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Episode directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi
We’re back with another episode of Sailor Moon: The Early Years! It hasn’t been that long since Ami became a member of the team, but now we’re moving ahead to the next scout, Sailor Mars! Once again, this is a story that was covered in Sailor Moon Crystal, so that begs the question; is this a better interpretation of Rei Hino’s introduction, or will this be an example of Crystal improving on what had already been done before? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins as most episodes do with Queen Beryl giving Jadeite the business end of her sharp tongue as she berates him for his continued failures to stop the Scouts.
“I swear Jadeite, if you don’t stop them this time I will kill you myself!” “Uh… I’m putting in for my two weeks’ notice.” “WHAT!?”
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Episode directed by Junichi Satou
We’re back with another episode of Sailor Moon: The Full Screen Years! Now the last episode was pretty much a disaster in my opinion, but then one before it was one of the better ones in no small part due to the interesting villain. Things are about to change though as this episode will introduce us to Ami Mizuno, also known as Sailor Mercury. Will this be a great introduction to the character, and how does it compare to what they did with this story in Sailor Moon Crystal? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins, in the main office of Hell Corp (also known as Dark Kingdom) where the two senior managers of the organization determine what their strategy for evil will be in the coming work week. They actually do come up with something quite dastardly (and a little too real) which is to exploit the public school system for profit! THOSE BASTARDS!!
“We’ll convince them that college is the most important thing to being a successful person, and then force them to run up incalculable amounts of debt at such a young age!! MWA HA HA HA HA!!!”
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Episode directed by Takao Yoshizawa
Welcome back to another episode of Sailor Moon: Reincarnation is Magic! The last episode had our born again Moon Princess fighting off a really interesting villain who inadvertently was getting in the way of two people finding true love in one another! It was actually a pretty nice change of pace from the formula the show was falling into where Usagi remained pretty much oblivious to the evil machinations of the villains until she finally confronts them at the scene of the crime. So what’s the story for THIS episode? Usagi will remain pretty much oblivious to the evil machinations of the villain until she finally confronts them at the scene of the crime. Well, I guess they can’t ALL be original stories, so maybe they’ll find an interesting angle with what it is the villains will try to exploit this time. Let’s find out!!
The episode begins with Usagi frantically trying to get to school before the bell rings yet again. I mean sure, she’s fighting for humanity’s survival every night, but she should really invest in a louder alarm clock or something. Along her route, she runs past an advertisement and, as any good consumer would do, stops to stare at it and contemplate purchasing the product.
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Episode directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara
We’re back with another episode of Luna and Usagi’s Excellent Adventures! The last episode with the hypno-furbys was fine but it really didn’t do anything different from the other episodes except for kicking Luna across a room which is DIFFERENT but I wouldn’t call that an improvement to the formula. Will the mix things up for this episode or are we doomed to see Usagi repeat the same story every single episode until the other scouts come in? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins in Dark Kingdom and… what’s this? Do we finally have some new animation for Queen Beryl!? She’s not waving her hands in front of a crystal ball this time!? This MUST be a special episode!! The reason for this change in her behavior is due to her undivided attention for the demonstration of Jadeite’s newest soul-sucking scheme. Apparently, he’s developed a sound wave or whatever that drains the life out of those who listen to it.
“It was discovered during our research into The Brown Noise”
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Episode directed by Yuji Endo
We’re back with another episode of Sailor Moon Retro! When we last left our heroes, they were in a rather uncomfortable and dated adventure regarding weight loss and self-esteem. In hindsight, it may not have been the BEST way to tackle those subjects, but then again you can’t always go back to stuff from twenty years ago and expect it to get everything right in regards to modern sensibilities. Besides, I’m sure that’s gonna be the ONLY time that this show will be THAT blatantly nineties, right? It’s not like they’ll make an episode about Furbies or something! Oh wait, this episode is about cute artificial animals that people can’t get enough of? Okay then. Well to be fair, this episode predates those toys by at least six years so maybe they were simply ahead of their time when they made this! Will this episode manage to bring the series back on track after the stumble that was the last episode, or will the show continue to feel out of place and outdated as they continue to scramble to come up with episodes to fill out the season? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins with Usagi having a nightmare where she’s being chased by… I don’t know, the Smoke Monster?
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Episode directed by Harume Kosaka
Oh good! I was hoping we’d run into some dated nineties storylines at some point! We all knew we were going to reach this point eventually. You can go back to pretty much anything from any time period and find stuff that’s woefully outdated, especially when you think of how fast things have changed with the onset of social media. Still, we can allow ourselves to overlook some less than ideal moments if everything else in the episode manages to pick up the slack. Can this episode succeed despite it’s less than precise handling of the subject matter? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins with Usagi realizing that she gained a few pounds since her last weigh-in and she’s having a panic attack over it. Rather than her parents telling her that it isn’t a big deal or Luna telling her the weight she gained is probably due to the muscle she’s built since starting her career as a warrior for justice, everyone around her gives her shit about it. Her parents TRY to reassure her but fail miserably at it, and Luna seems intent on giving her Body Dysmorphia!
“I’m thinking Sailor Chubs. Fatty Moon maybe? I could really use your input here Usagi!”
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Episode directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi
We’re back with another episode of Sailor Moon Origins! The last episode was by no means perfect, but it did show that just because they weren’t working directly from a story in the manga doesn’t mean they can’t make the filler in this show enjoyable. Can this episode keep up with the level of quality we saw last time around, or are we already headed for a downward spiral until Sailor Mercury shows up in this? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins with Jadeite’s performance review in which he embellishes his accomplishments I’m the last two episodes.
“Our energy collection efforts are up three percent!” “You lost two highly trained demons in the process.” “I like to think of it as creating new openings for fresh-faced monsters to hone their skills and become valuable members of our organization!”
Sailor Moon and all the images you see in this recap are owned by Toei Animation and licensed by Viz Media
Episode directed by Junichi Satou
When I first started watching Sailor Moon Crystal, I vowed to not watch any of the original series or read the original manga while I was writing recaps for it. I felt that I was in a unique situation where I had always wanted to give Sailor Moon a shot, but never got around to actually watching it which means I would be in a perfect position to WANT to like Sailor Moon Crystal without having the original to compare it against. I think it ended up serving me well, not that reviews of comparison are bad, but I figured plenty of people were going to do that already and I wanted to see if it was any good from a newbie’s perspective. After a year of watching Sailor Moon Crystal though, the season has finally come to a close and I’m now gonna start watching the original series and giving you my thoughts on it! To start with, let’s discuss which version of the show I’m watching. I’ll be watching the modern dub of the series. Not the original dub which many Sailor Moon fans started off with, and not the original Japanese sub with all the original content unperturbed. From what I understand, the Viz Media dub is supposed to be an uncut and unedited version of the original Japanese version so I guess it’s the best of both worlds! Still, I am gonna miss the fact that I won’t get to see the nineties special effects, the Sailor Moon Morals at the end of each episode, and that Luna won’t sound like an old lady. Unfortunately, if this version DOES miss certain aspects of the original Japanese version, I won’t be able to spot it but that’s what the comments section is for! So now that we got that out of the way, will Sailor Moon live up to the hype, or is it just another nostalgic property that’s not as good as people remember it!? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins with our main character Usagi waking up late for school and having to rush through her morning routine. Wait, isn’t this how EVERY magical girl show begins!?
“Are you going to be late AGAIN!?” “I’ll try NOT to be!!” “Well say hi to A-ko, Yohko, Ranma, and Madoka if you pass by them.”
Just over a year since its premiere, Sailor Moon Crystal’s first season is coming to a close. There’s been much discussion around this show and its obvious flaws since its release, which is to be expected for a remake of a franchise that meant so much to a lot of people. Now that we’re at the end of this series (at least until season two comes out), does it go out with a bang and a strong closing for the Black Moon Clan story arc, or are we going to get yet another disappointing ending such as the one we got to the Silver Millennium story arc, which many would see as fitting for a series that has been plagued with so many glaring issues? Let’s find out!!
The episode begins with Sailor Moon and her entourage falling through an endless abyss of some sort towards the disembodied skull of Wiseman or Death Phantom or Nemesis, or whatever the hell it is. The point is that Sailor Moon has nice big target to aim her magic wand at and she does just that.
“Feel the power of love and friendship!” “I COULDN’T BE IN MORE PAIN!!!!”
Welcome back to the show you all hate and will sorely miss when the season is over! ADMIT IT!! YOU ALL LOVE THIS SHOW!! Anyway, we left the last episode on quite the cliffhanger with mere inches separating our heroes from total annihilation. The show has been on quite a roll recently (that or I’ve acclimated to its sub-par standards) and with only two episodes left, I can only hope they pull out all the stops. I mean, we’re STARTING the episode with the possible extinction of all of existence!! I mean, it’s not like the dude’s going to SUCCEED, but it’s going to be interesting to see how they can pull themselves out of this mess! Let’s get started!!
The episode begins with Prince Demande mere moments from destroying the universe by touching the two Legendary Silver Crystals together. Naturally, everyone is freaking the fuck out and hoping they can develop super speed right now so they can stop him!
“NOOO!!!!!!! I was gonna have a dream palace built on the graves of my former allies!!”
The Reviewers Unite 