Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal Season III

Usagi Tsukino is still struggling to balance her home life with the duties of being Sailor Moon, the guardian of love and justice. Along with the other Sailor Guardians and her boyfriend Mamoru Chiba, they begin investigating cases of students from Mugen Academy, a school for the most elite students, who are being transformed into monsters. During the investigation, they meet three strange individuals: Haruka Tenou, a handsome racecar driver; Michiru Kaiou, a talented violinist; and Hotaru Tomoe, a mysterious girl with a weak constitution.

As more incidents occur, the Sailor Guardians are met with another surprise—the appearance of two new planetary protectors with motives of their own. Despite the newcomers' questionable allegiance to Usagi and her comrades, they all face a threat from a common enemy: an evil entity who calls himself Pharaoh 90.

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Tsukino, Usagi Main

Mitsuishi, Kotono Japanese

Hino, Rei Main

Satou, Rina Japanese

Aino, Minako Main

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Kino, Makoto Main

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Tomoe, Hotaru Main

Fujii, Yukiyo Japanese

Tenou, Haruka Main

Minagawa, Junko Japanese

Mizuno, Ami Main

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Chiba, Mamoru Main

Nojima, Kenji Japanese

Kaiou, Michiru Main

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Chibiusa Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Simone, Jamie Producer

Tsuchiya, Junichirou Producer

Kon, Chiaki Director

Abe, Masashi Episode Director

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Jun 27, 2016

Midg3tLuv

Recommended

Sailor Mars Crystal Season 3 is much more than our sailor scouts fighting evil by moonlight or winning love by daylight.

This show offers enjoyment beyond pressing your face against your mousepad trying to peak up a sailor skirt, as though it were a VR anime. The "Death Buster" arc is without a doubt one of the most entertaining arcs in the iconic series. It is pretty obvious that Toei cared more about this season compared to previous seasons of Sailor Mars Crystal.

This arc is one of the favorites of any fan. I remember watching Sailor Moon S and welcoming the new scouts into ... my dorky little heart. Crystal Season 3 makes me relive all those feelings from long ago. Uranus and Neptune are the newest stars in this part of the story. They had their planet blown up many years ago and they are lesbian lovers. They are as close as they can get. They share the same burden and want their princess Usagi to live in peace. The outer planet scouts want to help the main scouts, but they would rather front all the work and do things their own way. They have a strong determination and work well together because they are strong. Pluto works with Uranus and Neptune because she is a fellow outer planet scout. Pluto agrees with using the same stern methods and she is one who wants to get the job done as efficiently as possible, even if there are innocent lives taken. The main scouts want to work with the outer planets and have no unnecessary deaths. The two ideologies could not coalesce and there became an underlying hate towards the two factions. The depth of the two factions is predominantly over the treatment of Sailor Saturn. The Deity of Destruction (Dave Mustaine of Megadeath would be pleased with her nickname) has the power to destroy planets and she was the one who destroyed the home of Uranus and Neptune. Sailor Saturn is a martyr character done correctly. She is more than the "I'm going to sit here and whine" martyr. She gets work done. She fights the beast that takes over her body. She handles the way her father experimented on her in a good way. She smiled very little, but it was always at emotional parts. It is awesome that more people will be exposed to these characters in Crystal Season 3.

Thank you Toei for caring about this season. Do not get me wrong, Toei is still Toei. I am convinced not a single person at the entire studio can draw ankles. My favorite pair of ankles belongs to Sailor Venus while she is posing after her transformation. Chickens would ask her if she skipped leg day. Then there is a funny part at the end where Sailor Moon repairs the city and Tuxedo Mask says something like "She is repairing the city" while the city behind him is in shambles. Thank you Toei for having the watercolor-style backgrounds that we were used to seeing in the original series. I love seeing Usagi's house look like it did in the first couple season of the show. I love the absence of CG. The girls had no respect for bones in the first 2 seasons of Crystal and they were not only flexible like rubber, they had the same luminosity. This eyesore has been remedied and redone with 2-D drawings and they do the show justice. When you are watching repeated scenes, you need to have those scenes be the best they can. Toei delivered on the repeating scenes and every single move was beautiful to watch. The attacks were taken to a new level. Yeah, Sailor Mars is always the best. The snake-eyes along with the black jagged lines scene is awesome every time. They did such a great job on making the attacks look good that Sailor Mercury looks like a badass. Yeah, mission accomplished on that one.

I am happy to see this show get love and attention. I plan on reading work by Naoko Takeuchi because I am a fan of the Sailor Moon series. I am happy to be getting teased for a next season.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jun 27, 2016

blindfremen

Mixed Feelings

Sailor Moon is a rare example of a story that benefits greatly from filler and a meandering pace. The original series from the 90s may not have followed the manga as closely as the new hotness, but in a weird twist, that actually greatly improved the quality of the show.

Sailor Moon Crystal season 3 blasts through the manga faithfully, but loses much of the charm in the process. Whereas the original series gave ample time to develop each Sailor Scout's quirks and personality, SMC has only a hint of that charm. Season 3 is an improvement on the first two seasons, thanks in part ... to the pretty character designs of Akira Takahashi. It also makes token attempts at adding individuality to the characters, but sets that aside in favor of plot progression. We miss the klutzy Usagi, the bookwormy Michiru, the temperamental Rei, the boisterous Makoto, and the goofy Minako. Instead we are left with stoic fighters in different colored skirts.

While this series does a competent job at hitting plot points, the real magic of the Sailor Moon series comes from its lovable characters. Unfortunately, Crystal did not deliver enough in that area.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 16, 2016

camay1997

Not Recommended

When I wrote my review of the first season, I decided to pretend I’d never heard of Sailor Moon before. And I stand by that review. Even more so now that I’ve watched season three. Complaint number one, the amount of time this show spends on assembling the characters. If you watch the opening sequence, you know eventually Sailor Pluto arrives. At least Neptune and Uranus are the mysterious new characters from the onset. But it takes so long to introduce her one wonders why she was included on the opening. Complaint number two is pacing. I am willing to bet if you removed the ... transformation sequences, flashbacks to events we already witnessed & reactionary shots of everyone this season would only be seven episodes. Ten characters have to give their two cents on every event that occurs; thirteen if you count the three cats. Which is a fun segway to complaint three, scobies again. I get it it’s called Sailor Moon, and it’s her show, but that leaves everyone else with little or nothing else to do other than wait for Sailor Moon to save the day. Complaint four is an issue with marketability. I’m sure little girls and those nostalgic for the original series will love it; also those who read the manga (maybe) but who else? I don’t know anyone I would recommend this series to. Hell I only watched it because I’ve never seen Sailors Neptune and Uranus before.
But it’s not all bad news. It picks up towards the middle. The art is polished and tightened from the first two seasons and we waste less time on expensive transformation sequences. Also the show is full of gripping emotional content. You genuinely feel for these characters, but you have to. The show kind of beats you over the head with their emotions. There are a few other things I could mention but I’ll forgive this show those sins in favor of nostalgia; which is the only reason I can give for actually watching this season.
I wouldn’t go as far as “don’t watch this!” but I will say “Surely you can find better anime to watch than this…”

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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