Ok...I have a confession to make. I love Sailor Moon...I'm 34 and I've watched the series since I was 13. At first in secret since my parents didn't approve of entertainment that involved magic of any kind, and then after that I watched the series, as much of it as I possibly could, when the final part of Sailor Moon R and then S and Super S was added to the dubbed Sailor family in the early 2000s. You have no idea the level of happiness I felt when they had done that.
Faults of the dub: they didnt stay true to the story really. I mean look at what they did to it to make it more American friendly! The changed many of the names, they cut out the so called foul language the original had. They cut out scenes, and whole episodes in some cases, to hide "unacceptable" content for children. They even tried to hide the fact, and poorly I might add, that two of the later introduced Sailor Scouts, namely Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, were not only openly gay, but lovers! Cousins my ass! They even cut out the whole last season, known as Sailor Stars, because the new scouts that originate outside our galaxy were guys that transformed into girls! They try to say that the ratings declined but I call bullshit on that. Guess what? Ive seen it! It was awesome!
Besides its glaring dub defects, it was still a great series regardless. I even tracked down the subtitled uncut version, which is fantastic by the way! If you haven't watched it you really should. Its awesome!
Knowing all of this, you can imagine how ecstatic I was when I found out early 2013 that the creator was remaking the series in the vain that it would be closer to the manga series, which I have not read, and many of the original Japanese voice actors playing the same rolls as they did in the original! I always wondered what the manga was like but never had the money to actually buy it for my collection...which I guarantee is something I'm going to be doing shortly!
How is the series going to stack up? We will soon see! The nice thing is that it sounds like this time as the series is introduced to other countries, it will be translated in a way that keeps the tone of what the series is actually like...unlike the mess that was left us when DIC and Saban had the reins. Since this is a new series, Im really excited that reviewing it will be from the point of view of a person watching it for the first time and not from one where its already been watched several times and its old news.
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