History YMMV / SailorMoonCrystal

** [[UncannyValley Chibi-Usa's design]] for ''Crystal'', which makes her face much more older while [[{{Squick}} still running around in a toddler's body]]. This was rectified for the "Death Busters Arc", especially since Akira Takahashi, who did the character designs for ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' and ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'', took over.

* UncannyValley: The art style for the first two arcs ''tries'' to be TruerToTheText to the original manga art... and fails spectacularly by being cold and lifeless, ''especially'' when [[SpecialEffectsFailure in CGI]]. The worst offender is Chibi-Usa's design, detailed above in SpecialEffectsFailure and {{Squick}}.

* ShipToShipCombat: The survival of the Shitennou and their increased presence in the plot has revived the once ''very'' ugly debate regarding the scrapped subplot about the Shitennou and the Inner Senshi having romantic links and turned it UpToEleven. [[spoiler: Episode 10 had confirmed past romances between the Senshi and the Shitennou. A number of [[YuriFan fans that pair the Sailor Senshi with each other]] weren't pleased. Episode 12 continued the revelation, but also killed off the Shitennou and had all four Senshi cry over them, which only worsened the rage.]]

* {{Narm}}:
** The frequency of OffModel animation can seriously throw off the mood, ''especially'' at the beginning. It doesn't help if the episode first has some ''gorgeous'' animation, like the reveal of Princess Serenity... and then follows up with OffModel scenes. Oops? Case in point, [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/33be91df25d3bd4c3ba6ab4c25dc8782/tumblr_nr0x2m53IJ1tienzco1_400.jpg Chibi-Usa's]] [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/96cae1b9e5dc6b72d39b94245fe7f693/tumblr_inline_nr1amwpNxa1qgl6qf_500.gif transformation]].
** TruerToTheText or no, Mars’ catchphrase “In the name of Mars, I’ll chastise you.”, sounds more like a PokeThePoodle declaration than a serious threat.
** The Website/NicoNicoDouga subtitles (which use the same script on [=CrunchyRoll=] and Hulu) use some drama-breaking translation choices. For example, in Act 3 Jadeite's cry of "''[[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns Onore!]]''" as he's engulfed in flames is translated as "Rascal!"
*** In episode 6 of season 3, when the girls find Tellu's victims, the official subtitles put Rei's line as the very meme-worthy, "Look, everyone goes down!"
*** The subtitles for Act 33 cause a lot of inappropriate snickering by using the word "aroused" instead of "awakened" when discussing Sailor Moon's powerup to Super Sailor Moon and the prospect of Sailor Saturn awakening as a senshi.
** "Cat Can Talk!"
** Venus is here! We get a dramatic pan-up, [[DramaticWind the wind]] blows through her hair, we finally get up to her face and... [[NarmCharm it's covered by her windblown hair]].
** The show's tendency to employ BloodlessCarnage, contrasting the original manga's HighPressureBlood, took a little bit of seriousness out of the scene where [[spoiler:Sailor Moon kills the possessed Mamoru by slashing him across the chest with a sword]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Usagi getting jealous over Mamoru allegedly hooking up with Chibi-Usa... who is only a child ''and'' her and Mamoru's KidFromTheFuture. Granted, [[IdiotHero Usagi]] was never that bright to begin with.

* JustHereForGodzilla: For some fans, the only reason to watch Season III is Sailor Saturn.

* ContestedSequel: Rather "contested adaptation" in this case. Fans are pretty much split down the middle if this one is better than the [=90s=] version or not. One side like that it follows the manga more closely, doesn't have filler and has great animation. The others side hate the characterization in this feeling it's too bland, find the battles lacking and just don't like the overall tone of this one, feeling it lacks the quirky charm of the [=90s=] version.

** The frequency of OffModel animation can seriously throw off the mood, ''especially'' at the beginning. It doesn't help if the episode first has some ''gorgeous'' animation, like the reveal of Princess Serenity... and then follows up with OffModel scenes. Oops? Case in point, [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/33be91df25d3bd4c3ba6ab4c25dc8782/tumblr_nr0x2m53IJ1tienzco1_400.jpg Chibiusa's]] [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/96cae1b9e5dc6b72d39b94245fe7f693/tumblr_inline_nr1amwpNxa1qgl6qf_500.gif transformation]].

* NoYay: Unless you have an incest fetish, Chibi Usa's crush on her father, especially after gaining an adult body, brainwashing him and kissing him.

* TheWoobie: It's hard to not want to give Sailor Moon a hug after the first episode. While she did dream about "beating up bad guys," she gets a massive dose of RealityEnsues when she finds her life in mortal danger and ''she has no clue what the heck she's doing''! Fortunately, after a few battles and more experience, she begins to break out of that mold.

* AngstWhatAngst: Makoto flirts with Asanuma by talking about the tragic deaths of her parents and ''smiling'', complete with an inappropriate wink and a blush.

* [[HoYay Les Yay]]:
** Every time Usagi sees a pretty girl or meets a new main character, she acts like she just fell in love. Of course she does this with guys too.
** Usagi calls Ami really cute several times in Act 2 of the manga, while in Act 2 of ''Crystal'' there's a bit of LuminescentBlush as she does it, with Ami also blushing profusely when Usagi effusively hugs her, and again shortly after, when Usagi tells her that she's cuter when she smiles, while obliviously using the -chan honorific.
** In "Sailor Mars", Ami uses "you can see a beautiful girl" as an incentive to get Usagi to come with her to the cram school. Usagi's naturally excited, and when she actually sees Rei, gets hearts in her eyes. Ami tells her it's rude to stare. And then when Rei gets off the bus, Usagi does too ''just so that she can follow her''.
** "Sailor Jupiter" starts off with Makoto saving Usagi, and after she walks off, Usagi's in love again and muses that the other girl smelled really good.
** Chibi-Usa musing about how beautiful and pale Hotaru's skin is. Usagi agrees with a knowing expression.
** Hell, the entire 3rd season has lesbian undertones all over it. The opening sequence shows both Chibi-Usa and Hotaru naked around a bed of flower petals, and there's an entire ending dedicated to Haruka and Michiru's relationship using the same imagery.
** In Act 36, [[spoiler:Hotaru tells Chibi-Usa she loves her right before dying]]. This didn't happen in the manga.
** In Act 28, Minako's gift to Rei for her birthday is Casablanca Lilies, the same flowers Rei always got from her first love. Minako also says she brought them ''because she knew how important they are for her''.

* WhatAnIdiot: Usagi getting jealous over Chibi-Usa allegedly hooking up with Mamoru... even though Chibi-Usa is only a child ''and'' her and Mamoru's KidFromTheFuture. Granted, [[IdiotHero Usagi]] was never that bright to begin with.

** The Dead Moon Circus movie adaptation received this even more from people who hate how much ''Crystal''/''Eternal'' is changing to cater to 90's anime fans, especially in regards to the art style.

** The Dead Moon Circus movie received this even more from people who were more than displeased that the art style was changed to resemble that of the 90's anime, even changing girls' planetary symbols from circles (as they were in the beginning and in the manga) to hearts (as they were in the 90's anime), feeling that it betrays the ''whole point'' of ''Crystal''/''Eternal'' being a more faithful adaptation of the ''manga'' and not a recreation of the 90's anime.

* MisBlamed: Many of the specific scenes and plot elements that ''Crystal'''s more vocal critics use as examples of how the series is "ruining" ''Sailor Moon'', such as Usagi's attempted suicide at the end of Act 12, existed in the original manga and were simply reproduced in the adaptation. Many fans don’t realize that the original 90s Anime took liberties with that adaptation that even Naoko Takeuchi didn’t approve of.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Those who hated Chibi-Usa in the 90s anime like her a lot more in ''Crystal'', given that it's a straightforward adaptation of the manga; helps that she later got over her crush on Mamoru [[HoYay for obvious, Hotaru-related reasons]] in Season 3.
** Mamoru, for those who weren’t fans of him in the 90s Anime, as the ''Crystal'' didn’t replicate his RonTheDeathEater personality traits given to him by the director (who admitted to hating him) seen in the original Anime.

* ContestedSequel: Rather "contested adaptation" in this case. Fans are pretty much split down the middle if this one is better than the [=90s=] version or not. One side like that it follows the manga more closely, doesn't have filler and has great animation. The others side hate the characterization in this feeling it's too bland, find the battles lacking and just don't like the overall tone of this one. Feeling it lacks the quirky charm of the [=90s=] version.

** Every time Usagi sees a pretty girl or meets a new main character, she acts like she just fell in love. Of course she does this with guys too, just not as much.

* MisBlamed: Many of the specific scenes and plot elements that ''Crystal'''s more vocal critics use as examples of how the series is "ruining" ''Sailor Moon'', such as Usagi's attempted suicide at the end of Act 12, existed in the original manga and were simply reproduced in the adaptation.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Those who hated Chibi-Usa in the 90s anime like her a lot more in ''Crystal'', given that it's a straightforward adaptation of the manga; helps that she later got over her crush on Mamoru [[HoYay for obvious, Hotaru-related reasons]] in Season III.
* ShipToShipCombat: The survival of the Shitennou and their increased presence in the plot has revived the once ''very'' ugly debate regarding the scrapped subplot about the Shitennou and the Inner Senshi having romantic links and turned it UpToEleven. [[spoiler: Episode 10 had confirmed past romances between the Senshi and the Shitennou. A lot of the fandom weren't pleased. Episode 12 continued the revelation, but also killed off the Shitennou and had all four Senshi cry over them, which only worsened the rage.]]

* ContestedSequel: Rather "contested adaptation" in this case. Fans are pretty much split down the middle if this one is better then the [=90s=] version or not. One side like that it follows the manga more closely, doesn't have filler and has great animation. The others side hate the characterization in this feeling it's too bland, find the battles lacking and just don't like the overall tone of this one. Feeling it lacks the quirky charm of the [=90s=] version.

** The blatant CG is ''atrocious''. It's removal in season three was a universally praised choice.

* ShipToShipCombat: The survival of the Shitennou and their increased presence in the plot has revived the once ''very'' ugly debate regarding the scrapped subplot about the Shitennou and the Inner Senshi having romantic links and turned it UpToEleven. With a huge side-dish of HetIsEw as dessert. [[spoiler: Episode 10 had confirmed past romances between the Senshi and the Shitennou. A lot of the fandom weren't pleased. Episode 12 continued the revelation, but also killed off the Shitennou and had all four Senshi cry over them, which only worsened the rage.]]

** Some people are complaining that the OP isn't "Moonlight Densetsu." This partly stemmed from the initial assumption (mistakenly spread by some fansites) that Music/MomoiroCloverZ's popular CoverVersion, which ended up being the ThemeSong for the {{Takarazuka}} {{Revival}} of the ''[[Theatre/SeraMyu musicals]]'', was to be used for ''Crystal.''

** The [[ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon CG effects]] used in season 1 and 2's transformation sequences was heavily criticized by fans as ugly and jarring. Season 3 featured hand drawn transformation sequences that took many cues from the original 90s anime transformations.

* NightmareFuel: [[BigBad Queen]] [[EldritchAbomination Metalia]], thanks to her design being much more faithful to the manga. Sure, we don't get the NightmareFace from the manga, but having nightmares about [[spoiler: the BigBad killing the love of your life]] is still horrifying.

* UncannyValley:
** The art style for the first two arcs ''tries'' to be TruerToTheText to the original manga art... and fails spectacularly by being cold and lifeless, ''especially'' when [[SpecialEffectsFailure in CGI]]. The worst offender is Chibi-Usa's design, detailed above in SpecialEffectsFailure and {{Squick}}.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Also, Prince Demande from the same season is given a sympathetic death that wasn't in the manga, which doesn't really add up when you consider that he is an attempted rapist and all-around horrible person, and that he had literally ''just'' attempted to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the universe]] before this death happens.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** As soon as ''Anime/KillLaKill'' was released, people started to make crossover images between Ryuko and any Senshi (namely, Makoto and Usagi). Creator/AmiKoshimizu, Ryuuko's voice actress, voices the equally tomboyish Makoto here.
** Creator/HisakoKanemoto as Sailor Mercury fits this as well, as she voiced [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Flandre Scarlet]] in the ''VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu'' doujin game and one of Flandre's weakness is ''water''. Guess which element Sailor Mercury [[KillItWithWater uses]]?
** She has also played a character that also has something to do with water, [[Manga/SquidGirl de]] [[VerbalTic geso]].
** In the third season, Hotaru's spirit fading away in front of Chibi-Usa is nearly identical to the end of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', complete with disappearing from bottom to top (with her head being the last part of her body to go) and turning into "dust" that blows away. This was two years before that movie premiered.

** The ConspicuousCG is ''atrocious''. It's removal in season three was a universally praised choice.

** The art style for the first two arcs ''tries'' to be TruerToTheText to the original manga art... and fails spectacularly by being cold and lifeless, ''especially'' when [[SpecialEffectsFailure in]] [[ConspicuousCGI CGI]]. The worst offender is Chibi-Usa's design, detailed above in SpecialEffectsFailure and {{Squick}}.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Season 3 saw a number of changes to the show as it moved from a web series to airing on television (and presumably gained an increased budget in the process). Most notably, the art style was changed and the ConspicuousCG transformation sequences done away with in what may well be a purposeful attempt at addressing fan dissatisfaction with those elements.

** The ConspicuousCG used in season 1 and 2's transformation sequences was heavily criticized by fans as ugly and jarring. Season 3 featured hand drawn transformation sequences that took many cues from the original 90s anime transformations.

* EarWorm: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Va228UhRs Moon Pride]]", The first opening theme, an anthem for {{feminist fantas|y}}ies everywhere, and the amazing rocked out soundtrack [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgh7L6VuP5Q backing]] Rei's transformation.
* EvilIsSexy: Besides Metalia, Wiseman, and Pharaoh-90, all the villains qualifies.

** Some fans would have preferred to see as many of the classic cast return as possible, given Creator/KotonoMitsuishi's RoleReprisal.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Usagi. Fans of the '90s anime (and even some fans of the manga) accuse Crystal!Usagi of being a selfish bitch who only cares about her true love and ignores her friends in favor of Mamoru [[spoiler:especially because she healed him first in the future]]. Fans of ''Crystal'' (and other manga fans) worship her and throw 90s Usagi (whom they call SpoiledBrat and BrattyHalfPint) under the bus to defend her. Although these complaints are mainly based on the first two seasons, and have died down in the third once Usagi's relationship with Mamoru stops taking up so much screentime.

** Most transgender and non-binary fans have been squeeing over Haruka, as most identify Haruka as [[AmbiguousGenderIdentity genderqueer]], thanks to [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CggI8DGUUAEtgul.jpg this page]] from the manga and [[http://67.media.tumblr.com/c8145f34c6f0f7a6f430ae43bc4d8086/tumblr_o7c2vtSMUf1qf5hjqo5_500.gif this scene]] from season three.

** Usagi's ClingyJealousGirl treatment of Chibi-Usa in the 2nd season makes her seem like she's a complete jerk and her relationship with Mamoru seem completely unhealthy and obsession-based. She spends most of the season with the firm belief Chibi-Usa, a child, is trying to get her man. The fact she accuses Mamoru of trying to score with her for a second time even ''after'' she learns she'll be her future mother only makes it more problematic. The best she does about it is to lock herself in her room and think about how horrible she's been, but then she starts doing it all over again soon enough. This was all from the manga and is meant to be negative, as part of her CharacterDevelopment, but many feel that the development just wasn't worth the unpleasantness Usagi displays.