Sailor Moon S - The Movie
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Movie Reviews of Sailor Moon S - The Movie
Movie Review: I've seen this DVD only it was a hybrid
Summary: 5 Stars
My copy had a edited Japanese dialogue for Sailor Moon S. I some how recieved a hybrid DVD. I'm not complaining it was good anyway. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune had better voices as well as Sailor Pluto.Movie Review: This Movie MUST have had special 5 Stars
I was like glued to the tv the whole time. my brother even through a shoe at me and I didn't move. I've watched it numarous times! And i have no complaints.Movie Review: A Rival of the Original Japanese Edition
Summary: 4 Stars
Sailor Moon S is the second movie, originally released as a "New Year's Special" in theaters in 1994. It runs less than 60 minutes and was based upon a special story created by Naoko Takeuchi, the author of Sailor Moon. A slightly different manga version is available.The pace of this movie is slower than the first or third movies, but there are positive points, such as the gags and Luna's human transformation scene. Luna's vision of an "elegant" Usagi is always good for laughs. As always, the animation is of higher quality than the TV series. However, the Japanese ending theme song is probably the worst out of all three movies for me, probably because it's slow and not catchy like R's.
The original Japanese track with voice actors like Mitsuishi Kotono and Keiko Han are superb as always, and the subtitles are actually very high quality. The English dub is what you can expect from any English dub (not great), but since the American TV voice actors are used, at least there are no surprises. Luna's "Angela Lansbury" voice is certainly a disappointment, since the human Luna is supposed to be around 13 years old.
Although the Sailor Moon S Movie is my least favorite of the three movies, Pioneer has done a wonderful job with the world's first DVD edition. Apparently Japan will not be releasing the DVDs anytime soon, if ever.
For fans that were not able to get the original Japanese laserdisc, this is the next best thing, if not better. Being unedited, the movie is shown in its entirety and without any changes done to the animation. Even the original Japanese credits have been included. The disc is catered to the fans of the original Japanese series, using the character's original names in the cast info section and the Japanese voice actors/actresses are listed first with matching characters. The American voice actors are listed as a clump at the end of the credits.
Perhaps the only noticeable exclusions are the non-credited opening/ending and the trailers/TV commercials.
However, the DVD makes up for it by having a non-letterboxed version. How is this better? Unlike usual pan and scan versions of movies, Sailor Moon S (and the previous R DVD) shows more picture at the top and bottom of the screen. If you have the original Japanese versions, make a comparison and you will see what you have been missing.
Movie Review: More Sailor Moon....bring it on!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am one of the adult Sailor Moon fanatics and I was really excited to get my hands on this movie. If you are an American who has seen what has been dubbed in English so far (Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon R series and movie,) then a lot of what you see in Sailor Moon S may be new to you. You get to see Sailor Moon's newer attacks, "Spiral Heart Attack" and "Rainbow Heart Ache," including an upgrade in her transformation to Super Sailor Moon. There are a lot of heart symbols during Sailor Moon's transformation and attacks, which I find a trifle hokey and girlish, yet I am willing to overlook it because...well...it's Sailor Moon, after all! You finally get to meet the Outer Senshi, Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. You get to see Chibi-Usa (Rini) transform into Sailor Chibi Moon. It is unfortunate that DIC chose to translate her name into "Mini Moon," but I will give DIC credit because I think they did a better job at dubbing this movie than they did in the series. I took this DVD and set it up for English with English subtitles - then I could compare the differences in the dubbing versus the Japanese translation. This movie is well worth buying if you are a Sailor Moon fan.Movie Review: The SS one is better
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, I know for a fact that they cut some stuff out of the dub of this series, but there was one thing that they left in, which really was rather important to all of those Haruka/Michiru fans out there. The outer senshi, who are by far the coolest people on the show, do a lot with slightly obsessiveness and 'We cannout work with you' in the S series, which makes it hard for some to figure why they are in this movie, doing the whole 'I won't let you die, Sailor Moon'.
Frankly, the only one who would care if Sailor Moon lived or died out of the outer senshi would be Pluto, and that's only because she knows what's gunna happen to them ^^.
The dub of this movie was quite bad. But the main reason that I bought it was to see if there really was something going on between Uranus and Neptune. They dubbed it clever, but some of the action you couldn't take out.
Like when Haruka (rather protectively) grabs Michiru and pulls her out of the way of a 'snow faerie'.
So what? The dub was good, so much can be said for the voices, which ... I really did like Pu's voice in the R series, what ever happened to that Voice Actress? But all in All. DVD would be the best way to go.