Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S

Sailor Moon was my introduction to anime back on Toonami and i really enjoyed Sailor Moon and R a lot. With this season I felt very let down. I didn't enjoy the different voice actress for Usagi/Serena. I found her trying overly hard to sound like the previous actress and it really annoyed me. I also didn't really find the plot too interesting. I felt like I really didn't connect with the characters and found them just uninteresting. This season I usually skip while I watch Sailor Moon (I have all the seasons on dvd) and I feel like I don't miss a lot at allwhen I do so.

Review on Sailor Moon Season 3 So after reviewing seasons one and two, here is season number three. As always my Review is split into two parts, and is highly subjective. The fist part is about the structure, aesthetic and characters of Sailor Moon S. The second part is the conclusion where I write down what I thought worked or didn’t work and rate the anime. Also I tried to keep this review as spoiler free as possible, so if you for some reason didn’t watch it feel free to read. Structure: The structure is on the first view pretty much the same as the structure ofthe prior seasons. The story can be divided into 2 parts. The first part follows the usual formula of Sailor Moon, with an episodic monster of the week structure while slowly pushing the main story forward. Just as season one and two three minor antagonists get about ten episodes where they collect this seasons equivalent of life energy in their own unique way, which just as before helps sailor moon to not become too repetitive. As in season one and two the first half of each episode focuses on daily life experiences of the girls, while the second half is all about the action. What is different from the prior seasons is the tighter focus on the narrative of each individual episode. This basically means that the characters who are present for just an episode get a bigger focus and are more developed. But more on that later. Another important remark here is that the first half of the episodes seem also to focus more on either character development and a more serious mood or on the opposite have an influx of slapstick and comedy as whole. The second part of season three is where the focus on the main story and the main villains begins. And as such the episodic nature is disregarded to conclude the story in a fitting way. Aesthetics: In terms of aesthetics Sailor Moon definitely improved in the animation quality. But there are two key improvements even more important than just the jump in animation quality. The first one is the way this season is presenting its characters. Especially the two new scouts, the minor antagonists and the monsters of the week. From the character designs, the soundtracks used for the new scouts and the use visual elements really helps in creating a mood surrounding these characters. Also the monsters or Daimons got some pretty crazy designs fitting the aesthetically theme of the episode., like a female (all of them are female) Daimon in the observatory wearing nothing but a star and boots. (quite sexualised compared to season one and two though) The second improvement I want to give credit to is how the defeat sequences are animated. I think these short sequences are incredibly satisfying to watch. And even if the Sailor Moon action sequences are full (one might even say overload) of reused animations the defeated sequences always felt like a small highlight of the episode. Characters: Starting the characters off with the main cast the only thing I want to say is that this season does a good job showing the growth of the main cast, which got evident in the few character focused episodes in the beginning. Also Usagi seems to be more mature compared to prior seasons. I have earlier pointed out that the side characters for one episode were more developed than before. But on the flip side, recurring characters of season one and two get a episode of screen if they get any at all. (looking at Naru, Umino and Usagis family) But there for this season introduced two new scouts (but wait there’s more! Spoiler its kinda three and a half new scouts) who add on probably the most interesting character dynamics (plural) of the season. The minor antagonist (which were really good in season one and two) are pretty quirky and certainly funnier than prior ones but not as complex as them. They also lack the character interactions of season ones and twos minor antagonists. But don’t get me wrong they are still pretty good and do what they should. With that being said the character interactions that do happen are really interesting, ranging form silly fun to the clash of different philosophies. Oh and also there are some really important, well build up and inherently interesting character interactions with Chibiusa and a new character. Oh minor !SpoilerAlert! skip this following sentence and jump to the conclusion if you want to be completely blind. This season follows the good Sailor Moon tradition of turning a good character into an enemy for two episodes or so. Conclusion: Story: Good to very good 7,5/10 While still being a bit repetitive at times, the stricter focus on the once a episode characters and quirkier monsters really helped in keeping every episode fresh. The season finale also felt a bit underwhelming but this season still got a lot of interesting developments to be considered interesting. Art: good 7/10 A pretty considerable upgrade compared to prior seasons. So that’s appreciated. Special shout-outs to the Daimon designs, (the little bit of fanservice is also appreciated by me) the defeated animation. And their unique abilities. Sound Very good 8/10 Yeah as always, good use of the score and nice new soundtracks. Characters: Good to very good 7,5/10 While providing interesting new characters this season also manages to show to personal progress the main cast has made. The minor antagonists are quirky and all, but lack the complexity of former antagonists. But this season has some nice (meaning no really great but a lot of good and ok) character interactions, reaching from funny to quite serious ones. Final thoughts: I really enjoyed this season and would say that this is my favorite season of sailor moon so far. But I enjoyed this season for different reasons than season one. (Which does a way better job in building up characters and character moments I would say.) The reason I liked this season more is that each episode is interesting on an intrinsic level. The small stories of those characters who appear for just one episode where actually interesting. I was looking forward to see how the Daimon of this episode would look like and what unique ability or even character it would have. And I enjoyed seeing the Daimons getting defeated. So the main quality of this season compared to season one and two is in my opinion the lack of uninteresting episodes. With that being said I have a problem 30/40 -->7,5/10 so 7 or 8? tbh idc... I´ll give it a 7 to be consistent with my Sailor Moon ratings. But as always those numbers are the least important part of a review so feel free to disagree. Feedback is appreciated. Greetings, Ilieas

The Best Season of the Series! This is the season which many consider either to be the peak of classic Sailor Moon anime or the point where they start to lose interest. I consider it to be the best but i can understand some of the frustrations some fans have with not necessarily this season but with the Sailor Moon anime adaptation as a whole. After 3 seasons Sailor Moon is still mostly the same. The whole formulaic monster of the week trope is still here but with different villains and different goals, also the only characters who get any meaningful development aside from new powerups or comedic focused episodes are Sailor Moon, Chibi-Usa, Sailor Uranos, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Saturn. Even Mamoru Tuxedo Mask was more of a background character this season. In this season the new villains are looking for the three talismen which together form the Holy Grail and with the Holy Grail they can control the world. One of the main villains, professor Souichi Tomoe, is hilarious! He enjoys being a cartoon villain without any self awareness and it works the way he keeps laughing at his own failures never getting angry or depressed makes him so enjoyable to watch. The art is on par with Sailor Moon R pretty good and it gets even better during the finale episodes. The music is incredible and my favorite out of all the seasons, it's like a mix of orchestrated and upbeat 90's pop rock with beautiful vocals. Usagi is still her usual self, she is clumsy and naive like always and is shown in this season to even go as far as almost cheating on Mamoru which is hilarious given the circumstances in the episode. Her relationship with Mamoru is still cute and strong but also has some dramatic moments. But she also shows her friends that she wants to change her clumsy behavior and wants to be a better person. Sailor Moon gets a new form that makes her stronger but also, i don't know, still the same i guess? This idea from the 90's where everything has to have a "Super" form or transformation worked very well for other anime like DBZ but in Sailor Moon it's not all that memorable. There is also a subplot of finding the "Messiah" which ends up being very obvious and lackluster of how things wrap up in the finale. Chibi-Usa is back and has matured quite a bit since R. This time she actually has her own Sailor Soldier transformation and is even cuter than before with her silly attacks. The 4 original Sailor Soldiers do get their own dedicated episodes, most of which, are fillers but despite that they're really worth watching. Sailor Mars keeps getting visions of the end of the world and tries to warn the others about this but doesn't really do much about it as the show continues. Venus gets an episode in which she is sad that the villains don't go after her pure heart. I'm not a fan of how Venus is now even dumber than Usagi sometimes but i do like the episode where she dressed up as Sailor Moon it was really fun. Sailor Uranus and Neptune episodes are the best part of this season along with Sailor Pluto and Saturn joining later on. Uranus and Neptune have clear goals and don't play around, they don't act with their emotions unlike the Sailor Soldiers which might make them seem cold and maybe even look like bad guys but they are actually friendly as long as you don't get in their way. They're also hinted to be lovers which was unexpected, especially at the time this released but it's handled with such class that makes this season so cool and memorable. Obviously, both the Inner and Outer Senshi don't make the connection of their secret identities until the last arc but by now that is how Sailor Moon works. Sailor Pluto is back from R and shows to be very capable of fighting and defending the planet. She doesn't say much but like Uranus and Neptune, she prioritizes her mission before anything else and is the most mature and most respected of the team, i really like the relationships in this season. Finally, Sailor Saturn is the only one that's a wasted character. Hotaru is very shy and lovely and because of her past she doesn't really know how to act around people. I don't know if Sailor Moon S went overbudget but i really wanted to see Saturn do more other than just talk and then disappear. In conclusion, Sailor Moon S is a good balace of drama and comedy, the characters have clear goals and dynamic relationships, the music is my favorite yet, the storytelling is very tight despite having the least amount of episodes this is definitely the strongest and my favorite season. But the Messiah subplot didn't have any major impact. Also the ending with the villains, Sailor Saturn and Sailor Moon was incredibly disappointing, it could've been so much better. It didn't have to end like Seasons 1 and 2 but it could've shown even just a bit more than it did. Despite that, this is the most fun i've had watching Sailor Moon yet.

Ou, I was a teenager when I started to watch and be a fan of this anime. We were a group of fans which imagined that we are SailorMoon or SailorMars and so. We watched these episodes and cried with characters etc. That was real fun. Now I think this is one of the precious animes I have ever seen because it is funny un childish in its sort kind of way, it is romantic and a little bit nude but isn't too pervert to show to children, it shows different kind of situations that could happen in real life too (mostly metaphorical of course) andit shows that bravery and good friends are most valuable think in world. It is good anime because of these situations which teaches us to be brave and never give up. At least from this anime I learned that and now I never give up and continuing to be brave when it is needed.

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