Well...... he showed us more in the 90's.
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BTW, the actor of Motoki in PGSM has also done a fully nude scene in an erotic movie after PGSM, tho I haven't heard the actor of Mamoru in PGSM having done that. lol
The monster of the week/stand-alone schema is over-hated in my opinion.
The OG Scooby-Doo is one of my favorite cartoons ever and it's exactly because of this MotW component.
Same thing with early seasons of a lot of shows.
There was a lot of drama on Charmed.
I'll put it in spoilers
While I do think some things changed over the course of the season, I don't think there was much change over Galaxia's character.
As we see from the very first version of the Opening,
Galaxia was always intended to have been possessed by Chaos as we see her seed being corrupted and taking the form of a winged demon.
Galaxia was always intended to be the Light of Hope as we see her soaring into the depths of the universe. Which also means Cosmos was never intended to be involved in the show from the early beginnings.
The fact that we also have a naked winged Usagi in the ending sequence alludes that the ending of 200 was something they were going for from the start.
Some things that went under the cutting board were:
Apparently Chaos (Sailor Chaos?) surging from the depths of the Earth a la Evil Beryl
This maniacal figure grinning which I suppose is intended to be Chaos. Perhaps they had intended for Chaos to be a figure just like Metallia which would have been awakened in the middle of the season after being offered Star Seeds?
But the major rejected storyline is what we can assume is the Tenkei Kingdom being reconstructed.
This kovil like structure which I presume is inspired by the real-life Prambanan temple has likewise 3 main temples devoted to the Trimurti - Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma would logically represent the 3 Starlights.
Prambanan - Wikipedia
As for Galaxia, I think the Star Seed she was searching for was always the Light of Hope just like in S, Tomoe was searching for the Grail and later a specific Pure Heart and Nehenelia was searching for the Golden Mirror.
The fact that Mamoru is shown to be immediately attacked also perhaps was meant to lead the viewer into thinking that Galaxia was not simply interested in Star Seeds of Senshis as when she first appears she never mentions the term Senshi.
Moreover in Japanese, Shin no Star Seed can be meant to be singular and specific as well.
It does kinda get murky in the middle (like always with post R because of the loads of characters to screen in) but I think the anime staff did a better job in trying to deliver a cohesive story with leaving the path open to any way they wanted, should they have had to change things in the story along the way, while still keeping the plotholes and inconsistencies to a minimum.
Compared to the adulated manga whereby Takeuchi is probably writing the story as she is drawing the pages with the amount of pages contradicting each other.
Not to mention Takeuchi tries to sell us the idea that the clique of Usagi are super stars at the school.
So nobody was fazed when the 300 IQ genius girl, the popular girl of the flower club, the head priestess of that super well known shrine, the star athlete of the volley ball club have all gone missing in the school in the middle of the day?????
Moreover, Takeuchi creates that moronic scene of a teacher asking about Minako's absence meaning the school does know they are no where to be found but I guess their parents are completely fine with it.
Later on Usagi takes Artemis home and we have this unnecessary scene of Usagi saying Minako has a 'situation at home', I guess her parents don't give a damn about their daughter.
This of course, is to highlight UsaMe's deep and rooted sadness instead of the tragedy of Minako's passing because of course it has to be about Usagi...
The OG Scooby-Doo is one of my favorite cartoons ever and it's exactly because of this MotW component.
Same thing with early seasons of a lot of shows.
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
I'll put it in spoilers
Spoiler: show
While I do think some things changed over the course of the season, I don't think there was much change over Galaxia's character.
As we see from the very first version of the Opening,
Galaxia was always intended to have been possessed by Chaos as we see her seed being corrupted and taking the form of a winged demon.
Galaxia was always intended to be the Light of Hope as we see her soaring into the depths of the universe. Which also means Cosmos was never intended to be involved in the show from the early beginnings.
The fact that we also have a naked winged Usagi in the ending sequence alludes that the ending of 200 was something they were going for from the start.
Some things that went under the cutting board were:
Apparently Chaos (Sailor Chaos?) surging from the depths of the Earth a la Evil Beryl
This maniacal figure grinning which I suppose is intended to be Chaos. Perhaps they had intended for Chaos to be a figure just like Metallia which would have been awakened in the middle of the season after being offered Star Seeds?
But the major rejected storyline is what we can assume is the Tenkei Kingdom being reconstructed.
This kovil like structure which I presume is inspired by the real-life Prambanan temple has likewise 3 main temples devoted to the Trimurti - Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma would logically represent the 3 Starlights.
Prambanan - Wikipedia
As for Galaxia, I think the Star Seed she was searching for was always the Light of Hope just like in S, Tomoe was searching for the Grail and later a specific Pure Heart and Nehenelia was searching for the Golden Mirror.
The fact that Mamoru is shown to be immediately attacked also perhaps was meant to lead the viewer into thinking that Galaxia was not simply interested in Star Seeds of Senshis as when she first appears she never mentions the term Senshi.
Moreover in Japanese, Shin no Star Seed can be meant to be singular and specific as well.
It does kinda get murky in the middle (like always with post R because of the loads of characters to screen in) but I think the anime staff did a better job in trying to deliver a cohesive story with leaving the path open to any way they wanted, should they have had to change things in the story along the way, while still keeping the plotholes and inconsistencies to a minimum.
Compared to the adulated manga whereby Takeuchi is probably writing the story as she is drawing the pages with the amount of pages contradicting each other.
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.'
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.'
So nobody was fazed when the 300 IQ genius girl, the popular girl of the flower club, the head priestess of that super well known shrine, the star athlete of the volley ball club have all gone missing in the school in the middle of the day?????
Moreover, Takeuchi creates that moronic scene of a teacher asking about Minako's absence meaning the school does know they are no where to be found but I guess their parents are completely fine with it.
Later on Usagi takes Artemis home and we have this unnecessary scene of Usagi saying Minako has a 'situation at home', I guess her parents don't give a damn about their daughter.
This of course, is to highlight UsaMe's deep and rooted sadness instead of the tragedy of Minako's passing because of course it has to be about Usagi...
The monster of the week/stand-alone schema is over-hated in my opinion.
The OG Scooby-Doo is one of my favorite cartoons ever and it's exactly because of this MotW component.
Same thing with early seasons of a lot of shows.
There was a lot of drama on Charmed.
I'll put it in spoilers
The OG Scooby-Doo is one of my favorite cartoons ever and it's exactly because of this MotW component.
Same thing with early seasons of a lot of shows.
There was a lot of drama on Charmed.
I'll put it in spoilers
Spoiler: show
Alyssa sounds like that person I used to work with. Loves to boss people around and hijacks her bosses orders so she can boss other subordinates. 
And I thought all this time Shannon was the problem child. I didn't knew Rose had problems with Alyssa as well.
I’m interested in some reference about this 
link or something like that, I need to have a better view of that situation.
link or something like that, I need to have a better view of that situation.
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Tanka???? 
I've always thought that actor has aged better than Shibue.
I could never quite make sense of that scene. I see a city (Tokyo I guess) in ruins, just like in the final episodes of Stars, and a black dome bursting open, letting Chaos escape, symbolising that Earth has also fallen under Galaxia’s rule.
Now that you mention it, she does look quite a lot like Galaxia—at least the hair does. I hadn't picked up on that detail before.
If you ask me, when you look at the Materials Collection art book, you'll notice Sailor Cosmos doesn't have any detailed description for the anime team compared to the other characters. There’s just a sketch of an uncoloured illustration, and she doesn’t even appear alongside Chibi Chibi’s detailed designs (which is odd, considering she’s supposedly a key character in the plot). It makes you think she was a last-minute creation. And that's probably why they had to come up with a different origin story for the anime.
And of course, Toei gets blamed, while Naoko, who might've never actually provided concrete info about the character, is somehow the innocent victim in all of this. Toei's the villain, apparently—the ones who cruelly kept Sailor Cosmos off the screen.
I reckon the different translations have probably messed with parts of the plot too. In a lot of dubs, it's likely been translated as 'the search for a true star seed' instead of 'the search for the true star seed.' Those little changes do matter, like translating 'kokoro' as either 'mind' or 'heart,' when really, the word has a much broader meaning—it can completely change the sense of a scene or line.
And honestly, how could you forget my hubby???!?!?!?! Those lips...
The shadows....the eyes!!!!!! THE EYES!!!!! WHERE IS THIS IN COSMOS????!?!??!?
WHERE??!?!?!? In Cosmos we only have Mamo with a poker face looking at all the brides (one of them a little girl) he had to deal with................... it's anything except romantic.........
I've always thought that actor has aged better than Shibue.
I could never quite make sense of that scene. I see a city (Tokyo I guess) in ruins, just like in the final episodes of Stars, and a black dome bursting open, letting Chaos escape, symbolising that Earth has also fallen under Galaxia’s rule.
Galaxia was always intended to be the Light of Hope as we see her soaring into the depths of the universe. Which also means Cosmos was never intended to be involved in the show from the early beginnings.
If you ask me, when you look at the Materials Collection art book, you'll notice Sailor Cosmos doesn't have any detailed description for the anime team compared to the other characters. There’s just a sketch of an uncoloured illustration, and she doesn’t even appear alongside Chibi Chibi’s detailed designs (which is odd, considering she’s supposedly a key character in the plot). It makes you think she was a last-minute creation. And that's probably why they had to come up with a different origin story for the anime.
And of course, Toei gets blamed, while Naoko, who might've never actually provided concrete info about the character, is somehow the innocent victim in all of this. Toei's the villain, apparently—the ones who cruelly kept Sailor Cosmos off the screen.
I reckon the different translations have probably messed with parts of the plot too. In a lot of dubs, it's likely been translated as 'the search for a true star seed' instead of 'the search for the true star seed.' Those little changes do matter, like translating 'kokoro' as either 'mind' or 'heart,' when really, the word has a much broader meaning—it can completely change the sense of a scene or line.
And honestly, how could you forget my hubby???!?!?!?! Those lips...
The shadows....the eyes!!!!!! THE EYES!!!!! WHERE IS THIS IN COSMOS????!?!??!?
WHERE??!?!?!? In Cosmos we only have Mamo with a poker face looking at all the brides (one of them a little girl) he had to deal with................... it's anything except romantic.........
I’m interested in some reference about this link or something like that, I need to have a better view of that situation.
link or something like that, I need to have a better view of that situation.
Tanka????
https://auctions.afimg.jp/m1075900825/ya/image/m1075900825.2.jpg
https://auctions.afimg.jp/m1075900825/ya/image/m1075900825.3.jpg
It's an erotic but artistic film, not outright J-porn.
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Igarashi and Takeuchi have an initial planned plot for Stars, TOEI and Bandai rejected Usagi being Cosmos and changed it, I think that is also the reason why the Eternal outfits of other Senshi are removed since it is related to Usagi being Cosmos.
I think Takeuchi should just draw and write the initial plot she planned for the manga instead of scrapping it because that plot gives Usagi more agency rather than being forced on being Cosmos, I think Naoko should not get upset at the script or just put the manga on hiatus until after the final episode airs.
I think Takeuchi should just draw and write the initial plot she planned for the manga instead of scrapping it because that plot gives Usagi more agency rather than being forced on being Cosmos, I think Naoko should not get upset at the script or just put the manga on hiatus until after the final episode airs.
I agree. On my thread about whether people focus too much on the plot, it was pointed out that the Scooby Doo series was much, much shorter than Sailor Moon. It's a fair point, but I still think the MoTW structure is one of the things that makes Sailor Moon so enjoyable and it adds to its replay value, IMO (especially when compared to Crystal).
On the one hand, now I'm happy I never too the time to watch Charmed. But on the other hand, this is exactly the kind of juicy behind the scenes stories that I just adore. Maybe I'm a big gossip at heart, but I really wish we had a book or a documentary spilling all the beans of the Sailor Moon franchise in the 90s, and I mean one that delved deeper into the conflicts Takeuchi might have had with TOEI, explored the motivations for the changes in series directors, this sort of thing. But I think we'll never get one.
I wonder if, Japanese language ambiguity aside (just like @Lady Pen said), the whole "Galaxia's plans make no sense" stems from fans reinterpreting the anime in the light of the manga (as if, because manga Galaxia is after the Senshi's Star Seeds, then anime Galaxia must be after them as well, which is not necessarily the case).
The more details you add, the harder it gets to keep consistency, and in Takeuchi's case, it obviously backfires. I think the vagueness of the anime is the lesser of two evils.
That actually makes a lot of sense and, considering how Naoko used to work back then, I'd bet this is pretty close to (if not exactly) what happened.
There was a lot of drama on Charmed.
I'll put it in spoilers
I'll put it in spoilers
I wonder if, Japanese language ambiguity aside (just like @Lady Pen said), the whole "Galaxia's plans make no sense" stems from fans reinterpreting the anime in the light of the manga (as if, because manga Galaxia is after the Senshi's Star Seeds, then anime Galaxia must be after them as well, which is not necessarily the case).
The more details you add, the harder it gets to keep consistency, and in Takeuchi's case, it obviously backfires. I think the vagueness of the anime is the lesser of two evils.
That actually makes a lot of sense and, considering how Naoko used to work back then, I'd bet this is pretty close to (if not exactly) what happened.
Episode 200 Final Part ~ The Final Goodbye 
It's always hilarious to me that Eternal tried to pull this picture and to only create a plothole
The cats were here since the beginning.
Gif version
I guess it's symbolizing the end of the season.
Who knows perhaps the initial idea was for Chaos to burst out of the Earth taking possession of Galaxia's body - which is basically what happens in #200 except Chaos is a concept not a character.
It greatly reminds me of the Classic finale with Beryl bursting out of a flower (which btw is one of the most stunning Sailor Moon scenes ever! Sailor Moon + Horror = Forever the perfect sauce!!!)
It makes no doubt for me that it's Galaxia and she was always intended to be the legendary senshi and Light of Hope.
Remember the Openings were never shy of major spoilers; Classic already had Sailor Moon becoming Princess Serenity, R had Sailor Moon in turn becoming Neo Queen Serenity as well. S had butterflies, which are the motif of Super Sailor Moon, all around the characters and SuperS had all of the girls posing on the lotus version of the Silver Crystal as well as featuring Elysion (all of which we can say were originally planned but ended up scrapped).
In Stars, however at any point in the Opening is there even a slight hint of Cosmos (or Chibi Chibi) despite updating the shadow versions of the Starlights (which featured the original sans ponytail design) and showing the Tenkei Kingdom.
The poor guy has the PPF syndrome that can even affect males! Which in his case is the Purinsu Poker Face Syndrome
The 90s anime reaction to seeing the Crystermos adaptation desperately trying to be as iconic as it:
It's always hilarious to me that Eternal tried to pull this picture and to only create a plothole
The cats were here since the beginning.
Gif version
I guess it's symbolizing the end of the season.
Who knows perhaps the initial idea was for Chaos to burst out of the Earth taking possession of Galaxia's body - which is basically what happens in #200 except Chaos is a concept not a character.
It greatly reminds me of the Classic finale with Beryl bursting out of a flower (which btw is one of the most stunning Sailor Moon scenes ever! Sailor Moon + Horror = Forever the perfect sauce!!!)
It makes no doubt for me that it's Galaxia and she was always intended to be the legendary senshi and Light of Hope.
Remember the Openings were never shy of major spoilers; Classic already had Sailor Moon becoming Princess Serenity, R had Sailor Moon in turn becoming Neo Queen Serenity as well. S had butterflies, which are the motif of Super Sailor Moon, all around the characters and SuperS had all of the girls posing on the lotus version of the Silver Crystal as well as featuring Elysion (all of which we can say were originally planned but ended up scrapped).
In Stars, however at any point in the Opening is there even a slight hint of Cosmos (or Chibi Chibi) despite updating the shadow versions of the Starlights (which featured the original sans ponytail design) and showing the Tenkei Kingdom.
The poor guy has the PPF syndrome that can even affect males! Which in his case is the Purinsu Poker Face Syndrome
The 90s anime reaction to seeing the Crystermos adaptation desperately trying to be as iconic as it:
Another hint of the ending of #200, we see Usagi spreading her arms and releasing Star Seeds by the support of the girls, as her light embraces all of Tokyo,
Another thing to look at is the 'All for One, One for All' scene (Oh, Tomoya-kun, I'll forever be bitter that you didn't include this in the movies' Openings!)
For one it's obviously very similar to the same sequence that is used in the final Opening of Saint Seiya,
The Stars Opening has another mirror image to Saint Seiya's final ending as well,
But what is more interesting is what this sequence reveals in itself.
First, of course Usagi extends her hand to Rei (best friends forever) but it shows the girls diving into a sort of abyss of dark purple color.
This sort of dark aurora is Galaxia's motif and as they all join hands, the dark aurora is purified and they all release a cleansing light.
Considering how prominently the Inners are featured in the Opening, the last time they were this heavily featured was in R - I have to wonder if the Starlights were only planned to be minor characters in the beginning and the focus was going to return to the Inners and their friendship akin to the Classic season.
Which what the Nehenelia arc basically was.
However, perhaps because this mini arc, despite it's heavy focus on friendship, action and dark themes didn't elevate the viewership much, Bandai quickly backpaddled and demanded for the Starlights (the new characters) to be the main attraction.
Chibi-Usa was already out considering her focus on the SuperS season didn't sell the toys.
Which in turn would explain the Starlights original designs in the 1st version of the Opening that the Nehenelia arc featured:
It's bizarre that the only thing Bandai was pesky about - their ponytails - isn't present here.
The fact that the 1st version of the transformations and attacks of the Starlights are very lackluster and even don't feature the toys they were supposed to be advertising would also be explained by this sudden change of direction.
Last thing to note is the logo of the season:
Of course, we see Usagi's Star Seed with the moon motif, the ribbon representing Sailors and the feather representing the Light of Hope.
However the logo also features two extra Star Seeds, who could they be?
Galaxia and Kakyuu?
Another thing to look at is the 'All for One, One for All' scene (Oh, Tomoya-kun, I'll forever be bitter that you didn't include this in the movies' Openings!)
For one it's obviously very similar to the same sequence that is used in the final Opening of Saint Seiya,
The Stars Opening has another mirror image to Saint Seiya's final ending as well,
But what is more interesting is what this sequence reveals in itself.
First, of course Usagi extends her hand to Rei (best friends forever) but it shows the girls diving into a sort of abyss of dark purple color.
This sort of dark aurora is Galaxia's motif and as they all join hands, the dark aurora is purified and they all release a cleansing light.
Considering how prominently the Inners are featured in the Opening, the last time they were this heavily featured was in R - I have to wonder if the Starlights were only planned to be minor characters in the beginning and the focus was going to return to the Inners and their friendship akin to the Classic season.
Which what the Nehenelia arc basically was.
However, perhaps because this mini arc, despite it's heavy focus on friendship, action and dark themes didn't elevate the viewership much, Bandai quickly backpaddled and demanded for the Starlights (the new characters) to be the main attraction.
Chibi-Usa was already out considering her focus on the SuperS season didn't sell the toys.
Which in turn would explain the Starlights original designs in the 1st version of the Opening that the Nehenelia arc featured:
It's bizarre that the only thing Bandai was pesky about - their ponytails - isn't present here.
The fact that the 1st version of the transformations and attacks of the Starlights are very lackluster and even don't feature the toys they were supposed to be advertising would also be explained by this sudden change of direction.
Last thing to note is the logo of the season:
Of course, we see Usagi's Star Seed with the moon motif, the ribbon representing Sailors and the feather representing the Light of Hope.
However the logo also features two extra Star Seeds, who could they be?
Galaxia and Kakyuu?
The monster of the week/stand-alone schema is over-hated in my opinion.
The OG Scooby-Doo is one of my favorite cartoons ever and it's exactly because of this MotW component.
Same thing with early seasons of a lot of shows.
There was a lot of drama on Charmed.
I'll put it in spoilers
While I do think some things changed over the course of the season, I don't think there was much change over Galaxia's character.
As we see from the very first version of the Opening,
Galaxia was always intended to have been possessed by Chaos as we see her seed being corrupted and taking the form of a winged demon.
Galaxia was always intended to be the Light of Hope as we see her soaring into the depths of the universe. Which also means Cosmos was never intended to be involved in the show from the early beginnings.
The fact that we also have a naked winged Usagi in the ending sequence alludes that the ending of 200 was something they were going for from the start.
Some things that went under the cutting board were:
Apparently Chaos (Sailor Chaos?) surging from the depths of the Earth a la Evil Beryl
This maniacal figure grinning which I suppose is intended to be Chaos. Perhaps they had intended for Chaos to be a figure just like Metallia which would have been awakened in the middle of the season after being offered Star Seeds?
But the major rejected storyline is what we can assume is the Tenkei Kingdom being reconstructed.
This kovil like structure which I presume is inspired by the real-life Prambanan temple has likewise 3 main temples devoted to the Trimurti - Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma would logically represent the 3 Starlights.
Prambanan - Wikipedia
As for Galaxia, I think the Star Seed she was searching for was always the Light of Hope just like in S, Tomoe was searching for the Grail and later a specific Pure Heart and Nehenelia was searching for the Golden Mirror.
The fact that Mamoru is shown to be immediately attacked also perhaps was meant to lead the viewer into thinking that Galaxia was not simply interested in Star Seeds of Senshis as when she first appears she never mentions the term Senshi.
Moreover in Japanese, Shin no Star Seed can be meant to be singular and specific as well.
It does kinda get murky in the middle (like always with post R because of the loads of characters to screen in) but I think the anime staff did a better job in trying to deliver a cohesive story with leaving the path open to any way they wanted, should they have had to change things in the story along the way, while still keeping the plotholes and inconsistencies to a minimum.
Compared to the adulated manga whereby Takeuchi is probably writing the story as she is drawing the pages with the amount of pages contradicting each other.
Not to mention Takeuchi tries to sell us the idea that the clique of Usagi are super stars at the school.
So nobody was fazed when the 300 IQ genius girl, the popular girl of the flower club, the head priestess of that super well known shrine, the star athlete of the volley ball club have all gone missing in the school in the middle of the day?????
Moreover, Takeuchi creates that moronic scene of a teacher asking about Minako's absence meaning the school does know they are no where to be found but I guess their parents are completely fine with it.
Later on Usagi takes Artemis home and we have this unnecessary scene of Usagi saying Minako has a 'situation at home', I guess her parents don't give a damn about their daughter.
This of course, is to highlight UsaMe's deep and rooted sadness instead of the tragedy of Minako's passing because of course it has to be about Usagi...
The OG Scooby-Doo is one of my favorite cartoons ever and it's exactly because of this MotW component.
Same thing with early seasons of a lot of shows.
There was a lot of drama on Charmed.
I'll put it in spoilers
Spoiler: show
While I do think some things changed over the course of the season, I don't think there was much change over Galaxia's character.
As we see from the very first version of the Opening,
Galaxia was always intended to have been possessed by Chaos as we see her seed being corrupted and taking the form of a winged demon.
Galaxia was always intended to be the Light of Hope as we see her soaring into the depths of the universe. Which also means Cosmos was never intended to be involved in the show from the early beginnings.
The fact that we also have a naked winged Usagi in the ending sequence alludes that the ending of 200 was something they were going for from the start.
Some things that went under the cutting board were:
Apparently Chaos (Sailor Chaos?) surging from the depths of the Earth a la Evil Beryl
This maniacal figure grinning which I suppose is intended to be Chaos. Perhaps they had intended for Chaos to be a figure just like Metallia which would have been awakened in the middle of the season after being offered Star Seeds?
But the major rejected storyline is what we can assume is the Tenkei Kingdom being reconstructed.
This kovil like structure which I presume is inspired by the real-life Prambanan temple has likewise 3 main temples devoted to the Trimurti - Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma would logically represent the 3 Starlights.
Prambanan - Wikipedia
As for Galaxia, I think the Star Seed she was searching for was always the Light of Hope just like in S, Tomoe was searching for the Grail and later a specific Pure Heart and Nehenelia was searching for the Golden Mirror.
The fact that Mamoru is shown to be immediately attacked also perhaps was meant to lead the viewer into thinking that Galaxia was not simply interested in Star Seeds of Senshis as when she first appears she never mentions the term Senshi.
Moreover in Japanese, Shin no Star Seed can be meant to be singular and specific as well.
It does kinda get murky in the middle (like always with post R because of the loads of characters to screen in) but I think the anime staff did a better job in trying to deliver a cohesive story with leaving the path open to any way they wanted, should they have had to change things in the story along the way, while still keeping the plotholes and inconsistencies to a minimum.
Compared to the adulated manga whereby Takeuchi is probably writing the story as she is drawing the pages with the amount of pages contradicting each other.
Not to mention Takeuchi tries to sell us the idea that the clique of Usagi are super stars at the school.
So nobody was fazed when the 300 IQ genius girl, the popular girl of the flower club, the head priestess of that super well known shrine, the star athlete of the volley ball club have all gone missing in the school in the middle of the day?????
Moreover, Takeuchi creates that moronic scene of a teacher asking about Minako's absence meaning the school does know they are no where to be found but I guess their parents are completely fine with it.
Later on Usagi takes Artemis home and we have this unnecessary scene of Usagi saying Minako has a 'situation at home', I guess her parents don't give a damn about their daughter.
This of course, is to highlight UsaMe's deep and rooted sadness instead of the tragedy of Minako's passing because of course it has to be about Usagi...