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Summary: Need help!
Review: I have the first two seasons of Sailor Moon in the box sets and am having a hard time finding seasons 3, 4 and is 5 out yet? I used to shop for them by typing "Sailor Moon Season 1" and that's how I got the first two. Are seasons 3 and 4 under different names (like S, Super S)? What are they called? Thanks for any help.
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Summary: Excellent set for an excellent series
Review: INTRODUCTION:
Sailor Moon is an anime series that first aired in 1992. It was based on a manga series created by Nakao Takeuchi, best known for her Sailor V series at the time. In no time at all, the series had become wildly popular, and in the mid-nineties it was ported to America. Unfortunately, it was severely edited. Some entire episodes were missing and the dialogue was butchered. Fans cried out for uncut episodes. And finally, early in the new millennium, uncensored DVDs were released. The entire S series, the third of five series, is now available uncut on DVD! Read on for my review of this set.BASIC PLOT:
This is the third of the five sagas that make up this series. The Black Moon family has been defeated and Chibiusa has returned to the future. However, a new series of villains have arrived on the scene - the Death Busters. These new villains are considerably stronger than any the girls have faced in the past. They go around taking people's pure heart crystals, hoping to find the three that have the legendary artifacts that will cause the Holy Grail to appear - a treasure that grants its user an unrealistic amount of power. There are a number of plot turns and twists to keep things interesting, as well. SERIES OPINIONS:
The S series is, by far, the best Sailor Moon saga. I'm glad they decided to do uncut DVDs for it first. This saga features mysterious and deadly villains, plot twists and lots of them, and some of the most interesting characters ever seen in the series. If you're a fan of the series, this is a must see. THE DUB:
The dubbed version of the series is in many ways better than previous sagas that have been dubbed, and worse in many ways. It's better in that it uses the original background music and that more of the character names than ever before are close to their originals, but it's worse in that some scenes are horribly translated, and many of them have been Americanized, often with horrible slang. Here's a little tip - while you're watching the Japanese subtitled version of the DVD, hit the Audio button on your DVD remote and switch to the dub track. This way you can watch the English dub with the English subtitles for the Japanese version - there's no better way to see how bad some of the translations are! DVD:
Once again, DVDs featuring an uncut dub and an uncut sub have been released. This is great because you get both versions of the series. Unfortunately, these DVDs are severely lacking in the extras department. Why couldn't they give us things like production art and interviews with cast and crew? Those would have been great extras! Likewise, the episodes only use the last of the intro sequences, and this spoils some surprises. Why did they do this? On the good side though, this set is a huge deal when opposed to buying the releases separately. OVERALL:
Overall this is an excellent DVD set, but I remain confident that I could also have been done much better. Still, if you're a Sailor Moon fan, this is a strongly recommended release.
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Summary: Better than ADV
Review: Personally, I think Geneon did a better job at these DVDs than ADV. You have so many more options, like textless openings and endings, character information, and DVD credits. Plus scene access. Also, is you're a fan of both versions (dubbed & subbed) you should buy these DVDs. They have the subbed & dubbed versions of the show! And they're much cheaper than ADV and not as big. So, they don't take up as much space. And don't forget.. Sailor Moon S is the most popular versin of the show!!! *ADV did a good job at subbing the first two seasons...but Geneon did a better job.* Did I mention that the color and sounds are much better too?
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Summary: My favorite season so far!
Review: Sailor Moon and the sailor soldiers may have ended the battle with Death Phantom. But now, they all must face a greater challenge: They're in 9th grade now, and have to study for the high school entrance exams! That, and face a mysterious, powerful new enemy that want to steal people's pure hearts. And they encounter two new mysterious soldiers, who apparantly don't want to be involved with Sailor Moon. I first saw Sailor Moon S when it was aired on Cartoon Network, and I was really suprised with the improvements that they made with the dub. The original background music was used, and most of the new characters names had been retained. These were removed when Dic dubbed the first two seasons, but luckily, CWI took over to dub the third and fourth seasons. Even though I'm mentioning the dub, I prefer the original Japanese soundtrack. And in this boxed set, the sound and video were clear. Those were the problems that I found most irritating in the previously released ADV boxed sets of the first and second seasons. My only critisizms on the boxed set itself is that it lacks the reversable covers that were in the original releases, and the cases are thin-packs. Other than those drawbacks, this is an excellent boxed set to an excellent season of Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon. And I suggest that if you're a fan of the dub and the original version, you should definetely get this.
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Summary: Sailor Moon S Kicks S ;)
Review: Season one blew me away....the uncut Japanese version made me respect the series far more than I did when it was shown by DIC. I found Season 3 through a company who sends directly from Malaysia before it was offered on Amazon, and the story line blew me away! It's a far cry from the Americanized version, definitely not a little kids show. The revelations throughout this season are astounding. This season is probably my favorite, along with Season 5, Sailor Stars. If you want the URL to order Sailor Stars, feel free to email me at kevinpeterstewart@hotmail.com. In short, Season 3 should NOT be missed and is definitely worth the cash. Ciao!
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Summary: Sailor Moon S Kicks S ;)
Review: Season one blew me away....the uncut Japanese version made me respect the series far more than I did when it was shown by DIC. I found Season 3 through a company who sends directly from Malaysia before it was offered on Amazon, and the story line blew me away! It's a far cry from the Americanized version, definitely not a little kids show. The revelations throughout this season are astounding. This season is probably my favorite, along with Season 5, Sailor Stars. If you want the URL to order Sailor Stars, feel free to email me at kevinpeterstewart@hotmail.com. In short, Season 3 should NOT be missed and is definitely worth the cash. Ciao!
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Summary: very good series, only ok box set
Review: this is not a review of the series. there are plenty of those. this is an aesthetic review of the packaging.
i purchased the thin pack box set to replace my original pioneer release dvds so i'm able to compare the two side by side. if you're looking to save space, this is a good substitute. if you're looking for dvds that look really cool, go with the original releases. although these thin dvds do not have the tacky red "geneon signature series" stripe at the top, the backs of all 6 have the same picture and the dvd discs all feature the same image. they do not include chapter inserts in each case and do not have the reversable covers.
as far as the video and audio quality i can't really tell a difference. apparently the entire sailor moon series was recorded in mono because every company who has released the show has done it in mono.
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Summary: the best
Review: this is one of the most defining seasons of sailor moon. the 9 sailor scouts are finally together and Usagi's character matures and reaches new depths not fully realized in the first two seasons.
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Summary: Great Buy
Review: This is the third series of sailor moon and my favorite. Geneon did a great job for the most part. They did three things I do not like they have the disks start in english,(the english version is seriously for 4 year olds), Secound they have the third version of the opening run from episode 1 which just spoils all of the improtant events if you know any events that happen from the start, (thought you can see version 1 and version 2 on disks 3 and 4 it is not the same) Lastly they translated Odangwo Amata to mean Bun-Head not Dumpling Head. Thought is was nice that they did not play ADV giving the english names to things like the Moon Princess Halation attack in episode 90 (first one in this series) Worth a buy for anyone even slightly into sailor moon and for first timers this is a very good start though the frist two seasons are also very good.
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Summary: Great Set!
Review: This set is really great. I am so happy with the Japanese subtitled version.
I was all ways ticked off, that the American public had to change so much of Sailor Moon.
So I was glad to finally see the rightful version of Sailor Moon S.
I love Uranus and Neptune even more now, because I finally get to enjoy the characters.
As they were meant to be!
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