Day 10: Which of Mamoru's outfits is the worst? Do you like any of them?

I never really had a problem with any of them; they're just as 90's as any other character's can be.  If I had to pick a least favorite, it would be this one:

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Day 10: Probably the one he wore during most of S and SuperS (I think?), even for me that was quite interesting, let us say, as an outfit. Sorry I don't have a screenshot currently to post.

Day 11: Which transformation sequence do you like best and why?
-Honestly....?? I guess when Usagi goes from Sailor Moon to Princess (and Tuxe to Prince Endymion) and Chibiusa's transformation into Princess during her dreams to meet helios. It's very regal and amps up the stakes since in the 90s anime becoming Royal is your top tier level of power.

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Ktenshi-
This is probably my least favorite question and least favorite thing about the fandom is how constant they make fun of Mamoru's style like no one else in the series didn't have questionable taste or their outfits were never bad. 
Like.. he has clothes. People are just mean.

I think this is also a function of his being the only male main character in a predominantly female cast.  It also didn't help that his first outfit involved purple pleats which Dub!Serena actually called out in-universe.  Personally, I didn't notice anything special about Mamoru's clothes until after I had finished the entire anime and started getting into the fandom.

Yeah, I know. I have the misfortune of being in the fandom for so long, that the 'jokes' are grating at this point and became profoundly unfunny to the point of just me being really against anything about his outfits. It just feels petty and wrong to me now. So I don't even find the in passing questions amusing or anything anymore.

Day 9-Who is your favorite voice actor?

Megumi Ogata! I LOVE Uranus' voice! It's perfect for her personality! Strong and stern, just like her! 

Day 10-Which one of Mamoru's outfits is the worst? Do you like any of them?

I can't technecally say I like any of them, since they're all kinda ugly. If I like any of them, it's in an ironic sort of way? XD He's got enough of them that fit that bill. I guess my favorite would be the one he wears the most-that green jacket with purple (why tho, mamo) pants and a black shirt.

Day 11: The "Double Moon" transformation was probably my favorite, for Usagi at least. That one was really smooth, probably because it was later seasons' animation, so it was very cool to watch. The Starlights' transformations and entrances were also pretty cool; the headsets (?) look very awesome at the sequences' starts.

Day 8: Is there anything specific to the anime that you prefer over other versions?

Really just the character development. I love how the guardians and other character just evolve over time.

A bit behind, but I would love to try this.

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Day 1: How were you first introduced to the anime and which episode was it?

I have a very good memory of it. I won't bother cluttering with the details, but I was at a friend's house and I found it while channel surfing, and I was drawn in by these girls in different color costumes with planet names fighting a monster. The episode was "An Unnatural Phenomena".

Day 11: Which transformation sequence do you like best and why?

Hang on a moment, let me review...

Yep, thought so.  Moon Prism Power, no contest.  Crisis Power (though really short) is also nice, and Moon Crisis Power would be close if it weren't for the toy advertisement at the beginning.  I never liked electronically blinking/flashing/twinkling this-will-totally-be-a-toy things at the beginning of transformations.

But that's not the only reason I chose Moon Prism Power (Sailor Moon's, of course, not Chibi-Moon's).
It's the most battle-like to me and the music fits just perfectly.  The others tried to get too fancy and lost the some of the feeling of ... warrior preparing for battle, I suppose.

Day 11: favorite transformation sequence?
It's a tie!

The first moon eternal power, the one that was used when super sailor moon would morph into eternal during the first arc of stars is one of them. It's fairly quick, and with one powerful flap of the wings she is ready to go! It's also one of the only transformation sequences that has the senshi in bold, glimmery hues rather then pastel. 

The second would be Moon Cosmic Power. This one is the exact opposite of the first moon eternal power. It's over the top, it's flashy, there's spinning, colors, extra sound effects-the whole nine yards. Because there's so much going on during this transformation, it always seemed to go on a bit longer then the others. In doing so, it almost puts her other transformations to shame!

Day 12: Least favorite anime-specific thing?
- Ugh... LET ME COUNT THE WAYS

*Usagi and Rei's relationship is toxic. Shall explain more when I get to that day.
*The way the Golden Crystal was Used and shown with little to no backstory on how P. Serenity even knew or had it and why she would even have it when it's on Earth and it's supposed to be MAMORU'S crystal.
*Mamoru's Power set. It was nerfed and I will forever loathe that.
*Usagi and Mamoru's stagnant character development from Super to SuperS. They should've kept evolving. They had enough episodes to do this.
*the fact that the Inners keep getting a Reset button on things after season two where they just seemingly never learned or never act on what they learned before. They keep repeating the same lessons.
*The Minion infighting.
*The selectiveness in who gets redeemed and who doesn't. What makes the Akayashi sisters more worthy than Emerald? They both did bad things willingly and knowingly for men they loved and don't actually care about the thousands they've hurt in the future.
*The Quartet not being Sailor Soldiers makes them superfluous to the plot. You could've had the same plot and stretched out the Amazon Trio's arcs to the Finale.
*In fact, really, the Akayashi sisters' subplot was superfluous overall. Yes it was nice and all with emotions but we never see them again. They never get mentioned again, and their entire involvement has no impact in the overall story arc.
*Luna's subplot in Stars with her crush on Yaten was contrived and boring. It should've been spent building her relationship with Artemis instead.
*Diamond's sacrifice. It reinforces that romanticism of 'you can change him with your looooove'. Even though he assaulted Usagi and changed her clothes without her consent. He was a creep and didn't deserve that redemption at all. Sapphire Deserved it more than him.
*Chibiusa's attacks being basically useless most of the time. Honestly, when she just had Luna-P she was more useful and powerful with that than her being a Sailor soldier at all.
*The fact they can't seem to keep Pluto's skintone constant in any shape or form even from episode to episode. Guys, it's literally brown or light brown.

*coughs* just..ya kno, a few 90s-anime-specific things.

Day 9: Who is your favorite voice actor (Canadian)?

Ummm……………I don't know her name but the voice actress for Lita in the DiC dub...……………that one.

Day 9: Who is your favorite voice actor (Jap)?


Keiko Han Luna's voice ! It's luna voice in PGSM too^^

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Day 2: Favorite episode?

Difficult, but probably "Protect Chibiusa! Clash of the Ten Warriors" (first time I realized the Ayakashi Sisters were suppose to be foils of the Inner Senshi)

Day 12: Least favorite anime specific thing?
Huh, yeah probably the relationship between the main two, the little roles of Sailor Saturn after her Sailor Moon S debut, and maybe some SuperS parts. Those were probably better with the manga, now that I look through it. Nothing that really affected my enjoyment much though . Smaller things might be how Yaten and Taiki were such jerks, hah, or how there's no Sailor V animation yet.

Day 12: Least favorite anime-specific thing?

The secondary characters gradually disappear into meaninglessness.  Even the Inners gradually get less attention.  This would be fine if there were suitable substitutes, but it's mostly one-shot characters in SuperS and Stars besides the Starlights, of whom I was never a fan.

There are a bunch of other things, but that's the main one.

Day 12: Least favorite anime-specific thing?
There are a few, to be honest
1. Mamoru's huge age gap. Why did they make him like 18-20 dating a 14 year old? Why was this a thing? Not only is it creepy, It's literally not like this in any other rendition, so why? It literally serves no purpose. Even Naoko herself hated it! What were they thinking?
2. The lack of the outers in supers. I can't really see any reason for it, to be honest-unless they thought it would steal from the entire chibiusa-main-character thing with pegasus. The entire supers special where viewers find out why the outers, or at least Uranus and Neptune, decide to stay out of the fight seems out of character as heck. "Oh, our princess can handle it."-seriously? So the dead moon circus wasn't that bad, but the animates are bad enough for you to help? It makes no sense.
3. The break up arc in R, but I already talked about that. 
4. The way Usagi acted during the true final battle of the series in Stars. Unlike in other renditions, where she was clearly saddened, she kept fighting-why did she immediately give into despair and have the starlights get hit with blow after blow because of her refusal to fight galaxia "because she's a senshi?" It seems totally out of character for her! She was stronger during her fight with beryl-and that was when she was just a newbie and alone, seeing her friends die for the first time! I mean, I could imagine that seeing your friends die multiple times would mess you up-but you fought so well the other times! Why was she so quick to give up? Again, it was only like this in this rendition of Stars-no other version. Why did they bog down her character like that?

Day 13: Is the anime your favorite version of Sailor Moon? Why or why not?

- No.  It's actually my least favorite version.  There's a lot of reasons why not, but suffice to say that it deviates too heavily from the original material.  It brings in interesting concept ideas but completely rushes and abandon the idea almost immediately afterwards.   It nerfs all the important supporting casts powers (ie: Tuxedo Kamen, Sailor Chibimoon to name a few).  It makes the friendships that would otherwise be great, a bit (or a lot ) on the toxic side of things in the form of either cattiness or 'snark' for 'comedy' but those kinds of remarks and the like are seriously damaging to a person's self-image.  It also resets all the characters' personalities to a degree after the second season so they must relearn the same lessons over and over again.
Making Seiya aggressive in going after Usagi also completely and utterly turned me off to the Starlights as a whole and then Luna became less likable for me (same with Rei.).   The other three became a lot like Mamoru in that they're just basic personality traits and get very little development even between them (Has Minako ever shared an epsiode of friendship building with Ami? Like..ever? Just only the two of them? Lets not get started on how the Outers barely did anything- especially Saturn. What was that about?).
The fact that the show wanted so badly in Stars to convince us all that Minako is -totally- the leader guys but failed to show any of that leading up to it really was chafing.
The stagnation of Usagi and Mamoru's relationship and characters as a whole for two seasons was awful. It shouldn't have happened.

That.Glass.Slipper.Epsiode.  I loathe it to the bottom of my heart. It's the only episode in the entire series where I think Usagi is super OOC for that plot to work. It will never make sense to me, ever.

The entire thing with SuperS.  Nuff said.  And finally the artstyles.  Some weren't so bad, some were really nice but that cherubic chubby cheek style nearly ruined some things for me because I could not take it seriously when it's going against the other animators. It was...bad.
Not to mention, 200 eps is too long to sit through anymore. Especially since it just goes nowhere and does nothing to contribute to the story too much with so much filler.  A little filler is fine but the 90s anime had *too much* of it and never seemed to find a balance between Plot relevant and This is the Lesson of The Day sort of thing.

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If I had a favorite version: Manga, PGSM, SMC, Musicals, and dead last is the 90s anime.

That said, I have nostalgia for it and will think of it fondly in some ways because it -was- my first exposure to the franchise and all.  It's just...got issues.

Day 10: Which of Mamoru's outfits is the worst? Do you like any of them?

There are none more memorable for being totally dreadful than the checkered shirt in the manga.

Naoko is a skilled manga artist with an eye for detail, that makes this atrocity significantly worse. xD In terms of the anime though most of his outfits are if not good then at least inoffensive. My personal favorite is his suit of armour as Prince Endymion.

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Day 3: Least favorite episode?

"Awaken, Sleeping Beauty! Mamoru's Distress" It's at this point where Mamoru was portrayed at his worst; and it really should've been the end of the break-up arc, imo.

Day 7: Do you prefer the original anime or the dub (any language)? 
I prefer the original as it was such a top notch team of Voice Actors. 

Day 8: Is there anything specific to the anime that you prefer over other versions?
If I had to choose one thing I would chose the development of the supporting characters and their relationships. Such as Yuiichiro and Rei 

Day 9: Who is your favorite voice actor (International or Japanese)? 
Michie Tomizawa. A legend. 

Day 10: Which of Mamoru's outfits is the worst? Do you like any of them?
My least favorite would be the one with the aqua and yellow combo. 

While my favorite is the one from the S Movie and his green blazer. 

Day 11: Which transformation sequence do you like best and why?
I have always been partial to Jupiter and Mars for the Inners, Moons my favorite is Crystal/Cosmic/Crisis as a tie, and Outers would be Pluto.


Day 12: Least favorite anime-specific thing?
The dinosaur.

Day 13: Is the anime your favorite version of Sailor Moon? Why or why not?

I don't think I'm informed enough to make a judgement here, because the anime is the only version I have completed.  Though I like it better than what I have seen so far of the other versions, I think any other version of SuperS orStars will probably (hopefully!) be better than the anime SuperS and Stars.

Day 13-is this version your favorite?
It's actually a tie between this and the manga, though I used to like the manga better. They kind of balance each other out for the most part, and things that I may not have liked in one version were somewhat resolved in the other.

Day 11: Which transformation sequence do you like best and why?

I really want to say it's Jupiter's because she's my favorite, but the honest answer is Moon's normal transformation in S. One of the things I love about it over the rest is that the animation is such a good quality for all the spinning and posing, thinking about it it must have been a very complex job to make everything flow right and feel as real as it could be.

Day 14: Best monster of the day?

Don't have one.

Day 10:    Which of Mamoru's outfits is the worst? Do you like any of them?

Honestly, I didn't pay attention of oufits when i watched the anime.

Day 13: Is this version your favorite version of Sailor Moon?
That kind of depends on the arc. I think that the first, second, and fifth arcs I liked the versions equally, while for S I liked the anime very much; recently, rereading the Dreams arc less quickly makes me think that it is actually pretty decent, though previously I had also decided that I probably liked that manga over the anime for that arc's adaptation anyhow. Well I guess that it did make me get into the series more, so I would say it is probably almost the favorite maybe.  
Day 14: Favorite monster of the day?
I don't know, but the ones in SuperS were especially quite wacky, so probably one of those.

Day 15: Favorite boss battle?
I think my favorite would probably be the battle with Eudial in episodes 109-110? or so in S, or maybe the ones with Chibiusa where she helps defeat Rubeus and also that droid in the Time-Space Corridor. I do wish that she had more of a presence like in the manga, but I guess there's SuperS for that.

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Day 4: Favorite canon couple?

Usagi x Mamoru  

(My first OTP and one of my top OTPs ever)

Day 14: Favorite monster of the day?

Man there are too many good ones!  Though the balloon in SuperS (and its family) rank high, as does 

Bakene (aka Rhett Butler)

, I've got to go with the card-playing U-Ikasaman.

Day 15: Favorite boss battle?

- Queen Beryl and Wiseman. I like them because everyone got to participate in some way and furthered the battle and story as well as contribute their power to it.

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Day 5: Couple you wish were canon?

My own crackship of HotaruxShingo