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Female version of helios sailor moon7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() We’re only a year away from embarking on the last leg of this journey, one 25 years in the making: an animated adaptation of the final arc of the manga with its original premise and original ending. Considering the size and fervor of the Sailor Moon fanbase, and what a guaranteed commercial success Crystal was bound to be, many fans took this as a slap in the face, especially after such a long wait to see the manga’s story animated, but Toei course-corrected immediately, improving the animation in the show’s second season and giving it a complete overhaul in its third with a new art director. ![]() However, while the story was faithful, the animation quality, particularly in the first season, was less that stellar. Thus the great appeal of Sailor Moon Crystal was a faithful adaptation of the manga, and that’s exactly what the fans got. Some of these filler eps are good, some are bad, and which are which is entirely subjective, but one thing all the fans can agree on is that the original manga story was not accurately represented, especially in the later seasons, which bear little resemblance to the source material outside the characters’ visual designs and names. The most notable of these was the telescoping of the narrative with the inclusion of filler episodes, roughly tripling the length of each arc. Due to production schedules and the fact that the manga was being written more or less concurrently with Sailor Moon ’92, the anime deviated from the manga in several significant ways. The Sailor Moon franchise has had a somewhat fraught production history, first with the original 1992 anime, then again for different reasons with Crystal in the 2010s. This final arc will bring in fan favorite characters (and fetish ball inspirations) the Sailor Starlights, the polarizing Chibi Chibi, the ultimate villain, Chaos, who attacks through the manipulation of Sailor Galaxia and her Anima-Mates, and of course… Sailor Moon’s ultimate form (via some metaphysical gymnastics), Sailor Cosmos. Set for a Summer 2023 release, a new duology of films titled Sailor Moon Cosmos will finish what Sailor Moon Crystal began, a faithful-at times perhaps too faithful-adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi’s iconic manga. ![]() Now, nearly a year later, we have our answer. The only question that remained was when the final arc of the manga, Stars, would get the same treatment. This duology was highly anticipated since Sailor Moon Crystal was effectively cancelled after its well-received third season, and while some were concerned it might lack the runtime to adapt the arc authentically, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Sailor Moon Eternal, a duology of feature length animated films adapting the manga’s Dream arc, premiered in Japan back in January 2021 and dropped on Netflix the following June. ![]()
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