My first time watching Sailor Moon 🌙 (specifically the reboot). —eng/esp
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Buenos días, buenas tardes y buenas noches, damas y caballeros. ¿Cómo se encuentran? Espero que muy bien. Esta vez creo que les traigo algo muy interesante o por lo menos para mí lo es de cierta forma, ya que he visto ciertos animes del género Mahou Shoujo pero trataban el tema de una forma más oscura de lo normal, ya saben, obras como Madoka Magica, Mahou Shoujo Site y Wonder Egg Priority, son algunos ejemplos de lo que me refiero, nunca le había dado como tal la oportunidad a uno que explore el género de una forma más normal y en mi búsqueda en Netflix me encontré algo interesante, Sailor Moon Crystal, la verdad nunca vi la versión de los 90s de pequeño pero tengo entendido que este es un reboot con una supuesta mejor animación y más apegado a la historia original del manga, por lo que pensé, ¿por qué no? Ciertamente, he de admitir que me esperaba algo totalmente diferente, ver una serie de romance con transformaciones y peleas no estaba para nada en mis planes, lo peor es que de cierta forma me terminó gustando a pesar de que en un principio me cayó bastante pesada la protagonista, consideraría la experiencia como interesante, sobretodo la primera temporada (siendo ésta la que vi), aunque tiene bastantes altibajos (y una gran contradicción) en mi opinión. Así que sin más dilación, hablemos de Sailor Moon Crystal.
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. How are you? I hope very well. This time I think I bring you something very interesting or at least for me it is in a certain way, since I have seen certain anime of the Mahou Shoujo genre but they dealt with the subject in a darker way than normal, you know, works like Madoka Magica, Mahou Shoujo Site and Wonder Egg Priority, are some examples of what I mean.
I had never really given the chance to one that explores the genre in a more normal way, and in my search on Netflix I found something interesting, Sailor Moon Crystal. I truthfully never saw the 90s version as a child but I understand that this is a reboot with supposedly better animation and more faithful to the original manga story, so I thought, why not?
Certainly, I have to admit that I was expecting something completely different, seeing a series of romance with transformations and fights was not at all in my plans, and the worst part is that in a way I ended up liking it despite the fact that at first I found the protagonist quite annoying. I would consider the experience interesting, especially the first season (which is the one I watched), although it has quite a few ups and downs (and a great contradiction) in my opinion. So without further ado, let's talk about Sailor Moon Crystal.
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El anime nos pone en la piel de Usagi, una chica de secundaria bastante descuidada y mala para los estudios, siendo su mayor sueño ser una princesa para dejar de ir a la escuela, su vida cambiará radicalmente cuando saliendo de su casa se encuentra un gato negro con una luna creciente en su frente, este gato se llama Luna y tiene la capacidad de hablar, revelándole a Usagi que ella es una Guardiana Sailor y que debe luchar para proteger a los demás del mal que los acecha, además su deber también será encontrar a las demás guardianas (Marte, Júpiter, Venus y Mercurio) y proteger el codiciado Cristal de Plata de la malvada Reina Beryl y sus secuaces, los cuatro comandantes del Reino Oscuro. La serie de esta forma en un principio pareciera seguir un patrón de aparecer un comandante oscuro con un método malvado de obtener el Cristal de Plata para luego perder gracias al poder de Sailor Moon, luego esto se rompe (inclusive en ocasiones veremos a la reina Beryl actuar con tal de cumplir su ansiado objetivo) y cambia conforme van apareciendo las otras chicas protagonistas, cada una con su personalidad, desarrollando la trama de mejor forma, provocando que avance explicando por fin el transfondo de todo y dando algunas sorpresas. Luego también tenemos la parte de romance con Mamoru Chiba, quien termina siendo tan importante como Usagi. Un concepto típico de la época, supondré debido a mí desconocimiento.
The anime puts us in the shoes of Usagi, a rather careless high school girl and bad at studying, her greatest dream being to become a princess to stop going to school, her life will change dramatically when she leaves her house and encounters a black cat with a crescent moon on its forehead named Luna, who has the ability to speak, revealing to Usagi that she is a Sailor Guardian and that she must fight to protect others from the evil that threatens them, and also her duty will be to find the other guardians (Mars, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury) and protect the coveted Silver Crystal from the evil Queen Beryl and her henchmen, the four commanders of the Dark Kingdom.
The series initially seems to follow a pattern of a dark commander appearing with an evil method of obtaining the Silver Crystal and then losing thanks to the power of Sailor Moon, but this is broken (even sometimes we will see Queen Beryl act to fulfill her long-awaited goal) and changes as the other protagonist girls appear, each with their own personality, developing the plot better, causing it to advance by finally explaining the background of everything and providing some surprises. Then we also have the romance part with Mamoru Chiba, who ends up being as important as Usagi. A typical concept of the time, I will assume due to my lack of knowledge.
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Creo que el mayor fallo que tiene este anime es que la trama avanza demasiado rápido, de un momento a otro todos son amigos y todos están enamorados, no vemos algo consistente que permita encariñarse con los personajes, literalmente ocurre la fórmula de que en un capítulo descubren la identidad de una guardiana y al final del mismo ya es otra de las mejores amigas de Usagi. Aunque quizás lo que puedo considerar peor es la relación que tiene la protagonista con su interés amoroso Mamoru Chiba, literalmente se enamoran por obra y gracia del espíritu santo, nunca hay un acercamiento real y solo llegan a cruzar palabras casi que insignificantes y bueno, la forma de actuar del mismo también puede ser criticable, por ejemplo intentando besar a Usagi mientras ésta está inconsciente; supongo que el problema no es el personaje en sí, sinó la época en la que se escribió, obviamente el mensaje que se quería transmitir era otro. Aunque como tal, no todo es malo, a pesar de estos detalles la trama y la idea se deja querer, además de que extrañamente, cosa que no me esperaba en lo absoluto es que tuviera excelentes plot twists, quizás puedas acertar en cómo va a terminar pero no el cómo se va a desarrollar, muchas veces me sorprendí, por ejemplo con lo anteriormente mencionado, que la reina Beryl actuara y no se quedara de brazos cruzados cuando habitualmente los villanos de este estilo suelen hacerlo.
I think the biggest flaw of this anime is that the plot moves too quickly, from one moment to the next everyone is friends and in love, we don't see something consistent that allows us to get attached to the characters, literally the formula happens that in one episode they discover the identity of a guardian and by the end of the same episode she is already another one of Usagi's best friends. Although maybe what I can consider worse is the relationship the protagonist has with her love interest Mamoru Chiba, they literally fall in love out of nowhere, there is never a real connection and they only exchange almost meaningless words, and well, his way of acting can also be criticized, for example trying to kiss Usagi while she is unconscious; I suppose the problem is not with the character itself, but the era in which it was written, obviously the message that was intended to be transmitted was different.
Although as such, not everything is bad, despite these details the plot and the idea are likable, besides strangely, something I did not expect at all is that it had excellent plot twists, maybe you can guess how it will end but not how it will develop, many times I was surprised, for example with the aforementioned, that Queen Beryl acted and did not stand still when villains of this style usually do.
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Investigando un poco vi diferentes opiniones de diferentes personas cuando este reboot salió en el 2015, diciendo que la animación como tal era mala, lo cual en mi parecer dista mucho de la realidad y quizás se estaban sesgando debido a que preferían el material antiguo, en mi parecer es bastante decente y trata de mantener un estilo antiguo pero a la par de moderno, tenemos que tener en cuenta que tampoco estamos ante uno de los mejores estudios de animación, ya saben que Toei hace las cosas es para facturar, el único aspecto en el que puedo concordar es que el CGI es simplemente horrible y hasta decepcionante, lo usaron nada más para las transformaciones de las chicas, todos hubieran preferido una animación normal, siempre se iban a repetir la mismas de todas formas, me decepcioné mucho al ver que las transformaciones eran con ese estilo, esperaba otra cosa diferente. La banda sonora en sí, no es muy destacable que digamos, ningún track llega a destacar sobre otro pero cumplen su función, lo que quizás sí me llamó la atención fue el opening, que lo considero bueno a la par de contradictorio con la letra que tiene, hay frases como: "somos mujeres poderosas que no necesitan ayuda de los hombres" para que luego durante casi toda la primera temporada Usagi sea salvada por Mamoru, bastante raro la verdad, pensaba que sí habría un énfasis al empoderamiento de la mujer, puede que me haya imaginado demasiado por el opening. En fin, creo que seguiré viendo para ver cómo culmina la obra porque ahora tengo curiosidad, luego les contaré si con el pasar de los años está adaptación mejoró o fue a peor.
Investigating a bit, I saw different opinions from different people when this reboot came out in 2015, saying that the animation itself was bad, which in my opinion is far from reality and perhaps they were biased because they preferred the old material. In my view, it is quite decent and tries to maintain an old but modern style. We must also consider that we are not facing one of the best animation studios, you know that when Toei does things, it's for revenue. The only aspect I can agree on is that the CGI is simply horrible and even disappointing, they only used it for the girls' transformations, everyone would have preferred normal animation, they were always going to repeat the same thing anyway. I was very disappointed to see that the transformations were with that style, I was expecting something different.
The soundtrack itself is not very remarkable, no track stands out above another, but they fulfill their function. What caught my attention was the opening, which I consider good but contradictory with the lyrics it has, there are phrases like: "we are powerful women who do not need help from men" and then during almost the entire first season Usagi is saved by Mamoru, quite strange truthfully, I thought there would be an emphasis on women's empowerment, maybe I imagined too much from the opening.
Anyway, I think I will continue watching to see how the work ends because now I am curious, I will tell you later if over the years this adaptation improved or got worse.
Animation Studio: Toei Animation
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ciertamente sailor moon es un encanto, siempre me gusto, aunque esta animación nueva bueno diría que prefiero la primera jeje pero igual sigue siendo hermoso sobre todo Darién. jeje
certainly sailor moon is a charm, I always liked it, although this new animation, well I would say that I prefer the first one hehe but it is still beautiful especially Darien. hehe
That's one of my favourite characters, just for the simple fact that I find it funny that when he wears a mask that doesn't cover most of his face he's unrecognisable, hahaha.
jeje si esa máscara no ayuda mucho, siempre supe que era él xD
hehe yeah that mask doesn't help much, I always knew it was him xD
I'm never watching this anime.
Hahahaha, I watched it because I was curious about what a traditional Mahou Shoujo is like, since all the ones I saw were dark and turned the genre itself on its head.
Would I watch something like that again? I don't think so, but now I have to finish what I've already started.
I grew up with the 90's version, which is very different from the original, although it has some similar aspects. For the time when it was made, it was seen in a different way, and in my adulthood I'm starting to understand certain issues haha
I admit that I disliked the animation of the first season of SM Crystal to the point of not wanting to continue watching it haha it progresses fast.
Nowadays, certain issues in this anime can be seen as something shady, but at that time it was "normal". Things happen as time goes by.
The animation looks normal to me, except for those ugly transformations.
Gracias por la reseña.
No he visto capítulos de este reboot, así que no sabía que habían usado CGI para las transformaciones. Esa es una decisión arriesgada, si queda bien, puede subir el nivel de la animación, pero si queda mal, entonces lastima el cariño por el recuerdo.
Con una serie Shoujo que marcó una época, como es este caso, esas actualizaciones son cosa de cuidado. Era una serie que nació en el manga orientado a jovencitas, pero en realidad llegó también a atraer publico masculino, y aún tiene una buena base de fanáticos, según he leído.
Ciertamente que el manejo de la trama en la serie original era de ritmo muy rápido, y en ocasiones nacían amistades profundas en un tiempo absurdamente corto. Bueno, yo pensaba que a lo mejor es que yo soy quisquilloso en eso de darle confianza a la gente para ser amistades. Pero, luego aprendí que en serio no es normal recién conocer a alguien por un par de días y que sean amistades del alma.
En fin, era anime, era una fantasía de chicas mágicas, y en ese universo maravilloso todo esto es válido :)
Por cierto, recuerdo que veía la serie con una prima pequeña que yo estaba cuidando en ese entonces, cuando la pasaron en TV de señal abierta en mi país, y sucedió que de todos los personajes, le tomamos aprecio a Sailor Saturn, la Guardiana del Silencio, Hotaru Tomoe.
Todavía recuerdo que en la serie original (no recuerdo en que temporada), Tomoe había estado trabajando primero para el Imperio Maligno, y había sido sujeto de experimentación humana a manos de su padre… Ella anhelaba la luz, viviendo en la oscuridad. Su poder era temido incluso por las otras Sailors, y se plantearon seriamente la opción de matarla. Pero me gustó como Tomoe trazó su propio camino, supero las dificultades y sobrevivió a todo.
Ops, disculpa lo largo del comentario, casi que es un post :)
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If the original anime was fast, this one is much more so, because it doesn't have nearly the same amount of chapters, the old one has many more and fillers that helped the development of the characters, according to what I read, but what can you do? It's like the reboot of Shaman King, it's super accelerated too and things happen too fast.
I didn't know there was a reboot of Shaman King
Thanks for that information.
I really am very out of touch, look how it is that I haven't found out about the reboots of these classics.
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I have never finished any Sailor Moon, despite growing up with the series. I’m also very wet behind the ears when it comes to Mahou Shoujo. The last two series of the genre that I completed would be the original run of Penguindrum (dark fairy tail type based on a real world terrorist attack with a twisted humor involving penguins) and probably the first three or four seasons of Wixoss (think Madoka but a magical girl trading card game).
Thanks for the review. I’m glad I finally got to check it out.
Wtf, that anime you said about the penguins sounds really weird, now it caught my attention.
It’s made by the creator of Sailor Moon. Would recommend.
Oh, it has the same director from the original Sailor Moon anime, that makes it more interesting.
Can't imagine myself watching this 😭😂😂😂
I couldn't imagine myself doing it either, but curiosity got the better of me, all for research purposes. 🫡
I remember watching a few episodes of Sailor Moon at the time on a channel in my country called Telecaribe, it was mostly old anime like Mazinger Z, Heidi or candy, I think that was the only time I got close to Sailor Moon and it didn't call my attention, I felt it was going to be repetitive where they send a henchman and they come and defeat him and so on and so forth. Interesting what you say about the main villain actually acting and not just watching and sending his minions. Good post bro <3
I too thought it was going to be something like Power Rangers, just bossing the minions around hoping sometimes to succeed, having the villain act and use her power was surprising and unexpected, for me it broke the rule.
To be honest, I have watched some of its episodes (90s series), and I found it kind of entertaining, especially with the occasional funny scene. The transformation thing is not my cup of tea though.
Ah, so you might not like this reboot, it's not very funny. I understand people complained about it years ago.
Yep, you are right, that's what I am feeling right now (that I am not interested in it).