Sailor Moon

I don't think so, no. Of course, a lot of my memories are from the original Dic dub, which ran roughshod over the original anyway.

Believe it or not the anime was faithful to the manga with Makoto. She lives alone in both versions and the dub tried to say she still has a mom.

Does it say why she lives alone, though?

No. But its something. Did she display this backstory more in the manga?

There are two main parts in the manga where I remember Makoto's backstory coming up. One is in the Black Moon arc where she talks to Asanuma (manga-only character who admires Mamoru) in her apartment and she mentions that her parents died in an airplane crash when he asks if she lives alone. The other time is in her "Exam Battle" side story, where she gets scared by the sound of an airplane on a TV show, and that's the only time her fear of airplanes ever comes up in either version that I can remember. In the 90's anime, she likely doesn't have that fear at the time of Stars if she had it before, since she goes on an airplane for a Three Lights event and doesn't have any problems with it, but her parents are still dead in that version.

Edited by Rainbow on Feb 22nd 2023 at 1:44:01 PM

Oops nevermind then. Poor Mako though.

It's a good thing the villains in the anime never created an airplane monster.

Huh. Now that I think about it, what are the fears of the other Senshi?

Cause if the bad guys could figure those out, they'd have a sure fire method for challenging them.

Yeah, that's the part that really bothers me. The manga has these interesting character beats that don't get explored much due to its lighting pace. The anime's much longer run time means those character beats have a lot more time to be developed and examined, but instead largely ignores them.

And sure, part of this is the anime was still being made while the manga was being written, but take this cute dub comparison of the girls finding out Amara/Haruka is a woman;

The manga establishes right from the beginning that all three of those girls have different views on the opposite sex; with Rei being a card-carrying man-hater, Minako shallowly throwing herself at every hot guy, and Makoto being the most emotionally mature.

And then the anime just makes them all Minako. Taken by itself, it's a funny scene, but it's also a big reason why the Scouts in the anime feel a lot more homogenous to me.

Edited by Dracoblade on Feb 22nd 2023 at 1:17:48 AM

@Handsome Rob: Usagi and Chibi-Usa are both afraid of thunderstorms, and that's shown in the anime and possibly the manga as well. All of the Senshi have things that are listed as things they "have trouble with/weakness" in their official stats, but aside from Usagi also being afraid of ghosts and dentists, either they don't come up (in the case of the Outer Senshi) or are probably more on the level of dislike rather than fear, aside from Makoto's fear of airplanes. Ami's Exam Battle story has her get an allergic stress reaction to love letters, but that's only in the manga, so I'm not sure about 90's anime Ami's fears aside from maybe things like failing in school.

Which makes me realize that it was a missed opportunity for Setsuna to not show up in episode 184 of Stars, which is the one where almost all the Senshi except for her and Hotaru end up at Usagi's house. There was a part where a cockroach appears in Usagi's kitchen and the girls (Inner Senshi) get scared of it and Seiya tries to get rid of it for them. That would have been a perfect opportunity for Setsuna to have been part of that scene because then that could have shown her dislike/fear of that type of insect.

Edited by Rainbow on Feb 22nd 2023 at 2:34:45 PM

I won't speak for the manga, but in Crystal in Inners are far more homogenous than in the 90's anime. In that they have no character.

Also this is why Ami was always the best. She was the only one who didn't get bogged down by boy trouble plots.

No, no, she did. She was just the Shy one, so it was a bit more subtle for her.

The Outers may suck in the manga but I love the Outers from the manga.

EDIT: I thought Sterok meant the outers had no personality in the manga. And even if they didnt I still prefer their manga version.

Edited by AegisP on Feb 22nd 2023 at 1:21:13 AM

I have a lot of thoughts on the differences between some of the characters in the anime and manga, so I'm gonna group them into some folders.

Edited by Diana1969 on Feb 22nd 2023 at 11:32:38 AM

Please continue.

FUCK. Didn't even notice that.

Fixed it, whoops.

Snazzy little theme from that filler arc about Plant Aliens

About Ami: Ami was a Covert Pervert in the anime. She knew about 'taboo' forms of love immediately, she peeks between her fingers when the others cover their eyes, and she was the first girl to join the Starlights mega fan club, way before Usagi and Minako the famous idol lovers.

She's been sheltered for a good chunk of her life, she has the right to indulge every so often

I have found out something really weird. It seems that people in the UK... Dont love Sailor Moon! I thought that was ridiculous. That just cant be. Then I heard MVM sold Sailor Moon DVD's 20 years ago... and they flopped miserably and nearly bankrupt them! I think those DVD's must have sold the Di C dub because that would make more sense I know the Di C dub is really beloved nowadays but back then it was a hard sell. And according to my friends in the UK Sailor Moon has not been relicensed for sale like most other Toei anime!

There was a point even where one of my friends who was a kid during the 2000's that thanks to Pop Girl freaking Mew Mew Power was more known than Sailor Moon. I again laughed it off and I kept thinking the Sailor Moon DVD's must have steamrolled in the UK by now...

If you live in the UK please chime in and tell me how you and your fellow anime fans feel about Sailor Moon!

Its not that we don't love sailor Moon it's just..anime isn't as big a deal over here as it is in US,and also because we're not used to watching subtitles apparently

In South Korea, Wedding Peach is far more beloved than Sailor Moon, which is considered an inferior knockoff of Wedding Peach.

Amusingly, neither are knockoffs of the other, but the two anime shared writers and character designers, giving that impression (both manga are quite different).

I would accept that and I love your insight and perspective that Ultimatum but there is a thriving anime industry in the UK, many other anime that some would consider obscure in comparison do well there. Also I confirmed it, MVM sold the Di C dub but since fans didnt have any love for the Di C dub and anime fans dont want edited releases it flopped. It hasnt been repurchased for release there. The only thing available in the UK as far as Sailor Moon is concerned is Crystal on Netflix.

Also it is interesting to hear that's the case in South Korea? Are you from there? I definitely know there are Korean Tropers.

I'm not from South Korea. I'm just a Wedding Peach fan and would browse forums back in the day when fandoms were all on forums.

Edited by PhiSat on Mar 23rd 2023 at 9:20:14 AM

I really want to watch Wedding Peach! And its true its REALLY beloved in South Korea!

Here's the second trailer for Sailor Moon Cosmos: