Sailor Moon Crystal: Episode 01 Discussion Post

[laceblade]

[In the future, I plan to post these way closer to the actual episode lol.]

What'd you think?

Comments

[katarik]

The animation sometimes veers into Uncanny Valley territory for me, and I'm not super-thrilled with the opening or ending credits (they're really pretty! I... liked the American dub opening a lot better), though I like this one better than Moonlight Densetsu.

However, I LOVED how they toned down the humiliation squick and turned up the creepy, and the placards are incredibly beautiful (I'm getting a strong Utena vibe, artistically), and I really like all the seiyuu thus far. My fiancee can't watch the original with me because she never saw it as a kid and has no nostalgia factor softening the humiliation squick moments all through the first half of season one, but this one she's enjoying thus far.

I love how they're emphasizing the past-life dreams angle this early, and that they're her dreams, too, not just Mamoru. I'm hoping they do more with Usagi/Mamoru than we saw with Serena/Darien -- I never really got why they were in love *as themselves*, you know? But that instant of connection, that 'I _know_ you' in that exchanged look but without anyone going drooly... I have hopes.

Overall, I don't super super love it, but I *really* like it.

[jeweledeyes]

I never really got why they were in love *as themselves*, you know?

YES, YES, YES. x1000

I loved how they handled it in PGSM and I'm hoping they'll do something similar in Crystal.