Very. The original anime version of the R Season is epic. Not taking away from this one but I would rewatch the original anime over this anyday.
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Very. The original anime version of the R Season is epic. Not taking away from this one but I would rewatch the original anime over this anyday.
cj_iwakura
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Wow, the Rubeus Cheerleading Squad left the picture fast. I'm guessing these twins are manga villains. Dead in an episode. Yep, that's Takeuchi storytelling.
Twins? Which twins?
cj_iwakura
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The 'Boule Brothers'.
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cj_iwakura
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They could still use it! About as likely as Rainy Day Man being played, though.
cj_iwakura
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I am really unhappy with Wiseman. Demande is great, but the rest of the fam are weak. Especially Esmeraude. No dragon or Wiseman manipulation?
He's no longer a threat, just a crotchety old man.
He's no longer a threat, just a crotchety old man.
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Zoe
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MOTD don't exist in the manga like the original anime. Or rather, the MOTD in the manga actually have some character behind them.
cj_iwakura
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I'd rather have a MOTW who has character with smaller MOTDs that also have personality, even if they're gone fast. The four sisters had way more personality in the first show. Here they're just a body count.
I will say the added background on Death Phantom and Black Moon is pretty great, but they're all that's getting development. It was at the sacrifice of everything else.
cj_iwakura
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At least it was different. Here she does everything.
Zoe
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You do have your MOTW under your definition--Esmeraude, Rubeus, Saphir, and Demande. This wasn't some weekly shounen manga that needed a new fight each chapter (equivalent of four fights per monthly chapter).
The only reason people are expecting more out of these characters is the original anime took a month's worth of content and spread it out over multiple months. The manga gives more weight to these MOTD's than the anime ever did. What more could you feasibly want?
BassForever
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So will Pluto actually end up doing shit beyond talk no jutsu on Black Lady to make her return to small lady so she can become sailor chibi moon?
cj_iwakura
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All that can be said is yes.
Oh no. Lol. They appeared in the original anime as well in an episode.
cj_iwakura
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Did I just see a still frame of the group floating towards each other? Like they were cut out puppets?
Budgeting!
Okay, Wiseman's manipulating of Demande and Saffir is a little better. Still not that fond of new voice, though. (Or his lack of animation.)
Budgeting!
Okay, Wiseman's manipulating of Demande and Saffir is a little better. Still not that fond of new voice, though. (Or his lack of animation.)
cj_iwakura
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I guess I've underestimated SMC's popularity, most images on Tumblr of Wiseman are from it.
This is what I'm accustomed to, though.
Why doesn't he ever move his hands now? Yeesh.
I like that he has more background, at least, but my kingdom for his old voice.
This is what I'm accustomed to, though.
Why doesn't he ever move his hands now? Yeesh.
I like that he has more background, at least, but my kingdom for his old voice.
BassForever
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It probably doesn't have to sell that well between all the merch sales and such. I'd be truly shocked is Crystal s2 isn't announced
I may have contributed that that (SH Figuarts). For the few cons I've been to within the year, the SM merch depleted very quickly off dealers' shelves.
So Toei hosted a SMC event yesterday
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That was basically there to fellate the musicals, shill volume 10 of the BRs and cock everyone around regarding Season 2.
This is officially stupid, rhetorical and transcendent.
I can't even begin to think of a franchise that has been bungled this badly and for this long. I mean, christ, even Superior Spider-Man had something to it.
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That was basically there to fellate the musicals, shill volume 10 of the BRs and cock everyone around regarding Season 2.
This is officially stupid, rhetorical and transcendent.
I can't even begin to think of a franchise that has been bungled this badly and for this long. I mean, christ, even Superior Spider-Man had something to it.
Sonic?
Sonic Generations, the Archie Comics, the Boom Cartoon, 'The Comic Online (If that's still a thing).
And besides that, as confused as most of the other sonic output is (and whoo bo is it a mess) Sega at least vaugely look like they give a fuck
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
This art on this show is still a low budget mess and it's missing the charm from the original series. For me, despite the filler, 90's anime Sailor Moon >>>>>> Crystal.
Though, I still hope Crystal makes it far enough to introduce my favorite villain, Nehelenia. I can't see that happening though
Though, I still hope Crystal makes it far enough to introduce my favorite villain, Nehelenia. I can't see that happening though
It sells around 2k-3k per each bluray release. Do not consider good compare to the others. At this point Sailor Moon can pretty much only sell to old shrinking audience while not be able to make up the new one. And bad quality play a huge part to that. Even some old fan start to leave it.
Though, I still hope Crystal makes it far enough to introduce my favorite villain, Nehelenia. I can't see that happening though
I think we've established that to hope for the best is a hopeless endveor with SMC.
Zoe
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The only person you have to blame for that is yourself. They never hinted to any kind of announcement, the cast has been talking about "wrapping" things up for weeks, and special events such as these are extremely common in the anime industry.
cj_iwakura
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Heh, Miss Dream posted some news about an SM S casting. I thought it was for a Crystal adaptation of S, but it turns out it's for a new theatrical production.
UberTag
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This was probably the best episode in the entire Crystal adaptation.
Top-quality stuff rivaling the hallmark moments of the classic 90s anime.
Dusk Soldier
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It's weird seeing all this stuff now, that 90s anime waited until S to show. Namely Sailor mini moon, Pluto's 3 taboos, and Diana.
Come to think of it, Pluto was barely a character in Sailor Moon R. I think she pretty much just let them through the time gate, and then was never seen again.
Come to think of it, Pluto was barely a character in Sailor Moon R. I think she pretty much just let them through the time gate, and then was never seen again.
UberTag
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Pluto was barely a character in all of the old anime seasons.
Crystal is easily her best treatment outside of the manga and I'm not sure it's debatable.
Yeah. It is like entirely new story. This shows how enormously edited the old series were. I feel that crystal has a lot more potential if the director do it right. Too bad.
That was a really nice episode. Great performance by Pluto and Black Lady.
I only wish the show didn't try to adapt the manga shot by shot (more or less). It really hurts the pacing. There are episodes where you've got several minutes of boring info dumping, and then there are episodes like this where: two major characters die, one character has a character-changing (literally) moment and a great battle scene occurs. It is so uneven.
Also, I know it's a popular movie/cartoon cliche when a character dies and talks for few minutes before dying while everyone lean over her... But I found it funny that Sailor Scouts and King Endymion were crouching over Pluto and ignored that both Black Lady and Mamoru (who might or might not be still under her spell) are also well and alive and in the meantime could easily grab two silver crystals out of Demande's hands. And what was Demande doing between realizing he doesn't have crystals anymore and dying at the hand of Wiseman?
And I feel really bad for inner senshi, they are so useless and underdeveloped in this show. You could replace them all with a single character (well, the show already did this when Mars, Mercury and Jupiter were abducted) and you wouldn't notice a difference. At least that one character would have more than two lines of dialogue per episode. :|
If only the whole show had this kind of quality. Some of those shots were really nicely done. It's hard to believe it's from the same show as, for example, this shot:
I wonder: how the hell stuff like this happens? This isn't some computer generated thing - someone must have deliberately draw it that way. And even if it's a transition frame, it's still weird and once you notice it, you can see that it looks out of place even during the animation.
I only wish the show didn't try to adapt the manga shot by shot (more or less). It really hurts the pacing. There are episodes where you've got several minutes of boring info dumping, and then there are episodes like this where: two major characters die, one character has a character-changing (literally) moment and a great battle scene occurs. It is so uneven.
Also, I know it's a popular movie/cartoon cliche when a character dies and talks for few minutes before dying while everyone lean over her... But I found it funny that Sailor Scouts and King Endymion were crouching over Pluto and ignored that both Black Lady and Mamoru (who might or might not be still under her spell) are also well and alive and in the meantime could easily grab two silver crystals out of Demande's hands. And what was Demande doing between realizing he doesn't have crystals anymore and dying at the hand of Wiseman?
And I feel really bad for inner senshi, they are so useless and underdeveloped in this show. You could replace them all with a single character (well, the show already did this when Mars, Mercury and Jupiter were abducted) and you wouldn't notice a difference. At least that one character would have more than two lines of dialogue per episode. :|
Those random jumps in quality were crazy
If only the whole show had this kind of quality. Some of those shots were really nicely done.
It's hard to believe it's from the same show as, for example, this shot:
One of the frames is a little off though:
I wonder: how the hell stuff like this happens? This isn't some computer generated thing - someone must have deliberately draw it that way. And even if it's a transition frame, it's still weird and once you notice it, you can see that it looks out of place even during the animation.
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