Sailor Moon Art Director motifs

[Talentless Fool]

"You were splendid, Sailor Mars! You've keenly matured your senses... It's you who's the true Senshi!"

Oh, look the Outers actually acknowledging the Inners' worth and them even surpassing the Outers! No day-dreaming or imaginative illusion like in the manga/Eternal.

This part was always so funny to me, Mars looks drunk!

Gotta Party Hard!

Gorai's art can be expressive but the eyes tend to be GIGANTIC!

Beautiful landscapes!

Venus and Pluto is a very weird combo but why not?

Expressions!

: Once you're crossed the bridge, cut it down and forget about me.
: Pluto!

"In times like these, we need a capable leader who can unite us all! Sailor Venus, you're the only one fit for that role!"

"If we both fail here, then who will go to the rescue of the Princess?!"

 

[JunoDX]

This episode totally feels like a RPG / Another Story

 

[Talentless Fool]

Lol, I love how she just yeets that Paredri like it's nothing!

The 90s anime made the Sailor Uniform so iconic! None of the 3 styles of the Crystermos adaptation managed to do so...

The theme that plays during this scene is SO Venus!

"Pluto! Come on..."

Venus with flowy, voluminous hair

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

So it's official that the Inners are stronger than the Outers in terms of both hard & soft powers, as acknowledged by the Outers themselves. That's also quite reasonable - the innermost guards are ordinarily supposed to be the strongest elite fighters, whereas the outermost ones the weakest junior soldiers, usually being cannon fodders. lol

"Oh sheet!! I'm the one who got penetrated, uh I mean shot!!!!!!! Noooooo!!!"

Reminding me of a scene in RoboCop, in which the title character successfully shoots a sex criminal, who uses a victim woman as his shield, on his groin via the woman's long skirt. lol

 

[Talentless Fool]

So it's official that the Inners are stronger than the Outers in terms of both hard & soft powers, as acknowledged by the Outers themselves.

Well, it does fall in line with Shounen tropes.

The Outers are the senpais, they are 'perfect' and have reached their apogee both as warriors and individuals.
The Inners on the other hand, as the main MAIN protagonists, are reflective of the target audience and are still teenagers and still evolving and have much to learn compared to their seniors.
So it's, by design, that they have to surpass their superiors.

The Inners' vision, as teenagers, is still untainted and innocent compared to the Outers' adult perspective whereby the sacrifice of the few justifies the means of the survival of the others.

It's unfortunate though that this wasn't focused on in S albeit on very rare occasions.

Rika Fukami was really giving her A game during the whole Nehenelia arc!

Love the animation of this!

"So I guess it's like they say, everything's well that ends well!"

"Why would you be so reckless?!"

"You really think I'd abandon an ally and flee? This is an order from your leader! You have to work with your friends and rescue together your Princess!"

"I won't spare you so easily. I'll torment and torment you over and over. I'll have you taste how bitterly terrible the humiliation I suffered was!"

"I won't let you lay a single finger on Usagi-chan!"

Oh, yeah it's a pity Jupiter's grand heroism of punching a mirror in the manga wasn't delivered in Eternal, completely ruined her moment in the movie...

"Have you ever had a nightmare? If you're having a bad dream, you awaken by yourself.
If she, herself, decides to remain in her dreams despite all of your attempts to wake her up then it's proof that she wants to remain idle in her dreams!"

 

[Talentless Fool]

"You're lying! It's you who's keeping Usagi-chan trapped inside a nightmare!"

All of these cool frames!

Really cool animation piece, especially with how her head is actually pivoting in contrast with the direction of her body

All of these cool frames! X2

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Well, it does fall in line with Shounen tropes.

The Outers are the senpais, they are 'perfect' and have reached their apogee both as warriors and individuals.
The Inners on the other hand, as the main MAIN protagonists, are reflective of the target audience and are still teenagers and still evolving and have much to learn compared to their seniors.
So it's, by design, that they have to surpass their superiors.

That's very true & is a pretty typical trope in manga/anime.

Again, she looks very much like being in a typical scene of soccer anime. lol

 

[JunoDX]

Angry Jupiter

Just like Kagawa-san established her. She‘s the only Inner who gets smaller eyes when angry, I suppose.

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Angry Jupiter

Kust like Kagawa-san established her. She‘s the obly Inner who gets smaller eyes when angry, I suppose.

I'd even like her keeping those smaller eyes all the time.

 

[Lady Pen]

The whole Nehellenia arc being undeniably SUPERIOR and beating the sh*t out of Eternal.

 

[Hadibou]

The whole Nehellenia arc being undeniably SUPERIOR and beating the sh*t out of Eternal.

PLEAAASE Lady Pen, do not make Princess Hime Naoko Sama angry, or she will feel the need to buy a new Ferrari to appease her feelings, and will have to draw a new """art""" that will make our eyes bleed, to illustrate clear files, acrylic stands, keychains and many other overpriced goodies to fund her new car

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

PLEAAASE Lady Pen, do not make Princess Hime Naoko Sama angry, or she will feel the need to buy a new Ferrari to appease her feelings, and will have to draw a new """art""" that will make our eyes bleed, to illustrate clear files, acrylic stands, keychains and many other overpriced goodies to fund her new car

And everyone knows that she's reading this forum.

 

[Memelord_Yoshi]

And everyone knows that she's reading this forum.

Would be interesting to see her interact here. #GlorifiedInMemes

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

^ If so, she'd respond to your graphical/gif memes w/ her own ones.

 

[Hadibou]

^ If so, she'd respond to your graphical/gif memes w/ her own ones.

Too bad she can’t stick real pearls and flowers on the screen or she would do it.

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Too bad she can’t stick real pearls and flowers on the screen or she would do it.

She'd stick them on the faces of some forum members here if she could.

 

[Lady Pen]

PLEAAASE Lady Pen, do not make Princess Hime Naoko Sama angry, or she will feel the need to buy a new Ferrari to appease her feelings, and will have to draw a new """art""" that will make our eyes bleed, to illustrate clear files, acrylic stands, keychains and many other overpriced goodies to fund her new car

Naokotard: Oh, this is so ethereal, elegant and mature!!!!!!!!!!! She's a great artist. I’ll take out a mortgage loan to pay all of this new art merchandise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kasumigenx]

It seems that the script writers of Stars read Miyuki chan in Wonderland that they paired Venus and Pluto and Neptune and Mercury together in some of the scenes.

 

[Talentless Fool]

"Hahaha!!! Do you want me to turn you into a prisoner of my sweet dreams too?"

"Shut it!!!"

Emi Shinohara slayed this Oak Evolution!

"You're within my shrine of nightmares! It's the kingdom of Darkness that I once reigned over!"

"Didn't she tell you? Of I, who reigned supreme by the power of Darkness."
"This is your birthplace?"

 

[Talentless Fool]

"The very moment I tried to lay hands on the World of Light, the Queen of the White Moon sealed me away. But within the Darkness, I'm invincible!!!"

This is sounding so Kingdom Heart-sy right now

"Fool! Do you intend to die for that woman? Is there any worth in protecting her to such lengths?"
"You don't get it, do you? Usagi-chan is clumsy, scatterbrained and a crybaby but she always cheers everyone up at all times! She's just like the gentle moonlight. And she has always been someone to feel compassion towards others even if it meant sacrificing herself!!!"

The OST during this scene

"We all adore Usagi-chan! But what about you? Don't you have a friend like that?"