05-21-2024, 12:04 AM
Sailor Moon S (1995)
Another hour long yet dense story. This snow alienness plans the freeze the world with her snow harpy henchwomen, and the Sailor Guardians are called to punish them in the name of the moon. It’s all the Sailors, including Neptune & Uranus who are lesbian lovers and Pluto, who wields a magic staff. Usagi is armed with a series of wands and a chalice - not sure where that came from - either forgot or never got far enough in the series. There’s a lot of fighting.
Meanwhile there’s an unrequited love story subplot. Luna gets sick and is almost run over because she’s so feverish. She’s rescued by a handsome man who is obsessed with the legendary moon goddess Kaguya (also the name of the alienness). He’s infected by a crystal shard of a comet and engaged to an astronaut about to go on her first flight. Luna falls in love with this guy and struggles with it because - well, Alina is a cat. She’s a magical girl cat and Usagi’s familiar. I did not get misty at the unrequited love fallout for Luna because it would be silly to get that invested in an anime. Nope. Totally dry eyed.
The dubbing in these Hoopla versions is atrocious. I’m not sure I’m going to watch the third one. The voices are so bleating in English. Spoils it.
Another hour long yet dense story. This snow alienness plans the freeze the world with her snow harpy henchwomen, and the Sailor Guardians are called to punish them in the name of the moon. It’s all the Sailors, including Neptune & Uranus who are lesbian lovers and Pluto, who wields a magic staff. Usagi is armed with a series of wands and a chalice - not sure where that came from - either forgot or never got far enough in the series. There’s a lot of fighting.
Meanwhile there’s an unrequited love story subplot. Luna gets sick and is almost run over because she’s so feverish. She’s rescued by a handsome man who is obsessed with the legendary moon goddess Kaguya (also the name of the alienness). He’s infected by a crystal shard of a comet and engaged to an astronaut about to go on her first flight. Luna falls in love with this guy and struggles with it because - well, Alina is a cat. She’s a magical girl cat and Usagi’s familiar. I did not get misty at the unrequited love fallout for Luna because it would be silly to get that invested in an anime. Nope. Totally dry eyed.
The dubbing in these Hoopla versions is atrocious. I’m not sure I’m going to watch the third one. The voices are so bleating in English. Spoils it.
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