The bad. Like the rest of the seasons, the ending was where the writers were lacking. The art style is old Toei animation, though they were getting better, probably bumping the art aspect of this to a 7/10 rather than a 6/10 like the last two seasons, which I guess is a good thing. This is also where they skimp on the awesomeness that was Sailor Saturn. Sadly enough she wasn't nearly as overpowered in the anime compared to the manga, where she destroys the universe on a whim (More powerful than Super Sayian God Goku). I won't go on too much of a rant about that.
The good. This was an amazing season for character development. They had one episode
[Spoiler Warning] where Minako is depressed, when I say depressed, I mean depressed. Everybody else in the group has been targeted in the group except her and the 10 year old little girl. This drives Minako to massive depression to the point where she steals the gun that literally shoots the soul from the victim and shoots herself with it to see if she had the purest heart, she didn't, the 10 year old little girl does. She proceeds to run around town trying to show off her pure heart to her friends. One of the last episodes literally has Neptune and Uranus shooting their souls out to help form the holy grail so that Sailor Moon can transform into Super Sailor moon and defeat this rendition of Pharaoh 9. Even thought he final fight isn't nearly as amazing. [Spoiler Ending]
Another thing I loved was that Vanessa Mae did parts of this soundtrack, which were just amazing, making the soundtrack way up there now. I also liked the Japanese version of the relationship between Neptune and Uranus. When I look at the English version I just laugh because it meant that the localization team prefers incest to homosexuality. It was awesome to have a homosexual couple in an medium that wasn't portrayed in an overly sexual way or as a villain. You also get some insight into the relationship between Momoru and Usagi, with a huge amount of relationship development as they go through normal couple things, things like Usagi seeing Momoru hanging out with another woman and at points keeping his distance from her so he doesn't get mad at her and say something that he doesn't mean. It also gives you a relationship between Usagi and Chibiusa that you don't generally get in the manga. This also does what the first season did well, it develops minor villains as characters rather than just having them there as a stepping stone for the Senshi, while allowing for each of the Senshi to grow as characters. This probably includes Usagi most of all.
Final Verdict:
This is a must watch. But you do have to watch the other two seasons to fully understand what is going on in this one. But everything is worth it, definitely.
9.2/10
