Make-up!
Sailor Moon introduced me to the addicting world of anime, so of course I'm watching the not-really-remake, but yes, it's a remake.
Sailor Moon Crystal 1! Just like Full Metal Alchemist and Hunter x Hunter, the Sailormoon manga by Naoko Takeuchi has gotten a more faithful anime production. As far as I can tell, it is more faithful to the manga with the updated character designs and the silly engrish attacks. I'm still amused by the pastel and sparkles when boy meets girl. Anyway, I am looking forward to more. The public outcry against any edits would probably louder now than...22 years ago...ugh, that old? so hopefully Viz knows better than to change Zoisite into a woman. (The new opening and ending themes were mostly forgettable. I wasn't too fond of the original's either.)
Hunter x Hunter 2014 127-136! Well, angry Gon and Pitou head off to their fight or to save Kite. Pouf and Youpi find the Ant King's body and feed themselves to him to revive him, but he has lost some of his memories. When they finally reach Gon and Pitou's fight, like all of HxH's 'big' fights, it was unfortunately short and one-sided with an interesting twist. Moving on, the way Welfin's character turned himself around was one of the best not-so-bad guy stories yet. And finally by the time you get to Mereum and Komugi's end, you've got to realize Togashi's brilliance at writing such one-of-a-kind characters and stories. Not many other writers could pair up an all-powerful evil creature with a little girl with boogers constantly hanging out of her nose and convince an audience of their devotion. Episode 136 is the aftermath of the Chimera Ant arc and the set-up for the Election Arc. The Ant arc was more thought-provoking than the prior arcs as it went beyond the simple revenge plots or strong versus strong. Togashi definitely tried to express his thoughts on politics, humanity and history through this arc. The only criticism is that with Gon's optimistic antics gone, the tone of the show was more complex and often sad. People have said that it is their growth out of childhood. Oh well, I think the next arc should come as a good follow-up story.
Sailor Moon Crystal 1! Just like Full Metal Alchemist and Hunter x Hunter, the Sailormoon manga by Naoko Takeuchi has gotten a more faithful anime production. As far as I can tell, it is more faithful to the manga with the updated character designs and the silly engrish attacks. I'm still amused by the pastel and sparkles when boy meets girl. Anyway, I am looking forward to more. The public outcry against any edits would probably louder now than...22 years ago...ugh, that old? so hopefully Viz knows better than to change Zoisite into a woman. (The new opening and ending themes were mostly forgettable. I wasn't too fond of the original's either.)
Hunter x Hunter 2014 127-136! Well, angry Gon and Pitou head off to their fight or to save Kite. Pouf and Youpi find the Ant King's body and feed themselves to him to revive him, but he has lost some of his memories. When they finally reach Gon and Pitou's fight, like all of HxH's 'big' fights, it was unfortunately short and one-sided with an interesting twist. Moving on, the way Welfin's character turned himself around was one of the best not-so-bad guy stories yet. And finally by the time you get to Mereum and Komugi's end, you've got to realize Togashi's brilliance at writing such one-of-a-kind characters and stories. Not many other writers could pair up an all-powerful evil creature with a little girl with boogers constantly hanging out of her nose and convince an audience of their devotion. Episode 136 is the aftermath of the Chimera Ant arc and the set-up for the Election Arc. The Ant arc was more thought-provoking than the prior arcs as it went beyond the simple revenge plots or strong versus strong. Togashi definitely tried to express his thoughts on politics, humanity and history through this arc. The only criticism is that with Gon's optimistic antics gone, the tone of the show was more complex and often sad. People have said that it is their growth out of childhood. Oh well, I think the next arc should come as a good follow-up story.