Personally, having loved the manga above any other form of Sailormoon transposition, I would have preferred that everything was faithful to that in Crystal / Eternal, including the style.
I've always been willing to compromise on the style factor to have a smooth animation, but, given the turn that character designers have taken, I would like to put together a couple of ideas that came to me.
In 1989 an animated series called "idol densetsu Eriko" was released in Japan, the style used is very reminiscent of both the 90's Sailormoon series and the Naoko style. Some animators in particular accentuate these similarities. I put some photos as an example.
I think it would be an interesting style for Sailormoon to try, but with some tweaks.
There is another anime called "mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch" with a wonderful coloring, especially the eyes, where the protagonist in her princess shape has characteristics that I would like to find in Sailormoon crystal / eternal, like hairs.
Of Sailormoon Crystal 1 and 2 I would keep the mature aspect and the lips, of season 3 I would keep the fluidity of the animation, of eternal I find the legs beautiful, very similar to those designed by Naoko.
styles like Heartcatch precure and Go princess precure may also be good for me.
for the fights I hope they refer to the series of pretty cures but bigger.
For the fifth narrative arc I hope they put every possible resource to animate it well, especially because it shows the powers of Sailor Senshi as never seen before, it would be bad to see everything animated badly.
Many say that the style of Naoko Takeuchi is impossible to animate due to old images of the author, however I do not agree, especially given the progress made in the field of animation in Japan in recent years.
And you? What references would you use?
I've always been willing to compromise on the style factor to have a smooth animation, but, given the turn that character designers have taken, I would like to put together a couple of ideas that came to me.
In 1989 an animated series called "idol densetsu Eriko" was released in Japan, the style used is very reminiscent of both the 90's Sailormoon series and the Naoko style. Some animators in particular accentuate these similarities. I put some photos as an example.
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I think it would be an interesting style for Sailormoon to try, but with some tweaks.
There is another anime called "mermaid melody pichi pichi pitch" with a wonderful coloring, especially the eyes, where the protagonist in her princess shape has characteristics that I would like to find in Sailormoon crystal / eternal, like hairs.
Spoiler: show
Of Sailormoon Crystal 1 and 2 I would keep the mature aspect and the lips, of season 3 I would keep the fluidity of the animation, of eternal I find the legs beautiful, very similar to those designed by Naoko.
styles like Heartcatch precure and Go princess precure may also be good for me.
for the fights I hope they refer to the series of pretty cures but bigger.
For the fifth narrative arc I hope they put every possible resource to animate it well, especially because it shows the powers of Sailor Senshi as never seen before, it would be bad to see everything animated badly.
Many say that the style of Naoko Takeuchi is impossible to animate due to old images of the author, however I do not agree, especially given the progress made in the field of animation in Japan in recent years.
And you? What references would you use?