Sailor Moon Crystal (new anime) - Character designs and voice cast revealed
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I also wonder what is wrong with their breasts:
It is like their upper body just consists of breasts.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of this. :lol
The 90's anime was an extremely loose adaptation that was significantly different from the source manga in both content and tone. Where the manga focused on plot, the anime introduced monsters of the week and spent the vast majority of its time on character interaction. The live action version produced in 2003 is somewhat closer to the manga, but makes its own innovations as it took different ideas from later arcs and adapted them into the first arc's story before going completely in its own direction.
Even though all three versions cover the Dark Kingdom arc, all three have completely different endings for it. Each one is a new experience. So the fact that we might get the manga version onscreen and not a fourth entirely new version isn't disappointing to me at all.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
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You know the worst thing about the "biweekly" schedule? It's not even really biweekly! Since it's the first and third Saturdays of every month... within this year alone, there will be a 3 week wait after ep4 and ep10, since August and November have 5 Saturdays each! Roflmao.
I wonder wtf happened with this whole production. You'd think that Toei would go crazy to make sure that a new Sailor Moon adaption would be as on point as possible but so far we've dealt with crazy delays and silence, and now its a web-exclusive (not-so) bi-weekly series.
It was always attached to Niconico from the very first announcement.
Prax
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Looks ugly. :l MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN....
This is not the type of old school shoujo I want.
Usagi ESPECIALLY looks all kinds of off.
At least in Takeuchi's artwork, there's a dainty doe-y angular yet soft charm to it. The target Toei style was clean and cute. But this style, the eyes and hair look so amateur, the mouths just weak. PLUS the proportions are all kind of dumb, which I guess is par for the course if you wanna go for more CLAMP/Utena style, but totally doesn't pull it off. This hurts my soul. xD
Expectations definitely lowered.
This is not the type of old school shoujo I want.
Usagi ESPECIALLY looks all kinds of off.
At least in Takeuchi's artwork, there's a dainty doe-y angular yet soft charm to it. The target Toei style was clean and cute. But this style, the eyes and hair look so amateur, the mouths just weak. PLUS the proportions are all kind of dumb, which I guess is par for the course if you wanna go for more CLAMP/Utena style, but totally doesn't pull it off. This hurts my soul. xD
Expectations definitely lowered.
The entire manga is 60 chapters.
I know, but I was under impression that it will only cover the Dark Kingdom storyline, not the whole manga. Or am I wrong? If so, then yay!, more Sailor Moon. (and Sailor Uranus \o/)
WhereAreMahDragonz
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I'm okay with their designs, but I don't think they look all that great. I'm hoping they'll look better in motion.
Mars looks awesome though, which is a huge thumbs up from me because she's the best out of them all.
Mars looks awesome though, which is a huge thumbs up from me because she's the best out of them all.
Wow, this looks like bad fanart. Not to sound like a fanatical japanophile, but this looks like a clueless westerner's approximation of manga artwork, with its uneven, weirdly boxy eyes, oddly angled mouths.
When it's actually on model, it does look a lot like the original manga, which is also a strange choice, because that always looked bad. I guess it's supposed to be nostalgic, but it's just not nice to look at.
When it's actually on model, it does look a lot like the original manga, which is also a strange choice, because that always looked bad. I guess it's supposed to be nostalgic, but it's just not nice to look at.
NobleXenon
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How long will each episode be? If the series is released bi-weekly, I would hope they're 40 minutes long.
Shining Sunshine
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After that naked scene from the end of Sailor Stars, my life has been traumatized! ;_;
RoryDropkick
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So true
Hisako Kanemoto voicing Mercury?
Hisako Kanemoto voicing Mercury?
Hisako Kanemoto voicing Mercury?
One of my favorite seriyuu voicing my favorite anime character ever?
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Hisako Kanemoto voicing Mercury?
Hisako Kanemoto voicing Mercury?
One of my favorite seriyuu voicing my favorite anime character ever?
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I'm excited for the new Sailor Moon -- even if my expectations have been lowered with all the bullshit around it.
As far as the design goes, I'm okay with it. The legs are a little too long for my taste, but hopefully the animation will translate well.
At least they didn't completely shit on the series. It could have been worse. It could have been like Seiya Omega.
As far as the design goes, I'm okay with it. The legs are a little too long for my taste, but hopefully the animation will translate well.
At least they didn't completely shit on the series. It could have been worse. It could have been like Seiya Omega.
DrForester
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New voice cast?!
Fuck that. No Aya Hisakawa, no sale.
Fuck that. No Aya Hisakawa, no sale.
AuthenticM
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Ah, I see. Then I hope they stick really close to the original story.
RoryDropkick
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Skyfireblaze
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Hmm I don't really like these new designs too much either :/ I understand that the old designs took huge liberties and that these are much closer to the manga which isn't bad at all but something about the faces feels off and fake, especially the eyes... and dear god Rei... what happened to her? D: Still I'm pretty excited to see it in motion and reserve my judgement till then! 
Venus is the best! 
It's really cool that the seriyuu for Cure Peace is voicing Sailor Mercury.
RoryDropkick
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Ami has always been the First Lady of the group!
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LongDongJunon
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CLAAAAAAMP
DrForester
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darkside31337
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Voices seem totally perfect to me.
Ami x Rei was the OTP of the series (well based on the live action) and they definitely nailed those 2.
Love the new designs. Excited to watch this.
Ami x Rei was the OTP of the series (well based on the live action) and they definitely nailed those 2.
Love the new designs. Excited to watch this.
It feels really strange and rather disappointing that one of the most popular animes of all time is getting a seemingly cheap and shoddy new adaptation that won't even air on TV.
But it's Sailor Moon, so I'm super excited.
I kind of like the new designs, except my favorite Jupiter looks kinda off.
But it's Sailor Moon, so I'm super excited.
I kind of like the new designs, except my favorite Jupiter looks kinda off.
Shouta
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Pretty close to the manga in design which is good but the art itself uses a coloring/shading style that makes it look a bit cheap, I think.I think the size and shape of the heads also aren't helping as much. They have really pointy chins and the hair looks HUGE compared to their faces. I do like that they don't have the same though, lol.
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