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NEWS: Kotono Mitsuishi Leads New Sailor Moon Crystal Anime Cast

I also find it funny that people are calling Ami 'moe' when Naoko Takeuchi clearly hates modern otaku culture. For God's sake

Hoppy800 wrote:

I also find it funny that people are calling Ami 'moe' when Naoko Takeuchi clearly hates modern otaku culture. For God's sake

Dude, what are you talking about? Do you even know what moe is? Moe is different for every people, you know that tsundere Kirino from Oreimo? She is created to be moe but for me she's not moe at all with all of her jerk attitude. According to your statement Takeuchi sensei might not have any intention to make Mizuno Ami a moe character and Ami is not moe to her but she totally fits 3000% to my standard of moe. And the fact that Cure Peace is going to voice her make it rose to 5000% moe!!!

I hope my little explanation about moe reveal the truth to your uninitiated self!

For one thing, Usagi develops a self-awareness about herself and her role as Sailor Moon that remains relatively rare for Magical Girl heroines. She goes beyond questioning her ability to succeed, and questions her ideals; her motivations, in a way that ties into the story eventually eschewing the conventional nature of the battle between good and evil. That the Sailor Soldiers' greater enemy is the cyclical nature of their battle, rather than the enemies they confront in such battles also sets it apart.

I feel like going in more deeply than that would spoil the story, so I'll focus on something a bit more...sociological; until a relatively short while ago, it had been exceedingly common for gay characters to die at the end of their stories; the natural result of their forbidden natures, their forbidden relationships. So it's worth noting that Uranus and Neptune were an early instance of a loving, supporting gay couple that got a happy ending; that weren't bumped off in the end. Hell; Haruka's still one of the most 'out' gay characters in anime.

Bahahaha. What a thorough non-definition. Nice grammar, by the way.

Sorry for the late reply

zeo1fan wrote:

For one thing, Usagi develops a self-awareness about herself and her role as Sailor Moon that remains relatively rare for Magical Girl heroines. She goes beyond questioning her ability to succeed, and questions her ideals; her motivations, in a way that ties into the story eventually eschewing the conventional nature of the battle between good and evil. That the Sailor Soldiers' greater enemy is the cyclical nature of their battle, rather than the enemies they confront in such battles also sets it apart.

It sounds very similar to what is happening now in the latest Naruto (another airhead that gets to be leader) manga (hint: it is ok but not awr inspiring), so if it is really something to go "wow" I would need to see it in the anime adaption to pass any judgement.

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I feel like going in more deeply than that would spoil the story, so I'll focus on something a bit more...sociological; until a relatively short while ago, it had been exceedingly common for gay characters to die at the end of their stories; the natural result of their forbidden natures, their forbidden relationships. So it's worth noting that Uranus and Neptune were an early instance of a loving, supporting gay couple that got a happy ending; that weren't bumped off in the end. Hell; Haruka's still one of the most 'out' gay characters in anime.

Last season Sakura Trick was made into an anime with lesbian couples as the sole plot element and it sold around the manabi line; so no, lesbians, yuri, etc. will not be enough to make this remake sell noticeably.

zeo1fan wrote:

Bahahaha. What a thorough non-definition. Nice grammar, by the way.

Dude, what are you talking about? What I wrote is the explanation on how moe works differently on every peeple, I never said anything about its definition. Calm down, this is just internet no need to get so worked up & start insulting people D:

Sorry for the late reply

zeo1fan wrote:

For one thing, Usagi develops a self-awareness about herself and her role as Sailor Moon that remains relatively rare for Magical Girl heroines. She goes beyond questioning her ability to succeed, and questions her ideals; her motivations, in a way that ties into the story eventually eschewing the conventional nature of the battle between good and evil. That the Sailor Soldiers' greater enemy is the cyclical nature of their battle, rather than the enemies they confront in such battles also sets it apart.

It sounds very similar to what is happening now in the latest Naruto (another airhead that gets to be leader) manga (hint: it is ok but not awr inspiring), so if it is really something to go "wow" I would need to see it in the anime adaption to pass any judgement.

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I feel like going in more deeply than that would spoil the story, so I'll focus on something a bit more...sociological; until a relatively short while ago, it had been exceedingly common for gay characters to die at the end of their stories; the natural result of their forbidden natures, their forbidden relationships. So it's worth noting that Uranus and Neptune were an early instance of a loving, supporting gay couple that got a happy ending; that weren't bumped off in the end. Hell; Haruka's still one of the most 'out' gay characters in anime.

Last season Sakura Trick was made into an anime with lesbian couples as the sole plot element and it sold around the manabi line; so no, lesbians, yuri, etc. will not be enough to make this remake sell noticeably.

It may garner different reactions from different people, but the core remains the same, and that core is regressive.

To your second response, Haruka and Michiru ...

zeo1fan wrote:

It may garner different reactions from different people, but the core remains the same, and that core is regressive.

Dude, what are you talking about? without the moe culture, anime won't reach the same degree of success as you see today. Moe is progressive!!!

You can blame Takeuchi Sensei for the popularity of moe, because one her character plays an important role in shaping the moe culture in mahou shoujo history! With or without her realizing it.

zeo1fan wrote:

To your second response, Haruka and Michiru ...

Which takes us to the heart of the matter. IMO this new series will at most run up to the end of the first arc (so no outer senshi) and will be a fluke very similar to the new Rozen Maiden series. Both series were very popular in its heyday, hardcore fans claimed that the anime version was a butchered version of the noble and pure manga version. Both have the original mangaka working in the new version closely with the anime studio. Both have character designs very similar to the manga version. Both will follow closely the original manga rendition. Both will be forgotten as soon as the last episode ends.

zeo1fan wrote:

To your second response, Haruka and Michiru ...

Which takes us to the heart of the matter. IMO this new series will at most run up to the end of the first arc (so no outer senshi) and will be a fluke very similar to the new Rozen Maiden series. Both series were very popular in its heyday, hardcore fans claimed that the anime version was a butchered version of the noble and pure manga version. Both have the original mangaka working in the new version closely with the anime studio. Both have character designs very similar to the manga version. Both will follow closely the original manga rendition. Both will be forgotten as soon as the last episode ends.

Except you don't know how long the anime run, how many arcs they plan to cover, ...