

She has several love interests, or crushes would be more accurate.
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She manages to grow during the course of the series and become stronger and more courageous. She starts off as a bit annoying with her crying and silliness but she really shines as a comedic character. Usagi as the lead is one of my favorite characters in anime. The real shining light of Sailor Moon is the characters. This is good because it takes away from the story.
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Plus while we have to watch Usagi transform every time we often don’t have to watch all of the others or we get a shortened version.

Sailor Moons is the longest but the other Sailor Warriors are pretty short, which is good. Sailor Moon has plenty of these, and they get to be a bit unwieldy at times as the cast grows. It wouldn't be a magical girl show without the famous transformation cut scene. Anyone who is expecting or desiring intense magical action and special effects will be disappointed. They got a little long and boring as well after the 20th time seeing them. Most of the shows battles are very short as well and the Sailor Warriors various special abilities take up most of them. They get defeated in the same ways and the action itself never gets to be that exciting. The enemies change but after a while they all seem like they are the same. The action is something that just isn’t that interesting however. I found it to be the most compelling and rewarding part of the show. It treats the viewer to a serious and realistic feeling relationship that really puts its modern counterparts to shame. As a romance there is a lot to like about Sailor Moon.

The last half in particular was very interesting and exciting. The plot does a great job of telling the origins of the Sailor Warriors and the reasons for the villain’s attacks. Over the course of the first half of the series the other Sailor Warriors start to appear as we learn more about them and their pasts and building the friendships amongst each other. We get introduced to Usagi right away who quickly becomes Sailor Moon and starts fighting the enemy. From the start we get a sampling of a bigger danger to come and it moves along fairly slowly in the beginning. The overall story is something Sailor Moon does exceptionally well. I gained an appreciation for it as the series unfolded and I think most people will as well. This is not to say it’s bad, because it’s really not fair to compare it to newer shows because the technology has changed so much, but I still think it is relevant. The colors feel plain and washed out a little and we don’t have a lot of the detail that many modern shows have. The voice acting though is strong and I felt the actors did a good job in portraying their characters though some of the performances, particularly from the villains are pretty campy.Īnimation wise, the colors and styles are typical of what you expect from this era. This show could really use a complete remastering of the audio. The background music and sound effects feel like they are drawn out of a 80s B action movie. The music is particularly uninspired and I doubt it was all that interesting when this show was new. When compared to today’s standards it looks primitive and plain. The first thing that is going to come to many people’s attention is going to be the artwork and sound quality. Though it’s probably not the first "magical girl" anime it does in my opinion define the entire genre. It is one of those titles that many people know outside As with most anime fans my age, Sailor Moon was one of the first series that I watched. I can truly say that it exceeded my expectations and left all those fond memories intact. It was with this state of mind that I entered my viewing of Sailor Moon, mostly from a desire to relive some nostalgia from my youth. It is often true that things experienced in your childhood never seem to live up to the wonderful memories you had of them when experiencing them again as an adult.
