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

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 10

Episode 101 (Season 3/Sailor Moon S)
"Usagi in Tears! Glass Shoes for Her Birthday" (Dub: "Birthday Blues Part 1")

Original Air Date: July 2nd, 1994 (Dub: June 27th, 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)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya (Dub: Vincent Corazza)
Sailor Uranus/Haruka-Megumi Ogata (Dub: Sarah LaFleur)
Sailor Neptune/Michiru-Masako Katsuki (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Kaolinite-Noriko Uemura (Dub: Kirsten Bishop)
Cenicienta-Konami Yoshida (Dub: Mary Long)
Luna-Keiko Han (Dub: Jill Frappier)
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato (Dub: Ron Rubin)

The episode begins with Usagi being very excited about it being her birthday. The other girls act like it's no big deal and tell Usagi not to be late for the study meeting. This leaves Usagi feeling heartbroken because her friends don't care about her birthday.

Usagi goes window shopping to cheer herself up. While shopping, she spots these beautiful glass slippers. She imagines herself as Cinderella and decides that her prince should get them for her for her birthday. 

She finds Mamoru and starts leading him to the slippers saying that she knows the gift he can get for her. Mamoru begins to ask what the gift is for. Usagi tells him to stop playing around. He starts to guess what day it is and never gets it right. Usagi smacks him and runs away. Mamoru stands there wondering what he did wrong.
Usagi runs into Haruka and Michiru. They ask her why she is so upset. She explains that Mamoru didn't remember her birthday, so he is no longer her boyfriend. Haruka then asks if she has a chance with Usagi. Usagi realizes that she is going to be late for the study group and rushes off.
The phone begins to ring at Rei's place. Rei answers it, and it's Mamoru. Mamoru asks why Usagi is so upset with him. Rei tells him it's Usagi's birthday. Mamoru then informs her that Usagi never told him when her birthday was.

When Usagi arrives at the Hikawa Shrine, she realizes that what she did to Mamoru was stupid. She opens the door and the other girls surprise her with confetti and cake! They then begin to give her gifts. Usagi says that she wishes Mamoru had remembered her birthday.
Rei tells her that Mamoru called and said that she never told him when her birthday was. Usagi says that's correct, but since they're in love, he should just know. Rei asks her if she knows when Mamoru's birthday is. Usagi takes a few guesses, but realizes she doesn't know. She then decides that she needs to go apologize immediately.

Mamoru, having purchased the glass shoes, is hoping that Usagi will forgive him. Usagi finds him and runs into his arms asking for his forgiveness. He then kneels down to put the glass shoes on his princess. 
As Usagi puts her foot in the shoe, it begins to transform into a Daimon. The Daimon's name is Cenicienta and has targeted Usagi's pure heart crystal.

Cenicienta backs Usagi up to the wall and knocks her Cosmic Brooch out of her hand, making Usagi unable to transform. Usagi has her heart crystal taken from her, but Tuxedo Mask rescues her and returns it. He and Usagi run and hide from Cenicienta.
Tuxedo Mask tells Usagi to transform into Sailor Moon. Usagi says she would but can't since she doesn't have her brooch.

Kaolinite finds the Cosmic Brooch and realizes Usagi is Sailor Moon. Usagi and Tuxedo Mask witness this from afar. Tuxedo Mask explains that it's not important right now. What's important is preserving her life.
They hide out in a nearby parking garage, but are found by Kaolinite and Cenicienta. They try to attack Usagi, but Tuxedo Mask sacrifices himself to save her and is encased in Cenicienta's glass.
The episode ends with Usagi clinging to the glass Tuxedo Mask.

I like this episode because it's the one episode where someone in the Sailor Moon universe has a birthday. I love how the senshi still have the normal desires to just take a day and celebrate!

Here is a video of the PGSM cast singing "C'est La Vie":

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xoxo

~Jewely

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 3

Episode 78 (Season 2/Sailor Moon R)
"Venus Minako's Nurse Mayhem" (Dub: "No Thanks, Nurse Venus!")

Original Air Date: December 18th, 1993 (Dub: December 7th, 1998)
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi (Dub: Terri Hawkes)
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa (Dub: Karen Bernstein)
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa (Dub: Emilie Barlow)
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara (Dub: Susan Roman)
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami (Dub: Stephanie Morgenstern)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya (Dub:Toby Proctor)
ChibiUsa-Kae Araki (Dub: Tracey Hoyt)
Luna-Keiko Han (Dub:Jill Frappier)
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato (Dub:Ron Rubin)
Mama Ikuko Tsukino-Sanae Takagi (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Papa Kenji Tsukino-Yuuji Machi (Dub: David Huband)
Shingo Tsukino-Chiyoko Kawashima (Dub: Julie Lemieux)
Esmeraude-Mami Koyama (Dub:Kirsten Bishop)
Droid Pharmakon-Yuka Ohno (Dub: Loretta Jafelice)

Rei is sick and talking to Makoto on the phone. Makoto and Ami are also sick and Minako had come over to look after them. Unfortunately, she ended up destroying their rooms and making them feel worse.

When Minako arrives at Rei's, she makes her some soup, but when Rei tries it, it is way too spicy.

Minako then goes to change her sheets but spills the soup all over Rei. She tries to put some music on for Rei, but the stereo blares out heavy metal. Minako tries to turn the volume down by pressing all the buttons, causing the stereo to explode. Rei kicks her out.

At Usagi's house, Usagi's whole family, minus ChibiUsa, has the flu. ChibiUsa tries to help out with the laundry, but it doesn't go too well for her. Minako arrives and promises to help with the household duties. ChibiUsa becomes her assistant and they both start to make Usagi feel worse by messing up her house, breaking her bedroom window, etc..

Usagi asks Minako why she wants to help her so much. Minako responds by saying that Usagi always makes everyone smile, and no it's her turn to make Usagi smile. This cheers Usagi up.

Minako and ChibiUsa then leave to pick up medicine for the family.

When they arrive at the hospital, they can't find anyone on staff. ChibiUsa goes down a hallway and finds Esmeraude with her droid in human form talking about their plan to infect everyone in Tokyo with the flu. When they see ChibiUsa, they move to inject her but ChibiUsa begins to scream. Her screaming activates her Moon Beam which calls out to the Sailor senshi. They all get out of bed to come to her rescue.

Minako transforms into Sailor Venus and attacks the enemy with "Crescent Beam" and "Venus Love-Me Chain" but ends up trapped by needles and projectiles.

Fortunately for her and ChibiUsa, the Sailor senshi arrive. Sailor Mercury uses "Shabon Spray" which makes a fog to confuse the Droid. Sailor Mars attacks with "Burning Mandala" then tells Sailor Moon to finish it off.

Sailor Moon is still weak from the flu and collapses. Tuxedo Mask arrives and tells her that he believes in her. Hearing his words of encouragement, Sailor Moon rises and attacks with "Moon Princess Halation". This destroys the Droid and disintegrates the Dark Wedge.

Later that week, while everyone else recovers from the flu, Minako and Artemis catch it. Usagi offers the same quality services as Minako did, probably even worse than Minako's quality. Minako smiles and appreciates Usagi's help no matter how bad it is.

I love this episode because I identify with Minako's desire to help. I'm not always good at what I do, but I do it with the best intentions.

A performance of "Romance" by Minako, Usagi and Ami:

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xoxo
~Jewely

Top 4 Anime Shows to Watch for Valentine's Day - #3

Alright, everyone! Coming in at number 3 is "Peach Girl"!

This series is about a love triangle. Very dramatic and heartbreaking. The manga was very addictive for me, I waited impatiently for the volumes to come out! The characters in this story are pretty deep and complex which makes it a very well executed anime series!

Momo Adachi

Momo is the main character of the story. She is a teen who is ashamed of her tan skin (cause in the story it's better to have pale skin). Momo is caught up in a life where she loves somebody, he loves her, somebody else likes her too, and her "best friend" just tries to ruin her life.

Sae Kashiwagi

Momo's "best friend" who in the beginning copies her then stabs her in the back when she starts spreading lies about Momo. Sae may be one of the most hated characters of all time in the anime world.

Kairi Okayasu

Kairi is the goofy kid in school. Momo gets very annoyed by him, but he is probably her greatest protector. He sees right through all of Sae's acts that she puts on, and knows the truth about Momo. He is always at her side. He is my favorite character!

Kazuya "Toji" Toujigamori

Toji has been Momo's crush since junior high. He is a very serious and kind person. He loves Momo a lot, but keeps falling into Sae's traps. 

This is a perfect Valentine's anime cause it all surrounds the subject of love. It's a very long and dramatic anime series, but it tells a good story about a girl who just wants to be with the one she loves and live a normal life. The characters are some of the most well done I have seen in any anime. So, the writers get kudos for that.

Peach Girl gets an 8.5/10.

The Good:

-Great character development.

-Great love story.

-It stays interesting.

The Bad:

-It can get a little too dramatic at times.

-There are too many bad things that happen to one person, it's a little unreal.

So snuggle up with some chocolate, pizza, soda, and a comfy pillow and watch "Peach Girl" this Valentine's Day if you want to see a good drama!

~Jewely

25 Days of Japanimas - Day 16 and 17

Ok, guys! I'm sorry I didn't get a post up yesterday. It's been crazy right now for me with my audition and work! No one has won Day 15's mystery prize either! I will give another 24 hours to answer Day 15's question. If it's not won, I will donate it.

Day 16 Challenge: Name all of the Sailor Animamates from Sailor Stars.

Day 16 Prize: Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior DVD

Day 17 Challenge: Name all of the animals that the Tokyo Mew Mew girls have their DNA fused with.

Day 17 Prize: Tokyo Mew Mew Omnibus Volume 3

If you can answer both of these questions correctly, I will also throw in a Sailor Moon iPhone 4/4S case (slightly cracked, but still can be used. It was mine but I no longer have an iPhone).

Comment your answers below, email jjewelyj@gmail.com, or like me on facebook and message me there! Jewely's Japanimation Nation

Merry Japanimas!
~Jewely

25 Days of Japanimas - Day 6

Congratulations Sarah for winning yesterday's prize! The answer to yesterday's trivia was, "Cephiro". Cephiro is the magical land that is guarded by the Magic Knights, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu.

Day 6 Question: Name the 3 sister goddesses in the Tenchi Muyo multiverse.

Today's prize is a copy of "Tokyo MewMew" omnibus version volume 1!

Comment your answers below, email jjewelyj@gmail.com, or like me on facebook and message me there! Jewely's Japanimation Nation

Merry Japanimas!
~Jewely

25 Days of Japanimas - Day 3

Congrats to my friend, Erica, for winning yesterday's prize! The answer to yesterday's trivia was "Pan". Gohan and Videl named their daughter Pan. She is one of the main characters in the Dragon Ball GT series.

Day 3 Question: What are the full names of Sakura's guardians in "Cardcaptor Sakura"?

Today's prize is a Sailor Moon jersey shirt from Hot Topic.

First to answer correctly wins! Comment your answers below, email jjewelyj@gmail.com, or like me on facebook! Jewely's Japanimation Nation

Merry Japanimas!
~Jewely