Japanese Movie Reviews

The subtitled translation is very accurate, but I have to boost up the volume in order to hear the dialogue. Some episodes are louder then others. The picture quality and sound is not as good as my Sailormoon Laser Dics, but these are in Japanese with no subtitles. I bought the dvds just to be able to understand what they are saying. You will be very impressed with the difference between the English Dub and the Japanese version. A must for Sailormoon fans, but I am giving it a low rating due to the sound and picture quality.

After I watched the first season of Sailor Moon Un-cut in Japanese language the first I thought was that the sound was a little bad in the beginning, but it changed when I got used to it. This is the greatest anime ever (dear readers, this is no BS). The voices suit, the whole season is un-cut, so you can watch all the scenes which were flipped in the DiC dub (the missing episodes too. Those who believe that the translation is totally wrong, aren't right, because if you watch the German version you'll eventually find out that the translation was made correctly. Every Sailor Moon fan should buy this even if it's extremely expensive. Have fun with it!!!

I don't have the Sailor Moon DVD on all 5 of the seasons but I do have them on video(I bought it on Ebay). I also got the Sailor Moon SuperS specials including "Ami-chan no hatsukoi"("Ami-chan's first love") on DVD (I got that from the fansubbed VKLL, which appears later on in the season or maybe on the DVD you guys purchased). I am giving the whole Sailor Moon series 5 stars instead of the DVD, since I don't have the DVD and I heard that the audio isn't that great. Anyway, I love the Sailor Moon series in Japanese, even though the English version got me started on it. I didn't like the original Sailor Moon at first, when I got the Sailor Moon R movie subtitles on VHS, I picked up the wrong box! But I got used to reading the subtitles and I love the song, "Moon Revenge". Now, I think the English version also sucks, especially the first and second season. On the first season, they totally skipped over about 6 episodes, especially the important episode about Minako's past. I love the Japanese seiyuu (voices), Kotono Mitsuishi's voice (Usagi) and Rica Fukami (Minako) the most. I really wish (in a way) that America could come out with Sailor Stars so I could compare it to the original version. The original is always the best anyway. The original also brings out the best in the characters, unlike the American version. Despite the DVD, every Sailor Moon episode is the best. Just why did it have to take so long to come out with it? Here I am 22 and when it came to America in 1995, I was 13, but the original release, I was about 10. Yes, I am a grown woman, but I still love Sailor Moon to this very day!

Where to begin? Yes, it's nice that we now have the original Japanese version on DVD now, but with all the problems with this set, perhaps we should have waited a little bit longer. For instance, there are audio problems abound where everything sounds fuzzy and muted, not to mention about 15 seconds of dub ausio (!) in episode 68. That might be forgiven, were it not for other problems on top of that. The second opening was blurred in some places to make way to credit the songs, and some attack names -- which were already in English -- were mistranslated (!). ("Moon Princess Halation" became "Moon Princess Elimination", which was not the dub name, but rather a combo of the two.) My biggest gripe is that an entire episode was cut. Does it really matter if it was filler, or a bad episode, or anything else like that? An episode was cut. So one can't exactly call the release "uncut", now can they?

If you have fansubs, stick with them. They're probably of a more professional quality anyway.

We should be so lucky if ADV released all 5 seasons of Sailormoon withe such rigor and high quality as this set. And for the record, ADV did not "cut" episode 67-- they couldn't get the rights to it... and not even they're sure why the Japanese owner won't sell it to them! You may have to adjust your TV's audio a little... most people who complain about the audio have outdated TVs, else don't know how to use them.
This season is really one of my favorites because of the great character development given to all the Scouts. Ok, Ok, so I do want to get a gun out whenever that "little pink thing" comes out on the screen, but the rest is worth it. Please enjoy Sailor Moon as much of the rest of us do, and also please don't go to conventions cross-playing as Sailor Mercury, ok?

If you ever watched the first season, you'll realize that the quality is even better. Like I said it's the greatest anime. If you would ask a friend if he knows Sailor Moon he'd eventually say "yes". And like I also said the voices suit and you can watch every single scene that DiC flipped. And the music is absolutely fabulous, in both the first and the second season of Sailor Moon.
In other words: I'll stay a loyal moonie til my death. And I feel sorry for every so-called "Sailor Moon fan" who says that this season is even "worse" than the first.
Just buy it! It's worth having in your collection.