I realized way after I did not do enough research. I thought it was in the original manga it was not. The 4 kings did not have a love interest in the manga it was introduced outside of the manga. Correction was made in my full season 1 breakdown as well. Naoko Takeuchi drew a picture at the conclusion of the manga, showing each general posed with a Sailor Senshi: Zoisite with Ami, Jadeite with Rei, Nephrite with Makoto and Kunzite with Minako. Naoko claims she was thinking of the past lives of these characters, which implies a possible love affair between the four inner Sailor Senshi and Shitennou in the past. However, only Kunzite's relationship with Sailor Venus and Jadeite's with Sailor Mars have canonical support.
I discovered Sailor Moon in 2014, so the first anime had long been finished. But it was the perfect time to follow Crystal from the beginning and get hyped about everything new. (I still watched the 90s anime though.) I think having a new voice cast was a requirement from Japan, since other dubs also had to do this. The German fans managed to get at least our first Sailor Moon voice actress from the 90s back with a poll. I think they only allowed it because Kotono also reprised her role as Usagi. In Sailor Moon Cosmos they actually hired Usagi's second German VA from back then to voice Sailor Cosmos, which is so cool.
Yeah they didn't do that for the US. I know toei animation has their two cents on other actors. They were picking with one piece actors. From what I understand is that they had to give the final approval.
What I hate is how they made the stars arc just two movies, it was the darkest and best arc of the manga and we all know the manga company rushed Naoko in creating the manga. What the arc deserved was the Ufotable treatment where the studio animated a more in depth and expanded version that gave time and care to the story, characters and world building. The arc could’ve been so much better if it wasn’t for the pacing issues of the movies! And pacing is an issue in the Crystal anime in general!!
If ufotable did Sailor Moon Crystal I would of lost my mind hahaahahah. I am working on a deep dive of all of crystal on how accurate it is to the source. In about an hour my season 1 video will be uploaded. But re-reading the manga and watching it. I can see some questions I have for Naoko. You're right she did not want to do the 5 arcs. And then releasing it at the same time of the anime and live action. You are rushing for sure.
Even if they had to make art style changes in later story I still love it since they did the best they can with a faithful adaptation and the mature story naoko wanted to bring it to life. I'm so glad we got it since it's what I love to see this play out
Just some trivia about the release of Sailor Stars outside Japan. I'm Brazilian and Sailor Stars was released on Cartoon Network Brazil in the early 2000's (around 2004). I believe it wasn't released in the U.S at the time due to censorship, but other countries exhibited the last season.
@hamidahrashid2421 thank you! I am also working on breakdown video comparing season 1 and seeing how true crystal really followed the manga. Im half way through season 1.
@dcminosx6051 glad you liked it. I'm working on my next video. I'm doing a breakdown on the first season of crystal. To see how accurate the series really is to the manga!
@@GodFireBreakdowns So the series creator stated that the two movies Eternal and Cosmo considered season 4 and 5 of SM:Crystal series with the two parts are like extended episodes.
your thumbnail asked why 3D henshins and there's an answer to this! Munehisa Sakai the first director states in an interview there were many angles he wanted to do with the transformations he felt the 2D animators wouldn't be able to achieve and he had a big vision for the henshins, perhaps it simply was not possible in a short timeframe and remain beautiful and consistent like 3D can- Mind you there's a chance the 2D animation was VERY MUCH rushed hence the bi-weekly scheduling and there was many behind the scenes issues. However he doesn't word it in a way that downplays 2D animators going by translation, it's simply was due to production issues most likely. I'm assuming he didn't want the one instance of stock footage to be full of issues. He and most of Crystal's staff were very much hit with short ends of the stick, he left Toei soon after the second season ended tells me enough. I believe you can find these interviews in MissDream's site. You can also find his storyboards for the hehshin on that site, or in a DVD Boxset. Fun fact some minor edits were made to the henshins ie Jupiter and Venus' faces were retouched to match Sakou's rounder faces in later aspects of production, instead of her rough draft style seen in the settei model designs, I wish there was a way to showcase this differences. Perosnally the 3D animation, Usagi and Ami's especially, weren't too bad, especially compared to the 2D henshins which weren't as flowy and elegant which is the core of sailor moon's visuals. I also feel thee choreography was a tad better than the Season 3-Cosmos 2D ones, especially in the sound design department. Jupiter's was a major downgrade especially, in the CG ones her thunder is a BOOM she is JUPITER afterall, but in S3 onward her Thunder is just little zippy zaps you can barely hear. She and Mars had the weakest henshins overall choregraphy wise (and in the 2D versions you can see a couple of frame count numbers in Mars that NEVER GO AWAY, you see them in all 3 seasons, seaisn 3, eternal, and cosmos. that's crazy.) The sound design is quite atrocious in S3 onward imo, overhsing 90s sound fx without really understanding their use and why they sound the way they do, and sometimes there'd be a noise for no reason other than to have a noise. Some sounds don't even fit the shot, either it's just an unfitting sound, or its sound leveling is all over the place, again wasn't big issue in Seaisn 1 and 2. who knows.
@stephanos6128 thank you again for sharing all this information!!! I want to do videos comparing the crystal series to the manga. And little insights like this also help! So I really really appreciate you sharing this with me!!!
I think Toei new director and staff for Cosmos really needs to turn both Eternal and Cosmos into 13 of total 26 episodes like Dragon Ball Super did retailing adding more fights dialogue scenes I that happens.
Sailor Moon Cosmos is the darkest best epic is comparing to Avengers Infinity War, Endgame and Justice League Dark Apocalyps War combined to Cosmos when Usagi lowest point of her failure, couldn't save her friends losing to Galaxia win and she have rise up like the Star keep shinning have the courage to change the she can no give up with Kakyuu, Sailor Chibi Chibi and Sailor Starlights with Sailor Chibi Moon and her Sailor Quartets soon follow to take the fight to Galaxia Sagittarius Zero Star get the Star Seeds to bring everyone back to win this time to make things right no matter what or whatever it takes just the Avengers and Justice League did this why Cosmos is the best and give it 10💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎out of 10.
15:55 Is what the Serenity prayer God grand me Serenity, accept the things I cannot change; Have the courage to change the things I can; and have the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as I did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that you will make all things right if I surrender to My Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with you forever in the next. Amen
One that will NEVER see another English dub EVER since Futari Wa Smile and Doki Doki Precure are the ONLY English Precure dubs to exist even NOW and ALL 3 failed in Futari Wa's case it only aired in Canada in 2009 and still FAILED their NONE of the Precure movies will EVER get a English dub EVER.
Thanks for the video! I'm a huge fan of Sailor Moon from Indonesia since 2012 (2 years before the Crystal remake) We did get a rebroadcast of the 90s anime back in 2013 with new dubs as well. In 2014, The manga also get a reprint with the Kodansha version (12 volumes) which... I kinda bummed because I absolutely love the Kanzenban (Eternal) edition. I don't know why didn't they get that version instead, but oh well. Not to mention, the translation's horrible 😅 The first two seasons of Crystal was hilariously bad imo. I initially bought the Blu-rays but I had to stop on the 7th volume because they basically didn't give a damn even for the blu-rays 😒
Glad you liked the video! Working on my breakdowns of all the seasons as well. I am up to season 1 and 2. I am going to start season 3 soon! When the show first came out. I was mixed on it. But rewatching it now its not that bad.
@@GodFireBreakdownsLooking forward to your videos! Watching Crystal in this recent year really broadened my insight on the Crystal series. I do still have that grudge on some adaptation choices (For instance, the nonsensical choice of Usagi being physically exhausted although she isn't brainwashed to look for the Silver Crystal in act 6, The whole Generals × Inner Guardians, and the erasure of Sailor Venus killing Beryl to name a few) but, rewatching Crystal and your videos on each season, my negativity for Crystal gradually disappear.
@noel4560 yeah there are def things that I don't care about in the changes made in this series. But it's still overall good and interesting to look at these changes. I see why they made some for the anime. And then I don't see why for others lol
I realized way after I did not do enough research. I thought it was in the original manga it was not. The 4 kings did not have a love interest in the manga it was introduced outside of the manga. Correction was made in my full season 1 breakdown as well.
Naoko Takeuchi drew a picture at the conclusion of the manga, showing each general posed with a Sailor Senshi: Zoisite with Ami, Jadeite with Rei, Nephrite with Makoto and Kunzite with Minako.
Naoko claims she was thinking of the past lives of these characters, which implies a possible love affair between the four inner Sailor Senshi and Shitennou in the past. However, only Kunzite's relationship with Sailor Venus and Jadeite's with Sailor Mars have canonical support.
I discovered Sailor Moon in 2014, so the first anime had long been finished. But it was the perfect time to follow Crystal from the beginning and get hyped about everything new. (I still watched the 90s anime though.)
I think having a new voice cast was a requirement from Japan, since other dubs also had to do this. The German fans managed to get at least our first Sailor Moon voice actress from the 90s back with a poll. I think they only allowed it because Kotono also reprised her role as Usagi. In Sailor Moon Cosmos they actually hired Usagi's second German VA from back then to voice Sailor Cosmos, which is so cool.
Yeah they didn't do that for the US. I know toei animation has their two cents on other actors. They were picking with one piece actors. From what I understand is that they had to give the final approval.
What I hate is how they made the stars arc just two movies, it was the darkest and best arc of the manga and we all know the manga company rushed Naoko in creating the manga. What the arc deserved was the Ufotable treatment where the studio animated a more in depth and expanded version that gave time and care to the story, characters and world building. The arc could’ve been so much better if it wasn’t for the pacing issues of the movies! And pacing is an issue in the Crystal anime in general!!
If ufotable did Sailor Moon Crystal I would of lost my mind hahaahahah.
I am working on a deep dive of all of crystal on how accurate it is to the source. In about an hour my season 1 video will be uploaded. But re-reading the manga and watching it. I can see some questions I have for Naoko. You're right she did not want to do the 5 arcs. And then releasing it at the same time of the anime and live action. You are rushing for sure.
Even if they had to make art style changes in later story I still love it since they did the best they can with a faithful adaptation and the mature story naoko wanted to bring it to life.
I'm so glad we got it since it's what I love to see this play out
I agree.
Just some trivia about the release of Sailor Stars outside Japan. I'm Brazilian and Sailor Stars was released on Cartoon Network Brazil in the early 2000's (around 2004). I believe it wasn't released in the U.S at the time due to censorship, but other countries exhibited the last season.
I could only see the star season from finding it online!!!! Back in the day!
love this vid 🙌🏽 huge sailor moon fan since the early 2000's!!!
@@jewel4_467 same!!! Thanks for the support! Appreciate it!
Cool video😙🌙
I really liked your history of sailor moon media till now and it was nice to hear your thoughts about it .
@hamidahrashid2421 thank you! I am also working on breakdown video comparing season 1 and seeing how true crystal really followed the manga. Im half way through season 1.
Love this video! Thank you for this ❤
@dcminosx6051 glad you liked it. I'm working on my next video. I'm doing a breakdown on the first season of crystal. To see how accurate the series really is to the manga!
Question: Do you wished that the Sailor Moon Crystal films Eternal and Cosmo was a TV series instead or happy that it was in a two-part movie form?
100% but I will have a better opinion honestly once I get to those chapters in my re-read and movie breakdown.
@@GodFireBreakdowns So the series creator stated that the two movies Eternal and Cosmo considered season 4 and 5 of SM:Crystal series with the two parts are like extended episodes.
your thumbnail asked why 3D henshins and there's an answer to this! Munehisa Sakai the first director states in an interview there were many angles he wanted to do with the transformations he felt the 2D animators wouldn't be able to achieve and he had a big vision for the henshins, perhaps it simply was not possible in a short timeframe and remain beautiful and consistent like 3D can- Mind you there's a chance the 2D animation was VERY MUCH rushed hence the bi-weekly scheduling and there was many behind the scenes issues.
However he doesn't word it in a way that downplays 2D animators going by translation, it's simply was due to production issues most likely. I'm assuming he didn't want the one instance of stock footage to be full of issues. He and most of Crystal's staff were very much hit with short ends of the stick, he left Toei soon after the second season ended tells me enough.
I believe you can find these interviews in MissDream's site. You can also find his storyboards for the hehshin on that site, or in a DVD Boxset.
Fun fact some minor edits were made to the henshins ie Jupiter and Venus' faces were retouched to match Sakou's rounder faces in later aspects of production, instead of her rough draft style seen in the settei model designs, I wish there was a way to showcase this differences.
Perosnally the 3D animation, Usagi and Ami's especially, weren't too bad, especially compared to the 2D henshins which weren't as flowy and elegant which is the core of sailor moon's visuals. I also feel thee choreography was a tad better than the Season 3-Cosmos 2D ones, especially in the sound design department.
Jupiter's was a major downgrade especially, in the CG ones her thunder is a BOOM she is JUPITER afterall, but in S3 onward her Thunder is just little zippy zaps you can barely hear. She and Mars had the weakest henshins overall choregraphy wise (and in the 2D versions you can see a couple of frame count numbers in Mars that NEVER GO AWAY, you see them in all 3 seasons, seaisn 3, eternal, and cosmos. that's crazy.)
The sound design is quite atrocious in S3 onward imo, overhsing 90s sound fx without really understanding their use and why they sound the way they do, and sometimes there'd be a noise for no reason other than to have a noise. Some sounds don't even fit the shot, either it's just an unfitting sound, or its sound leveling is all over the place, again wasn't big issue in Seaisn 1 and 2. who knows.
@@stephanos6128 appreciate you sharing this. I couldn't find any information on the 3D animation when I was making this!
@stephanos6128 thank you again for sharing all this information!!! I want to do videos comparing the crystal series to the manga. And little insights like this also help! So I really really appreciate you sharing this with me!!!
I think Toei new director and staff for Cosmos really needs to turn both Eternal and Cosmos into 13 of total 26 episodes like Dragon Ball Super did retailing adding more fights dialogue scenes I that happens.
That would be so cool if that happens!
I been a fan of sailor Moon since it came to Australia in 1995 I think
It was! I had a lot more information about the manga and anime and when Australia got it. But that would of made my video so much longer! lol.
Sailor Moon Cosmos is the darkest best epic is comparing to Avengers Infinity War, Endgame and Justice League Dark Apocalyps War combined to Cosmos when Usagi lowest point of her failure, couldn't save her friends losing to Galaxia win and she have rise up like the Star keep shinning have the courage to change the she can no give up with Kakyuu, Sailor Chibi Chibi and Sailor Starlights with Sailor Chibi Moon and her Sailor Quartets soon follow to take the fight to Galaxia Sagittarius Zero Star get the Star Seeds to bring everyone back to win this time to make things right no matter what or whatever it takes just the Avengers and Justice League did this why Cosmos is the best and give it 10💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎out of 10.
@gundanout11 I loved it!!! It made me sad. But at the same time happy which was great story telling!
15:55 Is what the Serenity prayer God grand me Serenity, accept the things I cannot change; Have the courage to change the things I can; and have the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as I did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that you will make all things right if I surrender to My Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with you forever in the next. Amen
5:04 PRECURE ALL STARS DX3?!!??
huh? lol
@@GodFireBreakdownsprecure all stars dx3 is the poster on the right it’s another magical girl anime
One that will NEVER see another English dub EVER since Futari Wa Smile and Doki Doki Precure are the ONLY English Precure dubs to exist even NOW and ALL 3 failed in Futari Wa's case it only aired in Canada in 2009 and still FAILED their NONE of the Precure movies will EVER get a English dub EVER.
"it did a good job staying close to the source material" - cut to the only deviation from the OG manga story in crystal
Thanks for the video! I'm a huge fan of Sailor Moon from Indonesia since 2012 (2 years before the Crystal remake) We did get a rebroadcast of the 90s anime back in 2013 with new dubs as well. In 2014, The manga also get a reprint with the Kodansha version (12 volumes) which... I kinda bummed because I absolutely love the Kanzenban (Eternal) edition. I don't know why didn't they get that version instead, but oh well. Not to mention, the translation's horrible 😅
The first two seasons of Crystal was hilariously bad imo. I initially bought the Blu-rays but I had to stop on the 7th volume because they basically didn't give a damn even for the blu-rays 😒
Glad you liked the video! Working on my breakdowns of all the seasons as well. I am up to season 1 and 2. I am going to start season 3 soon!
When the show first came out. I was mixed on it. But rewatching it now its not that bad.
@@GodFireBreakdownsLooking forward to your videos! Watching Crystal in this recent year really broadened my insight on the Crystal series. I do still have that grudge on some adaptation choices (For instance, the nonsensical choice of Usagi being physically exhausted although she isn't brainwashed to look for the Silver Crystal in act 6, The whole Generals × Inner Guardians, and the erasure of Sailor Venus killing Beryl to name a few) but, rewatching Crystal and your videos on each season, my negativity for Crystal gradually disappear.
@noel4560 yeah there are def things that I don't care about in the changes made in this series. But it's still overall good and interesting to look at these changes. I see why they made some for the anime. And then I don't see why for others lol