Showing posts with label comparison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comparison. Show all posts

Monday, March 14, 2011

Sailor Moon R: Promise of the Rose

I have no clue what is going on here....
In the actual series Mamoru didn't know Usagi before the series, and in this movie they add this element. I kind of do enjoy Fioré's character because he is the same species as An, and Ail, but there were not suppose to be anyone left like that but An, and Ail... This movie is just a huge confusing element.
Something tells me the movies are completely seperate from the series in a sense because they aren't even mentioned in the shows.
What drives me nuts is the english dub name for the Kisenian Flower... Why couldn't it be left at that.... The Xenian Flower?
So Fioré's hair resembles Ail's then when the Kisenian flower takes over him his hair looks like An's.
And as you can tell this entire movie is about roses.
I do actually like the element of Usagi meeting Mamoru before the series it is so cute.
Apparently I seen this in English as a child... I really don't remember probably due to the extreme butchering.... It's cool why have the crystal if I can't use it.
Also Moon Princess Halation the actual attack of the Qutie Moon Rod, and not the Moon Scepter Elimination is used in this movie, as well as Moon Crystal Power Make Up where in the English version they once again omit the make-up...

Sailor Moon Episodes 1-6

I am still not far into the Japanese version of Sailor Moon, and I am going to watch the English version as well. I am going to mention a little bit of comparative information to what I have seen so far.
I am really disappointed in the omitting of episode 2, 5, and 6 so far. I mean in episode 2 when Gurio Umino flips Haruna-sensei's skirt, and they show her panties they could have cut that out for America. Episode 5 was really good too, I mean yes Shingo kicks Luna, but they could have omitted that one clip as well. Episode 6, I literally seen nothing wrong with it so I have no clue why it was omitted. I also noticed there is an attack called Moon Tiara Stardust which was in episode 5.
The youma, or monsters as we know in English do have names but I have only ever heard Morga's name mentioned, and the six greater ones from the rainbow crystals which is later on in the series. Most of the other youma mentioned so far do not exist in the English version because their episodes were omitted. I cannot believe they actually left some names along but apparently Usagi's parents Ikuko, and Kenji aren't important enough to have names in the English Version. I cannot believe they actually left Tuxedo Kamen's name alone in English because Kamen means mask. Surprised they didn't come up with something more crazy.
By episode six in Japan Sailor Mercury has not shown up yet, and in the English due to the omitting of three episodes Sailor Mercury has joined the group. America why did you do this.... Some of this actually contains important plot information.
After watching six episodes at least, possibly more I will post another update of differences.
Japanese Version versus English Version
  • Moon Healing Escalation > Moon Healing Activation
  • Moon Prism Power Make-Up > Moon Prism Power
  • Japanese Names > English Names (Comparison listed below)
  • Moonlight Densetsu > English Theme Song
  • Princess Moon > Opening Reprise for Ending
  • Moon Tiara Action < Moon Tiara Magic
  • Dark Kingdom > Negaverse
  • Season One 46 Episodes > Season One 40 Epsiodes
Names (Japanese versus English)
  • Usagi Tsukino > Serena Tsukino
  • Shingo Tsukino > Sammy Tsukino
  • Ikuko and Kenji Tsukino > Mom and Dad
  • Naru Osaka > Molly Baker
  • Gurio Umino > Melvin Butlers
  • Sakurada Haruna > Patricia Haruna
  • Mamoru Chiba > Darien Shields
  • Tuxedo Kamen ≠ Tuxedo Mask
  • Queen Metalia > The Negaforce
  • Queen Beryl
  • Jaedite
  • Youma > Monsters
  • Morga
  • Balm*
  • Flow**
  • Cyrene*
*in omitted episodes.
** I dare say they never mentioned her name in the English version/

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Re-Watching a Childhood Favourite

I have been watching the original Sailor Moon, and I am so disappointed in what America did to the dubbed version....
Within the first six episodes we lost three, and that is just really sad. The theme song was changed from beautiful to more like a superhero theme song.
Some of the original Japanese music was removed. Though I do like the English music for some reason, but sometimes the Japanese music was better.
I watched the movies, and I know I didn't see the Super S one but I do not remember the S, and R ones which I did watch since they were aired on a Canadian channel. I watched them in Japanese, so they must of butchered the movies as well.
It is really sad, but this show should have been aired for it's original audience of young teens/adults.
We got 89 (excuse me I mean 120, here's advice: don't trust wiki) out of 200 episodes, because they completely omitted Sailor Moon S, and Super S. It is a really sad realization that we lost out to so much.
There are parts of the dub I do love but I am glad to finally be watching the original series at last.