Sunday, November 30, 2014

Sailor Moon Crystal Episodes 1-10

As you all probably know, Sailor Moon now has a new anime series out. "Sailor Moon Crystal" premiered worldwide on July 5th, 2014. I had to hold myself from watching it right away since I had a little viewing party to celebrate! It was a lot of fun and I got to just be a nerd with some fellow Sailor Moon fans.

Act 1: Usagi - Sailor Moon
This is the origin episode. It is pretty much the same in any incarnation of "Sailor Moon" you find. Usagi Tsukino, a clumsy cry-baby, meets a cat named Luna. Luna gives Usagi a brooch to transform into Sailor Moon and tells her that her mission is to find the princess and fight against enemies. She also meets Tuxedo Mask when he saves her.

I was so excited to see the new animation and see Sailor Moon in action again. This episode is very special to me, because it was the first time that this new beginning of the series felt real to me.

Act 2: Ami - Sailor Mercury
In this episode, we meet, Ami Mizuno, a smart and shy girl that goes to Usagi's school. Luna senses that she could be a Sailor Guardian. Ami goes to a cram school to study but doesn't realize that the energy of all the students is being drained. The instructor is a youma sent by Jadeite in disguise. Luna gives Ami a pen which allows her to transform into Sailor Mercury.

The Crystal version of this episode is slightly different from the 90's anime. In the old anime, they thought Ami was from the Dark Kingdom since they found the brainwashing disk that she left behind.
Sailor Mercury was my first favorite senshi, so she always holds a special place for me. The new animation makes her look beautiful, so I really liked this one.

Act 3: Rei - Sailor Mars
Rei is a beautiful young maiden at the Hikawa Shrine, which is ran by her Grandfather. Rei is a very serious person and doesn't really have any friends. The bus that runs by the Hikawa Shrine at 6:00 keeps disappearing. Usagi and Rei investigate, Rei then awakens her powers as a Guardian and with the transformation pen, becomes Sailor Mars. (Usagi also has her 2nd encounter with Mamoru and learns his name.)

I'm not the biggest Rei fan, but a large part of that is because of how she was portrayed in the original anime. I think I'm going to like her better in "Crystal".

Act 4: Masquerade Dance Party
Luna overhears Usagi's classmates talking about Princess D and how she will be exhibiting a special treasure from the kingdom of D. Luna thinks it might be related to the princess and the Legendary Silver Crystal. Usagi, Ami, and Rei go to the masquerade party to investigate. Usagi is caught off guard when Tuxedo Mask asks to dance with her. Ami and Rei find that the princess is being controlled by a youma. Usagi falls off a balcony and is caught by Tuxedo Mask. She transforms into Sailor Moon and defeats the enemy then falls asleep from exhaustion. Tuxedo Mask attempts to kiss Sailor Moon while she sleeps but Luna stops him and makes him stay away from her.

I liked this episode, but the relationship between Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask seemed to develop a little too quickly. It is, however, more close to the manga.

Act 5: Makoto - Sailor Jupiter

One day, Usagi is saved from being hit by a car by a girl wearing another school's uniform, who is revealed to be a transfer student named Makoto Kino. Although the others in Makoto's class are too intimidated by her assumed superhuman strength to approach her, Usagi easily befriends her and takes her to the arcade, where she becomes entranced by Motoki due to his resemblance to an upperclassman she knew. Later, Usagi and the others hear about a bridal shop that is said to be cursed by a possessed mannequin that seduces grooms and kidnaps them. That night, Tuxedo Mask appears before Usagi, leading her and the others to Makoto as she is cornered by Motoki, who has been possessed by the "cursed bride" monster commanded by Nephrite. Feeling betrayed by Nephrite's manipulation of her feelings, Makoto regains her spirit when Usagi tells her to believe in love, gaining the power to become Sailor Jupiter and defeating Nephrite and his monster. With Makoto joining the Sailor Guardians, Luna brings out a new magical item, the Moon Stick, to give to Usagi, assigning her as the leader of the group. 

Holy Cow! I love this episode! Sailor Jupiter is my favorite Guardian! She's tough, feminine, a good cook, beautiful, kind, and my favorite color is also green. The animation got a lot better with this episode and I was happy with Jupiter's transformation.

Act 6: Tuxedo Mask
Tuxedo Mask announces that he has committed various crimes in search of the Legendary Silver Crystal to discover information. That night, Luna explains that she was sent from the Moon Kingdom to awaken the Sailor Guardians, search for the Moon Princess, and protect the Legendary Silver Crystal, which is said to have enough power to destroy an entire planet, while Usagi, hearing a voice from the Sailor V arcade game, ponders if Sailor V is also one of their allies. The next day, Zoisite uses the media to hypnotise citizens into searching for the Legendary Silver Crystal, sending the city into chaos. Luna takes the girls to her secret base underneath the arcade, managing to locate the source of the controlling signal, but Usagi runs off on her own when Luna implies it may be Tuxedo Mask's doing. As the other guardians confront Zoisite, Usagi comes across Tuxedo Mask, who apologises for things turning out like this and states that he desires to search for the Legendary Silver Crystal despite lacking any special power of his own. After Zoisite overpowers the guardians with his attacks, Queen Beryl arrives and prepares to turn the Earth into part of the Dark Kingdom. Knowing of Usagi's identity as Sailor Moon, Tuxedo Mask encourages her to use her own special power to help her friends. Usagi's desire to protect everyone allows her to use the Moon Stick's Moon Healing Escalation technique to critically damage Zoisite, forcing him and Queen Beryl to flee, and restore the citizens to normal. After exhausting her energy, Usagi wakes up the next day in Mamoru's apartment, learning his true identity as Tuxedo Mask. 

This episode didn't really stand out to me. I thought the "Moon Healing Escalation" part was good. I didn't think much of this episode was vital to the story.


Act 7: Mamoru Chiba - Tuxedo Mask

Mamoru explains to Usagi that he needs the Legendary Silver Crystal to regain his memories, which he lost in a car accident that killed his parents, asking her to keep his identity a secret. Meanwhile, Beryl meets with her master, Queen Metalia, recalling when she first released her from the seal the Sailor Guardians previously placed upon her. Beryl then dispatches Zoisite once again to steal the Legendary Silver Crystal. The next day, as Usagi and the others do some research on Sailor V, they soon discover that a DVD rental shop set up by Zoisite is brainwashing citizens into searching for Sailor Moon. After Usagi uses her Moon Healing Escalation to cure the brainwashed citizens, she is attacked by Zoisite but is rescued by Mamoru, realizing his true wish is to protect her. Zoisite singlehandedly knocks out Mamoru and Usagi is saved from certain death by Sailor V and her white cat companion. 

A LOT happens in this one! We find out about Mamoru's past, and we see him actually make a real attempt to save Sailor Moon. My favorite part was when we saw Sailor V! 

Act 8: Minako - Sailor V
As Sailor V's partner Artemis claims her to be Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, Usagi's tiara suddenly changes shape, showing her a brief glimpse of a forgotten memory. After both Zoisite and Mamoru retreat, Sailor V, who introduces herself as Minako Aino, explains about the Dark Kingdom's ambitions to gather energy from innocent people and conquer Earth and her mission to seal Queen Metalia once again. The next day, after having a dream about a man named Endymion, Usagi runs into Mamoru, who offers to trade Usagi's lost handkerchief for the return of his pocketwatch some time, while Artemis reveals to Luna that she had some of her own memories sealed. Later that night, Kunzite demands that Minako bring the Legendary Silver Crystal to him alone or else everyone in Tokyo will be killed, causing a blackout in the city and draining energy from everyone. The other Sailor Guardians soon catch on and join Minako in fighting against Kunzite, but when he launches an attack at everyone, Mamoru steps in to take the hit and to protect Usagi who tries to protect her friends from Kunzite's attack. 

I love Minako! She is exactly what I wanted out of this new series. I also love that they kept her Sailor V transformation pen!

Act 9: Serenity - Princess
In his dying moments, Mamoru comes to realise that his true identity is Endymion, the first prince of the Earth, who was reborn to reunite with the true Serenity, Usagi. Usagi's sorrow over Mamoru's death transforms her into the true Serenity, regaining memories of her past life in the process, showing how she fell in love with Endymion, despite there being laws against people from the Earth and Moon seeing each other. When the Earth Kingdom attacked Silver Millenium, Endymion sacrificed himself to protect Serenity. Usagi's tears bring forth the Legendary Silver Crystal, the power of which drips into Mamoru's body. Just then, Queen Beryl arrives and she and Kunzite take Mamoru back to their realm, leaving Usagi devastated. Afterwards, Minako reveals she is the true leader of the Sailor Guardians, Sailor Venus, while Artemis shows the other guardians their past lives. Some time later, the girls visit Usagi, whose hair has been rapidly growing since that day, and assure her that she doesn't have to walk the same tragic path as Serenity. In order to locate the Dark Kingdom where Mamoru is being held, the group decide to travel to the moon and learn all the truth. 

This is my least favorite episode so far. I hated all the crying coming from Usagi. I mean, I get she's been through a lot and she loves him, but still. It was really annoying. So yeah, I will probably skip this episode when I do a marathon viewing of the series.

Act 10: Moon
After a few days of preparation, Usagi and the others land on the moon, soon arriving at the ruins of Silver Millenium. Upon pulling out a sword that was lodged in a stone in the castle's prayer room, the girls are greeted by a hologram of Princess Serenity's mother, Queen Serenity, who shows them their past lives in Silver Millenium. She reveals it was an evil force that brainwashed the Earth Kingdom into attacking Silver Millenium, with Princess Serenity committing suicide after Endymion died trying to protect her. The Queen then assures Usagi that Mamoru is still alive, as she had willed the Legendary Silver Crystal to save him, and asks her to think about the true power of the crystal before her time runs out. Meanwhile, the Four Dark Kings, who had been eavesdropping on Beryl speaking with Queen Metalia, learn that they were once righteous knights who served under Endymion in their past lives, but had been used by Beryl before they had regained their memories. However, they are discovered by Beryl and once again put under her control, sending them to Earth to freeze Tokyo and obtain the crystal from Usagi. Recognizing the four knights' true identities, Minako and the other Sailor Guardians combine their powers into the Sailor Planet Attack in order to try and free the knights from Beryl's control, but they escape before they can be purified. Meanwhile, Beryl uses her power to put Mamoru under her control, sending him to kill Usagi. 

This episode was the most epic and vital one yet! We learned about the Silver Millenium AND they finally got to put the senshi and shittenou pairings that we have seen in plenty of artwork. :)


Overall, this series is great! It's allowing us fans to relive "Sailor Moon" all over again. I think it's great that they brought Kotono Mitsuishi back to play Sailor Moon. I wish the senshi had a little more screen time, but I'm sure that's to come. It has been officially announced that they are going to do the R story arc! I am so excited to see that!

I hope you all are enjoying the show! Please follow my blog. ( This ariticle, I borrowed some summaries from the Sailor Moon Crystal page on wikipedia.org )

Love and hugs!
~Jewely









Monday, November 17, 2014

Revival

Hello again, people! I know I shut this blog down in April, but I decided to bring it back since I missed you guys!
I've had a lot happen since the last time I posted. I auditioned for "Hairspray" and got the lead role, Tracy Turnblad! It was so much fun to perform again! We had a great cast and even sold out the second weekend of the show. I now have lots of new friends that are like my second family.


I also got to be in my first non-musical play, "Always a Bridesmaid". It's an all-female cast and it allowed me to work on my comedic timing. I was the youngest in the cast, but I learned so much from my fellow cast members!

I have also been invited to be a guest at ZipCon 2015. It's an anime convention in Akron, Ohio. I'm pretty excited about that!

I got a new job, the last one didn't allow me to dedicate time to this blog. But I have more time now so I can post!

I am going to be posting a review of the 1st 10 episodes of "Sailor Moon Crystal" here soon. Thank you for being faithful readers and making this a fun thing to do!
Love you all!
~Jewely

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Farewell

Hey, everybody! I hope you are all doing well. I haven't posted in a long time for numerous reasons.
-My new job requires a lot more of my brain energy and physical energy, so I am too exhausted to really do much after I get home.
-If I'm honest, I really only get excited about Sailor Moon and Studio Ghibli films.
-I can't get into any new anime really.
-I have been trying to work on getting back to my true passion- singing.

So to save you guys from half-hearted blog posts/reviews. And to be honest with myself, I have decided to no longer post on this blog. It's been fun, and it gave me something to do and goals to meet, but I want to spend more time on the things I really love. I thank everyone so much for reading, but it's just not a passion for me anymore. I love you all!

~Jewely

P.S. I still run my Disney blog "Disney's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Films". You can follow me on twitter: @jjewelyj or add me on facebook: Jewely Reid.

Friday, April 4, 2014

Sailor Moon Musical R Set to Debut this Year!

I haven't read much about this. They just announced that a Sailor Moon Musical based on the R story arc will start playing in 2014! I would love to go, but I know I would never have the money that soon.

In September of 2013, they brought Sailor Moon back to the stage in "La Reconquista". This was a unique show with all new music and an all female cast! (I have a slight girl crush on the actress that played Mamoru)

I really liked watching the new musical, but didn't find the songs as catchy as classic Sera Myu. Queen Serenity and Tuxedo Mask had the best voices, but everyone did a great job!

You can download the full show and soundtrack from Miss Dream.

My favorite song from the show, "Stairway to the Moon" 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Wedding Peach Season 2

Season 2 Premiere Air Date: October 11th, 1995 (Dub DVD Release: October 5th, 2004)

Cast:
Momoko Hanasaki/Wedding Peach-Kyoko Hikami (Dub: Larissa Wolcott)
Yuri Tanima/Angel Lily-Yukana Nogami (Dub: Carla Witt)
Hinagiku Tamano/Angel Daisy-Yuko Miyamura (Dub: Heather Kafka)
Scarlett O'Hara/Angel Salvia-Yuka Imai (Dub: T. Lynn Mikeska)
Jama-P -Miwa Matsumoto (Dub:Bill Wise)
Yousuke Fuuma/Viento-Yuji Ueda (Dub: Gray Haddock)
Kazuya Yanagiba/Limone-Shinichiro Miki (Dub: Brian Jepson)
Takuro Amano-Kappei Yamaguchi (Dub: Josh Meyer)
Reine Devilla-Mika Doi (Dub: Lainie Frasier)
Aphrodite-Mako Hyodo (Dub: Catherine Frasier)
Igneous-Tomokazu Seki (Dub: Nicholas Keene)
Hiromi Kawanami/Potamos/Angel Potamos-Kotono Mitsuishi (Dub: Jenny M. Larson)
Sakura Hanasaki/Angel Celeste-Chiharu Suzuka (Dub: Marla Kanoff)

Characters Introduced in Season 2:
                                                         
                                                                     Takuro Amano
He is introduced in this season as a pawn for Igneous. Igneous gives him the task of figuring out who the Love Angels are in the civilian world. He is a childhood friend of Hinagiku's. He has a crush on Momoko at the beginning, but that is short lived when love sparks between him and Hinagiku.

Potamos
Potamos is from the Devil world. She kills Igneous towards the beginning of the season and takes his place. She attends school with Momoko and her friends. She also has a crush on Yousuke.

Scarlett O'Hara/Angel Salvia
Angel Salvia is the Love Angel who possesses the Saint Something New. She is on a mission to kill Devils rather than purify them. She attends a private school under the name of Scarlett. She is much more mature than the other Love Angels.

Viento
Viento is a warrior from the Devil world. He is Yousuke, although Yousuke doesn't realize it. He is in love with Wedding Peach/Momoko.

Angel Celeste
It is revealed in the season that Momoko's mother is Angel Celeste, Aphrodite's sister. She goes by the name Sakura in the human world. She lost her memories as Angel Celeste, and began a new life in the human world. She got married and gave birth to Momoko. When she regained her memories, she had to leave her human family to protect them.

Kazuya Yanagiba/Limone
Although, Yanagiba and Limone were introduced in Season 1, we find out in this season that they are actually the same person.

My thoughts on Season 2:
-A huge improvement from Season 1.
-Angel Salvia brought a good balance to the Love Angels. She gave them the maturity they were lacking.
-I think Momoko and Yousuke's love story might be one of the best I've seen in an anime. (Better than Usagi and Mamoru's in "Sailor Moon")

Season 2's DVD collection came with the 4 OVA episodes, "Wedding Peach DX". They were entertaining, but had no real plotline and just....ended.

"Wedding Peach" Season 2 receives a 9/10 from Jewely!

The Good:
-I stayed interested the full season.
-Had a lot of mysteries revealed.
-Good story progression.

The Bad:
-Still a bit silly with the names and attacks.
-Can't relate to the characters like you can in other anime.

That's all for the "Wedding Peach" series! Like me on Facebook: Jewely's Japanimation Nation

xoxo
~Jewely


Saturday, March 15, 2014

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 15

So....TODAY IS THE DAY!! It is mine and Naoko's birthday! I turn 26 years old today and she turns 47! I hope this year will have lots of Sailor Moon goodness in store for us!

This episode is my #1 favorite episode of Sailor Moon! It's a filler episode, but the comedy in it is brilliant! I find myself watching this episode more than any others!

Episode 108 (Season 3/Sailor Moon S)
"Usagi's Dance, in Time to Waltz" (Dub: "Everything's Coming Up Rosey")

Original Air Date: September 17th, 1994 (Dub: July 6th, 2000)
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi (Dub: Linda Ballantyne)
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa (Dub: Liza Balkan)
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa (Dub: Katie Griffin)
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara (Dub: Susan Roman)
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami (Dub: Emilie Barlow)
Sailor Chibi Moon/ChibiUsa-Kae Araki (Dub: Stephanie "Sugar" Beard)
Sailor Uranus/Haruka-Megumi Ogata (Dub: Sarah LaFleur)
Sailor Neptune/Michiru-Masako Katsuki (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya (Dub: Vincent Corazza)
Edwards-Osamu Saka (Dub: N/A)
Eudial-Maria Kawamura (Dub: Loretta Jafelice)

It's a hot day and Usagi and the girls are doing some studying in Mamoru's apartment. Mamoru suspects that they're here just for the air conditioning, but Rei says it's because she likes his herbal iced tea too. Although that doesn't make Mamoru feel any better.
They hear someone at the door, so Usagi goes to answer it. As she opens the door, she's shocked to hear that the man speaks English. She tries her best to say that she doesn't speak English, but luckily he speaks Japanese and tells her that he's a friend of Mamoru's.
Mamoru invites him in and the man invites them all to a party at a mansion. Ami thinks it's a great idea cause it's a great way to interact with people from other countries and cultures.
Usagi is happy to go as it is a party and will be with Mamoru, but she becomes uneasy when she realizes that most of the conversations will be in English. (She is in the background having an inward battle the whole time.It cracks me up!)
At the Death Buster's base, Eudial's computer targets Edwards, Mamoru's friend. She leaves right away and exits through a pond, startling two onlookers.
At the night of the party, the girls all dress up. As they enter, Edwards introduces the girls to several young men. Usagi panics and runs away to look at her phrase book, but the men actually speak Japanese and become friends with Ami, Rei, Makoto, and Minako.
Haruka and Michiru are playing the piano and violin at the party. During their break,  Michiru dances with Mamoru and the 2 talk about Edwards and all the good he's done.
Usagi, feeling nervous, drinks a lot of "juice" and begins to say things that make NO sense. (i.e. "Nice to meet you, cream stew!" My favorite Sailor Moon line of all time.) The girls notice she's drunk and rush her to the balcony where she gets sick. They ask her how much she drank, she says...."Just a little."
Edwards comes along and tells them about the garden and that his dream is for a peaceful world with understanding. Ami says that she wishes everywhere was as peaceful as the mansion.
In the kitchen, Mamoru sees a waiter about to open a door with blue gas coming out from under it. He yells for the man not to open it, but it's too late, the gas seeps out and spreads throughout the mansion, knocking everyone out.
Eudial appears and zaps Edwards and takes his Pure Heart Crystal. Haruka and Michiru transform and take the crystal from her but see it's not the one they want and return it.
Sailor Moon and the other senshi appear, causing Eudial to summon the Daimon to attack while she escapes.
The musical Daimon Chiquan appears but trips over her formal dress that she's wearing. After being attacked by "World Shaking", it falls off and she blasts them all with her blue rose energy attack.
She then continues her attack with musical note projectiles and a sonic musical attack.Tuxedo Mask arrives and destroys her record with his rose attack. Sailor Moon then uses "Moon Spiral Heart Attack" and defeats her.


Later, the party continues and all the girls begin to fight over who Haruka will dance with next. Haruka's already left though and watches on from outside as Sailor Uranus along with Sailor Neptune.









Here is "Moonlight Densetsu" from the September 2013 musical "La Reconquista":


There it is, folks, my top 15 episodes of Sailor Moon! I hope you enjoyed mine and Naoko's birthday celebration! Wish her a happy birthday and thank her for all that she's done for us fans!

xoxo
~Jewely

Friday, March 14, 2014

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 14

Episode 172 (Season 5/ Sailor Stars)
"Power of Moon Love! The End of a Nightmare"

Original Air Date: May 4th, 1996
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami
Sailor Chibi Moon/ChibiUsa-Kae Araki
Sailor Uranus/Haruka-Megumi Ogata
Sailor Neptune/Michiru-Masako Katsuki
Sailor Pluto/Setsuna-Chiyoko Kawashima
Sailor Saturn/Hotaru-Yuko Minaguchi
Endymion/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya
Queen Nehellenia-Yoshiko Sakakibara
Young Queen Nehellenia-Wakana Yamazaki
Luna-Keiko Han
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato
Diana-Kumiko Nishihara

Sailor Chibi Moon and Sailor Saturn confront Queen Nehellenia who tells them that there is nothing she can do to take the curse off of Mamoru and the only way would be to remove the piece of glass from his eye.
Chibi Moon starts to beg Mamoru to come back to normal as she begins to fade from existence. She tells him that he has the same dream as Usagi and that if he doesn't wake up, she will die. Mamoru appears to be struggling with the curse. Saturn tells her to call out to him more. Nehellenia sees this and zaps his eye with more of her magic, which strengthens the curse. Mamoru pushes Chibi Moon away.
Sailor Saturn blocks the magic with "Silent Wall" but it's too late.
Seeing no choice, she tells Nehellenia that she will kill her. Nehellenia laughs and says that Saturn will die too. Saturn knows this, but raises her Silence Glaive. Nehellenia looks at her, shocked, and tries to shield herself.
Sailor Saturn uses "Silent Glaive Surprise" which releases a huge amount of energy and blasts the entire castle. As she drops her Glaive, everything stops.
Nehellenia looks over at them and sees that Chibi Moon stopped Saturn from finishing the attack. Chibi Moon whispers to Saturn not to kill herself and believe in their prince and princess. Chibi Moon then falls to the ground.
Nehellenia takes this time and knocks Saturn's Silence Glaive out of her hand and traps her in a mirror.
Usagi then arrives, having made her way through the thorns. She runs to Chibi Moon who is fading away. She holds her but it's too late. Chibi Moon fades away, then Usagi begins to cry.
Back in Tokyo, Artemis tells Luna and Diana that the people affected by the curse are now trapped in their own mirrors.
Usagi demands to know what Chibi Moon did to Nehellenia. Nehellenia tells her that she wants revenge on her for sealing her away and for taking her mirror away. She then goes on to explain that while she had loyal subjects in her kingdom, she had no real friends. The mirror and her beauty were her only companions. Since her mirror was taken away, she is now all alone.
Usagi tells her to take her revenge on her but leave her friends alone. Usagi says they would understand and be her new friends when she is gone. Nehellenia strangles Usagi. Usagi looks at her with sad, teary eyes. Nehellenia yells at her to stop looking at her like that and throws her against the wall.
Usagi stands up and closes her eyes and senses all the senshi feeling for Nehellenia. Suddenly, Mamoru's eye begins to glow and the shard of mirror removes itself and shatters, which frees him. All the mirrors holding the senshi also shatter and they all appear in a circle around Nehellenia. Mamoru stands up as Chibi Moon appears next to him.
Sailor Mars tells Usagi that they all know what to do. They all hold hands.
Nehellenia becomes furious and blasts them all with her lightning. While she's attacking, Mamoru transforms into Endymion. Usagi then transforms into Eternal Sailor Moon and extends her Eternal Tier.
All the senshi focus their energy. Sailor Moon asks Nehellenia to concentrate on her true dream. Nehellenia begins to cry and remembers that she had always wanted friends and a lover who would understand her.
Pink energy goes up to the Moon, finishing the eclipse and making a New Moon. Nehellenia fades away to start her life over.The mirror that had corrupted her life, shatters.
She wakes up as a young girl on her throne. Her kingdom and subjects have been reborn. She says she's sleepy and asks if someone could read her a story. A woman says that she would love to. Little Nehellania smiles.
On Earth, Mamoru says that Nehellenia's life is now truly starting. Sailor Moon gives Jupiter back her rose earring and thanks her.
Above Earth, the evil voice that had awakened Nehellania laughs evilly.

(Couldn't find a good clip for this episode, sorry!)

This episode is one of my favorites because it is the first time you see all the senshi fighting together. It is also the last episode that ChibiUsas/Sailor Chibi Moon appears in, other than flashbacks or dream sequences.

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xoxo
~Jewely

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 13

Episode 184 (Season 5/ Sailor Stars)
"A Night for Just Us! Usagi's Pinch"

Original Air Date: August 17th, 1996
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami
Sailor Uranus/Haruka-Megumi Ogata
Sailor Neptune/Michiru-Masako Katsuki
Chibi Chibi-Kotono Mitsuishi
Sailor Star Fighter/Seiya-Shiho Niyama
Sailor Star Maker/Taiki-Narumi Tsunoda
Sailor Star Healer/Yaten-Chika Sakamoto
Luna-Keiko Han
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato
Sailor Aluminum Siren/Reiko Aya-Kikuko Inoue
Sailor Lead Crow/Akane Karasuma-Chiharu Suzuka
Sailor Sommelier/Jun Godai-Kouji Tsujitani


At school the girls are talking about all the break ins that have been happening lately. Usagi begins to freak because her whole family is out of town this week and she has been left alone at her house.
Seiya overhears this conversation and offers to come over and keep her company. Usagi is very happy to accept his offer. Although, the other girls assume that Seiya is using the situation to his advantage.
That night, Usagi is cleaning up the house with Luna before Seiya gets there. Luna tells Usagi to not let her guard down.
The doorbell rings. Usagi runs to answer it but trips an falls over. Seiya opens the door and finds Usagi lying on the floor.
In Usagi's room, Seiya tells Usagi that he has something to tell her and reaches for his Sailor Change Star. Usagi assumes that he's trying to tell her that he loves her, so she backs away.
Chibi Chibi appears and throws a piece of cake in Seiya's face. Seiya goes to have a shower and thinks to himself that he's missed his chance to tell Usagi who he is.
While he's in the shower, Rei, Ami, Makoto, and Artemis arrive. As Usagi opens the door, Seiya comes walking out of the shower with a very small towel wrapped around his waist. Chibi Chibi runs up to him and begins pulling on the towel claiming it's hers. All the girls halfway cover their eyes as Seiya runs away.

Later on, the all cook dinner in the kitchen, but they stop what they're doing when they see a cockroach. Seiya goes to hit it with a slipper but it flies at them and they all scream.

The doorbell rings, and Taiki and Yaten enter to see them all covered in food.
.After they clean up, they all sit down to play a game of cards.
Nearby, Haruka and Michiru are driving in their car when Haruka's car breaks down. They see that they're close to Usagi's house and decide to stop by for a visit. Usagi is happy to see them both, but when Haruka and Seiya see each other, there is tension.

They all sit down and Haruka and Seiya begin to argue. Suddenly the doorbell rings. Usagi goes to answer it and is surprised to see a TV crew outside who have heard the Three Lights are there and want to do a show about what they're eating for dinner. (It's pizza since the first dinner attempt didn't work out)
Usagi tells Minako to keep them busy while they all hide Seiya, Taiki, and Yaten. Usagi takes Seiya upstairs and together with Chibi Chibi, they cram into a cupboard. Seiya tries to tell Usagi who he is one more time, but Usagi calls him perverted since she thinks he's putting the moves on her.
They hear screaming. Usagi runs downstairs to see what's going on. Sailor Lead Crow and Aluminum Siren have invaded the house and knocked out the TV crew, stuck Minako to the wall and targeted the manager. Usagi runs around the house looking for a place to transform but keeps running into everyone else who is still hiding.
.She eventually goes to the attic and is able to transform into Eternal Sailor Moon.

Downstairs, Sailor Uranus and Neptune have transformed. Aluminum Siren sees the pink petals that are the signature of the 2 senshi and comments on how pretty the petals are. She then tells them how rude they are for wearing shoes on the dinner table then escapes with Lead Crow.

The Manager transforms into Sailor Sommelier. Neptune attacks him with "Deep Submerge" but he just swallows it.
Eternal Sailor Moon goes back downstairs and confronts the Phage, but keeps breaking things with her wings. She attacks him with a pizza version of "Moon Tiara Action" to distract him from a distance.
Sailor Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter then also arrive as well as Star Maker, Healer, and Fighter. Minako is still trapped on the wall.

Sailor Moon uses "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss" and heals the Phage.
Sailor Uranus, Neptune, and the Sailor Starlights decide to leave. Seiya returns later though.
Much later on, after having cleaned the entire house, the girls, Usagi and Seiya hear something in the house. They all think it could be the robber they had heard about, and go to look. They see someone in the hallway, and they imagine it's a monster. They all dive onto it, but are surprised to see it's only Chibi Chibi who's just eating cake. Usagi gets upset cause now she has to clean up again.



I love this episode because it is light hearted and shows how confusing a battle can get when you contain it in one house. This is a good episode for me too, cause I've actually met Kikuko Inoue who performed the voice of Sailor Aluminum Siren.

"Tsukiiro no Syndicate" from the musical:


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xoxo
~Jewely

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 12

Happy 50th post to my Japanimation Nation!

Episode 200 (Season 5/Sailor Stars)
"Usagi's Love! The Moonlight Lights Up the Galaxy"


Original Air Date: February 8th, 1997
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami
Sailor Uranus/Haruka-Megumi Ogata
Sailor Neptune/Michiru-Masako Katsuki
Sailor Pluto/Setsuna-Chiyoko Kawashima
Sailor Saturn/Hotaru-Yuko Minaguchi
Sailor Star Fighter/Seiya-Shiho Niyama
Sailor Star Maker/Taiki-Narumi Tsunoda
Sailor Star Healer/Yaten-Chika Sakamoto
Sailor Chibi Chibi/Chibi Chibi-Kotono Mitsuishi
Endymion/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya
Sailor Galaxia-Mitsuko Horie
Princess Kakyuu-Sakiko Tamagawa
Luna-Keiko Han
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato

This is the final episode of the Sailor Moon anime.

Sailor Chibi Chibi is floating above ground sending out waves of energy to Sailor Moon. The Silver Crystal hovers over Sailor Moon and slowly returns to her body.
Sailor Moon finds herself floating in space, and a shadowed figure is in front of her explaining that Sailor Moon must use the light of hope to light up the galaxy one more.
None of Sailor Moon's long-time comrades are fighting with her. She is accompanied by Sailor Star Fighter, Star Maker, and Star Healer.
I am not going to go into details with this episode as it is the last one, and I know lots of people haven't seen it. But here it is so that you can watch it:


This episode is one of my favorites, because it shows how much strength is in Usagi's love. She can warm even the coldest of hearts.

Here is "La Moon" from The Sailor Stars musical:


xoxo
~Jewely