Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon

Usagi Tsukino is an average student and crybaby klutz who constantly scores low on her tests. Unexpectedly, her humdrum life is turned upside down when she saves a cat with a crescent moon on its head from danger. The cat, named Luna, later reveals that their meeting was not an accident: Usagi is destined to become Sailor Moon, a planetary guardian with the power to protect the Earth. Given a special brooch that allows her to transform, she must use her new powers to save the city from evil energy-stealing monsters sent by the malevolent Queen Beryl of the Dark Kingdom.

But getting accustomed to her powers and fighting villains are not the only things she has to worry about. She must find the lost princess of the Moon Kingdom, the other Sailor Guardians, and the Legendary Silver Crystal in order to save the planet from destruction.

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Tsukino, Usagi Main

Mitsuishi, Kotono Japanese

Hino, Rei Main

Tomizawa, Michie Japanese

Aino, Minako Main

Fukami, Rica Japanese

Kino, Makoto Main

Shinohara, Emi Japanese

Mizuno, Ami Main

Hisakawa, Aya Japanese

Chiba, Mamoru Main

Furuya, Toru Japanese

Luna Main

Han, Keiko Japanese

Artemis Main

Takato, Yasuhiro Japanese

Zoisite Supporting

Nanba, Keiichi Japanese

Nephrite Supporting

Mori, Katsuji Japanese

Simone, Jamie Producer

Satou, Junichi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Endou, Yuuji Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Ikuhara, Kunihiko Episode Director

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Dec 17, 2024

artemyres

Recommended

Women in media are not taken seriously unless they are strong, deep, mature and cold, just as men are expected to be. And Sailor Moon is, sometimes, not taken seriously because its protagonists are young, dreamy, passionate, silly and, to a certain extent, frivolous girls. After all, no matter how sexualized they are, they are 14 years old, and it is normal for them to act ACCORDINGLY. At what point did the feelings and experiences of these girls stop being important?

It may seem silly, but Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon uses themes such as clothes, beauty, pop culture and LOVE to show how bad people ... can take advantage of, and disregard the feelings of young girls.

I like that the sailors are characters who are strong and determined, despite acting like simple "girls". They do not need to put their dreams and interests aside to be powerful warriors.

I like how Tuxedo Kamen, most times, dont really defeat the enemy for them; he just helps them, and show how they are strong enough to do it themselves. A very good portrait of how I think men should act in feminism.

I also like how the anime has a little bit of everything: drama, romance, comedy, etc. It's fun to watch despite so many repetitions (aka the transformations - but don't you dare say anything bad about them!), from animations to plots that are quite reused. There are also certain aspects that definitely give away the age of the production, for instance, how the girls are usually in love with men that are so much older than them (which I consider problematic) but nothing that takes away from the fun of watching.

It's no wonder it's such a big name within the shoujo genre. Sailor Moon is the perfect anime for young girls. As an adult woman, many times I felt emotional while watching, thinking about my own life experience. And if you're an adult man, it's understandable that you might not like it, but at least try to imagine what it's like to be a teenage girl.

Plus: Luna is easily like top 10 anime characters.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 12, 2024

Jayden4star

Mixed Feelings

Never Watched this as a kid and decided to give it a chance earlier this year and overall I think it's fine but at the same time I don't know why so many people glaze this season so much the first half is extremely slow due to the fact that Usagi as a protagonist is boring and annoying as shit I know that she gets better later on but this season has one of the worst first impressions I've seen from an anime the villains are also uninteresting Queen Beryl doesn't do shit until the final two episodes The Four Kings of Heaven sound cool ... but end up being boring as shit, it also doesn't help that the shows pacing (at least to me) doesn't pick up until the other Senshi are introduced.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Mar 31, 2021

Digoligo

Not Recommended

It all started when i clicked on the "Randomize!" for one of 2021's AWC entries and got Sailor Moon S (The Third Season) and had to see the first ones. After finishing the first season, i wanted to say some things...
You see, i dont skip episodes, fillers or not... If an Anime has 46 episodes on its MAL page, it has 46. And thats wheres Sailor Moon has some trouble with MY PARTICULAR TASTE.

Let me explain: Imagine you're on a bus, but the driver keeps hitting the brakes when theres no need. Well, Thats a Filler... a lot of "old" animes has a lot ... of them....And Sailor Moon is one of them... It has a good story, but the pacing is horrendous, the amount of times they recycled the same idea of a villain doing evil but to different people is bizarre, and sadly it ruined the experience for me..

Another Thing that bothered me was the amount of "reused assets". Every episode showed at least one sailor transformation, and sometimes all five would. there were times where some characters had some silly faces, but thats the "90's charm".

Well, Sailor moon is an 4/10 overall with all the fillers, but the story itself was... Enjoyable, if only they cut half of the anime.... maybe 24 episodes would be more "digestible", a 7/10, but with 46 episodes, the story drags.

One day i'll check the "Crystal" remake

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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