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I don't know whether those rumors were true or not but then you have to wonder why Uranus has the Tuxedo Kamen mask and cape...
Ouranos in mythology is the primordial God of heavens and is the father to the Titans.
Considering Mamoru represents the Earth despite being male, it's not out of the realm of possibility to think Uranus may have been envisioned to be originally male.
If anything, male or female, the original plot was for a love triangle between Usagi, Mamoru and Haruka.
As for Haruka being genderfluid, I always took Michiru's words as Haruka being physically and mentally female but has the physcial prowess and endurance the same as a full-fledged male (even possibly surpassing males in terms of strength) and hence possesses the strengths of both genders.
Unlike Makoto who has more of a magical, herculean physical strength to her.
As for the wedding rings, the thing is despite Haruka and Michiru being a couple in Dream, Haruka still longs for Usagi - crying at the thought of her and longing for her smile...
Haruka's speech during the Outer's reveal trailer -
'Our Samsara (cycle of life and death), be it our despair or hope, or even dreams rest by your side you who shines of a blinding light. Yes, you Princess' (barf)
The 'wedding rings' were even revealed to be a testament to their promise to raise Hotaru rather than true rings...
In Stars, Haruka is coupled with Michiru and is even forgotten in favor of Seiya - the new girl in love with Usagi = rinse and repeat...
Ouranos in mythology is the primordial God of heavens and is the father to the Titans.
Considering Mamoru represents the Earth despite being male, it's not out of the realm of possibility to think Uranus may have been envisioned to be originally male.
If anything, male or female, the original plot was for a love triangle between Usagi, Mamoru and Haruka.
As for Haruka being genderfluid, I always took Michiru's words as Haruka being physically and mentally female but has the physcial prowess and endurance the same as a full-fledged male (even possibly surpassing males in terms of strength) and hence possesses the strengths of both genders.
Unlike Makoto who has more of a magical, herculean physical strength to her.
As for the wedding rings, the thing is despite Haruka and Michiru being a couple in Dream, Haruka still longs for Usagi - crying at the thought of her and longing for her smile...
Haruka's speech during the Outer's reveal trailer -
'Our Samsara (cycle of life and death), be it our despair or hope, or even dreams rest by your side you who shines of a blinding light. Yes, you Princess' (barf)
The 'wedding rings' were even revealed to be a testament to their promise to raise Hotaru rather than true rings...
In Stars, Haruka is coupled with Michiru and is even forgotten in favor of Seiya - the new girl in love with Usagi = rinse and repeat...
No one cares about manga / Crystal Haruka's feelings.
History already decided that HaruMichi is one true canon.
History already decided that HaruMichi is one true canon.
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I don't think Uranus and Neptune was bad at all in the manga.Naoko had basically all the senshie adore Usagi and make there wanting to protect her.They are her guardians and she is still a princess.
Haruka and Micheru still a couple In the manga and it's decently not a rebound.As for gender thing even Naoko said Haruka was a girl.
Haruka and Micheru still a couple In the manga and it's decently not a rebound.As for gender thing even Naoko said Haruka was a girl.
CLAMP insisted on their plan for Tomoyo being single and Eriol being paired with Kaho even if the fans preferred the pairing between Tomoyo and Eriol back in the day, it seems that Takeuchi did not even insist on Haruka and Usagi and was forced by her editor and sponsors to write what they want to happen in the Sailor Moon manga.
But the point is that it's in color - a fully colored manga! 
Plus, characters in anime are always redesigned, and drawn by different people from mangaka, so there's that too.
Even if anime adapts something 1:1, it is still a different medium, hence a different experience.
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While I agree Crystal's quality should have been much better, there is an artistic need for any animated adaptation, especially when you consider some of Takeuchi's deficiencies when it comes to sequential storytelling and panel arrangements. Ideally, one could use the anime to make sense of the manga, because there are a lot of events that are not clear in the manga due to both the artist's art style and the nature of the medium.
Sailor Scribbles was working on something like that.
The reality is a motion comic would actually be harder than making an animated adaptation. While there would be less total work, there is no structure in place for such a conversion from comic stills to moving panels, so the decision on how each panel would be move and be arranged would have to be planned, in contrast with a reanimation where there are defined teams and roles. Motion comics would also be a nightmare to translate, since instead of just dubbing, one would have to translate the sound effects and sight gags.
The reality is a motion comic would actually be harder than making an animated adaptation. While there would be less total work, there is no structure in place for such a conversion from comic stills to moving panels, so the decision on how each panel would be move and be arranged would have to be planned, in contrast with a reanimation where there are defined teams and roles. Motion comics would also be a nightmare to translate, since instead of just dubbing, one would have to translate the sound effects and sight gags.
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There was a motion comic of Sailor Moon in Sailor Moon Channel back then but it was taken down, perhaps we could have it distributed again.
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Not really. They could leave them as is and simply dub over it. Motion comics are fully voiced nowadays, anyway.
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