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Jul 20, 2014 12:26 PM

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quite an enjoyable episode for me. im a new anime fan so i hadnt seen the original series. whats this adaptation like compared to the original?
Jul 20, 2014 1:16 PM

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LekHuyBoW said:
quite an enjoyable episode for me. im a new anime fan so i hadnt seen the original series. whats this adaptation like compared to the original?


EPisode 2 of Crystal was something like EPisode 8 or 10 of previous adaptation, with fillers in between.
Crystal is also considerably far more serious so far
Mamoru/Tuxedo Mask's role is entirely different so far too.

Next episode will be entirely different from previous adaptation
Jul 20, 2014 1:26 PM

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LekHuyBoW said:
quite an enjoyable episode for me. im a new anime fan so i hadnt seen the original series. whats this adaptation like compared to the original?


If you haven't seen the 90' Anime I highly recommend to watch the Japanese uncut version + subs, the Movies included. It was one of my childhood Animes. Slayers, Dragon Ball, Digimon etc. being the others. It was stated, the reboot follows the Manga more closely, like with Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. The only differences are some few sentences or scenes, that where either altered or not included. Still the adaptation is almost identical to the Manga as for now. The only new stuff, that we can expect are materials, that Takeuchi hasn't/couldn't add into her Manga. As for the old Anime it has more comedy aspects, though most of the plot branches away to either fillers, or the main story with major or minor differences, than the Manga. The attacks are different, the characteristic and relations of the girls vary more than in the Manga. The Senshi power Up's differs compared to the Manga too.
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Ami's transformation is sooo much more dynamic and overall better-looking than Usagi's ! If they can pull this off with the rest of the senshi then I might be perfectly fine with it.
Anyway, another good episode, that I also enjoyed thanks to nico nico's stupid ass comments.
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there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
Jul 20, 2014 1:41 PM

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Sapewloth said:
Anyway, another good episode, that I also enjoyed thanks to nico nico's stupid ass comments.


Just make an Account on niconico and you can disable the comments in the video. Some are really stupid as hell, but some I've enjoyed and could feel the emotions with others :D

Jul 20, 2014 2:01 PM
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Where are the floppy disks? I want my floppy disks back TT_TT
Dem' kids nowadays...
Jul 20, 2014 2:21 PM

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I love it x3! Ami appeared and is so cute! also more soundtrack for my ears~
her transfomation scente was unexptected, was fast, clean and better than
Usagi one. Also lol, Mamoru unconsciously is Usagi's face can XD

snif, no wanna wait 14 days for the next episode, pls be 7 like the others
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Jul 20, 2014 2:32 PM

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great episode. getting used to the cg transformations

again love the soundtrack



unfortunate that despite it being bi-weekly there are so many inconsistencies



aside from the quality at times really enjoying it.


rei next episode
Jul 20, 2014 2:37 PM

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Raff said:
Sapewloth said:
Anyway, another good episode, that I also enjoyed thanks to nico nico's stupid ass comments.


Just make an Account on niconico and you can disable the comments in the video. Some are really stupid as hell, but some I've enjoyed and could feel the emotions with others :D
I already have an account, but the silliness of the comments made me laugh for the most part so I somewhat enjoyed the episode even more because of them.
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Kellhus said:
GuusWayne said:
there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
Jul 20, 2014 5:23 PM
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gEasS_53 said:
Where are the floppy disks? I want my floppy disks back TT_TT
Dem' kids nowadays...


Back in my day we didn't have these new fangled CDs and laptop computers. Our computers were made by apple and the only color the monitor showed was green! And you had to walk fifteen miles in the snow to buy an eight inch floppy disc to play Oregon Trail.
Jul 20, 2014 5:41 PM

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Sapewloth said:
Raff said:


Just make an Account on niconico and you can disable the comments in the video. Some are really stupid as hell, but some I've enjoyed and could feel the emotions with others :D
I already have an account, but the silliness of the comments made me laugh for the most part so I somewhat enjoyed the episode even more because of them.


At first I though, you got annoyed by the comments and didn't enjoy watching the ep XD Sorry, didn't got that one clearly ->_<-

Jul 20, 2014 5:48 PM

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Not that bad episode, though that quality hurts my eyes... Ami looks fine, her new seiyuu is better than I thought actually. Such a soft and cute voice! Sounds kinda like younder Hisakawa for me, seriously lol.

Another CGI transformation was okayish, but it's still hard to get used to it.
Jul 20, 2014 6:35 PM

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Amazing episode!!

I'm loving Ami's transformation and voice!!! They definitely put a lot of work to it.

And yes, i'm getting used to the CGI's! I just wish the OP was 2D since the ED is also 2D.

Then again, Precure's have 2D OP and 3D ED.

I'm liking it!! Even Tuxedo Mask's voice is getting better. I just want him to be more arrogant and laugh at Usagi's fails like the old Anime did.

You can do this Kenji Nojima!

Aino is pretty amazing at video games!! Everyone was watching her dominate that arcade game!!

Ami's voice is awesome!! Even though i'll never forget the bully scandal Kanemoto did during Kokoro Connect's airing. I think she's learned her lesson now or at least more wary about her actions.

This is getting good by the episode!! Just wish it was weekly instead of twice a month X___X

Can't wait for the next episode!
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Raff said:
Sapewloth said:
I already have an account, but the silliness of the comments made me laugh for the most part so I somewhat enjoyed the episode even more because of them.


At first I though, you got annoyed by the comments and didn't enjoy watching the ep XD Sorry, didn't got that one clearly ->_<-
No problem :p
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Kellhus said:
GuusWayne said:
there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
Jul 20, 2014 7:54 PM

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I gotta get used to those transformation sequences. The 3Dness of the cgi still looks chunky to me, especially compared to the scenes afterward when the senshi get their trademark catchphrases in all their 2D glory. Other than that, everything else is gorgeous. Jadeite's LASHES oh man. Ami is so cute, and her new voice is precious.

Once the introductions are done and we get into the real plot, waiting is going to be agonizing. Don't understand why they choose to air episodes every two weeks.
Jul 20, 2014 8:14 PM

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Do you guys think they will re-do all seasons of sailor moon or only the first?


I hope they at least get to the part where Sailor Pluto is introduced because she's my favorite Sailor Senshi!

On a more serious note, I think that, based on the pacing of this season, SM Crystal /might/ cover seasons one and two (although keep in mind I haven't read the manga, so I don't know the /original/ pacing of the series). I'd say anything beyond R would be a stretch (unless they do another season of SM remake!).
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Jul 20, 2014 11:58 PM

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The end of R corresponds to Chapter 26 of the manga. If we keep going at one chapter per episode, we'll get through it easy.

Jul 21, 2014 12:17 AM

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Ami's transformation scene was nicely done! I'm hoping it'll be just as great for the other sailor senshi. One thing that has not changed over the years is I still can't stand is Usagi's crying =_=

I'm looking forward to the introduction of Sailor Mars. Until then, there's another agonizing 2 weeks to wait for the next episode....


She is a 14 year old girl who just met a talking cat and gets assaulted by cosmic horrors everyday. No shit she's crying -__-

Also she just got confirmation that maths is evil.
Jul 21, 2014 2:05 AM
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Fai said:


She is a 14 year old girl who just met a talking cat and gets assaulted by cosmic horrors everyday. No shit she's crying -__-

Also she just got confirmation that maths is evil.
True, but Ami would be crying because of that not Usagi. If anything she'd be happier because it gives her dislike of math some justification.
Jul 21, 2014 2:09 AM

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]True, but Ami would be crying because of that not Usagi. If anything she'd be happier because it gives her dislike of math some justification.


Apparently I've got more in common with Usagi than I would have liked to think.....
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Jul 21, 2014 4:47 AM

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]True, but Ami would be crying because of that not Usagi. If anything she'd be happier because it gives her dislike of math some justification.


Apparently I've got more in common with Usagi than I would have liked to think.....

Are you also a blonde girl with a crush on a guy in a tuxedo?
Jul 21, 2014 6:14 AM

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I'm still having trouble getting used to the designs. The foreheads are just too big and Usagi's voice is extremely, extremely annoying.
Jul 21, 2014 8:54 AM

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Am I the only one here who gets annoyed with Usagi's voice? Overall, I like it so far.
Jul 21, 2014 9:57 AM

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well, i only watch this cause i was curious (didn't see the original) and this is a classic, but to be honest i am not enjoying it so much
idk if it is just oldfashioned.... but it has a poor story, dialogue and many things that nag me all through the episode
Jul 21, 2014 10:53 AM

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yay for Ami-chan!
the transformation is better than Usagi and it's faster. lol
(because i dont like CG transformation)

Mamo-chan is really cute...
i wonder why he was wearing tuxedo all the time? usagi will be easily noticed him as Tuxedo Mask
and his mask is really thin (almost like wearing no mask at all)

the drawing need more fix or it was the style?
i dont know but i dont like some scenes' art
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Jul 21, 2014 11:47 AM

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Am I the only one here who gets annoyed with Usagi's voice?

Give me five.
Jul 21, 2014 11:55 AM

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well, i only watch this cause i was curious (didn't see the original) and this is a classic, but to be honest i am not enjoying it so much
idk if it is just oldfashioned.... but it has a poor story, dialogue and many things that nag me all through the episode



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Jul 21, 2014 12:19 PM
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I really liked what they did with Ami's transformation sequence - does anyone have an idea what flowers are in the stained glass motif behind her at the end? The lack of consistent character models drove me a little nuts, but I really liked the way they highlighted Ami's facial expressions, especially in the scenes developing her friendship with Usagi - very sweet.
Jul 21, 2014 3:54 PM

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I'm fine if they stop after those 26 eps !! Hope they'll keep it real in celebrating those 20 yrs and stop defiling Sailor Moon anymore !

Actually a continuation of Sailor Stars would have been so much better and no complain about usagi's voice since there's would have had a following of sailor moon to sailor cosmos !!
Jul 21, 2014 4:53 PM

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I'm fine if they stop after those 26 eps !! Hope they'll keep it real in celebrating those 20 yrs and stop defiling Sailor Moon anymore !

Actually a continuation of Sailor Stars would have been so much better and no complain about usagi's voice since there's would have had a following of sailor moon to sailor cosmos !!


How comes, that so many old fans complain bout the VA, when it's the same person with almost identical voice. The voicing of Usa in the old Anime was the same way annoying and now people don't even complain about that from the 90' Anime any more >,< I just don't get it...

Besides that Toei did a continuation with Dragon Ball GT and it taught us, that doing it without basing on a real work of the Author (Manga) doesn't pay of so good. I don't say it was bad, but somehow... it wasn't that Dragon Ball we grew up with. I would be rather against a SM continuation of the old 90' plot. Remake ok, continuation of old Anime plot, no.



I'm happy they didn't make a remake of the old SM like they did with DBZ Kai. Sorry, but that kind of remakes are Money Milkers to me. Still I understand you, cause it's sad, that Toei didn't show more effort working on such a classic. And I mean the errors in the last episode and well the CGI, that for many is the biggest disappointment.

Jul 21, 2014 6:56 PM
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About quality...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sailor_Moon_Crystal_episodes

Each episode will probably have different animation directors, so quality will vary.
Jul 21, 2014 11:17 PM
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Am I the only one here who gets annoyed with Usagi's voice? Overall, I like it so far.


Usagi's voice... oh gawd...

The background art in the juku scene was kind of awkward. At one point it looked like they were in a grey abyss.

But it's entertaining and I am enjoying it. :)
Jul 22, 2014 12:08 AM

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About quality...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sailor_Moon_Crystal_episodes

Each episode will probably have different animation directors, so quality will vary.


It was stated, that the Director will be Munehisa Sakai and now they switch them every episode + the Animation Director's wtf? No wonder, that ep 1 differs from ep 2 in terms of quality. And I though that some members of the animation crew were drunk or something doing the few weak in quality scenes -,- I suppose, they do it cause, they have so many shows to animate? Stupid idea really...

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Raff said:
Psajdak said:
About quality...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sailor_Moon_Crystal_episodes

Each episode will probably have different animation directors, so quality will vary.


It was stated, that the Director will be Munehisa Sakai and now they switch them every episode + the Animation Director's wtf? No wonder, that ep 1 differs from ep 2 in terms of quality. And I though that some members of the animation crew were drunk or something doing the few weak in quality scenes -,- I suppose, they do it cause, they have so many shows to animate? Stupid idea really...


Most of Ep2 animation was outsourced to another company since the main SM team in TOEI was making and finishing up the moon pride music video
Jul 22, 2014 3:19 AM

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Ami's transformation was great! I loved it. The CGI looked great.

The animation was kind of rough in this episode though lol.
Jul 22, 2014 3:59 AM

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Raff said:


It was stated, that the Director will be Munehisa Sakai and now they switch them every episode + the Animation Director's wtf? No wonder, that ep 1 differs from ep 2 in terms of quality. And I though that some members of the animation crew were drunk or something doing the few weak in quality scenes -,- I suppose, they do it cause, they have so many shows to animate? Stupid idea really...


Most of Ep2 animation was outsourced to another company since the main SM team in TOEI was making and finishing up the moon pride music video


Mhm :o Well it makes sense now. I hope the quality and flow of animation will go up then. Hopefully with the Blue-Ray version we get the flaws remastered.

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I'm still no fan of CGI usage in a 2D anime, but I liked Mercury's transformation more than Usagi's. If they don't shorten the transformation sequences later, I will just skip them >__>

As for Usagi's voice; I think the voice fitted more in the old anime with all of the old VA's. Since they changed the whole cast, it doesn't feel like Usagi's voice still fits in the anime. However, I did liked her voice better in episode 2. Ami's VA really did a great job! Ami was so cute in this episode~ Also, I think Mamoru's VA will also grow in the role in the further episodes. I'm already enjoying his voice more than the first episode (not that I disliked it at that point)

As for the normal 2D animation, I no longer have a lot of faith in it... In both episodes there have been so many mistakes, that I am trying really hard to ignore them and enjoy the show.
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Jul 22, 2014 4:21 AM

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I still can't believe that Usagi's VA was the one who voiced Misato from NGE. Nah, I'm getting used to it.
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Jul 22, 2014 4:35 AM

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Ami! As I thought, I am gonna really love the OP. And anyone noticed the lyrics? They symbolized the girls' powers through the lyrics, I really liked that.

I see, they made Ami more, what should I say... confident? Cool? I remember her to be shier in original anime. I like that.

Usagi is so hilarious. I liked Ami's transformation scene more than Usagi's.

Sailr Mars cameo! Gotta hype.
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Jul 22, 2014 6:07 AM

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These episode long character introductions are already getting tired.



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Jul 22, 2014 8:06 AM

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^^Honestly though, it's better than the original, because they had all those unnecessary filler episodes in between each introductory episode. It took 33 episodes to meet all of the Sailor Team (the Inners, anyway), where in this it will only take 6, assuming they stick to the manga and episode 4 is Masquerade.

I agree, they are a bit tiresome, but Rei's intro is probably my favorite of all of them and once they're all together then the good stuff can happen. Because it's part of Usagi's mission to find all of the other senshi, I think that they all should get an episode to show exactly how they came into their power, or the story is incomplete.
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Jul 22, 2014 8:41 AM

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Sailor Mercury introduced.
The battle scene wasn't that exciting though
Jul 23, 2014 5:39 AM

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Am I the only one who noticed a bad animation (not a really bad one, but also worse than the first episode's)?



I still prefer the old sailor moon tho
Jul 23, 2014 6:13 AM

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-CRIES- IM LOVING THIS
Jul 23, 2014 9:13 AM

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The jump at the end of Ami's transformation looks stupid and out of character for her.

And why the heck her senshi uniform doesn't have those little sleeves everybody else has?! Should the only sleeveless be Sailor Pluto, and the only one with different sleeves Sailor Saturn?! Why Mercury?!
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Jul 23, 2014 9:29 AM

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Am I the only one who noticed a bad animation (not a really bad one, but also worse than the first episode's)?



I still prefer the old sailor moon tho
In the live comments of the french-subbed episodes on nico nico, everyone (me included, I admit) keeps making fun of how derpy the characters' eyes look, especially Ami, who's got her left eye like 1.5 times as big as the right one.
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GuusWayne said:
there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
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The jump at the end of Ami's transformation looks stupid and out of character for her.

And why the heck her senshi uniform doesn't have those little sleeves everybody else has?! Should the only sleeveless be Sailor Pluto, and the only one with different sleeves Sailor Saturn?! Why Mercury?!


Nope.That's how it is in the manga.

The jump might not fit "Ami" but it fits "Mercury" as a person.
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All the senshi have variations in their uniforms in the manga (
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Manga-version overall has far more differentiations in uniforms(like
) and far more uniform changes as it goes on
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Jul 23, 2014 11:58 AM

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Well, this episode has more differences with the manga comparing with the first episode. What I like is Mercury's transformation. It has similar sequense with the old one.
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Yes! Sailor Mercury appears! Ami-chan is smart and cute. She's pretty when she smiles. I'm used to CGI but it was terrible. I prefer 2d one. Toei definitely need to improve. It feels like they're not putting their heart into this . Gotta love watching this. It made me feel like I'm back in the 90's again watching the old one tv when I was a kid. Really brings back memories of my childhood...

Sailor Mars is up. Yes!
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