Well, I would say the same for Hotaru but she's not an Inner senshi so I won't really be able to expect that much.. Got more than I imagined, but I want moooore. :<
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Well, I would say the same for Hotaru but she's not an Inner senshi so I won't really be able to expect that much.. Got more than I imagined, but I want moooore. :<
MikeHattsu
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Sailor Moon R 21
An important lesson about always watching your kids while at the beach or else they might get washed away by a tide and meet dinosaurs...
The dinosaurs gets saved from extinction, Rei fights lava with fire and Chibi-Usa learns to like fish so it all works out in the end though.
An important lesson about always watching your kids while at the beach or else they might get washed away by a tide and meet dinosaurs...
The dinosaurs gets saved from extinction, Rei fights lava with fire and Chibi-Usa learns to like fish so it all works out in the end though.
MikeHattsu
Member
Sailor Moon R 22
Shocking reveal
Lots of info about Crystal Tokyo and a big fight as well.
Shocking reveal
Lots of info about Crystal Tokyo and a big fight as well.
Pluto you should go back to Setsuna. Ami gets enough attention as it is.
Also, I finished S in the manga. Didn't feel like Takeuchi knew what to do with Uranus and Neptune, but it I liked the suspense and apocalyptic feel to it. A lot better than the anime counterpart. Oh and Happy New Year!
Also, I finished S in the manga. Didn't feel like Takeuchi knew what to do with Uranus and Neptune, but it I liked the suspense and apocalyptic feel to it. A lot better than the anime counterpart. Oh and Happy New Year!
Sailor Moon SuperS 161
Nehelenia makes her move by attacking the World with Spiderwebs to find whoever dream Pegasus was in, they could have saved us 28 episodes with that! Also, the girls find out their friends who they only met for like one episode are really their enemies. While the four on four showdown isn't handled nearly as well as R did with the Sisters, we do get an awesome insert song of "Sailor Team No Theme." This season is starting to get really creepy and interesting, hopefully the climax holds up.
Nehelenia makes her move by attacking the World with Spiderwebs to find whoever dream Pegasus was in, they could have saved us 28 episodes with that! Also, the girls find out their friends who they only met for like one episode are really their enemies. While the four on four showdown isn't handled nearly as well as R did with the Sisters, we do get an awesome insert song of "Sailor Team No Theme." This season is starting to get really creepy and interesting, hopefully the climax holds up.
KDash31987
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My subtitle!
Sailor Moon SuperS 162
Since the Earth is danger, Mamoru synchronizes the pain. Meanwhile, the girls finally enter Black Moon, but the villains have a surprise for Chibiusa. So basically just like last season where
early-on in the climax.
Wait a minute, if Mamoru's lifeline is connected to the Earth's, does that mean if Mamoru blew-up the Earth would too?
Since the Earth is danger, Mamoru synchronizes the pain. Meanwhile, the girls finally enter Black Moon, but the villains have a surprise for Chibiusa. So basically just like last season where
Mamoru and Chibiusa were taken out of battle
Wait a minute, if Mamoru's lifeline is connected to the Earth's, does that mean if Mamoru blew-up the Earth would too?
Indeed, and it'll last for years!
KDash31987
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Sailor Moon SuperS 163
While Chibiusa has to deal with the Amazon Quartet, the Senshi have to deal with yin-yang counterparts of themselves. Having read the manga I noticed the latter plot point was already done in the S manga, so it's interesting that they incorporated it into the anime now.
While Chibiusa has to deal with the Amazon Quartet, the Senshi have to deal with yin-yang counterparts of themselves. Having read the manga I noticed the latter plot point was already done in the S manga, so it's interesting that they incorporated it into the anime now.
KDash31987
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Sailor Moon SuperS 165
Well, Mamoru becomes Endymion again, although I'm not quite sure if becoming Endymion in the original anime even means anything other than getting a sword and armor. Meanwhile, we get the Boss Battle this episode, and Conan-san wasn't lying when he said SuperS was the Digimon Adventure 02 of the series. Also, Motoki seems immune to the Golden Crystal, as well as he never seems to get attacked in this anime ever. Motoki: the most powerful being in the Sailor Moon universe?
Happy New Year KDash, but it's still 2014 for me, so I can finish SuperS in time.
Well, Mamoru becomes Endymion again, although I'm not quite sure if becoming Endymion in the original anime even means anything other than getting a sword and armor. Meanwhile, we get the Boss Battle this episode, and Conan-san wasn't lying when he said SuperS was the Digimon Adventure 02 of the series. Also, Motoki seems immune to the Golden Crystal, as well as he never seems to get attacked in this anime ever. Motoki: the most powerful being in the Sailor Moon universe?
Happy New Year KDash, but it's still 2014 for me, so I can finish SuperS in time.
Sailor Moon SuperS 166
Well, this episode certainly lives up to the term of 'falling action' narrative. It doesn't really feel like there was much of a final fight here, same with the S finale really. Also, this episode ends began where the first episode began. So was this all a dream?
Overall thoughts on SuperS: Hmm, that had a lot in common with S. Like S, they started off the season by resetting Usagi's character development, and the pacing was uneven. All the character & plot building was kind of neglected until the climaxes where it was all shoved in there. However there was some aspects of this season I really liked. The villains were well characterized. Queen Nehelnia is perfect for spiteful and bitter woman, and the sub-bosses weren't as shafted as they were in S. Also, the visual direction is superb, and the last episodes certainly did bring the creepy vibe. Well, glad I managed to finish this season in time, and now I got Stars and Crystal left for 2015.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Well, this episode certainly lives up to the term of 'falling action' narrative. It doesn't really feel like there was much of a final fight here, same with the S finale really. Also, this episode ends began where the first episode began. So was this all a dream?
Overall thoughts on SuperS: Hmm, that had a lot in common with S. Like S, they started off the season by resetting Usagi's character development, and the pacing was uneven. All the character & plot building was kind of neglected until the climaxes where it was all shoved in there. However there was some aspects of this season I really liked. The villains were well characterized. Queen Nehelnia is perfect for spiteful and bitter woman, and the sub-bosses weren't as shafted as they were in S. Also, the visual direction is superb, and the last episodes certainly did bring the creepy vibe. Well, glad I managed to finish this season in time, and now I got Stars and Crystal left for 2015.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Yeah, you're right, back to Pluto. I'll try to get a new one of her when she appears in Crystal.
cj_iwakura
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Filth and lies.
cj_iwakura
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Implying there should be a cap.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Simply Sarah
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Probably because they couldn't top my personal favourite manga act:
Hotaru Has Two Mommies and a Haruka
But, isn't that in the Sailor Stars anime?
Had thought about a Haruka avatar several times but I'm kinda settled with this one. Maybe in the future.
Zoe
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Been thinking of changing my avatar.. How's this?
The problem is that I made these on a Retina display so I have no idea how they look on normal screens..
If they're all choppy/over-sharpened or if they look alright. At least on my screen the right one looks the best here.
They look way too red on my screen.
Zoe
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Really? Weird.. I even made them more white because the original screenshot was pretty pink (at least on their skin). I think resizing makes the contrast appear more bright too, perhaps.
I think your current one has the perfect palatte.
Simply Sarah
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Which isn't SuperS and I warned you that I was basically ignoring reality for the sake of my headcanon!
Simply Sarah
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Yeah, I don't think there is one. The only non-monster of the day characters I can think of in the entire original anime series that Usagi directly destroys are Kunzite (sorta), Queen Metalia, Esmeraude (perhaps can be argued), and Wiseman. It's pretty clear that they wanted to avoid Usagi killing anyone, which can be compared to the manga where she pretty much blows away anyone and everyone without much of a thought.
Because SuperS was the Chibi-Usa and Friends Hour and it almost killed the show.
Yeah, the lack of proper villain defeats later on is another reason the anime starts to bug me after R.
Also, I wonder how successful SuperS was. It's a bit longer than S, but given that they had to redo the entire season in Stars, makes me wonder if it wasn't receipted well.
Also, I wonder how successful SuperS was. It's a bit longer than S, but given that they had to redo the entire season in Stars, makes me wonder if it wasn't receipted well.
This is just stuff I recall reading somewhere, so how true it might be is heavily contested. But I've read that SuperS wasn't very successful and indeed almost killed the show. The reason Stars wrapped up Nehelenia was because the show was cancelled before they could make those episodes, but then they did Stars anyway and wrapped it up.
Take with a mound of salt of course.
I assumed it was because they needed to re-introduce the Outers, since Pluto and Saturn had been killed off. Then again, considering what small roles the Outers had in Stars, maybe it wasn't important to begin with.
I know Anime News Network says SuperS didn't do well in Japan, but I'm not sure if they are considering a reliable source.
I know Anime News Network says SuperS didn't do well in Japan, but I'm not sure if they are considering a reliable source.
Zoe
Member
The Japanese Wikipedia article has all of the episode ratings. Ratings definitely went down during SuperS and then stayed down throughout Stars.
There was another episode where Michiru hosts a concert with the Starlights, if I remember correctly.
Interesting. Do you know how the ratings of Classic, R, and S were like compared to each other? I can't read Japanese.
Zoe
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Click on [表示] in each shaded box. The ratings are listed as percentages for every episode.
Okay here we go;
All the percentages added up per season:
Classic: 490.5%
R: 536.4%
S: 495.3%
SuperS: 415.8%
Stars: 276.7%
Total number of episodes a season:
Classic: 46
R: 43
S: 38
SuperS: 39
Stars: 34
Average:
Classic: 10.66%
R: 12.47%
S: 13.03%
SuperS: 10.66%
Stars: 8.14%
Feel free to do your own calculation to see if I made any errors. Classic and SuperS seemed tie, but if kept going of further denominators, Classic would have been higher. So I guess R and S were the most popular seasons among the Japanese fanbase, with Stars being the big decline.
All the percentages added up per season:
Classic: 490.5%
R: 536.4%
S: 495.3%
SuperS: 415.8%
Stars: 276.7%
Total number of episodes a season:
Classic: 46
R: 43
S: 38
SuperS: 39
Stars: 34
Average:
Classic: 10.66%
R: 12.47%
S: 13.03%
SuperS: 10.66%
Stars: 8.14%
Feel free to do your own calculation to see if I made any errors. Classic and SuperS seemed tie, but if kept going of further denominators, Classic would have been higher. So I guess R and S were the most popular seasons among the Japanese fanbase, with Stars being the big decline.
But that doesn't necessarily reflect on the quality of the show, it could be that the show was getting old and the young fanbase was outgrowing it.
A lack of outers probably did hurt SuperS a little bit but I wouldn't disregard the age issue, I think I read that Toei was unhappy with the fact that Sailor Moon was an ongoing continuity, it made it harder for new fans to get into the show.
That's why they're so happy with Pretty Cure, they reboot the shit out of that every year or two, that's why it has been running for a decade, the current target audience wasn't even born when the series started and they can jump right in when a new series starts.
I can think of a few places Toei could go jump into.