is weaker.
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I'm rewatching Sailor Moon in japanese and I realized she sounds different in the last 3 episodes of the first season.
Turns out Chibiusa's seiyuu was filling in for her, and to be honest with you guys I find her voice more natural for Usagi than Kotono...
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>>143519901

Sounds like it would still be a good show.
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>>143522657
This seems to be a Toei thing, in that they're able to attract the highest quality talent in the industry, but then force them into their own constraints and there's nothing you can do because there's no other studio who can pull off the same things.
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>>143519901

So like every other magical girl show before sailor moon was made?

Besides the transformation part anyway.
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>>143519901
The charm of Sailor Moon was that it broke the mold for the magical girl genre during it's time with the trope of using magical girls to fight baddies, and save the day.
There's no point of taking the butter out of the show.
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>>143524715
>>143524796
Sailor Moon is better plotwise than the mahou shoujo before it, the MotW was just the necessary evil to allow the series to have more active antagonists that should otherwise be done away with, as the musicals do.
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>>143491355
I love Madoka! But who is that blonde girl?
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>>143525090
There is a difference between removing the MotW and turning the show into pure SoL which is what >>143519901 suggested.
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>>143524715

Most mahou shoujo before Sailor Moon was more like CardCaptor Sakura. Still had fighting and transformations. Sailor Moon just put a Sentai spin on it.

The anime however was an even more drastic change. And did new things for Slice of Life. I'd say the changes to the slice of life segments is the most impacting thing about the anime. Which is why the reboot (Crystal) felt so dry and bad. It had the same love story and sentai parts, but lacked the reaction images and comedic sub notes that Junichi Sato pioneered in the first anime.

While CCS is probably my favorite anime, I have to admit that it probably wouldn't have had so many reaction images and comedy if Sailor Moon hadn't come first.
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Usagi a cute. Cute!
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>>143525218
The show shouldn't be pure SoL, but there's just no need for more than the occasional monster. I'd actually rather them go a more classic route and have untransformed humans and criminal gangs be the mooks more often when appropriate. That would just work better. Like I said, the issue with the monsters is just how disconnected they are from the rest of the show and how they force everyone to come out and resolve things the exact same way each time. There are plenty of MotW shows with much greater variety.
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>>143525253
>Most mahou shoujo before Sailor Moon was more like CardCaptor Sakura
Cutie Honey (the 1973 version) may have been an exception to this but yeah, it still didn't have the sentai aspect either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWRC1pHI6c0
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>>143525970
They were shoehorned in the show, though. The enemies in the manga were dealt swiftly (even Crystal S1 failed hard at this) and the ocasional monster is just a throwaway. This why I will always feel contempt against the 1992 anime, that and how they turned Usagi from a competent but somewhat silly girl into a full blown idiot.
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>>143498612
I don't think Cosmos is Usagi but a decedent.
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>>143526272
The manga doesn't really explains who she is besides being Chibi Chibi's real form.
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>>143526403
>Chibi Chibi's real form
Then that's who Cosmos is, no?
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>>143514249
I was first watching it when I'm around 12, it was airing before toku show that I want to watch.

I just following it as a filler show but eventually got hooked past the episode where Mamoru got brainwashed, it was around that episodes I sympathized with Usagi and eventually I fall for her in the R2 where she got dumped by Mamoru.
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>>143526522
Yes, but it doesn't explains who she really is. Usagi? A bad future for Neo Queen Serenity? An Usagi's descendant? Naoko never gives straight answer about it either.
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>>143526104
>They were shoehorned in the show
The manga was every bit as bad.

>The enemies in the manga were dealt swiftly
Which is the problem, almost every mid-boss tier villain in the manga is the equivalent of a MotW in the anime, so it just has much less depth and variety. It's no less formulaic, it's just shorter overall but no less filled with filler, since most of the main cast have less to them than one off side characters in the anime.

>how they turned Usagi from a competent but somewhat silly girl into a full blown idiot

Oh please, I hate this just as much as you do and agree that this, along with the MotW, is the anime's greatest problem. Hell, I'll probably get shit on here for saying this here, but even DiC bothered to take Serena's character development more seriously than the '92 anime did with Usagi. The old anime took over four seasons to get her to the level of self awareness she attains by the end of the first season in every other adaptation.
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>>143526580

I'm literally rewatching that right now. Mamoru ignoring Usagi just because of a few random dreams is so annoying. Until out of nowhere he doesn't give a fuck anymore and chooses to be with her anyway. I love it when a show subverts my expectations.

Also, Chibi Usa isn't as bad as people make her out to be. They did a good job of making her the butt of jokes and showing she is just as immature as her mom.
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>>143526662
>The old anime took over four seasons to get her to the level of self awareness she attains by the end of the first season in every other adaptation.

This, god I hated this so much. Hell, I despised Usagi because of the anime, then I read the manga and fell in love with her. The '92 anime really destroyed her.
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>>143526728
>Mamoru ignoring Usagi just because of a few random dreams is so annoying. Until out of nowhere he doesn't give a fuck anymore and chooses to be with her anyway.
that's exactly why I'm sympathized with her, and the most annoying part is Mamoru didn't even tell her the true reason why he dumped her.

all the episodes after that where Mamoru giving Usagi cold shoulders is pretty heart slicing to watch since Usagi haven't give up on him and tried her best to fix her relationship with Mamoru.
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>>143527202
As awful as this sounds, this is why I ship her with Demande instead.
I know he's gross as hell, but I guess seeing Usagi being given the cold shoulder by boring old Mamoru made me pair her up with the next male that showed interest in her.

plus, dominate men are a turn on for me
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So how do you guys rate the franchise.
For me it's
Musicals > 92' anime > PGSM > Manga > Crystal
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>>143527352
The whole break up arc would have worked much better if it happened during Stars.
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>>143527663
>she said now

I'll bet she did.
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>>143527718
I'm on my phone, typos are to be expected in long posts.
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>>143527663
>she said now
ooh baby
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>>143527352
Demande isn't "dominant," he's a rapist.
Not in the "SJW" sense, in the sense that he tried to have sex with Usagi, she said no, physically attacked him to get him to stop, and he kept on going until Mamoru intervened and got her out of there.
I can sympathize with some of Demande's motivations, but I cannot comprehend shipping him with Usagi unless you hate her.
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>>143527663
>I can sympathize with some of Demande's motivations
Uh. Well, you are entitled to your fantasies, I hope you don't act on them though.
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>>143527663
Wasn't really denying he was a rapist there. That's why I said he was gross.

I don't hate Usagi at all, actually.
Shit i'm growing a collection of figures of her.

I just shipped it pretty hard as a child, and now I really just ship it because it gets my rocks off due to certain fetishes that I won't get into.

It's not that deep, senpai
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>>143527957
I don't think they would act on it if they're here talking about how Demande was a rapist.
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Usagi needs more lewd art. It feels like she doesn't have good sexualized fanart compared to the other Senshi.
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>>143527957
Those weren't the motivations I was talking about. I was referring to why he joined Wisemen and attempted to conquer Earth.
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>>143491464
Underrated post
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>>143528197
People don't like seeing Usagi acting like a slut.
She's PURE P U R E
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>>143490266
Happy Birthday Moon Princess.

>>143490385
What do you think of this art of Neo-Queen Serenity. I know it's deviantart but it still looks pretty.
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>>143528453
I think she looks beautiful, like most of the artwork i've seen of her before.
It's difficult to not make her radiate the beauty she possess.
Even Season 1 of Crystal couldn't fuck up her beauty that badly.
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>>143491355
Super Sailor Moon is my favorite form of her costume.
Especially the manga version.

So vibrant and pretty.
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>mfw seeing that transformation sequence for Usagi the first time
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>>143530020
I guess I don't understand this because i'm a grill
But what is so sexy about the transformation scenes?
I'd like to know from a male perspective
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>>143530402
We are all woman here tho
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>>143530402
>But what is so sexy about the transformation scenes?
Just taking a wild guess because I am a guy and these scenes do nothing for me but maybe is it how their transformation showcases each girl's full figure and is just one step away from being a fully naked scene, their movements can also be seen as if they were stripping (in a strange striptease way) but... you know, reverse, because they are putting clothes on.
They are not naked but some people like the imagination of it, especially because all the people around them, the heroes, the monsters, etc. everyone gets to see her.
In my opinion, it's pretty much the female-friendly version of things like these, it's not really erotic, it's just... it is what it is?
https://youtu.be/nOsaYvnPy0w
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>>143530402
>Hurr why do males find females with no clothing on sexy it is such a mystery
Dumb slut
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>>143530912
>>143530657
So i'm assuming this gif makes you guys blow your load, then

>>143530850
I could understand people finding the live action cutie-honey transformation hot.
I guess since the sailor moon ones are so tame and child friendly compared to that, that's why I got confused.
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>>143527684
In a way, it sort of did.
Though Mamoru was dead.
Honestly if the threelights weren't so sneaky all the time, and two faces (though they had a reason to be) I probably would've liked Seiya/Usagi a bit more.
They remind me too much of how Neptune and Uranus acted like total bitches in S, and it left a bad impression.
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>>143531055
>the sailor moon ones are so tame and child friendly compared to that, that's why I got confused
Yeah, I don't get it either, I'll just assume it's because they are naked? It's the biggest fanservice this show can offer to men without getting risky.
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>>143531230
I guess it had something to do with boys back in the 90s not having any easy access to porn online, so this was the closest thing they had to inspire their first fap.
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>>143531055
That gif is kinda hot actually.
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the greatest anime ever made?
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>>143530402
For my case, it's the detransformation scenes that turn me up.
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>>143520391
I may do this if I ever rewatch the series.
God forbid I have that much free time on my hands though.
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>>143531727
Not the greatest, but it's definitely up there in with other visual masterpieces in anime.

Tragic it will forever be written off as a le 90s kid meme show, though.
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>>143531873
>>Tragic it will forever be written off as a le 90s kid meme show, though.
Only until I publish my novel entitled "Why Sailor Moon is the greatest artistic masterpiece to close out the 20th century"
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>>143531727

>one of the greatest
fixed
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>>143532258
Better publish it fast, m8.
It's a masterpiece upon masterpieces. Truly an unappreciated beauty in the anime world.
I may or may not be sarcastic here
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>>143531727
Not going to say it is the greatest, but it's certainly one of the most influential anime.
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Shit, i'm trying to re-watch all of sailor moon after I just finished the series for the first time a few weeks ago, but I just keep going back to my favorite episodes in different seasons. It's probably something I should re-watch once every year like a christmas special marathon, or something.

I'm trying to stay focused on finishing CCS, but after finishing a 200 episode series, I guess i'm kind of wiped out.
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>>143512422
>Should I have heard that guitar chord in my head?
Y-you to?
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>>143531727
Yes, absolutely and in all seriousness. It achieves a tons of things simultaneously that basically nothing else does as well and has more great episodes than anything else hands down. It's Ikuhara's best work, and nothing he produced subsequently has matched it.
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>>143531841
This, easily
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>>143526622
Sailor Cosmos is the Demonbane of this manga
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>>143531841
>>143533972
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>>143534037
Aw man, I just realized this isn't a guy, it's just Haruka.
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>>143498661
I didn't know there were seven version of her
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>>143534093
But Haruka is both a man and a woman.
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>>143531727
At least we can all agree it left a great mark on the industry for good, nobody can deny this
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>>143531873
>Tragic it will forever be written off as a le 90s kid meme show, though.
Why anon?
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>>143535079
Probably the North American dub.

People watched a bit of it as a kid, forgot about it. Then, they went batshit happy over Crystal, forever hating the 90s show for not being the same as the manga.They never watched anything besides the dub of the 90s anime, though.

They'll never realize that the manga has flaws, and the 90s anime was being written at the same time. It was therefore impossible for one to be the same as the other.
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>>143535370
I forgot that these people exist now. I don't frequent those parts of tumblr, so I'm not too familiar with how common this is.
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>>143535370
I doubt that's the majority of the people
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Who saw this recently?
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will i be lost if i start at sailor moon s? i watched the whole thing years ago and know the basic premise
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

>>143514249
It aired on Fox in the mornings where I lived- I believe this was '92 or so. I unfortunately had to leave for school before it aired but I had a bout of sickness for a few months and I was able to watch it every weekday.
It was a strange experience because I really loved it but at the same time I was thinking that I should hate it because it's a girl's show. Eventually in the mid to late 90's I started to secretly look at websites for Sailor Moon, eventually discovering dirty pictures.
Now I'm in my 30's and posting in a thread like this at 5 AM. Maybe I should have watched the morning business report.
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>>143514249
It was early in the morning in the 90's.
I had to be 4, 5, or 6 and it came on before Beast Wars. I only caught the end of the episode, they were watching an iceberg sink or some shit, it was probably a seabase.
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cute
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The worst part of Sailor Moon is the male fanbase.
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>>143512422
To be fair, first as Usagi was very funny for me, and was my favourite since the beginning, but later when i saw her feelings, then i started to really love her
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>>143538947
How so
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Heard we were celebrating moon rabbits in here
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People keep kissing Usagi and she likes it, I'm going to drop this.

She's meant for Endymion only
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>>143539411
She's a teenage girl, anon. They're all sluts.
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>>143537663
>It aired on Fox in the mornings where I lived- I believe this was '92 or so.

What Fox are we talking about here?
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>>143539411
Technically (excluding Mamoru) there are 3 persons who kissed her.

The first one is Demande, but Usagi clearly dislike it.

Second is from Haruka and third is from Seiya, but they are originally a girl. And kiss between girls is just OK.
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>>143539539
>They're all sluts
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>>143534636
Yeah but I don't like women.
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>>143514249
Just like any other program I discovered in the TV. What's funny is I never found it the anime girly enough to not watch it, I enjoyed a lot and after watching Crystal S3 I want to try to re-watch some arcs. I don't exactly remember my age when I started to watch Sailor Moon but I was surely minor than Hotaru.
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>>143540576
>The first one is Demande, but Usagi clearly dislike it.
Demande would disagree
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>>143540576
>third is from Seiya, but they are originally a girl
Seya is both a man and a woman.
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So, I dropped Crystal after the first 3 eps, but I heard that at some point, the shoe got significantly better (less QUALIYY) due to some director/animator guy jumping in. Is that true? Was it the beginning of S2 or S3? Now that it's over, should I get back to Crystal?
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>>143543082
The character design in S3 is great, only reason why I watched it honestly.

I probably would have liked the show more if it was cute sol
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Happy belated birthday baby girl, thank you for the side work you do after hours.
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>>143543082
>shoe got significantly better
He got blind.
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>>143490266
Was her year of birth ever explicitly given as 1978?
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>>143540576
>Usagi clearly disliked it
Sure, that's what they all say.
She was clearly asking for it, anon.
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>>143543663
She was 14 years old in 1992. 16 in 1997 for some reason (I'm guessing there's a time skip with SuperS and Stars)
The anime was specifically set during that time period with the usage of technology, fashion,and other trends.

So if we're going by that, Usagi/Sailor Moon is about 38 years old now.
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>>143543156
>I probably would have liked the show more if it was cute sol
Why not watch the original 90s anime?
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>>143543082
Didn't start watching it yet have to though but the plot gets better by Season 2 and the designs change to Precure style by Season 3.
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>>143544155
Or 35/26 years old if you want to be technical with her being 16 when the anime ended, and 17 when the manga ended..
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>>143534037
Cheeky
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>>143514249
On UPN
They had stopped showing Ronin Warriors to put it in it's place.

Being a little kid, I looked at the colors and elemental abilities and thought that they just made a replacement for girls, and thusly I fucking HATED Sailor Moon with a fiery passion.

Of course, I watched it anyway, and slowly became a fan. I'd have to say, overall, Sailor Moon is the better franchise, even though I love Ronin Warriors to this very day.
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>>143535079
Because the majority of the fandom on sites other than 4chan, I might even be wrong there, are people that have seen a few episodes of the dub as a kid, and pretend they know everything about the series thinking that it's about feminism, and they use it as their soapbox.
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>>143515779
>Venus by Bananarama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkcU2_Vs7Xw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qxvxtPtP0
HOLY SHIT

How did you figure that out?
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>>143544622
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>>143500836

>Minimoon
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>>143538947
Most male sailor moon fans i've met were really chill, anon.
Do you have a problem with men or something?
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>>143544654
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>>143544822
>image
Thanks for reminding me this exists.
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>>143539403

Go away loser.
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>>143544956
Why does western animation make everything look so shit?
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>>143544956
What is doing She-ra cosplayed as Sailor Moon?
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>>143545334

Its not western animation as a whole. Its just bad character designers. Most 'western' animation is still animated in Korea or Japan anyway.

The west just has stupid priorities. Trying to go for realism in a non realistic medium. Trying to make women look and act butch instead of making them act strong in character. etc. Some western shows buck these trends.
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>>143545864
Pretty much this. Companies have to be politically correct for christian mothers or else they'll have angry parents banging at their doors. The kids don't care, but adults concerned over the quality and message of their child's cartoons do.
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>>143545864

>Trying to make women look and act butch instead of making them act strong in character.
Its so ironic that a culture trying to hard to make women a priority doesn't even know how to do it right. It actually has the exact opposite effect, making women into a special classification of men.
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>>143528197
who needs fan art when we have official
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>>143546378
>>143545864
Apparently American society have a big issue with women wanting to be feminine, and wanting to be seen as it too.
Every girl has to be a tomboy now.

If you've seen the ppg reboot, you'll see that they're really marketing the whole "Don't call me Princess" thing Buttercup keeps saying.
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>>143544182
>Why not watch the original 90s anime?
I love both but the original anime is too long for my taste nowadays, I just get bored following too many episodes and switch to other series.
I like how Crystal gets to the point, in comparison to the classic version.
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>>143544513
i've seen a lot of people thinking the opposite
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>>143544622
I don't remember this scene but I still love the image.
Was she actually talking to this floating diskette?
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>>143547048
>If you've seen the ppg reboot
>episode 1
>mfw
>drop it completely
I don't know why I expected something good to happen.
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>>143547532
Luna is off-screen. I still remember the line from the dub.

>Luna, I think you're going totally wacko on me
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>>143547581
I dropped it too
I wasn't expecting it to be good, anyways as soon as I heard Craig wasn't on board.
Even the original show went through seasonal rot when he left.
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I have no idea about the musicals but there's a new official video about it, is this a new cast?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0DWVVvoI-c
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>>143548032
Yeah the main cast for the inners were changed. That's why they look a bit different.
The outers, and Tuxedo Mask stayed the same though
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>>143547048

To be fair, I didn't really notice a difference between the new and old Powerpuff girls. Except them trying to go for Family Guy/Cow and Chicken style humor, the characters themselves seemed to be the same archetypes.
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>>143548206
The characters had their quirks maximized in the new ppg because apparently they thought that's what giving a character personality meant.
The problem is, they're super unlikable, and annoying to watch now. And not in an entertaining way.

Doesn't really matter to me I guess, I watched PPG as a kid but it didn't really mean too much to me.
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omedeto
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>>143548206
>trying to go for Family Guy/Cow and Chicken style humor
The "oh ho ho I bet the adults get it" kind of humor wasn't as in your face.
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>>143548500
>That drawing in the background
Looks like Ms.Keane as an angry drunk
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>>143547828
They just tried to "feel new" and failed hard
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>>143543156
Watching the final episode of S3 and rewarded with this cute Usagi scene makes me crafting for more sol filler in Crystal S4.... Sadly, I know it's not going to happen.
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>>143549186
exactly.

>>143549386
I wish they could redo the anime version of Super S in this style, but I know they have to follow the manga closely this time.. ;__;
I'll miss Amazon Trio fun times.
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>>143537626
Didn't see this for some reason.
You might be, depends on how much you know.
I'd say check it out. Though the seasons before it are pretty good, too.
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>>143537626
Oh sorry, I didn't read that you watched the whole thing before, yeah it's definitely safe to say you can start there.
It'll be fun watching the suprises with the differences between manga/crystal and the '92 anime
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>>143549514
They had a big problem, the reboot felt outdated before the premiere
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>>143550591
I don't see how you came up with that
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>>143546008
Right looks generic as hell
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>>143551102
they were using outdated slang, and memes.
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>>143550591

No that guy, but they announced the Sailor Moon reboot in 2012. And it didn't come out until 2 years later.
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>>143551840
i was talking about PPG
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>>143512232
>Unfortunately his taste in fashion is... nowhere near as good.
Well that happened with all the girls, 90's fashion
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Is that artbook still in the works?
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>>143553289
I think they talked about it in the Nico Nico Douga birthday stream, yesterday.
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>>143519309
Haven't seen this or Man Faye in about a decade.
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Bow before the true ruler of universe, faggots
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>>143556237
you just need a hug or something
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>>143556237
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>>143556237

Sailor Galaxia just has the power of a galaxy. And even then, she can be controlled by a simple emotion.
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>>143546801
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>>143558081
Did Naoko ever get lewder ?
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>>143558411
I think not more than that
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>>143558411
Lewd you say?
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>>143524679
Except for Gaim. Since Maho is killing Precure hopefully they'll bring Urobuchi in again to save it.
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>>143559887
>Since Maho is killing Precure
Why?
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>>143559945
You know why. At least Felice is appearing tomorrow. Hopefully she'll revitalize the show. Her element is supposedly life, after all.
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>>143514249
was about 7-8 and i remember every time i went to school, there was a channel that would show 3 shows before i had to leave home. oggy and the cockroaches, batman the animated series and sailor moon.

used to watch these shows almost all the time for years before going to school.
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I actually started watching because of you guys' Crystal threads. I always knew the series existed of course, it is a classic after all. I dunno why I never watched it despite this. I guess it was just never on my mind. Anyway, after starting I quickly realised the series still held up well in modern times. So I don't regret it for a second. You really have to watch to understand why it's got the reputation that is has.

Looking forward to Crystal eventually being completed
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>>143560373
That's awesome, anon!
Which one are you watching? The 90s anime or Crystal?
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>>143553289
>>143553465
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>>143553289
>>143560619
It's nice to know about it, I mean, they said it was going to be released on 2013.
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>>143560373
You enduring the the first season? That's what keeps putting me off from watching it since its so faithful to the manga and it's considered to be the worst season.
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>>143560051
>Voiced by Saori Hayami
will be ok
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>>143558411
Just Usagi in bed with Mamoru.
It's a morning after pic if anything, and don't think it's the one with Chibi-Usa either.

Which reminds me, I never have quite grasped Neo-Queen Serenity's thought process that led to her sending her daughter back to her younger self, unless there's some stable time loop shit she's taking care of.
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>>143491464
I've never gotten much out of Black Dog, though I respect him for going at it for so long.

Alice no Takarabako's Mercury Shadow series is more to my taste, and I can't wait for Venus to join the others.
Also this is a favorite of mine. Pluto gets so little good material.
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>>143562113
Considering NQS still has her tendency to goof around, anything is possible.
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>>143545864
You're right about the stupid priorities but that's more of an American thing and their output doesn't even compare to Japan's. which may be why /co/'s willing to talk about anything related to animation or comics that are not made in Japan
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>>143562231
Yeah, but obviously she's more tempered than Usagi. She's got some serious growth by Stars, I nearly fell out of my seat when she said that they need to be a bit more wary of the Starlights.

She's got some reasoning, I just can't figure it out.
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>>143562113
>>143562349
I remember one guy explaining why a lot of loli lovers don't like Chibi Usa that much.
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>>143562411
What was it? Maybe that'll explain why Chibi-Usa is one of the few I can fap to.
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>>143562501
Something about Chibi-Usa acting too old compared to how she looks along with being considered brat of some sorts thanks to the old dubs, I think.
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>>143562113
The 90's anime was so lewd sometimes
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>>143562786
You had a shirtless Chibi-usa in front of Helios as Pegasus, uncensored for its TV broadcast.
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>>143562411
>>143562501

See the image up at >>143526728
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>>143563155
I guess it's the dubs then. A lot of Americans' first exposure to the character was through them.
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>>143563542
The first person they got to dub her was horrible. Fortunately, one of the pluses of the Cloverway dub was that they got a better VA for Chibi-Usa.

...Inb4 'dub'
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>>143563590
The girl that played Chibiusa in the cloverway dub, and Demande's dub voice actor are the only positive things about the old dub.
I did like the voice for DiC's Usagi though, but she couldn't do serious scenes to save her life.
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>>143563542

I can't really speak for dubs since I stopped watching them before Chibi Usa appeared. Sailor Moon's dub was so bad, it actually got me to try subs. Which I stuck to for the next 20 years.

In the original version, Chibi Usa doesn't exactly have what I would call a notable voice. But then I learned that the seiyuu for Chibi Usa actually played the voice for Usagi for about 7 episodes of SMR. And I honestly couldn't tell. She did a damn goodjob impersonating the overly loud and high pitched voice Kotono Mitsuishi does. Which makes me wonder why they asked her to play a more toned down, slightly deeper voice for a 5 year old.

All things considered, I kind of like Chibi Usa. Though that still doesn't excuse the story focusing on her in SS. But apparently in Japan, she's one of the most popular characters after Usagi, Ami and Hotaru. So maybe it is just the west that doesn't like her. And it wouldn't be the first time a dub voice caused a character to be disliked in the west.
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>>143539781
It was a local affiliate in the technological and cultural superpower known as Oklahoma. Fox 23, baby.
I really don't remember the specific year, it was the dub obviously so maybe '92 is too early. Next time I think I'll just say "early 90's" to avoid confusion.
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>>143562973
How they get that luck to pass with that uncensored?
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>>143564279
The same reason we got to see uncensored sex in Yu Yu Hakusho when it ran on Cartoon Network. It wasn't explicit, but it was pretty obvious.
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>>143564279

Censoring was at an all time low in the 1970s. Then slowly got worse from there. In the 90s, you still had shows like The Simpsons showing a naked ass, but now they can't. Japan is also having a similar wave of censoring going on.
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>>143564749
That's pretty ironic
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What did he mean by this?

does this mean he has the hots for his brother like Esmeraude?
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>>143565283
(cont'd)
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>>143565049

Many people want to blame religious radicals for it, but I blame the PC movement. The very people protesting for equal rights are also the ones who throw a fit anytime there's nudity or cussing on TV.
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>>143565283
>>143565410
Unrequited love. He had a one-sided attraction to Esmeraude while she had a one-sided attraction toward Demande, who in turn had a one-sided attraction to Neo-Queen Serenity.

Guess this makes it a rectangle instead of a triangle.
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>>143563789
>I did like the voice for DiC's Usagi though

She had two voices, the first one was excellent but never got to do any serious scenes, the second one was overrated as hell.
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>>143565809
Based off of these lines, it really doesn't look like he had an attraction to Esmeraude.
He knew she was jealous of Sailor Moon because Demande was obsessed over her, and his response was that he understood how she felt?
Well knowing Ikuhara helped direct this season, I can't help but feel the one sided incesty vibes from this.

Also, didn't he and Petz sort of have a thing before he was axe'd off? (or at least one sided..i'm not too sure)
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>>143565819
By the 2nd voice, are you talking about the CloverWay dub for S and SuperS?
I remember when I was younger and I wanted to get into sailor moon the first time, I tried a random episode of SuperS dubbed, and I honestly thought Usagi aged about 20 years and became a mother, she sounded so old..

The voice actress is a really avid fan nowadays, though and she's pretty chill, but I still didn't like her performance.
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>>143566436
Three actresses were used for Usagi in the first attempt at the dub. The first (Tracey Moore) lasted until the appearance of Nephrite, and was replaced by Terri Hawkes, who lasted the remaining duration of the DiC run of the show. A third VA (Linda Ballantyne) eventually took over for the Cloverway dub.

Personally, Linda takes a lot of getting used to.
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>>143566084
Having trouble remembering. I think I'm tainted by the dub I grew up with, which implied he might be attracted to Esmeraude.

One thing is sure though, that he and Petz were a couple prior to the start of the arc. They split up, which made her a bit of a man-hater for a while.
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>>143490266
comon dude!! it just a toon
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>>143566656
>Personally, Linda takes a lot of getting used to.
Yep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCmqW-CGLwI
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>>143566767
Oh yeah, I know they changed it around in the dub which is why I stand behind Saphir having feelings for Demande.
I was going to ask if you were referring to that.

They were actually dating?
I just thought she tried to ask him out, and he denied her because he thought she was a cold hearted bitch or something.
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>>143566656
>>143566933
Holy crap. I just can't like the english dub voices, it's like they try to sound as opposite to the original japanese one as possible and the emotions always seem too forced to me.
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>>143566933
She's such a nice person in real life, and I know when she was in the recording studio she actually used to put herself in physical pain to play Usagi because she really wanted to get into the role.

I can respect that, a lot.

But jeez, this was god awful.
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>>143567033
Stuffy British Luna is perfect though.
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Why was Mamoru such an asshole?
I know this is the dub, but he basically says the same thing in the japanese version.
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>>143567210
>tfw you know the dub is horrible and dated
>it's the only one I can accept
I put myself through this suffering and I refuse to get out.
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>>143567355
Luna is the only voice from the dub that I actually like better than the new one.
I always saw her as a mother figure to the team, so hearing her have the same young voice as the other girls puts me off.
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>>143567298
Mamoru was a model?! Well, I shouldn't be surprised... he's hot
Still boring tho
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>>143567405
Fortunately, she's one of the few who stuck around the entire length of the show, along with Jupiter, Artemis, and (unfortunately) Naru/Molly, among others.

Her VA also did this live action comedy from the 80s called 'Strange Brew', but I've yet to figure out who she plays.
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>>143567298
All the memories are flooding back. I remember this episode. Think I watched it until I memorized the script at the time.
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>>143567553
Maybe he was an underwear model, perhaps?

I'd like to think he was a chippendales worker. Gotta pay for those roses, somehow
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https://youtu.be/Jw_lurzv0IE
I'm almost inspired to try out the 90s dub just for Nephrite and Fem!Zoicites interactions.
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>>143567591

>Luna was the only character I liked in the dub
>I wanted to strangle Molly with a thin metal wire

>watch the sub version later
>every voice sounds fine except Luna
>Naru is my favorite character

Voice acting is actually the most important part of animation.
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>>143568055
I really hate that they started showing Naru less and less, she was supposed to be one of Usagi's best friends (if not THE best one) before the senshi appeared and Usagi forgot about her so quickly like it was no big deal.
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>>143568488
I really enjoyed that they didn't bully Umino like I thought they would, and that they actually treated him like a friend.
I wish I could've seen the dynamic those three had with each other more and more, but I guess it'll never happen.
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>>143568488
I never understood the Sailor Earth thing. Even before the stuff with the Star Seeds spelled it out, I thought the the fact that Mamoru was the reincarnation of the Prince of the Earth in the same way Usagi was the reincarnation of the Princess of the Moon made it obvious he was supposed to fill in that slot.
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>>143568824
Lots of people don't know that, actually.
Or at least the average sailor moon fan that's never read the manga, so everyone assumes that Naru was Sailor Earth.
It's been a thing since the 90s and I don't think it'll change anytime soon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tijolR0Pjzs

When exactly did people start using the term "dawg"? Do they still use it today?
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>>143568824
In my case, it's just wishful thinking, I really wanted her to get a bigger role since she was so close to Usagi.
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>>143568889
Only old people who try to be hip with today's youth.
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>>143568889
I think it was slang used in the late 90s, and I think some people still say it if you go to the ghetto or something.
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>>143569130
>if you go to the ghetto or something.
No anon. They don't. Everyone's "G" now.
The fact that you're serious is a mix of hilarious and exasperating.
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>>143568889

>When exactly did people start using the term "dawg"?
Black people, in the 70s and 80s. White people, after Will Smith and Eminem got popular.

Do they still use it today?
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>>143568889
The last person I heard use the word "dawg" was that one American Idol judge, Randy Jackson, back when I still watched that show.
The last season I watched was the 5th, which was in 06 a decade ago, so it was in use at least until then.
Wow, that makes me feel old. Yeah, Sailor Moon aired an even longer time ago, but I was a kid then. I was in high school when I stopped watching American Idol. Spoilered for blog shit.
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>>143568055
>Voice acting is actually the most important part of animation.
Wish Japan didn't take this too far. Too much grunting is annoying.
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>>143569988
>Do they still use it today?
Only as "90's kid" jokes in cartoons like Gravity Falls.
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Why are Sailor Moon threads filled with so many discussions about the actual series?

Not like this is a bad thing, but for a series that's 25 years old I was expecting these threads to just be filled with waifufags, and nostalgia babies.

It's nice to be surprised for once.
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>>143565283
>>143565410
Man, the guys looked yaoified in Crystal compared to this.
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>>143570561
We've been talking about waifus for so long that everyone has accepted each others taste.
And Crystal finally hit it's stride.

Now note how the screen has to pan up when Makoto stands.
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>>143570873
Fuck, wrong pic.
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>>143570448

Even Japan has the occasional bad dub. And it also depends on what type of show you're watching. if you watch a battle shounen, of course you'll get a ton of superfluous yelling and grunting. Watch a romance shoujo, probably not. You get excessive crying and baited breath instead
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>>143571141
So much breathing and grunting. Let the music or the ambient sounds do their own thing at least.
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>>143571189

>Let the music or the ambient sounds do their own thing at least.
Its funny you bring that up. Because the reason anime (and all Japanese media) has such a focus on audible noises from the actors is because it used to be super low budget. And the actors had to make up for no music or sound effects.
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>>143570561
since its 25 years old, the fans are older and more mature, so theres a lot less shitposting and more real discussion
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>>143571253
It's so goddamn easy to find sound effects nowadays, especially if you have the money for it, and TV anime soundtracks are everywhere. It would be nice if they could break tradition but this being Japan...

>>143571325
JoJo and Dragon Ball are just as old and their fanbases are full of fuck.
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>>143571325
Say that to the Berserk thread.
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>>143571363

Many anime do. I'm just saying it became a normal thing. Like how Mexican soap operas are so over the top in their acting, despite improvements in production over the years. They remain over the top because the fans like it.
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HELP
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>>143571682
Overacting in soap dramas is fucking funny and sometimes adds to what is a very predictable and cliched plot. As for grunted and gasping and all that in anime, it works for really over the top moments but not for quiet and pretty serious moments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGJAUnNzbhE
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>>143571747
I don't see what's so bad about Funko pops..
I'm planning on getting the hot topic exclusive, soon.
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>>143571747
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>>143572132
>when your parents don't love you and buy your Christmas presents in Family Dollar
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>>143571998
The faces take away a lot of character.
The nonstandard one are really nice though. I'd totally get a Sharknado Funko.

But as far as Sailor Moon, I'd rather get the Figuarts. Right now I'm hoping they'll do something like school uniforms, with the glasses that are sponsoring the new season of Crystal as an accessory, or in my dreams, Prototype Senshi designs. They already have Sailor V.
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>>143567298
>but he basically says the same thing in the japanese version.

I don't recall that being the case. Early DiC Darrien was way more of an ass and was never intellectual in the way Mamoru was.
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>>143490385
Eternal Sailor Moon. The wings. Oh god, the wings!
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>>143572132
>beauty soldiers Shirley Moore
Surely you can't be serious....
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>>143572465
Being voiced by Spider-man kind of helps
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>>143572566
Besides the pink shoulder pads, Eternal Sailor Moon is gorgeous.
I wish the wings were a bit more realistic though, like how they were in the manga.
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>>143572132
I love Sailor Bootlegs
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I love this image.
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>>143573573
I love Sailor Mary
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>>143573573
Looks like Chibiusa and Usagi's failed abortion
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>>143573573
>>143573632
>Sailor Vostok
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Bootleg Usagi has seen some shit
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>>143573780
but the wicked lady too
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A professor Tomoe doll, I didn't expect that.
But I doubt you can play twister with this one.
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>>143574002
Planet Girl!
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>>143574034
Beauty Warrior, creating toys for both girls and boys but nobody remembers this truly progressive masterpiece.
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>>143573841
>>143574002
Are these the actual licensed american toys?
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>>143572228
>be me
>12 years old boy who is a closeted Sailor Moon fans in 1996
>going to toy store with my parents in christmas
>saw Sailor Moon doll in one of the shelf
>thinking it was the most beautiful thing I ever seen that time
>parents asking me "so what do you want as present, anon ?"
>gathering courage, trying to be based.
>pointing the Sailor Moon doll.
>mother looking at me with blank expression.
>father goes "hahah, anon. You're so funny", "I know that what you really want is the Green Ranger isn't it ?
>"hu-uh, I got you two pretty good huh ?" Said me while trying to hide my embarrassment.
It's not for another 20 years that I finally got my waifu (in shf form) but still that time is the most embarassing moment in my life.
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>>143574002
You sure that ain't a recolored Harry Potter doll?
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>>143574112
Must suck to have parents that kind of forced you to get toys you didn't really want.
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>>143574085
Moar Planet Girl

>>143574089
According to
http://shoujodolls.com/index.php/en/blogs/129-story-sailor-moon-dolls-guide-in-q-a
Those dolls were definitely official, produced by Bandai America. They were so bad some of them were called the "ugly face" models and others that got fixed were "pretty face" and that wasn't saying much.
You can see a comparison here >>143573780

>>143574149
I wish, anon, I wish
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>>143574002
Dr.Tomoe is rocking that fro
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>>143573582
but their situation is no different, the sailor senshis have died many times.

and Usagi even sacrificed herself many times to save herfriends and the world.
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>>143490266
>(June 30, 1978)
>Usagi Tsukino.
So back then I was fapping to a girl older than me?
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>>143574196
So why is Madoka Magica more talked about here to this day?
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>>143574180
Have some Annie Pretty Sailor.
I think I'll stop with the dolls now so I don't derail the thread ;;
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>>143574196
I guess it needs to be edgy or whatever.
Literally the ending of Madoka was inspired by the memory erasing scene at the end of the first season.

>>143574210
Yep, basically.
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>>143574112

I used to drive 200 miles to Chinatown (LA) just to look at anime merchandise. All the while trying to hide it from my mom who took me there. Eventually when I got older, I just fully admitted what I was looking for and my mom said she already knew.

Then she actually watched stuff like Kiki and CCS with me. She actually likes anime a lot.

>>143573841
>>143574002
>>143574085
>>143573615

I saw all these in Chinatown and at the Swap Meet I worked at for 2 years. They all got them from a knock off place in LA (which imported them from Hong Kong). You wouldn't believe how much money the people at the Swap Meet make selling junk like this. They get a 75% profit off of them.
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>>143574034
Looks like Brunette Mercury wearing a sailor suit that was pissed on.
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>>143574256
>the memory erasing scene at the end of the first season.
I never understood what went on there, whether it was memory alteration or time fuckery.
Neither makes complete sense but I've always thought there was more evidence for time fuckery.
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>>143571747
Screw Funko. I'm content with the SHFs.
Hell, if I want something without articulation, I'd get the Tamashii Buddies.
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>>143574431
They did that because they were going to end sailor moon by season 1 and have them stay as normal girls.
It became popular though, and Naoko/Toei decided to continue it.
This is why there's that really awkward arc where they all got their powers and memories back.

Learning about how the manga, and the original anime were being made at the same time makes the show more interesting to me, honestly.
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>>143572409
For the Figuarts, I'm hoping for school uniform versions as well. Though I'm also hoping that Black Lady means we can get more villains like the Shitennou.

Hoping that they don't move on to Crystal versions yet.
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>>143574196
The difference is that the Senshi all had hope.
Madoka is the only one that wasn't brimming with despair, even Homu was more determination than belief.
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>>143574431
Because of this I almost dissed Sailor Moon and call it the worst anime/show I ever seen.

It's not helped that in my country after Sailor Moon First season ended it was replaced with another show, so the ending truly leave a sour taste in my heart.

When R finally aired (a year later) they didn't announce it as new season so I thought it was just a re-run and missed half of the season.
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>>143574431

Its a pretty common device in TV when they don't know if they will get a new season. Since Sailor Moon did get a new season, SMR started off with a really hasty 'lol I remember you' gimmick.
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>>143574498
>They did that because they were going to end sailor moon by season 1 and have them stay as normal girls.
>>143575295
>Its a pretty common device in TV when they don't know if they will get a new season.
I know the out of story reason for it.
I meant in universe, I never could figure out whether what Usagi did was memory alteration to make everyone forget the events of the first season (and even further for Minako's adventures as Sailor V), or whether she actually undid the events with time fuckery.
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>>143575440

I thought it was Serenity's mother from the past who did it. Both unlocking their memories as well as wishing for them to go back to being normal girls after their task was complete. But I could be remembering wrong.
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>>143575440
She resurrected them from the dead like Queen Serenity did, basically, while sort of undoing the events of what happened except without the Dark Kingdom terrorizing the Juban district.

It's confusing, and i'm sure they probably go more in depth with it in the manga.
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>>143572566
i always felt the wings so big in the 90's anime
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>>143575105
>It's not helped that in my country after Sailor Moon First season ended it was replaced with another show, so the ending truly leave a sour taste in my heart.

Fuck that's depressing
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>>143576272
>i'm sure they probably go more in depth with it in the manga.
Oh you poor sweet child.
The manga doesn't go into depth about anything.
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>>143578356
"The manga explains always more" is a meme
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>>143574498
I always thought the anime had enough successful to continue with it without thinking
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>>143574228
the Hotaru and Chibiusa / Madoka and Homura thing
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>>143574431

I agree that the show clearly implies time fuckery. Erasing their memories but otherwise leaving the world the same would make no sense, even though R retcons this.

>>143575105
I'd have reacted the same. The idea that all the stuff that happened in season 1 may as well be irrelevant and everything goes on as if nothing happened left me with a sick feeling in my stomach. It really was a stupid way to finish it off.
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>>143490385
Super Sailor Moon. The long back ribbons give it a nice air of elegance without being too much
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>>143573582
Meh, it's true that the overall situation in Madoka is worse, but honestly, Sailor Moon has more balls. Take Sailor Moon's suicide, the motivations behind it are way more interesting than anything equivalent in Madoka, and its because the overall situation is not inherently grim that something like this is possible. Instead the characters freely make choices that end up putting Usagi in a situation where she decides that her best option is to abandon everyone and selfishly kill herself. And why? Because she holds on to the hope that in doing so, she might love again in her next life.
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>>143549386
Hopefully they do those side chapters published in the middle of SuperS. If they made each one a full episode the could put a bunch of SoL stuff into it
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>>143581188
This, i hope the manga ending animated will change the thoughts of some people who really underrate her
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>>143574498
That makes no sense though, they would've realised the show was popular way before the first season ended.
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How popular was Sailor Moon actually? Was it bigger in the west or in Japan?
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>>143582629
I think Japan
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>>143572409
>Prototype Senshi Design
I'd buy all of them
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>>143572409
Mercury looks so classy
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>>143560600
I'm watching the 90's anime first. I wanted to jump to Crystal afterwards for a direct comparison. Actually I already watched the first season of it and you guys weren't kidding when you complained about lackluster animation. The characters look nothing like they should at times! But I also know that season 3 remedies this and hopefully the following seasons too. So I'm pretty excited. Still gotta finish the final 90's season though.

>>143561861
Looking back at it yeah, the first season has some absurd filler. When I finished it I was thinking something like "wow, why do I get the feeling that I could only have watched 1/4 of the episodes and not miss anything?" I'm pretty patient with this stuff though since I really wanted to give it a try. And despite this, season 1 still managed to leave a decent impression for me mainly because the great episodes are damn great. Especially the ending episodes are just absolute top notch. I'd say it's well worth hanging in there just for those episodes alone.
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>>143544622
>>143547532
That line is anime-original. The manga was closer to Crystal. Yes, it had a CD. Usagi tried it on a normal computer, not a notebook, though.
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>>143490266
Ew faggot
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>thread is still up
>actually a good thread
I believe in miracles now.
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>>143570561
>>143571363

Not to make presumptions, but Sailor Moon as a series is high quality and likely attracts people who strongly value empathy; people who are only interested in waifu's or nostalgiaing over action scenes are going to be less dedicated to posting in these kinds of threads compared to those who are genuinely passionate out it. DBZ just has less substance to discuss, even if you really like it.
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>>143574400
>I just fully admitted what I was looking for and my mom said she already knew.
Something about this is bittersweet.
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>>143585699
Usagi is the miracle of the universe.
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>>143574112
>12 years old boy who is a closeted Sailor Moon fan
this hurts, not actually as a grown people (fuck i watched more SM than DB when i was a kid and I do not regret), but we all know how cruel can be some boys at young age with this kind of things

>>143570561
In my case i'm not really a nostalgiafag, i like to watch recent anime too, i rewatched all the anime series i have seen on my childhood and i know what series i really like, i like SM for what really is, not just some old memories
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>>143585699
This is nice, normally our Crystal threads just don't last much and die of inactivity but we talked about lots of different things in this one.
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>>143574112
A clerk at electronics boutique literally asked me "you don't really want this do you?" when I tried to buy one of these
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>>143587856
And we come from the previous thread of the weekly episode too, since the season 3 ended i think this will be our last real thread on a while, they will come back with the next S4 announcements, that's sure, i love to talk about SM here lads
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>>143575105
>>143581025
Something is wrong with you people, the ending of Sailor Moon season 1 is absolutely perfect.
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What's your favourite episode and why is it 125?
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>>143588781
I don't have a favourite episode between 200, but a lot of my favourites are on S
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>>143582629
Japan I believe
The fandom is still extremely active there. It's hard finding western fans that actually genuinely enjoy this series.
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>>143588781
But that's not episode 78
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>>143588781
Mines are episode 5,6,45-46,68,83-finale of the black moon arc,125,that one episode where Minako was two timing, 166, the ending of the Nehelenia arc, and 200.
There's probably a lot of filler that I really enjoyed too but I cant remember their episode numbers..
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>>143589845
I think it's Japan, all those stage plays show how popular is the franchise there
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>>143586025
I agree with this.
Something about the characters and their everyday struggles were extremely relatable and easy to empathize with, especially Mako-chan (even though Usagi is my favorite. I love me a genki girl protagonist).

I never grew up with this show, I only finished it 4 weeks ago.
I wrote it off as a show that people only enjoyed because they were kids, but taking the time to actually get to know the characters, and their dreams was great.

I think this series really earned it's spot with some of the best mahou shoujo along with CCS, and other anime.

It's a shame that episode count is the only thing that'll stop some people from being able to actually watch anime like these two.
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>>143575295
Everyone get manages to go to the same amusement park, a Cardian attacks, and then Luna does some sort of "Luna Mind Meld" on them.
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>>143590107
I mainly just interact with the eastern sailor moon fandom more nowadays because they actually know what the show is about instead of just screaming grill power/90s kid dribble all day.

I'm happy that it's still a big thing over there, it deserves the reputation it got.
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>>143590551
>90s kid dribble
A lot of those people should watch that shows again, maybe they don't really don't like them when you watch it as an adult, nostalgia blind a lot of times
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Usagi Tsukino falls in love with Mamoru Chiba.

Unable to confess, she is gifted by a deus ex machina with the boy's phone number. Never minding the strange area code, she immediately calls him, and is overjoyed to find out that he has a crush on her as well.

But, the next day, when Usagi recounts the previous day's confessions to the Mamoru, he only looks at each of her with a perplexed expression. After some investigation, she finds out that the boy she called is not the same boy she fell in love with. In fact, he doesn't exist in this universe at all. He is the alternate universe counterpart of her crush, who has fallen in love with her AU self, who too is blissfully unaware of his crush.

Hijinks ensue as they strike up a deal to give each other their darkest, most private secrets in order to equip each other with the weapons they need to conquer the heart of their other selves. While the two chase their respective loved ones, DRAMA ensues as they begin to fall in love with each other instead and question the NATURE of LOVE.
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>>143591032
They probably don't.
I used tumblr a lot, and most people that were interested in watching it only wanted to see it because of Neptune and Uranus.
I guess it triggers my autism to see people only interested in skipping to, and only watching S because of the lesbians.
But what else could I expect from the dumbest place on the net.
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>>143588142
agree.

It's a bit sad since I was having a lot of fun in every Sailor Moon threads.

at the other time I also sad that now my stress reliever for monday is gone. SMC S3 is the reason I'm looking forward for monday and making it bearable.
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>>143587227
>>12 years old boy who is a closeted Sailor Moon fan
combine that with the fact that loving anime in my time was considered as kid stuff, most of my friends at my age always bullying and mock me for loving toku and anime stuff so I really had to hide the fact that I was (also) a Sailor Moon fans at that time.
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>>143591659
Don't worry anon, we will back with SMC S4

>>143592073
I bet some of those morons watched anime stuff secretly too, but they needed to look "manly", "serious" and "mature" in front of the rest, i wonder what would think that people now
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>>143553289
>>143553465
I hope the artbook includes some Sailor V art kind of like the Materials Collection. There are no color pictures of any of the Sailor V villains except for Danburite and Pandora.
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>>143592073
Sounds like me transitioning from middle to high school. I was watching Sailor Moon at a time all the guys were watching the Ocean Dub of DBZ.
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>>143591398
>caring more about muh representation muh diversity than the real characters

it's one of the dumbest things i've ever read recently, but it's tumblr, i believe it
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>>143594009
Trust me it's there.
"Oh this is gay, i'll watch it"
The only reason they became super obsessed with Steven Universe was after the Jailbreak episode where one of the characters were revealed to be two lesbians that were in love with each other.
Before that, hardly anyone talked about the show.
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>>143594707
I'm glad Japan and the studios doesn't care about this kind of people
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sailor moon is a cartoon character, how can you wish it happy birthday
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>>143595422
The same way Godzilla is a official japanese citizen and a tokyo ambassador
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>>143588781
Every episode where Hotaru has screentime.
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>>143595683
Also winner of the former MTV Lifetime Achievement Award.
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>>143596103
I wonder how screentime she will have on the upcoming crystal seasons
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>>143597258
A lot more than the 90s anime
She and Chibiusa had a developing friendship in the dream arc in the manga
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>>143588781
>>143589916
>>143589994
HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW THE EXACT NUMBERS?!
I can barely remember the number of the 1st episode because it's the first.
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>>143598172
It's a mix of autism/and or rewatching favorite episodes multiple times.
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>>143598172
Honestly, I looked it up. I can only recall the dub titles.
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>>143598172
I maintain a list of all the episodes I watch and brief summaries in a large notepad file called Wikipedia.duh
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Who is your favourite Senshi?
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>>143599427
Moon
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>>143599427
Jupiter, I just love her personality and character in general.
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>>143599427
Jupiter

>>143599883
I had the biggest crush on her as a kid. Everyone else liked Venus and Mars. I prefer amazons.
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>>143599427
All of the inners
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>>143599427
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>>143599427
Saturn
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>>143599427
Sailor Iron Mouse!
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>>143599427
Moon.
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>>143599427
Tough call. It's an even split between Mercury and Jupiter.

Mercury, in particular, has some of the cutest reaction faces in some of the episodes.
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>>143544956
what's this, a SJW sailor moon series?
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>>143600713
Nah, that would be 'Moon Animate Make-Up'
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>>143600058
I just want to bake her sweet things and give her flowers everyday
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>>143601151
Wow. When Crystal was on-model it really looked so good. It's such a shame the way everything turned out. I'm not even mad, it's really just unfortunate.
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>>143599427
Moon > Mercury > Pluto > Jupiter > Venus > Neptune > Mars >Uranus > Saturn

They're all great though
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>>143597661
i'm going to enjoy this more than i thought
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>>143597258
>>143597661
>>143602305
Didn't she just turn into a baby? It will take years for her to grow up and, by then, Chibiusa won't want to play with her.
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Bump limit reached, it's time to say goodbye again lads
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Don't forget, next month is the 25th anniversary of the Sailor V manga.
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>>143603342
And this month there is anime about an antropomorphic fart.
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>>143602535
Hotaru grew fast to 9 years old. I wish she were 12 again.
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>>143603507
of justice
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>>143601493
If I remember correctly, Jupiter's episode was one of the better ones.
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