[US] Sailor Stars Viz English dub, DVD & Blu-ray thread

God... Carrie Keranen was TERRIBLY miscast as Galaxia.

She’s much better in the final episodes than she is in Part 1. I’ll give her that much lol

It shouldn't be... I watch this my nieces same age as your kid and they KNOW better to not say any curse words etc. Anyways cause that's how they're raised But that's your right as a parent so I'm not gonna argue what you feel is appropriate or not for your child but I feel like the little swearing here and there in this dub is passable thing and not too vulgar compared to things in other cartoons and anime dubs these days. JMO

I can overlook rampant female objectification, but I draw the line at swearing!

Indeed. I feel like she would sound better if her voice was naturally deeper. She sounds like she can act well and says the lines as Galaxia would say them, but she also just sounds so much younger and higher-pitched than Galaxia ought to sound, like this is some sort of high school version of Galaxia.

Wow, that's a fantastic trailer. It's really dramatic, and really sells the stakes of the story. Viz's Sailor Moon trailers have gotten so much better. I remember when they were glorified AMVs with no voices, and set to generic uptempo music. Maybe it had something to do with Charlene Ingram leaving.

In other news, get ready for another replacement program...

It’s just the labeling on the disc.. not the actual content.. sucks they didn’t catch it but it’s such a small issue.

So was the booklet yet they fixed that anyway.

I think the booklet issue was a bigger problem to Viz because people were taking it as homophobic censorship. They didn’t bother to fix the incomplete SuperS one.

The "Friendship" thing is true but when they originally announced the replacement program, it was to fix the incorrect romanji lyrics so even before that mess, they were going to fix something extremely minor.

I totally forgot about that.. They seem as inconsistent with their replacements as they are with they QC.

Huh?


Someone remind me, this song wasn't performed on-screen right?

No, it was not. It was background music.

Exactly...the swearing it happens very rarely, less than 10 times over 200 episodes, 3 movies and 3 specials. Very minor thing compared to what happens in shows like Family Guy, and I know a ton of people that will watch that with their kids. The kids that watch it don’t go around swearing because they know they aren’t allowed to. Also, the show is clearly marked as 14+ by Viz so it shouldn’t be shown to children technically anyway.

So overall they did a great job on Stars in my opinion. The animamates and starlights were spot on - especially Iron Mouse! She was so fun and charismatic!!
also who else was thoroughly impressed with the video quality? It really made me appreciate the artistic shots and angles much more than before.

I completely agree with your statement, the Viz Dub of Stars has been fantastic! My friend who has never seen this season loved Iron Mouse!!! Yes the video quality looks amazingggg <3. I have a subtitled bootleg dvd box set of Stars from back in the day which looks 100% less vibrant.

I actually dont mind the swear words. If they are minor and it also makes them seem more realistic too. I mean as long as it not excessive. They seem to be more mischievous in the Stars. I remember Minako making a brief reference to "Adults love XXX" if that part was translated correctly.

Also, that scene where Seiya was in Michiru's dressing room and she asked him to unzip her dress..lol All that seemed rather suggestive. Might fly over a kids head though..lol

Sailor Stars was hilarious at times if not a tad bit more "mature" than other seasons.

The only character I wouldn't expect to say damn frequently are Ami. Damn and hell are minor words. When the Senshi start dropping Sh"t and F-bombs. We have a problem.

I couldn't imagine Rei telling Usagi to get her $hit together and hurry up and transform!

Shortly before the most dramatic pause, and for good reason, in the entire Stars part 1. That reason probably did fly over kids' heads and probably isn't apparent to most casual viewers.

Part 1 also starts off pretty strong on the "I'm a big kid now" with Mamo & Usa on a park bench with Usa telling Mamo exactly what she wants to do now she is in high school. Apart from wanting to show Usagi as a leader capable of independently making tough decisions the reason Mamo gets possessed by shards of glass and sent away in Stars is because Sailor Moon was trying to grow up faster than her fanbase. I believe this is also the reason why Mamo has the break-up with Usa in R as well.
Mio-chan: 地球と月はだめよ!

(Audio & extras are the same as the last set so no need to post them again)


Extras:
-Interviews with the Sailor Starlights
Melissa Hutchison (Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter) - 13 minutes long
Erika Harlacher (Taiki/Sailor Star Maker) - 9 minutes long
Sarah Williams (Yaten/Sailor Star Healer) - 10 minutes long
-Interviews with the Sailor Animamates
Katie Leigh (Sailor Iron Mouse) - 10 minutes long
Faye Mata (Sailor Aluminum Siren) - 9 minutes long
Corina Boettger (Sailor Tin Nyanko) - 10 minutes long
-Interview with Carrie Keranen (Sailor Galaxia) - 11 minutes long
-Interview with Robbie Daymond (Mamoru/Tuxedo Mask) - 10 minutes long
-Interview with ADR Director Suzanne Goldish - 45 minutes long
-Art Gallery
-Clean Opening - Second version
-Clean Ending - First version

Each are listed as produced in July 2019