Sailor Moon Eternal Part II Review

[morri]

the thread is kinda turning into this:

 

[Tsundereshipper]

The 3 original seasons are a work of art in their own. Sure they are very different from the manga and their main story is probably less developped than the manga. But it created what is the series now, and it had an emotional and cultural impact that is yet to be seen from the manga (inner deathes in S1, Nephrite death, épisodes 110-111-124-125). Maybe the anime story misses some interesting points from the manga, I agree, but it’s still a vastly superior work, both graphically and from a storytelling point of view.

This is very condescending.I prefer crystal, and the manga.I never thought it was perfect, or art .No Crystal was not disaster , because it would not have continued.Art is on the eyes of beholder, and it's matter of opinion.

My point was simple replying to the person above.Who thought sailor moon could been kai situation.But it wouldn't work,because it was too different from the source material.I am grateful for Crystal.Im glad we have a closer adaption of the manga .I read as a girl.

The original manga and ‘90s anime has always a symbiotic relationship, so it’s honestly incredibly annoying how fans from either aisle trash either version.

I'm also a fan of both the 90's anime & the manga (as well as PGSM & the Musicals) and wish there wasn't this whole "war" in the fandom between the versions. Personally for me both the 90's anime & manga are each as good and as bad as the other, they pick up the slack where the other one fails and vice versa. Manga excels at pure plot and world-building/lore while the 90's anime excels at interactions and the villains, letting us go more in-depth and better flesh out the girls day-to-day lives and moral dilemmas/conflicts, which the manga falls short in due to it's breakneck pace and short length. They both complement each other and neither is better than the other.

Sailor Moon as a franchise on the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

 

[sapphire91]

Cannot wait to see the Moon Kingdom flashback. This is my most anticipated moment. I hope it looks great and QS looks gorgeous.

 

[FloraKiraraHime]

I'm also a fan of both the 90's anime & the manga (as well as PGSM & the Musicals) and wish there wasn't this whole "war" in the fandom between the versions. Personally for me both the 90's anime & manga are each as good and as bad as the other, they pick up the slack where the other one fails and vice versa. Manga excels at pure plot and world-building/lore while the 90's anime excels at interactions and the villains, letting us go more in-depth and better flesh out the girls day-to-day lives and moral dilemmas/conflicts, which the manga falls short in due to it's breakneck pace and short length. They both complement each other and neither is better than the other.

Sailor Moon as a franchise on the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

I agree! I love the manga, it's my favorite version. I acknowledge the manga's pacing as one of major weaknesses. The manga's plot is fantastic! I also enjoy the manga lore and world-building. I like the original 90's anime because of the Sailor team's interactions between each other. The character development of the henchmen/subordinates is much stronger than the source material, we, the audience see them as human with varying motivations. The slice-of-life aspect of the girls is one of the 90's anime's strengths. We see them go skiing and being ordinary schoolgirls.

The two versions are indeed complementary.

PGSM is my second favorite version! I l admire how the live action drama series manged combine the best of both worlds. The stage musicals are worth watching too!

 

[Tsundereshipper]

I agree! I love the manga, it's my favorite version. I acknowledge the manga's pacing as one of major weaknesses. The manga's plot is fantastic! I also enjoy the manga lore and world-building. I like the original 90's anime because of the Sailor team's interactions between each other. The character development of the henchmen/subordinates is much stronger than the source material, we, the audience see them as human with varying motivations. The slice-of-life aspect of the girls is one of the 90's anime's strengths. We see them go skiing and being ordinary schoolgirls.

The two versions are indeed complementary.

PGSM is my second favorite version! I l admire how the live action drama series manged combine the best of both worlds. The stage musicals are worth watching too!

PGSM is actually my favorite version of the Dark Kingdom arc and I suspect would've been my fave all around if it had gone on to do the other arcs. But yes, in my opinion all versions of Sailor Moon are equal to each other. (Except Crystal's 1st season for me, just for how much they changed & cut from the manga to make it all around worse)

 

[rgveda99]

Noticing there's 2 styles (maybe even 3) with Eternal part 2 with the leaks and official clips. The moe style and the 90's/S3 hybrid.

Which one is dominant?

 

[Jawshx]

Noticing there's 2 styles (maybe even 3) with Eternal part 2 with the leaks and official clips. The moe style and the 90's/S3 hybrid.

Which one is dominant?

I don’t really think it’s a style more like the result of a lot of a different animators and not enough time for Tandano to correct it all.

 

[rgveda99]

I don’t really think it’s a style more like the result of a lot of a different animators and not enough time for Tandano to correct it all.

LOL. To think this time this was supervised directly by Naoko.

But I guess she had more control on the plot seeing as how there's little creative freedom and being more manga accurate. At least there's more consistency to the sailors powers and doesn't contradict season 3. Like retconning Dead Scream in season 2 which makes Dead Scream a planetary projectile and Chronos Typhoon not used at all since it's a healing spell.

 

[E. Knight]

aturn’s attacks are all real time. The barrier she uses appears as she holds up her flavor. Then she jumps into the air and uses her offensive attack in aerial mode.

So Silence Glaive Surprise is an aerial attack? interesting. Is it offensive? I mean, many webs describe it in the manga as a "fog similar to Shabon Spray", but I always thought it is an offensive attack.

Thank you very much for your review

 

[rgveda99]

Did also yell 'Silence Glaive Surprise'?

She actually has an aerial attack in the Super Famicom game called 'Press Crash'.

 

[sapphire91]

What happened to Zirkonia?