Mental baggage for each girl...

[uncchristine99]

I really like how this interpretation gives a lot more color to all the characters. They clearly have issues (i.e. Mako's parents, Rei's dad, Ami's insecurities, Mamoru's engagement). It makes them more real and easier to relate to. I didn't think I'd like this live action and I was expecting it to be cheesy.. but on the contrary, I find that I almost prefer it because it's so much deeper on the emotional level and it really hits the spot! They've done a terrific job rebuilding this story and making it exciting and new for people like me, who know all there ever was to know about Sailor Moon.

 

[Tuxedo Uncommon]

Ami in particular is much more likable than the anime. She always seemed too passive agressive for me.

 

[Tomomi]

I was really surprised. None of any Smoon production has come this close to depth and production value. Like you said, the characters are very well-defined and events are so nicely written. They are not stupid girls running around to "fight evil by moonlight", but they have emotions and real difficulties. It reminds me a lot of J-dorama.

Naoko should be happy about this. The writers should take the credit for their terrific work. Directors are also good but fighting scenes (and stunt problem...) need to work on. Afterall, the girls are great. Never seen a Usagi this REAL before, Miyuu-san shocked me in Act 17 with her top-notched performance.

 

[Obsessive Touga Fan]

I couldn't agree more. This is the main thing I like about the live action series - it gives the characters MUCH more depth than in the manga, and even in the anime (which already was better than the manga in that regard).

 

[Jendra]

I agree. These girls really have taken on the roles beautifully and have effectively become the senshi. The writers have also come up with good scripts and story ideas to make the senshi more in depth.

Of course there is the occasional plot hole, but it's nothing too bad.


I know I am a much bigger fan of Mars than I ever was in the anime. In the anime I thought Mars was snobby and Mercury was boring. Now I love them both. Actually I love them all now!

And paint me stupid but I love dorky Motoki far more now than I did in the manga and the anime.

 

[StarCandy]

I love them this way to. I got the feeling of "wow, they are so real" from the very beginning. The storyline is very honest and fighting aside, the effects aren’t as bad as they could had been. It's as if they took all the elements of each girls life that we only heard about in the anime and made them bigger. In some ways live action is the perfect way to get across emotions to the viewer, once you have the right actors (which we sure do ) Ami was never my favorite of them ether but now I feel that she gets across so much with just her eyes without having to say a word in this verison.

 

[aisasami]

I really like how this interpretation gives a lot more color to all the characters. They clearly have issues (i.e. Mako's parents, Rei's dad, Ami's insecurities, Mamoru's engagement). It makes them more real and easier to relate to. I didn't think I'd like this live action and I was expecting it to be cheesy.. but on the contrary, I find that I almost prefer it because it's so much deeper on the emotional level and it really hits the spot! They've done a terrific job rebuilding this story and making it exciting and new for people like me, who know all there ever was to know about Sailor Moon.

Everybody has issues on the show! (Don't Motoki and his turtle!) Thats the way of life (Ex. I am a crybaby and whine about homework) Thats is also why they trying to make a drama out this show.......

~o-hime-sama

 

[neko]

Couldn't agree with you more. Truthfully, I was never a fan of sailor moon (i was more likely to make fun of it, then admit I watched it). This live action is done so well, though, I can't help but like it. A lot of the excitement is getting to watch Japanese peeps in their "natural habitat". (lol, Japanese culture is really cool to me). Other stuff about the show really appeals to me, too. Making the jump from the animated world and bringing it into the real world is always a difficult task to perform. It's too easy to make into something cheesy and stupid. But, the actors and actresses (and everyone else involved) do an awesome job of making it good. (now if they could just stop running like airplanes, lol).

 

[Parvus Imperator]

I didn't think I'd like this live action and I was expecting it to be cheesy.. but on the contrary, I find that I almost prefer it because it's so much deeper on the emotional level and it really hits the spot!

I know what you mean, because I felt the same way. But in essence, not much has changed with exception to minor details, those which I can tolerate. In an emotional state, these last few episodes -- particularly from Act 15 -- have been the start of an emotional rollercoaster, which is intensifying each episode! Man, I really can't wait for the next one!

 

[HarukaNeko]

I must agree, I am very impressed with PGSM so far. Not only are all of the actresses doing a super job, but they're showing plenty of emotion, which is a solid foundation for ANY show. I love Japanese live-action series...yes, I enjoy sentai series, Abaranger ROCKS!!! The acting can sometimes be a little on the processed cheese side in live action sometimes, but you have to love the fact that the actors give good emotional performances when needed. I'm quite impressed with Miyuu-chan these past few episodes, seeing her reactions to Mamoru's fiancee was just amazing. Rei's actress (sorry, I can barely remember anyone's name yet) is very good, she can get a lot across with just a few words, or sometimes with just a look. The other girls are doing good jobs bringing the senshi to life as well. I hope that the series has a long and fruitful run, and may the quality of acting and story never decrease.

 

[solarsun]

I got from the anime that everyone helped usagi in her problems. That was the one thing I didn't like. Your rarely found out about the other senshi and their problems. It was like Usagi's down! We all got to cheer her up.

They said even before that this series woudl focus in on their friendship which it has. Though they have their weak points over all its been really good. Rei has her problems with her father which you see more then the anime. You can actully see the pain in Rei's eyes as she was kneeling there and the priest told her that it would have been better if she had come with her father. Sometimes the Ami in this story creeps me out but you know its better then the anime any day. In the anime Ami just was there telling everyone to study, and was the brain. She had no other personality besides that. The Mina in this as well is much improved. The anime mina was funny but you wonder how Mina could have been the first senshi with her blondeness. This one I can understand it better.

 

[sailorjupiter244]

I really like how this interpretation gives a lot more color to all the characters. They clearly have issues (i.e. Mako's parents, Rei's dad, Ami's insecurities, Mamoru's engagement). It makes them more real and easier to relate to. [...]

In the manga, Makoto's parents died and Rei's dad was also a politician who was away a lot. Also in the manga, Ami had the issue of her father not being there (he was an artist).

I think the original manga and anime also expanded a great deal on their characters. That is one of the main point of shoujo anime/manga anyways. Several acts of the manga involved the character's backgrounds.

But I do agree with liking the live-action's interpertation. ^^

 

[Capeboy R]

I like PGSM because we are able to see these familiar characters from a slightly different perspective. This is an avenue for us to see more story elements Naoko-sama wanted to tell but never got the chance to. I see PGSM as a complement to the manga without being a re-tread.

 

[mcvarmazi]

I like PGSM because we are able to see these familiar characters from a slightly different perspective. This is an avenue for us to see more story elements Naoko-sama wanted to tell but never got the chance to. I see PGSM as a complement to the manga without being a re-tread.

I agree. I think it's going a *teensy* bit far saying that we have a hugely deep perspective on the characters, I'll argue that our knowledge of them is still superficial at best, but at least it's a better perspective than we've had of them from any other medium. (Let's face it, the issues that these characters are facing include: problems with teammates, youmas, crushes. These aren't deep moral or ethical issues, but they don't have to be as it's Sailor Moon ) But despite all that stuff I just said, the perspective that this show DOES offer is a very interesting new take on our old favorites, and that to me is one of the best reasons to watch. If PGSM was just a boring rehash of everything we already knew I would have dropped this thing like a hot potato around episode 5 or so. Thankfully they made some really good fundamental changes to the characters (which may or may not have been influenced by the girls playing the characters), and that has made PGSM all the more interesting to watch.

/hops off soapbox