Rating: 
Summary: Very Enjoyable Series But With Some Problems
Review: This is the third Sailor Moon series. It's about teenaged girls with magical powers who fight evil forces that threaten the world. In the S series, they fight humans who have been possessed by demons and forced to steal people's pure hearts in order to bring their master, Pharoah 90, into our universe. The Outer Senshi were introduced in this series: Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Pluto (though she had appeared in a few episodes of the R series). They're awesome. The original Japanese version is the best (more mature), but the English dub is also provided. Apparently, Cloverway had dubbed all of the dialogue, so you'll be able to hear English lines on here that you hadn't heard on Cartoon Network. Still, the English dub is censored and dumbed down. It's also incredibly inconsistent. Attack names (and even some transformation phrases) constantly change. Names of important objects in the series change also. Amara (Haruka) and Michelle (Michiru) are turned into "cousins", and that "fact" is constantly shoved down our throats. Still, listening to the English audio track while watching the uncensored video will provide some (unintended) laughs. I recommend watching an episode in Japanese with English subtitles first and then watching it in English. It's like getting two different series - 12-14 episodes per disc instead of 6-7. I do have some complaints. First, they used only the final version of the opening theme for all of the episodes. In the original, the new characters were added to the theme over the course of the series as they were introduced. On these DVDs, characters that haven't appeared in episodes yet are in the opening theme. That is not the way it originally aired, and it ruins the surprises. Also, on my computer monitor, there's a fuzzy line at the top of the screen during the opening theme in every episode. That means that the theme was spliced in. Were they too lazy to put the English credits over each version of the opening theme? Why did they have to put English credits there at all, anyway? They could have put them in the closing credits. I don't like the new English voice actors for Moon, Mercury, and Venus, but at least the original Mars is back! I also like Rini's new voice actor. I still think that Rini's an annoying character, though. The next episode previews were not included. The only extras are profiles on some of the Senshi/Scouts and some of the earlier opening themes from the S series. The DVD covers are reversible, so you can pick your favorite characters to be displayed. All in all, these 38 (or 76) episodes form a great story and are worth buying.
Rating: 
Summary: Outer Senshi and utter stupidity
Review: This is volume 4 of 6This DVD is pretty good. some of the best episodes in the season, action-wise, are on this volume. One of the best episodes on the disc is the first one, about Minako's quest to be recognized as having a pure heart. Then there are the two episodes involving the Talismans. The relationship between Uranus and Neptune is shown with a wierd sort of handplay in the second ep on the disc. (In the Japanese version, the two are lovers) This explains Uranus' eagerness to remove her own pure heart after Neptune is killed. These two episodes are very powerful, especially in the subtitled version. The last three episodes feature Mimet, who possibly has the most annoying Japanese voice I've ever heard! It's during these episodes that Hotaru is introduced, and she'll dominate the series for a few episodes a little later. This disc contains what is arguably the climax of Sailor Moon S, and any fan of the show should get it.
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Summary: Rainbow... Moon... Heart... ACHE!
Review: Yes, as stupid as this may sound, my favourite part of the whole DVD was seeing Super Sailor Moon's new Rainbow Moon Heart Ache attack in the series itself for the first time. It has really funky music that they didn't use in the S movie (the only time I'd seen this attack until now), and I kept playing it over and over again (and I'm sure all the people who hate Sailor Moon for its constant use of stock footage are going, "Huh!?") Anyway, onto the review itself ^_- Suffice it to say, the video and audio quality are about the same as before. However, from this disc onwards (I'm not sure what episode exactly), the problem with the episodes having the wrong opening credits is fixed! It's not because Pioneer fixed it though, it's just because now that Sailor Pluto and Hotaru have arrived, the animation they've been using all along is the correct one for the episodes ^^; The menus feature Sailor Mercury, and are one of the many reasons for this disc being my favourite out of the four released. Containing another 6 episodes in uncut subtitled and uncut dubbed format, this is the best disc so far in terms of content. There's one filler episode on this disc, and another three that seem like any other filler episode but do advance the storyline (and of course the fourth episode has Rainbow Moon Heart Ache ^^). However, the remaining two episodes are the best so far in the series, with the Talismans and Holy Grail that Uranus and Neptune have been searching for finally appearing (along with Sailor Pluto), Sailor Moon gaining a new power, and Eugeal getting killed (technically a spoiler, but was there are single person here who didn't think she'd get killed eventually? No? Good.) Eugeal's successor as Professor Tomoe's main henchman (henchwoman?) is the celebrity-obsessed Mimet, who's very... celebrity-obsessed ^^; Towards the end of this disc we also get introduced to Hotaru, a frail girl with an imporant secret who Chibi-Usa becomes friends with... The outside cover shows Super Sailor Moon, and is the best one so far - yes, even better than the Mars/Venus picture. It's a shame Amazon don't have a picture of it, but if you search online I'm sure you can find one somewhere else. The inside cover shows Sailor Pluto and is kind of boring in my opinion, but at least the choice is there. Time to sum up. If you've bought the first three already you must like the series at least a little bit, and this is the best one so far, so get this. Although I think most people buy one disc at a time, so if you've bought the first three you're probably somewhere between liking the series and being scarily obsessed with it (I won't comment on where I go on the scale ;), so it's pretty much a given that you'll want to buy this. ^^
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