Sailor Moon Art Director motifs

[PreguntasDesconocidas]

Stars had some nice shots, but the season's art was generally a downgrade from S and SuperS.

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Galaxia missing her shoulder pads

But she looks good to me w/o them. BTW, I also like sleeveless Pluto & Mercury.

 

[Talentless Fool]

Reminds me of this shot from SuperS

There was a better close up shot after Fisheye had that flashback but there's a fade over the bit]

Both episode had Tamegai as Animation Director

#200 Part 2.
I'm not a particular fan of this shading style, it looks like Joker Galaxia but it does give a very diabolical feel to her so I guess it did it's job

Again amazing composition + art!

She has pupil-less eyes (like the Witches 5) yet she is conveying so much sharp emotions all over,
Etermos has a gazillion sparkles in the eyes and can't convey nothing except Purincesu Poker Face (PPF)

MAKENAI!

Cool shot of Fighter

Joker Galaxia is back!

Great composition again!

 

[Onuzim Ima]

@SailorBookworm Hey, what's that on your face? Where? *nose flip* Heh heh, GOTCHA!

 

[Lady Pen]

@Talentless Fool Could you explain why so many people overlook such details and just reduce everything to a simple 'The manga is betthuuur ... Usagi just cries, doesn’t fight...’ ?

 

[kasumigenx]

Great composition again!

Naoko replaced the Starlights in this scene with the Sailor Quartet...when she scrapped the plot that where the anime was based from, the later musicals would have the Starlights live in the end though.

 

[Talentless Fool]

@Talentless Fool Could you explain why so many people overlook such details and just reduce everything to a simple 'The manga is betthuuur ... Usagi just cries, doesn’t fight...’ ?

Perhaps because it's been a hot minute when someone has actually read and watched the manga/anime for the plot and not crash-coursed them?

Episode 200 Part 3
Cute shot of Healer and Fighter

A very Hasegawa like shot!
There's even his traditional blemishes on the cheeks from mid-S!

Am I the only one who thinks DBZ/GT?

Great perspective as always.

This shot is simply perfect; the anatomy is spot-on, the perspective/angles are right, despite simply just standing none of the girls loses her individuality, the difference of height is respected, Jupiter/Uranus/Neptune even have the layered back bow!
Truly done by professionals

A really good shot of Jupiter, looking mature, serene and melancholic...

I don't understand when people say the ending/conclusion of #200 was rushed...
This scene is miles better than that of the manga. Each girl gets to have a final speech, congratulating Usagi, comforting her.
Even the reunion of Mamoru and Usagi (Mamoru telling her that the little girl in his arms guided him to her) is so much more emotional.
Plus the OST! THE OST!!!

I sound like a broken record but GREAT COMPOSITION!

 

[sailor Yaoi 81]

Am I the only one who thinks DBZ/GT?

One of the things that i didnt liked , is that when all the star seeds that galaxia stealed appeared , the star seeds are just white , i mean there are like Millions of star seed of diferent sailors senshies around the universe whom should have their respectives representatives colors , but all we can see are white star seeds ,How many sailors with white color are there? the same thing with cosmos, i would have had liked that Katsumi would have had colored the star seeds at least , but the rest is fine.

 

[kasumigenx]

I don't understand when people say the ending/conclusion of #200 was rushed...
This scene is miles better than that of the manga. Each girl gets to have a final speech, congratulating Usagi, comforting her.
Even the reunion of Mamoru and Usagi (Mamoru telling her that the little girl in his arms guided him to her) is so much more emotional.
Plus the OST! THE OST!!!

I sound like a broken record but GREAT COMPOSITION!

Naoko should just not be upset about rejection and this plot and change her earlier plans for the manga, she should have stayed firm since she actually appreciated this ending when it premiered.

 

[Talentless Fool]

One of the things that i didnt liked , is that when all the star seeds that galaxia stealed appeared , the star seeds are just white , i mean there are like Millions of star seed of diferent sailors senshies around the universe whom should have their respectives representatives colors , but all we can see are white star seeds ,How many sailors with white color are there? the same thing with cosmos, i would have had liked that Katsumi would have had colored the star seeds at least , but the rest is fine.

I think it's a choice by the staff to signify the magnitude of the scene.

First, let's talk about Galaxia.
Unlike in the manga whereby she is simply the Senshi of a random planet, in the 90s anime she is in fact the Senshi of the Galaxy (hence the most powerful one that ever lived).
As we see in her flashback, she finds herself at the garden where flowers bloom Star Seeds somewhere in the middle of the galaxy.
We can assume as the Senshi of the Galaxy, the place where Star Seeds are born (aka the Cauldron version of the 90s anime), this Garden of Flowers is her station.
By instance, we can assume she has some overseeing power over unborn Star Seeds (akin to the Guardian Cosmos of the manga) - she even has her own pocket dimension in which she stocks her collection of Star Seeds.

During this scene, Usagi via the power of her Star Seed, 'illuminates the whole galaxy' and not only overpowers Chaos!Galaxia but as well over-rides Galaxia's authority over the Star Seeds she possesses.
Over the course of the season, we have seen that people who have their Seeds taken are turned into Phages however all of these people had some outstanding quality to them.
For instance, if Shingo were turned into a Phage, would he become Sailor Shingo (just what would that be?) or would he just turn into a sort of zombie Senshi and cease to exist mere moments after?
We see Galaxia launching an all out attack on Tokyo and logically a majority of it's population (easily a couple of 100k people) had their Star Seeds snatched.
Galaxia did the same thing for pretty much the entire of the populace of the Galaxy and the Star Seeds of these people have ceased to exist.

These white Star Seeds (which are normal Star Seeds) represent all of the lives Galaxia has taken and which in turn Usagi is bringing back to life - when Galaxia tends her hands towards Usagi, we see countless flowers blooming, implying Usagi is allowing people to be reborn.

In the 90s anime, rebirth has only been possible via the Silver Crystal and at a major cost.

However, at this moment, Usagi is not using the Silver Crystal but her sole Star Seed - her being naked is representative of that, she is neither acting as Sailor Moon nor Princess Serenity but simply as the Earthling Usagi Tsukino.
By doing so, Usagi literally creates a miracle surpassing her power as Eternal Sailor Moon (which was limited to only purifying Phages) and even that of the Silver Crystal.
And this has been a constant in the message of the 90s anime, just like her monologue in #125 - 'If someone musters even a tiny bit of courage, anyone can become a warrior. As long as one has feelings towards people, anyone can become a Messiah.'
To save people, one doesn't need to be the chosen one but simply needs to have the courage, love and kindness for it.

During this scene Usagi is resurrecting all of Galaxia's victims (not just Sailor Senshis) and at the end by touching Galaxia, saves her as well and exorcises Chaos out of her.
Which is how all of the girls, Mamoru and Chibi Chibi are reborn at the end despite having been killed, they were reborn thanks to Usagi's light embracing the entire universe.
The fact that Galaxia 'guides' the Star Seeds to their legitimate homes further on implies she has a somewhat similar authority to the Guardian Cosmos of the manga.

 

[sailormoongalaxy]

I think it's a choice by the staff to signify the magnitude of the scene.

First, let's talk about Galaxia.
Unlike in the manga whereby she is simply the Senshi of a random planet, in the 90s anime she is in fact the Senshi of the Galaxy (hence the most powerful one that ever lived).
As we see in her flashback, she finds herself at the garden where flowers bloom Star Seeds somewhere in the middle of the galaxy.
We can assume as the Senshi of the Galaxy, the place where Star Seeds are born (aka the Cauldron version of the 90s anime), this Garden of Flowers is her station.
By instance, we can assume she has some overseeing power over unborn Star Seeds (akin to the Guardian Cosmos of the manga) - she even has her own pocket dimension in which she stocks her collection of Star Seeds.

During this scene, Usagi via the power of her Star Seed, 'illuminates the whole galaxy' and not only overpowers Chaos!Galaxia but as well over-rides Galaxia's authority over the Star Seeds she possesses.
Over the course of the season, we have seen that people who have their Seeds taken are turned into Phages however all of these people had some outstanding quality to them.
For instance, if Shingo were turned into a Phage, would he become Sailor Shingo (just what would that be?) or would he just turn into a sort of zombie Senshi and cease to exist mere moments after?
We see Galaxia launching an all out attack on Tokyo and logically a majority of it's population (easily a couple of 100k people) had their Star Seeds snatched.
Galaxia did the same thing for pretty much the entire of the populace of the Galaxy and the Star Seeds of these people have ceased to exist.

These white Star Seeds (which are normal Star Seeds) represent all of the lives Galaxia has taken and which in turn Usagi is bringing back to life - when Galaxia tends her hands towards Usagi, we see countless flowers blooming, implying Usagi is allowing people to be reborn.

In the 90s anime, rebirth has only been possible via the Silver Crystal and at a major cost.

However, at this moment, Usagi is not using the Silver Crystal but her sole Star Seed - her being naked is representative of that, she is neither acting as Sailor Moon nor Princess Serenity but simply as the Earthling Usagi Tsukino.
By doing so, Usagi literally creates a miracle surpassing her power as Eternal Sailor Moon (which was limited to only purifying Phages) and even that of the Silver Crystal.
And this has been a constant in the message of the 90s anime, just like her monologue in #125 - 'If someone musters even a tiny bit of courage, anyone can become a warrior. As long as one has feelings towards people, anyone can become a Messiah.'
To save people, one doesn't need to be the chosen one but simply needs to have the courage, love and kindness for it.

During this scene Usagi is resurrecting all of Galaxia's victims (not just Sailor Senshis) and at the end by touching Galaxia, saves her as well and exorcises Chaos out of her.
Which is how all of the girls, Mamoru and Chibi Chibi are reborn at the end despite having been killed, they were reborn thanks to Usagi's light embracing the entire universe.
The fact that Galaxia 'guides' the Star Seeds to their legitimate homes further on implies she has a somewhat similar authority to the Guardian Cosmos of the manga.

The place where Galaxia is located, on the rock and where it all began, namely on the planet where Chaos lives.
Sailor Moon uses the silver crystal to purify Galaxia, when the flowers bloom it is thanks to the silver crystal. And Usagi has the royal seal on her forehead, it's Princess Serenity all over again.

It has also been said that Serenity becomes the galaxy's new light of hope. The first was Chibi-Chibi, and then the torch was passed to Serenity.

You should read the production notes of the Blu-ray booklets but also the dialogue booklets with scene descriptions...

 

[Talentless Fool]

Episode 200 Part 4.

The last goof ever.

Honestly, the more I watch this episode, the more I come to realize how high the production value is (regardless of what may have been the budget).
There's just so much care put in here! (Completely the opposite to a certain movie )

As much as the Three Lights stole the spotlight in this last season, I have to say the good-bye of Seiya is really, really well done.

The small gestures, his lines - they carry nostalgia.

The last good-byes are also extremely well done.
It also feels like it's the characters bidding farewell to the viewers who stuck with them over the years. T_T
The horizontal panning, the music, the MUSIC!!! - chef's kiss!

Maker: Be well.
Fighter: Well then...
Kakyuu: Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Healer: Bye bye!

:We won't ever forget about you all.
: Be careful on your way back.
: Come visit us at any time...
: ... because we'll be waiting for you!
: Good bye!

Rei, always the closest to Usagi!

Notice how peculiar the ears are drawn in this episode?

 

[Lady Pen]

I think it's a choice by the staff to signify the magnitude of the scene.

First, let's talk about Galaxia.
Unlike in the manga whereby she is simply the Senshi of a random planet, in the 90s anime she is in fact the Senshi of the Galaxy (hence the most powerful one that ever lived).
As we see in her flashback, she finds herself at the garden where flowers bloom Star Seeds somewhere in the middle of the galaxy.
We can assume as the Senshi of the Galaxy, the place where Star Seeds are born (aka the Cauldron version of the 90s anime), this Garden of Flowers is her station.
By instance, we can assume she has some overseeing power over unborn Star Seeds (akin to the Guardian Cosmos of the manga) - she even has her own pocket dimension in which she stocks her collection of Star Seeds.

During this scene, Usagi via the power of her Star Seed, 'illuminates the whole galaxy' and not only overpowers Chaos!Galaxia but as well over-rides Galaxia's authority over the Star Seeds she possesses.
Over the course of the season, we have seen that people who have their Seeds taken are turned into Phages however all of these people had some outstanding quality to them.
For instance, if Shingo were turned into a Phage, would he become Sailor Shingo (just what would that be?) or would he just turn into a sort of zombie Senshi and cease to exist mere moments after?
We see Galaxia launching an all out attack on Tokyo and logically a majority of it's population (easily a couple of 100k people) had their Star Seeds snatched.
Galaxia did the same thing for pretty much the entire of the populace of the Galaxy and the Star Seeds of these people have ceased to exist.

These white Star Seeds (which are normal Star Seeds) represent all of the lives Galaxia has taken and which in turn Usagi is bringing back to life - when Galaxia tends her hands towards Usagi, we see countless flowers blooming, implying Usagi is allowing people to be reborn.

In the 90s anime, rebirth has only been possible via the Silver Crystal and at a major cost.

However, at this moment, Usagi is not using the Silver Crystal but her sole Star Seed - her being naked is representative of that, she is neither acting as Sailor Moon nor Princess Serenity but simply as the Earthling Usagi Tsukino.
By doing so, Usagi literally creates a miracle surpassing her power as Eternal Sailor Moon (which was limited to only purifying Phages) and even that of the Silver Crystal.
And this has been a constant in the message of the 90s anime, just like her monologue in #125 - 'If someone musters even a tiny bit of courage, anyone can become a warrior. As long as one has feelings towards people, anyone can become a Messiah.'
To save people, one doesn't need to be the chosen one but simply needs to have the courage, love and kindness for it.

During this scene Usagi is resurrecting all of Galaxia's victims (not just Sailor Senshis) and at the end by touching Galaxia, saves her as well and exorcises Chaos out of her.
Which is how all of the girls, Mamoru and Chibi Chibi are reborn at the end despite having been killed, they were reborn thanks to Usagi's light embracing the entire universe.
The fact that Galaxia 'guides' the Star Seeds to their legitimate homes further on implies she has a somewhat similar authority to the Guardian Cosmos of the manga.

Finally someone who dares explaining it. I wanted to write about it in a thread, but thought I was the only crazy person here who believed in that reasoning. Those flashbacks of Galaxia in episode 199 have a raison d'être, and they're a foreshadowing of what will occur in episode 200.

I also love the last conversation of UsaMamo. Look at Mamoru's eyes in his last line. So full of love towards Usagi. We didn't see that in Cosmos. Also, maybe I'm wrong (just like always ) but I think in japanese his last line has more depth that is lost in the translations?? You know, I remember in the first season Mamoru falls in love with Usagi because the latter made him genki.

 

[Rika-Chicchi]

Pouting Hotaru looks so cute!

 

[Late to the Game]

Perhaps because it's been a hot minute when someone has actually read and watched the manga/anime for the plot and not crash-coursed them?

Do you mean, people nowadays have an urge to finish things up as quickly as possible instead of paying proper attention, as if watching a show or reading a manga is now seen as a chore to be done with rather than enjoyed

This shot is simply perfect; the anatomy is spot-on, the perspective/angles are right, despite simply just standing none of the girls loses her individuality, the difference of height is respected, Jupiter/Uranus/Neptune even have the layered back bow!
Truly done by professionals

A really good shot of Jupiter, looking mature, serene and melancholic...

This scene is just brilliant. Everything about it is great, the expressions on their faces... Marvelloous.

I don't understand when people say the ending/conclusion of #200 was rushed...
This scene is miles better than that of the manga. Each girl gets to have a final speech, congratulating Usagi, comforting her.
Even the reunion of Mamoru and Usagi (Mamoru telling her that the little girl in his arms guided him to her) is so much more emotional.
Plus the OST! THE OST!!!

I sound like a broken record but GREAT COMPOSITION!

I'll admit I do miss Chibi Usa saying goodbye, but that's the only thing the manga/Cosmos has going for it IMO. And this last shot of the Starlights with the Senshi on the background? It's more and more beautiful the more I look at it.

This whole discussion regarding the white Star Seeds reminded me that, whenever I stated I liked the anime ending much more than the manga's, chances were someone would come up and tell how anime Stars makes no sense, because Galaxia steals Mamoru's Star Seed only to spend the following episodes waiting for her minions to bring her true Star Seeds. But Galaxia was supposed to know how to find true Star Seeds, otherwise she wouldn't have targeted Mamoru directly. I wonder if there's something I've missed.

 

[Talentless Fool]

I also love the last conversation of UsaMamo. Look at Mamoru's eyes in his last line. So full of love towards Usagi. We didn't see that in Cosmos.

But we did see him shirtless and all of his muscles

Miam! Miam! Miam!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, maybe I'm wrong (just like always ) but I think in japanese his last line has more depth that is lost in the translations?? You know, I remember in the first season Mamoru falls in love with Usagi because the latter made him genki.

It makes me think of You're Just My Love.

Basically what he says is, 'I love you so much that every time I'm around you, I become full of life'.
Which taking into account Mamoru's character/past means, whenever he's around Usagi, Mamoru realizes that he has a reason to be happy and alive
Usagi gave him a reason to be.
(Unfortunately, Mamoru was shafted past R, it would have been a cool road to delve more into his character but the R Movie exists!)

Do you mean, people nowadays have an urge to finish things up as quickly as possible instead of paying proper attention, as if watching a show or reading a manga is now seen as a chore to be done with rather than enjoyed

I think the culture of binge-watching has definitely contributed to this (and not just on watching 90s 200 SM episodes).

For example, I love Mike Flanagan's Netflix shows - they are really good. However would I, personally go watch them again? No.
Because the format is catered to be binge-watched.
It's not a pacing issue but more so how the episodes are structured - the episodes themselves are really long and there's loads of information in each of them. You can't really take it at one episode a week. Sure, you'll not forget everything but you'll definitely miss something here and there.
I do not have the time to binge watch a 12 hour show.

On the other side, I really like to watch the Lincoln Lawyer.
Or even the Lockwood and co series (a shame it was cancelled).
Lockwood has only 8 episodes but the episodes have sufficient info in each of them so that I can watch the series at my own pace. It's much more relaxing to go back to the series.

Which is why I prefer the TV shows of the last decade. I've been watching Law & Order SVU on Netflix and I can take any episode at any time and just enjoy it because they are stand-alone stories.
Even series such as Bones or Supernatural that had an overarching storyline have more breathing time in between to relax.

When it comes to Sailor Moon, it seems a lot of people's mindset is 'it takes too much time to watch the 200 episodes, I'll go for Crystal because it's shorter' as if it's a race to finish the series.
It's a show not an exam to cram!
Take it at your own pace, it can be an episode a day or a week - it's entertainment, it's meant to be experienced.

This whole discussion regarding the white Star Seeds reminded me that, whenever I stated I liked the anime ending much more than the manga's, chances were someone would come up and tell how anime Stars makes no sense, because Galaxia steals Mamoru's Star Seed only to spend the following episodes waiting for her minions to bring her true Star Seeds. But Galaxia was supposed to know how to find true Star Seeds, otherwise she wouldn't have targeted Mamoru directly. I wonder if there's something I've missed.

You know this is why I don't understand when people say the 90s anime is full of holes compared to the glorious manga...

And also, the manga doesn't have plotholes, it's meant to be imagined...

Cause don't get me wrong, the 90s anime HAS giant plotholes at times.
Like for example, a lot of people hate the animosity of the Outers and Starlights but I like it - conflict add layers to the story and having all characters agreeing with each other all the time would be plain boring as history proved it with the manga.
It's poorly implemented but it makes sense story wise - the Starlights are invaders and they are bringing their own conflict as they are being pursued by Galaxia to Earth.
In UraNep's mind, the Earth has nothing to do with this and they should vacate immediately. It kinda reflects real-life territory issues.

However, it's completely bonkers how nobody questions Chibi-Chibi!
Even Pluto doesn't know who she is, all of the Inners have sensed she has a mysterious power, she has ungraded Moon and UraNep is like 'OK, little weird doll-looking girl. You can live with Usagi, no problem'.
It's an issue that stems from the manga in which again, nobody questions or suspects the origins of Chibi-Chibi (despite every one there is supposedly super mature) and the situation is played for (poor) laughs.

My biggest issue is Mamoru 's plane. It just doesn't make any sense!
A Japanese airline with about 200 passengers just goes missing and it doesn't make the headlines?!?
I understand it was in the 90s with the internet/smartphones not being an everyday thing but still lol

Anyways, all of that to say that despite people claiming Galaxia doesn't make any sense in the 90s anime, on the contrary we do have little hints via the characters' dialogues or actions that paint a picture (which people fail to see I guess).

First when Galaxia attacks and kills Mamoru, he confesses that Earth has several allies of justice who will stand in her way.
We can hypothesize that the reason she doesn't immediately launch a wholesale attack on the Earth is to entertain herself one last time considering Earth is the last remaining inhabited planet in the Galaxy.
So she sends the Animamates to create some amusement for her.

But there are mainly 2 important things that we discover that explain her actions:
1) Throughout the season, Galaxia comments and notices that a great deal of Senshi are reuniting in the remote planet that is Earth (compared to the manga where our Solar System is the best in the galaxy - barf! it's like S5+ Charmed level of writing).
Galaxia is deeply concerned and disturbed by this phenomena and tries to understand it.

2) As we discover later, there's only one thing Galaxia is scared of and that is the Light of Hope, her own Star Seed.
She has knowledge that she sent her Seed into the universe to one day find someone who could nurture it.
Earth being the last remaining planet, it would have sense to her that if the Light of Hope survived, it would be found somewhere here.
Her greatest fear is that it has already found a host and in due time, that person will release the Light that would seal her away.
To me, this is the reason why she sends the Animamates into a wild goose chase on Earth, the 'True Star Seed' that Galaxia is searching for is not a random one but her own.

Via the Animamates acting as her eyes and ears, she is monitoring the situation on Earth with all of these Senshis and as well as trying to lure out the Light of Hope.
It is implied that she thought Kakyuu would have been the one to inherit the LoH.
Galaxia knows Kakyuu survived and Kakyuu is the last remaining person who has the requirements to don her Star Seed.
When she first lays eyes on Kakyuu, Galaxia says, 'So you're the one intending to release the power which can seal me away'.

However, once Galaxia discovers that Kakyuu has appeared but not the LoH, she judges she has nothing to fear.
She, herself, descends on Earth, gets rid of Nyanko (since now she has no use of the Animamates), kills Kakyuu and launches an all out-attack on Tokyo.
She lets the girls live instead of killing them as entertainment for herself.

Honestly, all of this would have been less confusing if for example one of the Animamates had the simple line of, 'Oh, so what you're a Senshi? I could care less about your 'True' Star Seed, I'm looking for a grander one'.
Or if an Inner and Animamate had a brawl with the Inner losing, the Animamate could have claimed something along the lines, 'Huh! I have no use of your True Star Seed. Madam Galaxia requires one that shines with the absolute light. Now die!'

Compared to the manga where Galaxia is a big ding-dong whose plans make no sense!
She could have killed Usagi at the airport but chooses not to. Usagi goes into shock - is it Galaxia's doing? I don't know.
Galaxia, at one point, confronts Usagi and destroys Tokyo to only flee because of Chibi Chibi so why didn't she kill Usagi back then???

Some people will say it's all for Usagi to have 'the strength' to confront Chaos and Galaxia wanted to pit the two against each other.
Except!
Usagi is claimed to be the sole person to rival Galaxia. Rival means she's the only one who can stand on an equal footing as her.
Yet when they do duel, Usagi is overpowered and Galaxia just... gives up and flees to the Cauldron like a big moron.
How could Usagi have been a match with Chaos (who is more powerful than Galaxia) when she was barely a match for her.
And still! Usagi was never a match for Chaos! She had to conjure ALL of the Senshi slumbering into the Cauldron to extinguish Chaos.
Also, Galaxia really believed Chaos wouldn't backstab her?

In what world does Galaxia's plans in the manga have any sense and why nobody talks about it?

 

[Bunny Rivière]

Son collier ressemble à celui qui présage les étoiles.

ça te va si je dis qu'il a l'air à la mode avec cette tenue ?, il a 10 ans en arrière avec ce style.

Je me demande s'il ne se souvient vraiment pas de la première fois où il a embrassé Usagi, ou s'il a honte d'avoir embrassé Usagi alors qu'elle était inconsciente dans l'épisode de la danse de la princesse de la saison 1 .

il a honte, il se rappelle très bien, cela se voit dans sa réaction, il louche du regard et il rougit. Après il cherche à changer de sujet quand il dit « la lune est belle ce soir » dans le folklore japonais quand quelqu'un dit cette phrase, c'est équivalent à un je t'aime. Il détourne son attention.

 

[Lady Pen]

(...)someone would come up and tell how anime Stars makes no sense, because Galaxia steals Mamoru's Star Seed only to spend the following episodes waiting for her minions to bring her true Star Seeds(...)

And those people don't realise it also happens in the manga. The animamates in the manga/Cosmos are useless because Galaxia knows who the Solar Senshis are, even she kills some of them but instead prefers to send her ridiculous minions. It makes no sense, innit? But it seems the 90's Anime has to be criticised and get bashed because........ whatever......

But we did see him shirtless and all of his muscles

Miam! Miam! Miam!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well...... he showed us more in the 90's.

But we did see him shirtless and all of his muscles

Miam! Miam! Miam!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It makes me think of You're Just My Love.

Basically what he says is, 'I love you so much that every time I'm around you, I become full of life'.
Which taking into account Mamoru's character/past means, whenever he's around Usagi, Mamoru realizes that he has a reason to be happy and alive
Usagi gave him a reason to be.
(Unfortunately, Mamoru was shafted past R, it would have been a cool road to delve more into his character but the R Movie exists!)


I think the culture of binge-watching has definitely contributed to this (and not just on watching 90s 200 SM episodes).

For example, I love Mike Flanagan's Netflix shows - they are really good. However would I, personally go watch them again? No.
Because the format is catered to be binge-watched.
It's not a pacing issue but more so how the episodes are structured - the episodes themselves are really long and there's loads of information in each of them. You can't really take it at one episode a week. Sure, you'll not forget everything but you'll definitely miss something here and there.
I do not have the time to binge watch a 12 hour show.

On the other side, I really like to watch the Lincoln Lawyer.
Or even the Lockwood and co series (a shame it was cancelled).
Lockwood has only 8 episodes but the episodes have sufficient info in each of them so that I can watch the series at my own pace. It's much more relaxing to go back to the series.

Which is why I prefer the TV shows of the last decade. I've been watching Law & Order SVU on Netflix and I can take any episode at any time and just enjoy it because they are stand-alone stories.
Even series such as Bones or Supernatural that had an overarching storyline have more breathing time in between to relax.

When it comes to Sailor Moon, it seems a lot of people's mindset is 'it takes too much time to watch the 200 episodes, I'll go for Crystal because it's shorter' as if it's a race to finish the series.
It's a show not an exam to cram!
Take it at your own pace, it can be an episode a day or a week - it's entertainment, it's meant to be experienced.


You know this is why I don't understand when people say the 90s anime is full of holes compared to the glorious manga...

And also, the manga doesn't have plotholes, it's meant to be imagined...

Cause don't get me wrong, the 90s anime HAS giant plotholes at times.
Like for example, a lot of people hate the animosity of the Outers and Starlights but I like it - conflict add layers to the story and having all characters agreeing with each other all the time would be plain boring as history proved it with the manga.
It's poorly implemented but it makes sense story wise - the Starlights are invaders and they are bringing their own conflict as they are being pursued by Galaxia to Earth.
In UraNep's mind, the Earth has nothing to do with this and they should vacate immediately. It kinda reflects real-life territory issues.

However, it's completely bonkers how nobody questions Chibi-Chibi!
Even Pluto doesn't know who she is, all of the Inners have sensed she has a mysterious power, she has ungraded Moon and UraNep is like 'OK, little weird doll-looking girl. You can live with Usagi, no problem'.
It's an issue that stems from the manga in which again, nobody questions or suspects the origins of Chibi-Chibi (despite every one there is supposedly super mature) and the situation is played for (poor) laughs.

My biggest issue is Mamoru 's plane. It just doesn't make any sense!
A Japanese airline with about 200 passengers just goes missing and it doesn't make the headlines?!?
I understand it was in the 90s with the internet/smartphones not being an everyday thing but still lol

Anyways, all of that to say that despite people claiming Galaxia doesn't make any sense in the 90s anime, on the contrary we do have little hints via the characters' dialogues or actions that paint a picture (which people fail to see I guess).

First when Galaxia attacks and kills Mamoru, he confesses that Earth has several allies of justice who will stand in her way.
We can hypothesize that the reason she doesn't immediately launch a wholesale attack on the Earth is to entertain herself one last time considering Earth is the last remaining inhabited planet in the Galaxy.
So she sends the Animamates to create some amusement for her.

But there are mainly 2 important things that we discover that explain her actions:
1) Throughout the season, Galaxia comments and notices that a great deal of Senshi are reuniting in the remote planet that is Earth (compared to the manga where our Solar System is the best in the galaxy - barf! it's like S5+ Charmed level of writing).
Galaxia is deeply concerned and disturbed by this phenomena and tries to understand it.

2) As we discover later, there's only one thing Galaxia is scared of and that is the Light of Hope, her own Star Seed.
She has knowledge that she sent her Seed into the universe to one day find someone who could nurture it.
Earth being the last remaining planet, it would have sense to her that if the Light of Hope survived, it would be found somewhere here.
Her greatest fear is that it has already found a host and in due time, that person will release the Light that would seal her away.
To me, this is the reason why she sends the Animamates into a wild goose chase on Earth, the 'True Star Seed' that Galaxia is searching for is not a random one but her own.

Via the Animamates acting as her eyes and ears, she is monitoring the situation on Earth with all of these Senshis and as well as trying to lure out the Light of Hope.
It is implied that she thought Kakyuu would have been the one to inherit the LoH.
Galaxia knows Kakyuu survived and Kakyuu is the last remaining person who has the requirements to don her Star Seed.
When she first lays eyes on Kakyuu, Galaxia says, 'So you're the one intending to release the power which can seal me away'.

However, once Galaxia discovers that Kakyuu has appeared but not the LoH, she judges she has nothing to fear.
She, herself, descends on Earth, gets rid of Nyanko (since now she has no use of the Animamates), kills Kakyuu and launches an all out-attack on Tokyo.
She lets the girls live instead of killing them as entertainment for herself.

Honestly, all of this would have been less confusing if for example one of the Animamates had the simple line of, 'Oh, so what you're a Senshi? I could care less about your 'True' Star Seed, I'm looking for a grander one'.
Or if an Inner and Animamate had a brawl with the Inner losing, the Animamate could have claimed something along the lines, 'Huh! I have no use of your True Star Seed. Madam Galaxia requires one that shines with the absolute light. Now die!'

Compared to the manga where Galaxia is a big ding-dong whose plans make no sense!
She could have killed Usagi at the airport but chooses not to. Usagi goes into shock - is it Galaxia's doing? I don't know.
Galaxia, at one point, confronts Usagi and destroys Tokyo to only flee because of Chibi Chibi so why didn't she kill Usagi back then???

Some people will say it's all for Usagi to have 'the strength' to confront Chaos and Galaxia wanted to pit the two against each other.
Except!
Usagi is claimed to be the sole person to rival Galaxia. Rival means she's the only one who can stand on an equal footing as her.
Yet when they do duel, Usagi is overpowered and Galaxia just... gives up and flees to the Cauldron like a big moron.
How could Usagi have been a match with Chaos (who is more powerful than Galaxia) when she was barely a match for her.
And still! Usagi was never a match for Chaos! She had to conjure ALL of the Senshi slumbering into the Cauldron to extinguish Chaos.
Also, Galaxia really believed Chaos wouldn't backstab her?

In what world does Galaxia's plans in the manga have any sense and why nobody talks about it?

Agree. Actually the big issue of the main plot was that sloppy composition due to the structure of the formula Yamaguchi and Igarashi were forced to follow. After episode 173, it seems Galaxia's plot is forgotten just to strictly follow the same Sailor Moon S patterns until Seiren's death.

My biggest issue is Mamoru 's plane. It just doesn't make any sense!
A Japanese airline with about 200 passengers just goes missing and it doesn't make the headlines?!?
I understand it was in the 90s with the internet/smartphones not being an everyday thing but still lol

That reminds me... where were Ami's mother, Minako's parents or Granpa Hino when they were captured by Rubeus/ killed by the Animamates in the manga? Why the manga fans haven't thought about that? I suppose they use their imagination like 'Usagi phoned and told them they were having several pyjama parties for some weeks.'

In what world does Galaxia's plans in the manga have any sense and why nobody talks about it?

Because manga/Crystal fans don't care about that. They only care about the lore. They love the stars arc only for: The scale of the 'battle ', the rivers, the cemetery, the garden, the Cauldron, Sailor Cosmos, and Galaxia's intentions to go against the natural death and reborn system of the Cauldron because...... you know.... magical girls deconstruction and all that nonsense.

 

[JunoDX]

Am I the only one who thinks Sailor Chaos and Serenity‘s sword look so random?

 

[Late to the Game]

But we did see him shirtless and all of his muscles
Which is why I prefer the TV shows of the last decade. I've been watching Law & Order SVU on Netflix and I can take any episode at any time and just enjoy it because they are stand-alone stories.
Even series such as Bones or Supernatural that had an overarching storyline have more breathing time in between to relax.

That's how I see (most of) Sailor Moon. Sometimes I wanna see an episode or two from my comfort shows, and not doing a whole rewatch, and I like it that I can watch almost any episode of Sailor Moon by itself and still be entertained, while shows that are too serialised lose a lot of the rewatch value, at least for me.

When it comes to Sailor Moon, it seems a lot of people's mindset is 'it takes too much time to watch the 200 episodes, I'll go for Crystal because it's shorter' as if it's a race to finish the series.
It's a show not an exam to cram!

It's like they feel watching the the bloody show is a chore, right? As if the pleasure isn't in watching, but in having finished the damn thing.

Cause don't get me wrong, the 90s anime HAS giant plotholes at times.
Like for example, a lot of people hate the animosity of the Outers and Starlights but I like it - conflict add layers to the story and having all characters agreeing with each other all the time would be plain boring as history proved it with the manga.
It's poorly implemented but it makes sense story wise - the Starlights are invaders and they are bringing their own conflict as they are being pursued by Galaxia to Earth.
In UraNep's mind, the Earth has nothing to do with this and they should vacate immediately. It kinda reflects real-life territory issues.

However, it's completely bonkers how nobody questions Chibi-Chibi!
Even Pluto doesn't know who she is, all of the Inners have sensed she has a mysterious power, she has ungraded Moon and UraNep is like 'OK, little weird doll-looking girl. You can live with Usagi, no problem'.
It's an issue that stems from the manga in which again, nobody questions or suspects the origins of Chibi-Chibi (despite every one there is supposedly super mature) and the situation is played for (poor) laughs.

My biggest issue is Mamoru 's plane. It just doesn't make any sense!
A Japanese airline with about 200 passengers just goes missing and it doesn't make the headlines?!?
I understand it was in the 90s with the internet/smartphones not being an everyday thing but still lol

I agree with every word here.

Anyways, all of that to say that despite people claiming Galaxia doesn't make any sense in the 90s anime, on the contrary we do have little hints via the characters' dialogues or actions that paint a picture (which people fail to see I guess).

1) Throughout the season, Galaxia comments and notices that a great deal of Senshi are reuniting in the remote planet that is Earth (compared to the manga where our Solar System is the best in the galaxy - barf! it's like S5+ Charmed level of writing).

I'll have to admit I have no idea what you mean by Charmed level of writing. I'm a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, but I've never felt like watching Charmed

Via the Animamates acting as her eyes and ears, she is monitoring the situation on Earth with all of these Senshis and as well as trying to lure out the Light of Hope.
It is implied that she thought Kakyuu would have been the one to inherit the LoH.
Galaxia knows Kakyuu survived and Kakyuu is the last remaining person who has the requirements to don her Star Seed.
When she first lays eyes on Kakyuu, Galaxia says, 'So you're the one intending to release the power which can seal me away'.

However, once Galaxia discovers that Kakyuu has appeared but not the LoH, she judges she has nothing to fear.
She, herself, descends on Earth, gets rid of Nyanko (since now she has no use of the Animamates), kills Kakyuu and launches an all out-attack on Tokyo.
She lets the girls live instead of killing them as entertainment for herself.

Honestly, all of this would have been less confusing if for example one of the Animamates had the simple line of, 'Oh, so what you're a Senshi? I could care less about your 'True' Star Seed, I'm looking for a grander one'.
Or if an Inner and Animamate had a brawl with the Inner losing, the Animamate could have claimed something along the lines, 'Huh! I have no use of your True Star Seed. Madam Galaxia requires one that shines with the absolute light. Now die!'

If I understand correctly, your take then is that Galaxia is using the Star Seeds thing only as an excuse, while her real goal is to lure the Light of Hope, in order to destroy it.

While I do think what you're saying makes sense, I can't help but wonder if we're trying to connect dots that weren't even thought out to be there. I mean, maybe the writers did think of that and just weren't able/couldn't bother to make things clearer, but maybe it was all so messy and we're the ones who have to try to make some sense of what we were actually given?

Compared to the manga where Galaxia is a big ding-dong whose plans make no sense!
She could have killed Usagi at the airport but chooses not to. Usagi goes into shock - is it Galaxia's doing? I don't know.
Galaxia, at one point, confronts Usagi and destroys Tokyo to only flee because of Chibi Chibi so why didn't she kill Usagi back then???

Some people will say it's all for Usagi to have 'the strength' to confront Chaos and Galaxia wanted to pit the two against each other.
Except!
Usagi is claimed to be the sole person to rival Galaxia. Rival means she's the only one who can stand on an equal footing as her.
Yet when they do duel, Usagi is overpowered and Galaxia just... gives up and flees to the Cauldron like a big moron.
How could Usagi have been a match with Chaos (who is more powerful than Galaxia) when she was barely a match for her.
And still! Usagi was never a match for Chaos! She had to conjure ALL of the Senshi slumbering into the Cauldron to extinguish Chaos.
Also, Galaxia really believed Chaos wouldn't backstab her?

In what world does Galaxia's plans in the manga have any sense and why nobody talks about it?

Folks seem to buy into the "Galaxia's goal is to torture Usagi and bring her to the depths of despair" too easily, as if this excuses any inconsistency. In a way, I think they're overestimating Takeuchi's storytelling abilities and seeing a profound underlying reasoning where I can only see clumsiness, but maybe it's just a double standard, when ambiguity, vagueness and plot holes in the manga are forgiven, while the same things are a reason to tear the anime apart.

And those people don't realise it also happens in the manga. The animamates in the manga/Cosmos are useless because Galaxia knows who the Solar Senshis are, even she kills some of them but instead prefers to send her ridiculous minions. It makes no sense, innit? But it seems the 90's Anime has to be criticised and get bashed because........ whatever......

"Because that's not the story Naoko-hime wanted to tell, big bad TOEI ruined everything, and have we told you how Galaxia's goal is to toy with Usagi's feelings and bring her down to her knees, oh, you just don't get it..."

Because manga/Crystal fans don't care about that. They only care about the lore. They love the stars arc only for: The scale of the 'battle ', the rivers, the cemetery, the garden, the Cauldron, Sailor Cosmos, and Galaxia's intentions to go against the natural death and reborn system of the Cauldron because...... you know.... magical girls deconstruction and all that nonsense.

It all feels like bad window dressing for me. Heavy Metal Papillion, Phi and Chi, the rivers, the cemetery, somehow I can't care about any of this. There's some beautiful imagery, sure, but even the imagery is better in theory than in practice.