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I watched Sailor Moon Crystal on Saturday with softlykarou. I liked it.
It's difficult for me to really say much more than that, because unlike a lot of the people who have been waiting for this for a long time, I didn't grow up with Sailor Moon and don't have any fond memories of it. I didn't even see any anime at all until I was 19--and since the first ( Read more... )
It's difficult for me to really say much more than that, because unlike a lot of the people who have been waiting for this for a long time, I didn't grow up with Sailor Moon and don't have any fond memories of it. I didn't even see any anime at all until I was 19--and since the first ( Read more... )
1) the eyecatches probably were a nod to Revolutionary Girl Utena (fo anime fans), but it's more likely a nod to French shadow puppetry and shojo manga's interest in French culture.
2) Sailor Moon (1991-1997) influenced the style of Utena (1996) in all likelihood. Plus having lithe or long-legged figures were in vogue for 1990s shoujo manga (see anything by CLAMP).
3) You're over-thinking the battles. While SMCrystal didn't include the broken bottle wielding controlled person, the original manga and anime did. The controlled people actually corner Sailor Moon/Usagi pretty well and she, a truly caring person, does not know how to fight or hurt anyone physically. This is important since Sailor Moon's main attack is Moon Healing Escalation. As the story unfolds, the fights do become more desperate because the Senshi don't want to hurt their friends or other humans just to get at the bad guys and stop the monsters their friends have become. Some of the monsters are ridiculous looking, but some are scary in how easily they can control humans or are controlled themselves by the Nega-Verse Generals. Wait for the Mercury introduction episode (or watch the original anime one with old school PCs and floppy disks!) or check out the progression of ssn 1 youma here http://sailormoon.wikia.com/wiki/Youma.
4) For Sailor Moon/Usagi and Tuxedo Kamen/Mamoru encounters... they were a little heavy-handed for me. The fun of their relationship is the initial ambiguity of what they are/were to each other and not the "oh, you know wink wink nudge nudge". Plus the great layered nature to their relationship (disinterest vs. interest in each other, teasing attraction, interest only in certain objectives, curiosity, appreciation, mutual respect and companionship, the past vs. the present, etc.).
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I went and looked this up to see if there was anything definitive, and you're right: The animated series [Utena] was directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara, who had just left his job as episode director of the very popular anime "Sailor Moon." Ikuhara stated that although Sailor Moon had a big influence on his later works, his decision to leave the project was due to his frustration with lack of control over the direction that the show went in.
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I had no idea that Ikuhara actually worked directly on Sailor Moon. Huh.
You're over-thinking the battles.
It's more that I'd rather have something different, but I can't blame Sailor Moon for not being what I want because it's never been what I want, it was never advertised as being what I want, and it makes no sense for the original construction of the modern magical girl genre to be in any way a deconstruction. I like the idea of a story about how being a magical girl is much more a curse than a blessing and it actually alienates you from other humans and destroys your life, but Sailor Moon isn't that story and I don't expect it to be. It didn't stop me from being a little disappointed, though.
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