Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
 

Has any body here seen or heard of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon? It is a live action series of Sailor Moon that came on in 2003 and 2004. It is some what Power Rangers-ish in the format but it still keeps to the feel of Sailor Moon. It is closer to the Sailor Moon manga in terms of character portrayal and more indepth back story on certain plot points that wheren't present in the anime, but it quickly branches off into its own plot twists and story lines. It has a total of 49 episodes (which are called acts) as well as two specials. I've been watching this series on youtube and even though it's a serious bug out and the special effects are cheesy and there is some over acting in it but I think that its very cute. And I like the portrayal of Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupitor better in the live action series than in the anime.

So has any omne seen/heard of PGSM before? What are you thoughts on it? I've seen up to act 40. :)

Way back, there was actually a huge sticky topic dedicated to this show in the general discussion, before we had different sections. You'll get a lot of people in here, I'm sure.

I've seen some of it, but only about the first 12 or 13 episodes.

Like you said, it's full of cheesy special effects and some definite moments of over-acting, but oddly it's not as bad as it should be. Eventually I'll watch the rest of the series.

Oh, and the music is damn catchy!

Im a major Sailor Moon fan but even I didn't like this. Sailor Venus dies of some brain disorder! The cats are plush toys who come to life whenever there's danger.

This series explains how Darien/Endymion/Tuxedo Mask/Kamen has such a nice appartment in the animated series....he's a theif! :lol: Course Sailor Moon :P

And another thing...there wasn't a Sailor Mini Moon buuut... Luna gained Sailor Powers to become Saior Luna. A plush toy turns human.... :roll:

Story wise, it was BY FAR the best version of the series. It's funny, because Naoko Takeuchi always said she dislikes the anime because she wanted a Live action show, and hated the rewrites and changes made in the anime. So this wa her way to get her ideal SM TV show. I even collected the children's magazines released in Japan back in 2003-2004 that featured the show.

Me, Ai, TMB, and Gwgtrunks actually used to watch it every week when it was still on in Japan. We were fiends for it.

I'm guessing you didn't watch the entire series, as well as the direct to video Finale?

As for the cats they purposefully disguised themselves as plushes to attract less attention. Artemis could fit in to Minako's bag and raise no suspicion, same goes for Luna and Usagi. It seems most people that didn't like PGSM hated it before even watching it.

Wait, you mean, Toei animation actually rewrote a manga to fit it into a animated series? That's pretty hard to believe. You mean, there were actual bits of storyline they had to shove in so they could stop the anime from going ahead of the manga?

End Sarcasm.

Indeed. We all remember the ep where Chibi Usa was hanging out with Dinosuars.

I loved Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, and have all the eps on dvd (minus the 2 special acts...I disliked them anyway.).

It's got its hit or miss special effects and plush/CGI cats (as well as a pointless yet cute human version of Luna)...but it had a lot of great stuff as well.

The character development and storyline was great, the acting was often good (and moving at many points in the series), and it was always giving the die-hards fans unexpected twists.

I think I like it more than the anime, although I do feel that the manga is still better.

It was a great, fun, series. I'm glad it was made, because I love watching it!

Oh man, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. That live action show was EPIC. We watched that show EVERY WEEK. I miss those days when we had that thread.

But yeah, I loved it. It was cheesy in that Power Rangers way, but it was also very good in its presentation. And in terms of it following the storyline, they did a very good job. However, they did have a lot of filler episodes, and we used to get so pissed off about it. I'd love to get the boxset, but it's expensive as hell, and I don't want cheap ebay versions.

Not even that. I mean, they have quite a bit of shows they completely change around. Dragon ball and One Piece stayed pretty true to the text, except for a few filler episodes. But they slaughtered Ultimate Muscle. They changed everything, they moved a random storyline in where it shoudln't have been. They totally changed the origins... they did the same with the 80's Kinnikuman, but Kenji Terada did a splended job making it his own.

That said, I whis someone put clips of it online. because there's a really wild satire of Sailor Moon in a show called "This is the Police Box outside Kamari Park, Katsushika Ward" (took me a year to memorize that title). They have these transvestities dress up as Sailor Moon characters, even mocking the transformation sequence. one character even turned into the Moon Princess. And these aren't Bi-shonen. They're like ugly 50 year old men. It's just hillarious.

Actually, what I meant was the whole thing with ChibiUsa hanging out with a dinosaur wasn't even in the comics. Naoko Takeuchi often sites that episode as one of the reasons she hates the animation version.

I'm really enjoying PGSM so far. I'm finding the girls characters to be alot more indepth. I especially like Usagi/Sailor Moon in PGSM. She is cute and sweet but not a cry baby and a ditzy klutz that falls down all the time. Sailor Moon is genuanly capable and actually a good fighter when in Sailor Moon form. And although she has her silly moments she can be awfully mature and willing to do what she has to. I was always aggravated at how much of a cry baby and whinner Sailor Moon could be in the anime and how she would be so clumsy in battle. By contrast Sailor Moon in PGSM as on par with fighting as the other senshi and even though they are her gaurdians, she doesn't seem to need as much as she did in the anime. She actually has moments of agression that I find admirable because she is capable of defending her self and other physcially as well as with her powers. Sailor Moon in the anime I've always found to be a bit to overly sencetive and prone to dramatics and it was refreshing to see a version of Sailor Moon that was willing to get physical if she needed too.

I just about liked the way the characters in the PGSM where portrayed better than in the anime. Sailor Mars isn't a competive bitch who atagonises Sailor Moon like she does in the anime and is actually very mature and self reliant, and Sailor Jupitor is strong and tough and doesn't seem so caught up about her lost boyfriend or angsting over not being "feminine" enough. I found her to be an altogther more likable version of of Makoto than the animes portrayal. And Sailor Mecury has to be my favorite character in PGSM after Sailor Moon. I've never been that big a fan of Sailor Mercury but in the live action show I really love her portrayal. She is a very sympathatic character who's insecurites are pretty genuane and you feel for her. I can't tell you enough how much I adore PGSM Sailor Mercury.

I also like what they did with Sailor Venus even though at first I found her high and mighty attitude annying, but her actions are understandable given her predicament, and her rivarly with Sailor mars is pretty interesting.

I'm bringing this thread back, because I wanted to know if anyone's been watching on a whim lately, because I have. I've been bringing the episodes to school on my laptop and watching it in the lounge with a bunch of friends. They all love it.

I'm on episode 17 now, when Queen Metaria comes back. Did anyone ever notice that Jadeite kinda just leaves the show and you don't hear from him for a while? Apparently he DIED, then he came back. Uh, what? Anyway, it's a sweet show.

I haven't watched it in a while, but have wanted to ever since I started watching Mop Girl (it stars Kitagawa Keiko aka Sailor Mars).

Before we (finally) got high speed internet in my area, I had just been following the show through detailed episode summaries with screenshots. And then, I found a boxset on ebay for the show and bought it.

Sadly...the English subs were horrid (very grammatically in-correct...and I suspect Chinese people were the ones to sub it, since there was also an option for Chinese subs as well). But I was able to understand what was being said and loved the show (I have since seen the special wedding act and part of the Sailor V special act...didn't like them...Usagi was far too much like her anime counterpart in the wedding one, got on my nerves).

The manga is still my favorite version of the story, but (despite the massive differences) I still love the live-action version and enjoyed it much more than the anime.

wow, I had no idea that this was an genuian live action revamp of the Sailor Moon anime. I've seen still pictures and a few clips of PGSM on the internet and I thought it was some cosplaying parody of the anime! :o

I'd only watch this kick-ass anime turned live-action if I was forced. Consider that an invitation. ^_^

Dude I still bust this show out and watch it time to time. I remember when I finally got Corey to watch it she admitted the did a better Story telling job than the comics or anime ever did. This show > All other Sailor Moon.