Watching Crystal for the first time

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ACT 7
  • :usagi:: "You're Tuxedo Mask." It took her seven episodes. That's a record!!
    :sheep::circles::clap::bow:
  • I guess no one minds Usagi bringing a cat to school. :luna:
  • Mercury aqua mist kind of looked nice.
  • Jupiter: "Supreme thundaaaaa!!" *Shoots green blast*
  • Tuxedo mask's throwing hands! :eek:Too bad he can't attack from a distance P-:
  • Sailor V appears. :minako::artemis:
  • I guess right now I'm mostly interested in UsaMamo's relationship. The other girls don't really have much going on right now.
 
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I suppose that by the time that Sailor Venus appears, she just came back from China and had her final encounter with Damburite.

In the Sailor V manga, Sailor V transitions to Sailor Venus in the last chapter and becomes aware of “her mission.”
 

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I know this coming from me will make raise eyebrows but I actually like Sailor V’s entrance in Crystal a tiny bit more then in the 90s anime. It’s because of the cliffhanger reveal and the music. AND because the ONA version gave her the wrong outfit (she was dressed as Sailor V) and I had my expectations Crystal would finally deviate a bit from the 1:1 formula. LOL
 
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I know this coming from me will make raise eyebrows but I actually like Sailor V’s entrance in Crystal a tiny bit more then in the 90s anime. It’s because of the cliffhanger reveal and the music. AND because the ONA version gave her the wrong outfit (she was dressed as Sailor V) and I had my expectations Crystal would finally deviate a bit from the 1:1 formula. LOL
I know, right?
THAT MUSIC, at the end of act 5, 7, 9.
 
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  • The eyecatchers kind of remind me of Utena with the silhouettes and little piano.
  • After PGSM I'm used to Artemis having a precious voice. I was so caught off guard. ^_^':artemis:
  • Ok, they're having Venus pose as the princess.
  • I kind of like Venus's transformation. Just gets in her pose a bit fast. :minako:
  • Sailor Moon kissed Tux, they held on that part. :mischief:
  • I didn't know Sailor Moon could fly. :creeper:
  • The story here's much more linear. It kind of feels like an elongated movie. Are there any parts they had to skip over for time's sake?
 
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ACT 8
  • The eyecatchers kind of remind me of Utena with the silhouettes and little piano.
  • After PGSM I'm used to Artemis having a precious voice. I was so caught off guard. ^_^':artemis:
  • Ok, they're having Venus pose as the princess.
  • I kind of like Venus's transformation. Just gets in her pose a bit fast. :minako:
  • Sailor Moon kissed Tux, they held on that part. :mischief:
  • I didn't know Sailor Moon could fly. :creeper:
  • The story here's much more linear. It kind of feels like an elongated movie. Are there any parts they had to skip over for time's sake?
  • I haven't really developed a connection with any of the characters besides UsaMamo. So at least I like their scenes.
No they really don't the manga is mostly the same.
 
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ACT 9
  • Still love the way Usagi's hair moves in this :usagi:
  • "Earth ppl and Moon ppl can't get in relationships. That's god's rule". - Don't remember learning that in church :creeper:
  • How are Earth ppl even getting to the moon? :?
  • So, Beryl was part of the earth ppl and she was the one who killed him.
  • How did Kunzite even swip Tux?
  • Queen Beryl's smile is unsettling
  • Interesting nightmare sequence. :unsure:
  • Flying to the moon the next episode :happy:
  • Not much to say honestly
 
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ACT 9
  • How are Earth ppl even getting to the moon? :?
In the Super Famicom game of Another Story the Moon Kingdom had flying ships just like Peter Pan.

Interesting in the 90s Beryl moved an army in an invisible magical bridge. That or they probably just magically levitated.
 

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This is a strict 1:1 adaptation.

Some scenes and situations were altered to keep the show PG-13… I guess.

… the manga shows people being impaled and some blood… and the author also drew some melting skulls and bodies… especially in the Black Moon arc. :P
Didn't Crystal III make some tweaks in the dialogues? Apparently they made Hotaru more sympathetic to her father when he
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died.
 

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Didn't Crystal III make some tweaks in the dialogues? Apparently they made Hotaru more sympathetic to her father when he
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died.
I’d have to re-read the manga to get you an answer. :purpleghost:

I do believe that in season 2

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Koan sets people on fire, but it doesn’t look really like fire in Crystal.

Usagi sees corpses and skeletons when they go to the future, but Crystal censored Naoko’s grisly manga panels.
 

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Beryl…

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is more ambitious in this version. She wants to cheat Metaria, have the power of Silver Crystal all to herself and become some kind of ruler—with Endymion by her side.

We see a similar narrative in “Stars.” Galaxia attempted to cheat Chaos, too.