Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal Movie 1

The Dead Moon Circus has arrived in Juban with the hopes of liberating their queen, Nehellenia, by stealing the Legendary Silver Crystal for themselves. Using "Lemures," the Circus begins to convert people's dreams into nightmares in order to collect enough energy to plunge the Earth into darkness and turn it into a planet of death. In order to stop the Circus in their tracks, Usagi Tsukino and her friends must reprise their roles as the Inner Sailor Guardians.

When Mamoru Chiba suddenly falls ill after the appearance of a total solar eclipse, Usagi and Chibiusa encounter a pegasus by the name of Helios who is desperate to unseal the Golden Crystal, which Helios claims is the only way to save their world from the impending threat. Meanwhile, the Sailor Guardians discover that they can no longer transform following the eclipse and begin to fall victim to the Circus' Lemures. Will they be able to recover their powers in time to stop the darkness from taking over?

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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal Movie 1 was announced on January 25, 2017 on the Sailor Moon 25th Anniversary website.

The film was originally slated to be released in theaters on September 11, 2020, but was pushed back to January 8, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It later premiered on Netflix on June 3, 2021. The film was also released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 30, 2021 in Japan.

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Adaptation:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Alternative version:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS
Prequel:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal Season III
Sequel:	Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal Movie 2

Ohara, Sayaka
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Urasaki, Nobumitsu

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Kon, Chiaki

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Watanabe, Hiroshi

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Fudeyasu, Kazuyuki

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"Tsukiiro Chainon (月色Chainon)" by Momoiro Clover with Sailor Moon (Kotono Mitsuishi) & Sailor Mercury (Hisako Kanemoto) & Sailor Mars (Rina Satou) & Sailor Jupitor (Ami Koshimitsu) & Sailor Venus (Shizuka Itou)

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Jun 17, 2021

Reshaine

Recommended

I had to wait for June to come just so I could watch it on Netflix because I was so excited about it.

LOVE HOW IT RADIATES GAE ENERGY EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE MOVIE, IS IT BECAUSE IT'S JUNE? HAPPY PRIDES MONTH. ❤

STORY: 8/10
So the dream arc is generally considered as a fluffy and fun, light interlude to the stars arc where things get extremely dark. As a result, the story is less serious and offers some backstory and world-building, highlights the individual guardians, with this first movie focusing on the inners and offers some fun character fanservice (not the lewd kind). Each guardian gets ... a chance to shine against the dead moon circus and pieces of their past and dreams are revealed. It's basically what crystal was lacking due to its pacing problem, cuts, and bad changes. If you love the inner guardians, you'll love the content this movie offers. The Dream arc is often regarded as the best Sailor Moon arc for its fairytale-like plot and the focus on internalized thoughts and feelings for many of our beloved characters. Tho, I, as a fan of Sailor Moon don't really like this arc because I don't really like Chibiusa and this arc just is around her but as someone who has rewatched Sailor Moon a million times, I would say that the story is still quite enjoyable and I'm really amazed and shocked that they changed the OG story but I think I do prefer it this way since there were more plot twists than I was really y'know expecting. I also really liked how the movie is about finding yourself, your dream and all. Overall, I liked it.
P.S. You can't tell me otherwise that the Mamoru and Helios moments are not gae~ also I still can't move on from Haruka and Usagiii whyyy nott them but Mamoru hot so can't complain.

ART: 10/10
STUNNING AND GORGEOUS 10/10. THE REASON WHY I'M GAE IS BECAUSE OF SAILOR MOON, NOT JUST HER, MOSTLY HER AND SEIYA, AND OFC HARUKA, AND MAMORU CHIBA BUT MOST OF THE CHARACTERS ARE DAMN FINE. I kept taking pictures and pausing the movie just so I could admire the characters. No matter how much I age, I would really find them so attractive likkeee ughhhhh. I don't think I have to explain anymore hehe.

SOUND: 8/10
I'd say it's like 8/10 because I didn't really paid attention to the music, maybe it's because it's just the movie and not the whole series in which have more soundtrack but I went in and listened again and it's still as beautiful as the first time I've heard it. Y'know the types of music to fall in love with or cry under the rain.

CHARACTERS: 9/10
I really like how you can see some if not all of their character development in the movie, love how there was background story on the four guardians tho I would really ask you guys to read the manga in which I'm currently reading to further understand it because the movie skipped parts of it.

ENJOYMENT: 10/10
No matter how old I am, I would really still watch Sailor Moon all over again. I grew up this and not like any anime in which I had to let go due to growing up but this, I really never lost interest in this. Watching Sailor Moon will always be fun for me. That's why, I can't wait for the Sailor Stars act.

OVERALL: 9/10
It's not perfect but hey, I love it.

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Jun 3, 2021

KursedArcana

Recommended

So the dream arc is my favorite story arc of sailor moon. I even adore the supers adaptation of it. The first movie does an excellent job of adapting the begining of the dream arc. It has beautiful animation and character designs, a beautiful soundtrack with some nostalgia thrown in and a fantastic story.

So the dream arc is generally considered as a fluffy and fun, light interlude to the stars arc where things get extremely dark. As a result the story is less serious and offers some backstory and world building, highlts the individual guardians, with this firts movie focusing on the inners and offers ... some fun character fanservice (not the lewd kind). Each guardian gets a chance to shine against the dead moon circus and pices of their past and dreams are revealed. It's basically what crystal was lacking do to its pacing problem, cuts and bad changes. If you love the inner guardians, you'll love the content this movie offers.

Alas, for all this movie does right, it's tight run time hinders it. The film goes by at a rapid pace. You'll want to give it your full attention so you don't miss anything. Sadly the movie, much like crystal cuts some fun moments, as well as some backstory and explanatory content. If your left slightly confused by anything, I encourage you to give the manga a read to fill in the blanks. My honest oppinion though is that you'll comprehend everything fine.

For example, I believe this will be the first time in crystal we see Rei's grandfather. Which is rather tragic considering he was supposed to have appeared at least once before. For those of you who are familiar with the 90's anime, the manga grandpa is quite different in both design and personality. Sadly Rei's arc also slightly suffers from not having had Cassablanca memories adapted into either anime story. It's a side story that greatly expand on her background and character. It would offer a little context to the information we're given in this movie for her background.

For those of you wondering, Helios and chibiusa are portrayed excellently here. Their romance is truly a highlight and a personal favorite of mine. The old anime dragged out his reveal for far too long but the dream arc quickly reveals him to be a young boy and not a horse. Hopefully this will appease those who took issue with their romance in the old anime. Id also like to point out that both him and chibiusa are centuries old, but in the bodies of a 10 year old and 13 year old (give or take a year or 2). Just want to shut that discussion down fast.

Now the soundtrack, anyone feeling nostalgic should definitly watch the credits. An update on Baby baby love plays after the first song. If you want those 90s chibiusa x Helios feels give it a listen. Then go on youtube and search sailor moon love is in ny heart for the english dub version. The original singer recently uploaded some clean performances for it and a few other songs she did. I also encourage you to check out the official sound track of the movie. It has some great character songs like Minako's I want to be an idol and a duet between chibiusa and Helios.

I'll see you over on part 2. I keep some of the review the same but switch out the parts that focused on part 1 for part 2.

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Nov 2, 2022

Pistachiocookie8

Not Recommended

Eternal is an anime that looks good when you look at some still shots and the trailer. The animation is still choppy but with some average improvements here and there. It does not have the power to outshine a lot of modern counterparts in this respect. So someone who has not read the manga would likely drop this within the firs 10 minutes.
This arc was more interesting in the manga, this looks like a vanilla adaptation, everything is serene, no impending sense of doom or scary villains, they all come across as non-threats to our main characters
The funny scenes are very underwhelming, I ...

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