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NEWS: Sailor Moon Crystal Anime Confirmed for 26 Episodes


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CaptainAvatar



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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 10:46 am Reply with quote
Mostly recast, but isn't Aya Hisakawa still in the business? I would have preferred she return as Ami/Mercury.

Still, I am looking forward to this.
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 10:47 am Reply with quote
Pokenatic wrote:
TV animation studios don't produce the show as they air


Wishful thinking.
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 10:54 am Reply with quote
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
I take it that this will only cover the Dark Kingdom arc?


I have that feeling too. it would be ashame that the whole season would only have the dark kingdom arc.

though one thing is for sure. if it ever gets licensed in the US, at least it won't get a massive hack job like in the 90's where it unfortunately got strangle hold by DIC.
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 11:14 am Reply with quote
26eps every 2 weeks and delayed 1 year kind of hoping that it would be a 45mins for each epiosde
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 11:18 am Reply with quote
norbjunior wrote:
Collectonian wrote:
I thought it had already been stated that Crystal would be the first part of multiple "series", one for each arc, or was that just speculation?

zeo1fan wrote:


That list getting a new communication device or the like as non-filler though. A lot of times that happened without any real story advancement.


On top of which, the Doom Tree and Nehelenia Arcs were completely original to the anime. Even if the first 6 episodes of Stars are my favorite of the series.


Except they're not filler for the anime. You can't skip over them. And the anime is a different story from the manga, overall, anyway. The anime's not a strict adaptation.
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zeo1fan



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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 12:35 pm Reply with quote
jr0904 wrote:
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
I take it that this will only cover the Dark Kingdom arc?


I have that feeling too. it would be ashame that the whole season would only have the dark kingdom arc.

though one thing is for sure. if it ever gets licensed in the US, at least it won't get a massive hack job like in the 90's where it unfortunately got strangle hold by DIC.


Actually the original anime was dubbed by Premium Productions.
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:28 pm Reply with quote
Duration: 30 min. per episode

episodes will be 30 min ..
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:30 pm Reply with quote
Continuing from what I wrote here:

Sailor Star Dust wrote:
Hope they'll do the other seasons since the original was a surprise hit and that's what made them produce R, etc. (Naoko was going to end it after the Dark Kingdom manga arc.)


Somebody on Twitter noticed if Crystal is straight up animating each chapter, then 26 Acts = end of the Black Moon arc (Sailor Moon R, season 2). But I personally think it's more likely they'll animate the Dark Kingdom manga arc, see how successful it is, then go from there.

5 manga arcs + let's say 26 episodes each season for enough development = 150 episodes total. That'd be a good 7 years or so if they keep the online only, twice a month airtime schedule.

At least it'd be less than 200 episodes. Wink
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Letthemeatraep



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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 4:25 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, they'll definitely only do the Dark Kingdom arc this series, and go from there.

Bi weekly is still bullshit though.
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Sailor Star Dust



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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 4:35 pm Reply with quote
Letthemeatraep wrote:
Bi weekly is still bullshit though.


As long as it means they're not just rushing through the story (everybody involved seems like they want to make a good finished product--Mitsuishi handpicked the new seiyuu during their auditions) and the animation is high quality, I don't mind. Anime smile
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 4:58 pm Reply with quote
zeo1fan wrote:
Actually the original anime was dubbed by Premium Productions.
That's Optimum Productions, actually.
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KH91



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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 6:52 pm Reply with quote
Mohawk52 wrote:
KH91 wrote:
New Sailor Moon, what long legs you have.
You must not have read the manga then.


Clearly, my comment was a joke referring to the old anime if you cared to think before replying.....you know, hence the word "New." Assume if you want.
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 9:14 pm Reply with quote
I'm pretty sure this will be just the Dark Kingdom arc. Perhaps the other arcs will be adapted later on under different titles ("Crystal" does tie into the Dark Kingdom's plot). If 26 episodes was the first couple arcs, there would be little to no room for character development, which, frankly, was missing from the manga.

Dumnerd wrote:
zeo1fan wrote:
Actually the original anime was dubbed by Premium Productions.
That's Optimum Productions, actually.


And they just did the voice recording/casting and final scripts. The editing and "hack jobbing" was still DiC's doing.
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merr



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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 9:30 pm Reply with quote
People forget how fast the manga moves. If it's just the Dark Kingdom arc, there's going to be major padding or structural changes to the story. It also sets weird precedent for any future seasons (e.g., are they really going to follow the manga and have most of the senshi be out of commission for half the Black Moon arc?).
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2014 9:40 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
Well, it had better have top tier animation since they're being given twice the normal time to produce it.


It's still Toei. Bi-weekly doesn't mean they're taking more time, it just means they have a lot of other crap to churn out.
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