Sailor Moon General Thoughts

It’s been a while since I made one of these, last time it was talking about my favorite romantic couples and that was fun. So I figured I would go back to Sailor Moon, but this time just put out my opinions on the series in general.

First I want to talk about the 90’s anime which I’m the most familiar with when it comes to this series. It’s without a doubt my favorite thing about the Sailor Moon series, and a big part of who I am today. It’s considered a classic for a reason and still very watchable today, and no you shouldn’t skip any of the filler, that’s the heart and soul of the anime. I don’t do that sub vs dub crap so any way to watch it is fine by me, but I prefer the Dic dub because I grew up with it (Let us have an official Dic/Cloverway physical copy dammit!). All the girls are great, that theme song is iconic, the action is cool, it’s still a gorgeous looking anime, seriously google the backgrounds and scenery they can’t be beat. Not to mention the show is still being referenced to this day due to its iconic transformation sequences. If you’re an anime or magical girl fan, you owe it to yourself to watch this to see why it’s become so iconic.

The next thing I want to talk about is the manga, which I have some history with. You see, as a kid I couldn’t get into the manga, the art threw me for a loop and stayed away from it. I couldn’t tell you why the art was the reason I didn’t read it, it was just me being a weird kid. Flash forward to today and not only do I love the art of the manga but I enjoy the darker tone with the manga being a cosmic horror story with romance. If the anime is more Super Sentai, then the manga is more Kamen Rider by comparison, I think it’s a matter of which do you like more.

Finally we get to Sailor Moon Crystal, easily the most divisive piece of Sailor Moon media in my opinion. I for one never hated the show, I hated how Toei handled it in the beginning (Same with Dragon Ball Super around the same time), the poor animation and bi-weekly schedule was not cutting it, and it left a bitter taste in many fans mouths. I kinda like the art style of the first two seasons, as it’s the most faithful to the manga, though I don’t know if it translates well to anime. Fortunately Crystal would get better with season three and the Eternal and Cosmos movies, not gonna lie I was worried with how Crystal started we wouldn’t see it finished but I’m glad the production team powered through it. Overall I approve of this adaptation of the manga.

Now I know there’s more Sailor Moon stuff out there, but I unfortunately haven’t seen the other stuff so I’ll just briefly talk about them here. The musicals I hear are pretty good, and there’s so many and they’re still going. Many fans proclaim that the live action show is arguably the best thing to come from the series, which also proves Sailor Moon can do live action stuff. And I’ve never played any of the games, whether they be the Game Boy or Super Nintendo games, maybe a new Sailor Moon game could fix that? Or a Sailor V adaptation? One can only hope, and hopefully good things are in store for the series going forward.