Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal
 

The new Sailor Moon anime will be called "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal". The first image of the show is revealed and there is an eight day countdown for a surprise.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-posted-online

It's still disappointing to see they retconed the team name from "Sailor Soldiers" to "Sailor Guardians". Yeah, I know it's been over ten years since the retcon, but I just got into Sailor Moon last year. It's still new to me.

More and more it looks like this anime will be based more on the manga, which is good and bad. I liked the manga because it explained things that the anime never did, like "How are Usagi and Mamoru still alive in the 30th century?" or "Why does everyone in the future call Chibiusa "Small Lady"?".

The manga itself though...was very boring. Everything is taken extremely seriously in the book, that sense of comradely from the anime is hardly anywhere to be found, Raye(Sailor Mars) is a completely different character in the manga. I don't know, everything I loved from the anime is nowhere to be found in the manga. I hope they combine elements from the manga and anime in this. It would be a shame not to see Umino and Naru get together again, or to never see Yuichirou or Ryo Urawa again.

If they do take more from the manga, I hope they take allot from the prequel manga Sailor V. Sailor V was a lot of fun, and instantly put Sailor Venus on my "Top Three Favorite Sailor Soldiers/Guardians List".

Yeah but you have to understand that this is based on the manga. They're trying to differentiate from the first anime which strayed a bit from the original concept. Although, I never understood why they changed the name from "Soldier" to "Guardian". I believe the first anime was "Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon" and the live-action series was "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon". This one is "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal". I'm assuming Naoko preferred the live-action show's title better. The rereleases of the original manga started carrying that name.

Yeah, I suppose. I hope they at least keep Sailor Mar's personality from the anime in the new series. The banter between her and Sailor Moon was one of the more interesting parts of the show. Sailor Mars kept her anime personailty in the musicals, so it's possible. I also hope the new anime doesn’t take everything super serious like the manga. Don't get me wrong, the original anime had a lot of dark moments-the ending to Sailor Moon S genuinely shocked me. I had no idea things would turn out the way they did there.

Whatever happens, I’ll try to watch this show with an open mind. I think with more writers at it’s disposal, the manga storyline won’t be as boring. In fact, with the extra story bits that were missing from the original anime, it could be better. I’m already looking forward to the changes they do with the Sailor Moon Super S storyline. I'm also thrilled Kotono Mitsuishi is back to voice Sailor Moon again. Her Sailor Moon laugh is the best laugh in existence.

My favorite light-hearted moment from the original anime can be summed up in four words:

Pink. Sugar. Heat. Attack. I laughed so hard when I first saw that.

It was kinda VAGUELY mentioned in passing that everyone was in a frozen state of suspended animation or something for a long time. Then Sailor Moon saved the world and the moon crystal made everyone immortal (Rini is actually like 900).

The cast for Sailor Moon Crystal has been revealed.

Kotono Mitsuishi is returning as Sailor Moon/Usagi/Serena
Hisako Kanemoto as Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury
Rina Satou as Rei Hino/Sailor Mars (she's a fan of the original show too!)
Ami Koshimizu as Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter/Lita
Shizuka Itou as Minako Aino/Sailor Venus

The series premiers July 5th and will run every other saturday (1st and 3rd Saturday of the month) online on the Niconico streaming site.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...J5OApSATGFy.01

I am surprised so many people do not like the manga version of Sailor Moon. I loved it and in some ways but I can see how some would prefer the anime.

However I loved the personalites of the girls much better in the manga then in anime. They were all too squealy and boy crazy in the anime and I felt the manga gave each of them alot of strength and dignity. The only problem is that the manga did not have enough time to develop all the greatness that their characters had. A anime can change this, and I hope the new anime stays as true to their manga personalites and relationships as possiable.

I aslo adore manga sailor mars. she was more spiritual and elegant in the anime while being tough without being being mean or luad like her anime counter-part. I know some people are put off by her "I have no use for men" attitude in the manga, but making her the opposite of that was not cool either. I think if the anime gives Rei a warmer personality they can still stay true to her manga characterization, which I think deserves an chance in the new new anime.

I was hoping for a reunion of Peach Hips, it will definitely take some time to get used to the new cast.

I agree. Reading the manga to me is like reading a history book. It's full of great stories, but lite on anything that involves character. Characters are killed off as quickly as they are introduced, characters that sound like they're important are introduced with little to no reaction from the main cast. Seriously, Luna and Artemis have no reaction to finding out that Diana is their child from the future? Nevermind that, we only have so many pages left and King Endymion still has to give us our history lesson about the Black Moon tribe. I read up untill Chibiusa turned into Black Lady before I couldn't take the boredom anymore.

I can't fault Naoko Takeuchi for the fragmented pacing of the story. It's well documented how rushed she was to get those stories out in time for the anime writers. Her prequel series, Sailor V, while not as continuity heavy was paced better. Sailor Venus actually shows regret when she's forced to kill for the first time, big improvement in my opinion.

So yeah, still looking forward to the new show.

And we have a trailer!! WOOH!! :D

XD....I don't really like the art style.....it seems like they have a lack of expressions...

but the animation flow looks like it's going to be good!!

can't wait ^_^

^^ I'm more concerned about how skinny they look; I find it a bit offputting personally (though I am aware that yes, they are just cartoon characters!) - but other than that, it looked wonderful. :)

Translation of the trailer:
Hmm, Luna seems to have a more realistic voice compared to her old cute voice. Some of the scenes from the trailer seem to have been based on panels from the manga. As someone who never cared for the art style in the manga, I like the new look of the show. Based on the few clips shown, it feels familiar yet new. It’s just enough to differentiate it from the old show, but not enough to the point you feel alienated by it.

Viz Media has now released a subbed trailer for Sailor Moon Crystal. It's basically the same as the Japanese one only now with english subtitles.

Also, the series will be on more than just Niconico! It'll now also be on Hulu, Neonalley.com, and Crunchyroll. Either way it premiers July 5th!

Ryou Hirohashi (the Japanese voice for Tails) is the voice of Luna and Kenji Nojima is Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba (Huh.. I thought Toru Furuya was gonna reprise his role from the original series).

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...trailer/.75742

Here's a transformation comparison between the first anime and the new anime.
http://www.fandompost.com/2014/07/01...ison-provided/

CGI Transformation....interesting.

Hmmm... I kind of feel like I like the old transformation better, but I'll still give the new Sailor Moon a chance. I think I'm still a bit thrown off by the art style not being what I expected; no offense intended but they just seem kind of anorexic to me. I can't quite put my finger on it; maybe it's that her arms seem thinner and longer? I don't know.

After seeing the first episode I have to say. Wow! Good to have the show back! Yeah the first ep was practically the first ep of the original almost word for word (with some changes, same basic plot of the jewelery store monster) but it was still awesome and MAN the artwork on the Moon Kingdom was breathtaking!! I love the song in the closing credits!

It's weird tho that Tuxedo Kamen essentially wears his costume minus the mask (altho he's wearing sunglasses) in broad daylight!

I was really impressed with the new anime. The pacing was done well, the animation was beautiful and I really loved how Usagi wasn't as annoying as she was in the first show. I love the intro and ending for this show. Overall, this was a very good start for this new reboot. I hope they will go beyond 26 episodes if this show is successful. I have a feeling me and this show will get along just fine.

Wait a minute this show is only 26 episodes? I thought it was a complete remake of the manga and old anime? I was expecting over 100 episodes.

Yeah. For now it's just 26 episodes. I haven't heard anything about them making more then that. Considering how spread out the episodes are (only 2 a month) I guess they figure if it gets renewed they'll have the time to make more.

They're probably waiting to see how well it does before they commit to doing any more.

Remake of the manga, not the first anime. And yes, they said 26 episodes, though I hope it will expand to more than that.

After 3 episodes, what do you guys think of the show so far?

For the manga it was his school uniform if I'm remembering right. That aside I've yet to see the reboot. Sad that the original cast, minus Usagi's seiyuu, aren't back. I was hoping for a Peach Hips reunion too.

Anyway, did they use Mamoru's manga age or anime age?

I'm enjoying watching it with my fiancé. She seems to think it has gotten better every episode, but laments the fact that they're bi-weekly.

It's all right for what it is, considering it's adapting closer to the manga.

Still prefer the Classics for being more expressive, comedic and better screentime for the other characters. Hoping to see that Saturn transformation for the Crystals series, which for some reason was absent in the other series.

with the way fans keep comparing this new anime to the old one and bitching about it, I don't think it is going to go beyond this 26 episode season.

I have heard everything. Usagi has dead eyes. There is not enough detail...it's not as funny as the old one.

Personally I am glad they are sticking closer to the manga. I prefer almost all the character portrayals better in the manga. Especially Sailor Mars and Mamoru. And I think the old anime got carried away with how comedic it got at times. After the outer senshi showed up they made the inner senshi so derpy and incompetent by comparison. By Sailor Stars the inner senshi were just cheap comic relief. The original manga artist treated her characters with much more respect.

I'm going to give it a chance and see how it plays out, but I'm waiting til the whole season's available - I'm really bad at watching shows episode-by-episode (I think NickTurtles is the only show I do that with!). :)

Oh no. Don't get me wrong. I'm really enjoying Crystals since these 3 aired, and the 4th one coming up this weekend is another I'm looking forward to. Beautiful animation and a closer adaptation to the manga, it's enough to keep me invested and I hope to see scenes that were not included from the Classic series.

Yeah, it could be a little more lively, but this is the Sailor Moon for this time, so I'm not bothered with the differences.

I didn't even know they were rebooting the anime until I saw this tread... So I watched two of the three episode so far! I like it, the animation style is so cute!!!:tlove:

I have watched the first 3 episodes of Sailor Moon Crystal so far. I like the series. It seems to be moving at a fast pace, as far as introducing new characters.

I haven't watched the show but from the trailer it seemed like this show just doesn't have the budget. And while the original show is dated and has plenty of flaws it did a pretty good job at telling the Sailor Moon story and left big shoes to fill. Maybe it's more of a the old show did so much with so little and the new show does so little with so much.

SM needs to have "filler", you can't just rush through the story or you won't care about the characters. I'm not a huge SM fan but I have nostalgia for it, I watched all of the anime 2 years ago and overall I thought it was good for what it was but doesn't do much for me anymore. Sailor Moon S being the exception as that was very enjoyable through all of it. The first season is pretty bland but works. R was a little boring except for the first story arc that was anime only. Super S I only remember it being boring and don't even remember what happened in Stars. Villains were always pretty cool looking though.

I think fans just expected the new show to re-tell what worked on the original and go from there but it just doesn't work when the original anime has hundreds of episodes. You can only "abridge" it so much. I think Dragon Ball Z falls into the same problem, there's still a lot of fans that want new content but the original show while it has flaws did plenty of things very well so they can't just remake it. Kai was their version of having a new DBZ without making a new show, not because they were cheap but its hard to do something different with something established.

Other Japanese franchises have had that problem like Astro Boy and Evangelion. Remakes are just easier to take for western characters since we're used to them having various versions. I'm not saying one is better than the other, just shows how different cultures lead to different storytelling. I remember this comic that used to be posted on /co/ alot about how anime icons changed every decade while western icons were just re-imaginings of the same characters.

Dragon Ball in general is still super popular and well-known here. It's still constantly reshown. Kai was more like an anniversary special anyway for Z and I feel Sailor Moon Crystal was originally intended to be that way as well.

It's cutting out all of the filler because it doesn't have to worry about the manga because it's already finished. It's supposedly staying more faithful to the manga hence the faster pace. Same with Dragon Ball Kai.

Well, regardless I am enjoying watching Sailor Moon Crystal. DragonBall Z is a favorite anime of mine too. Both series have a different feel to them, but I like them both. Sailor Moon Crystal has a much calmer and slower paced feel to it compared to DBZ. I find DBZ to be much more exciting though.

Up to Act 5 right now. What a horrible decision to have 2 Crystal episodes in 1 month instead of going for a bi-weekly schedule. Ah well. Watching yesterday's episode last night under the full moon was a treat.

I wish SMC's BGM vary a little more, and despite wanting a few more facial expressions, the animation's still fine. Looks like they're doing a few things just a bit different from the manga version, and I welcome it. I'd like to see what ideas they got in stores for us. Though, I do wish they would have their side characters like Naru to be more than just one of the informants of the show. The Classics did a good job of displaying Naru as Usagi's best friend and gave her some amount of screentime during both First Season and R-series... kind of.

just watched episode 6, I was very surprised that sailor moon and tuxedo mask already know each others real identity's! Very diff. from the original cartoon, But I like it! Such a sweet love story!

Well looks like they're refering to the next arc as Season 2.

Season 2 is the Dark Moon Kingdom arc and features... Sailor Pluto and Mini-Moon!

Here's the preview for it:



and the translation:
Usagi: Time for the two of us I always wished for... And I finally got it.
Usagi: Hey! Who's that hanging on to my Mamo-chan!?
Usagi: I thought I had finally gotten some alone time for the both of us!
Chibiusa: You're... Usagi Tsukino...?
Usagi: Huh?
Chibiusa: If you're Usagi Tsukino, you should have the Illusionary Silver Crystal. Hand it over. Come on, hurry!
Rei: I had a bad feeling about something.
Chibiusa: I'll watch you for a while!
Ami: I didn't think we'd be using these again so soon...
Makoto: It's starting again, huh...?
Text: The shadow of a new enemy approaching...
Usagi: What did you do to Papa and the others!? Turn them back!
Chibiusa: ...No.
Usagi: Ah, hey!
Luna: That's...!
Usagi: That's... A door...?
Pluto: Wait! I won't let you past here. I will erase those who bring danger!
Text: Invited by a mysterious girl, Usagi and the others go to 30th century Crystal Tokyo!
Text: They stand against the dark crystal...!
Chibiusa: Hey... Is Sailor Moon strong?
Mamoru: Yeah. She's invincible.
Chibiusa: I wonder... If maybe, she'll save mom?
Venus: If it's all five of us, we can do this!
Moon: Time to transform! The pretty guardian clad in a sailor suit! Sailor Moon! I'll punish you in the name of the moon!

Ok who gave the 5 year old a gun?!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...r-pluto/.82667

This only on YouTube?

THe preview or the series?? The preview's on YouTube, the series itself is on Hulu, Crunchyroll, and NicoNico. New eps are the 1st and 3rd saturday's of the month. It airs simultaniously in Japan and the U.S (the eps pop up online at like 3am)

SMC just doesn't make the characters as fun and colorful as the 90's SM

......and if I can't find the characters interesting I can't really get into the show....:ohwell:

their lack of expressions don't help either.....