Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 9

Episode 158 (Season 4/ Sailor Moon SuperS)
"The Secret of Pegasus! The Handsome Guardian of the Dream World" (Dub: Pegasus Revealed)

Original Air Date: December 23rd, 1995 (Dub: November 6, 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 ChibiMoon/ChibiUsa-Kae Araki (Dub: Stephanie "Sugar" Beard)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru-Tohru Furuya (Dub: Vincent Corazza)
PallaPalla-Machiko Toyoshima (Dub:Jennifer Gould)
PeroPero-Tomoko Naka
Pegasus/Helios-Taiki Matsuno (Dub: Robert Bockstael)

The episode begins with ChibiUsa running and thinking about how she wishes that she was grown up. She wishes that she could be older and have someone like Mamoru to kiss. She wonders what Pegasus would think of her as a grown woman.
After doing her homework she decides to go for a walk. Usagi, who hasn't finished hers yet, insists on going with her.

In the park, PallaPalla is doing a puppet show for all the kids, she then attacks them to look for the golden dream mirror. Sailor Moon and ChibiMoon arrive to stop her. PallaPalla overhears them fighting over how they would love to switch ages. So PallaPalla grants their wish and turns Sailor Moon into a kid and ChibiMoon into a grown woman. Sailor Moon tells ChibiMoon to call Pegasus, but Pegasus doesn't come when she does

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The Sailor senshi arrive and PallaPalla takes off running. They all realize that something is a little off. 

ChibiUsa goes into her room to try to talk to Pegasus through the Stallion Reve, but he still doesn't respond.
Usagi and ChibiUsa both go over to Mamoru's place, having told Mama Ikuko they were staying at Rei's. Mamoru is very confused by the swap.
Usagi and ChibiUsa are taking a bath and Usagi tells ChibiUsa to go to bed. But ChibiUsa just stands in the mirror and stares at her mature body and wonders what Pegasus would think of her now.
While asleep, ChibiUsa hears Pegasus' voice calling out to her. She runs outside to find him. He offers to show ChibiUsa his world, Elysion. So she gets on his back and flies away. 
She sees that Elysion is barren and Pegasus tells her that his world was attacked by the dead moon who were looking for the Golden Crystal. He then tells her he was captured by them and trapped. He one day saw a light from ChibiUsa's dreams and was able to become a Pegasus and reside within her dreams.

He explains that because she wanted to be a grown up, he couldn't see her light anymore. He told her that it was dark moon power blocking her light and if she keeps it that way, he won't be able to see her anymore.
ChibiUsa begins to cry because she doesn't want that to happen. She begins to run toward Pegasus and turns back into a child. Pegasus walks towards her and leans in for a kiss. When he actually kisses her, he is in his human form. He breaks away and tells her his name is Helios.

ChibiUsa wakes up back to normal, while Usagi just got too big for the pajamas she was wearing.
Back at the park, PallaPalla continues to attack people, looking for the golden dream mirror. The Sailor senshi enter and she is surprised to see that Sailor Moon and ChibiMoon are back to normal. 
She calls on her Lemures, PeroPero. The senshi have a hard time fighting it, then Tuxedo Mask comes in and saves them. Sailor ChibiMoon calls on Pegasus with "Twinkle Yell" and Sailor Moon defeats PeroPero with "Moon Gorgeous Meditation".
PallaPalla teleports away while the senshi are all looking at Pegasus. ChibiMoon wonders if the kiss he gave her was just a dream.

I like this episode because it really hits home the concept of not growing up too fast. You only have once to be young, you only get older.

This clip has episodes 158-160:

Here is a song from the musicals sang by Pegasus, ChibiUsa, Usagi, and Mamoru:

xoxo
~Jewely

Jewely and Naoko's Birthday Celebration 2014 - Day 5

Episode 149 (Season 4/ Sailor Moon SuperS)
"Mirror of Dreams! Amazon's Final Stage" (Dub: Eternal Dreams)

Original Air Date: October 21st, 1995 (Dub: October 25th, 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 ChibiMoon/ChibiUsa-Kae Araki (Dub: Stephanie "Sugar" Beard)
Mama Ikuko Tsukino-Sanae Takagi (Dub: Barbara Radecki)
Pegasus-Taiki Matsuno (Dub: Robert Bockstael)
Fish Eye-Akira Ishida (Dub:Deborah Drakeford)
Tiger's Eye-Ryoutarou Okiayu (Dub: Jason Barr)
Hawk's Eye-Toshio Furukawa (Dub: Benji Plener)
Zirconia- Hisako Kyouda (Dub: Rowan Tichenor)

Usagi does not know Fish Eye's identing, but has invited him (who is a cross-dresser, so everyone thinks of him as a girl) into her room since she found him out in the rain. While they are talking, Fish Eye figures out that Usagi is Sailor Moon.
Usagi's mother, Ikuko calls upstairs and asks Usagi to run an errand. Usagi excuses herself and says she will return shortly so that her and Fish Eye can talk about Mamoru. (Fish Eye is interested in Mamoru just fyi)
When she leaves, Fish Eye sees ChibiUsa walking upstairs to her room. Curious, he follows her and over hears her talking to Pegasus through the Stallion Reve. He teleports back to Zirconia, Hawk's Eye, and Tiger's Eye and tells them that he's found the person who has Pegasus in their dreams.

Before revealing who the person is, he asks Zirconia if their spell would be made permanent and they would be able to have dreams like normal humans.
Zirconia reaches out his hand attacks Fish Eye. Tiger's Eye begs Zirconia to stop, so he does. He tells them that he's already figured out who Fish Eye was talking about; Usagi. Fish Eye says that he's got it wrong but Zirconia doesn't listen and sends Hawk's Eye to target Usagi.

Tiger's Eye and Fish Eye teleport to follow him.
Zirconia looks up at 4 mysterious girls (the Amazonness Quartet), and tells them that the Amazon Trio is no longer useful to the Dead Moon Circus. PallaPalla releases a blue ball that rolls and teleports after the trio.
Usagi and the girls are looking for Fish Eye (still not knowing who he really is) They decide to split up.
Usagi goes by herself and is approached by Hawk's Eye who hits on her for a moment then reveals his identity. He straps her to the usual platform and summons her dream mirror.
Before he can look into her dreams, Fish Eye and Tiger's Eye appear. Fish Eye tells him to stop cause he's got the wrong person and that she's Sailor Moon.
This makes Hawk's Eye more curious, and he decides to look into her dream mirror. He's stopped by the arrival of PallaPalla's Lemres.
The Lemres inspects the dream mirror and doesn't find Pegasus. He then attacks the trio saying that he is following Zirconia's orders.
He fires a spade energy blast that spins around and shatters Usagi's dream mirror. Usagi is then collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
Fish Eye remembers how Usagi had been so full of dreams and is heartbroken that she has now lost them. The Lemres fires at her but he is too dumbstruck to notice.
Hawk's Eye jumps in front of him and takes the attack right in the chest. He fights back with a fire attack, but it does nothing to the Lemres.

Fish Eye tells Tiger's Eye that they should revive Sailor Moon so she can defeat the Lemres. They use the magic energy orb that had transformed them into humans from animals to repair Usagi's dream mirror. Fish Eye teleports ChibiUsa to them.

Tiger's Eye attacks the Lemres with his whip while Fish Eye tells Usagi and ChibiUsa to transform. They transform as the magic orb shatters. Fish Eye and Tiger's Eye collapse and Usagi realizes that Fish Eye is the "girl" she had up in her room.

Super Sailor ChibiMoon summons Pegasus with "Twinkle Yell" then Sailor Moon attacks with "Moon Gorgeous Meditation"
Super Sailor Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus arrive as the trio revert back to being animals.

Pegasus uses his magic to transform them back into human and creates them their own dream mirrors. They awaken and realize they can now have real dreams. They then transform into balls of light and fly away with Pegasus who tells the senshi not to worry about them.

Pegasus leads the trio to a mysterious crystal forest and tells them that they can live there. He hopes that soon life will return to the forest.

I love this episode because it reminds me of how important it is to have dreams. Never stop dreaming, no matter what your circumstances are.

I couldn't find any good clips from this episode to post here. : ( But I did find the awesome song that the Amazon Trio sings in the SuperS musical:

xoxo
~Jewely

Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon

I figured it only made sense to start with my favorite series as my first review/rant! Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon is undoubtedly one of the most popular and well done anime in history and it is very close to my heart! I fell in love with the series back in 1998 when I was in 5th grade. Me and my neighbor/best friend Monica would watch it at her house every day when it aired on Toonami on Cartoon Network. My favorite senshi was Sailor Mercury at the time. I loved how smart she was and her shy personality was similar to mine, so I was naturally drawn to her. Monica and I would pretend to transform into Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury and would use sticks as our wands. I also remember being up all night watching the 3 Sailor Moon films on VHS. So, basically concluding that these are my best childhood memories. ( I owe it to Monica and Sailor Moon!)

My love for this series has not died out at all, only matured. I have now had the experience of providing the voice of Sailor Moon in English for 2 episodes of a series developed by an organization known as J-Paul District. (It was a lot of fun!) I have cosplayed Sailor Jupiter and Michiru (Sailor Neptune's civilian name). I have developed life long friendships with other fans of the series, and have expanded my knowledge of the Sailormoon universe.

Sailormoon has many different forms of being portrayed; the most famous being the anime which ran from March 7, 1992- February 8, 1997 in Japan and September 11,1995- November 16, 2000 in the U.S..

The series began with Usagi Tsukino (or Serena Tsukino in the English), a clumsy crybaby who gets bad grades in school, plays video games rather than studying, and eats a lot. She encounters a strange cat with a crescent moon mark on her forehead. The cat's name is Luna. Luna informs Usagi that she is a Champion of Justice sworn to fight the evil forces of the Dark Kingdom. Usagi's idol is Sailor V, another heroine, so she is excited about the idea, but not so much the actual task. Luna gives Usagi a magic compact and tells her to shout "Moon Prism Power Make-Up!". Usagi goes through a transformation and becomes Sailormoon.....the rest is pretty much history. 
Along the way Usagi meets:
                                    Mamoru Chiba (Darien Shields)/Tuxedo Mask/ Prince Endymion
                                    Ami Mizuno (Amy Mizuno)/Sailor Mercury
                                    Rei Hino (Raye Hino)/Sailor Mars
                                    Makoto Kino (Lita Kino)/Sailor Jupiter
                                    Artemis (the white cat)
                                    Minako Aino (Mina Aino)/Sailor V/Sailor Venus
                                    ChibiUsa Tsukino (Rini Tsukino)/Sailor ChibiMoon (Sailor MiniMoon)
                                    Setsuna Meioh (Trista Meioh)/Sailor Pluto
                                    Haruka Tenoh (Amara Tenoh)/Sailor Uranus
                                    Michiru Kaioh (Michelle Kaioh)/Sailor Neptune
                                    Hotaru Tomoe (same name in English..wow!)/Sailor Saturn/Mistress Nine

Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon is divided into 5 seasons all with different enemies and new powers

Sailormoon Classic: The Dark Kingdom lead by Queen Beryl

                                  Gold Compact and Moon Stick (Sailormoon)

                                Transformation Pens (Sailor Senshi)

Sailormoon R: Black Moon Clan lead by Wiseman/Death Phantom

                         Pink Locket and Scepter (Sailormoon)

                       Star Wands (Sailor Senshi)

Sailormoon S: Death Busters lead by Dr. Tomoe

                      Cosmic Brooch and Moon Rod (Sailormoon)

                     Outer Senshi Wands (used only by Uranus, Neptune and Pluto)

                   Holy Grail (Sailormoon transforms into Super Sailormoon with this)

Sailormoon SuperS: Dead Moon Circus lead by Queen Nehelenia

                              Crisis Brooch and Kaleidescope (Sailormoon)

                            Crisis Brooch and Crystal Carillon (Sailor Chibimoon)

                           Super Wands (Sailor Senshi)

SailorStars: Sailor Galaxia

                   Eternal Brooch and Moon Tier (Sailormoon)

The 2nd most popular form of Sailormoon is the original manga written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi!

Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon inspired a live stage musical. There have been 13 different shows running from 1993- early 2005. Due to the recent 20th anniversary, they brought Sailormoon back to the stage for 2 weeks in September of 2013.

Sailormoon even had her own live action TV drama that aired from late 2003-2005. This is where the title switched from saying "Pretty Soldier" to "Pretty Guardian". The TV show is referred to as "PGSM".

So as you can see, there is a LOT of Sailormoon to cover. This was merely a quick glimpse of what it is. There is so much story and heart in this series. My husband has tried to just pop in on random episodes and gets completely lost. (And he reads really complex stories!) I think that every person should give Sailormoon a try. I don't say that about a lot of shows. This series has something that anyone can identify with. Everyone has their trials in life, but if you have the right friends and are equipped, you can conquer anything. I give Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon a perfect 10/10!!! If you are ever wanting to learn more about it, there is plenty on YouTube. There is also a HUGE fan community that will be glad to guide you through. We are called Moonies, and we are pretty hard-core, but a lot of fun! Three of the best places I can direct you is http://missdream.org, http://moonkitty.net, and http://www.sailormoon-obsession.com. Check them out and donate!

Well, now that I have exhausted you guys with my super long love rant! I shall say goodnight! Subscribe to get more updates on the awesome anime I watch!

Hugs and Kisses!
~Jewely