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 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

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

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 1

Hi guys! I hope you all had a great week! Well, it's March 1st, and you know what that means..........15 more days til my birthday!!! I was born on March 15th, 1988, so I will be 26! And to make my birthday even cooler, I share it with the best manga author in the world, Naoko Takeuchi, creator of "Sailor Moon"! So for the next 15 days, I will be sharing my favorite episodes of "Sailor Moon" with you, to celebrate my 26th Birthday and Naoko's 47th!

To start it off, I will present the 1st of my favorites:
Episode 33 (Season 1/Classic) "The Last Sailor Warrior, Sailor Venus Appears" (Dub: "Sailor V Makes the Scene")

Original Air Date: November 21st, 1992 (Dub: October 19th,1995)
Cast:
Sailor Moon/Usagi-Kotono Mitsuishi (Dub:Terri Hawkes)
Sailor Mercury/Ami-Aya Hisakawa (Dub:Karen Bernstein)
Sailor Mars/Rei-Michie Tomizawa (Dub: Katie Griffin)
Sailor Jupiter/Makoto-Emi Shinohara (Dub: Susan Roman)
Sailor Venus/Minako-Rika Fukami (Dub: Stephanie Morgenstern)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru-Toru Furuya (Dub: Toby Proctor)
Luna-Keiko Han (Dub: Jill Frappier)
Artemis-Yasuhiro Takato (Dub: Ron Rubin)
Queen Beryl-Keiko Han (Dub: Naz Edwards)
Kunzite-Kazuyuki Sogabe (Dub: Dennis Akayama)
Zoicite-Keiichi Nanba (Dub: Kirsten Bishop)

The episode opens with the evil Queen Beryl who is growing tired of the Sailor senshi always spoiling their plans. She consults Zoicite who informs her that he and Kunzite have a plan to defeat Sailor Moon and trap the other 3 senshi.

The same day, Luna hears a news report that Sailor Moon stopped a bank robbery. Thinking that it was odd for Usagi to do so, she decides to investigate.

Usagi and Makoto have met to get a bite to eat. When some window cleaners mysteriously have had their ropes cut, in comes a copy of Sailor Moon.

Mamoru can tell that she's a fake Sailor Moon, so he runs after her. Meanwhile, Usagi cries not wanting to be replaced.

Usagi and Makoto meet up with Rei, Ami, and Luna to track down the phony Sailor Moon. They find the fake captured and tied up, hanging from a construction site. The senshi transform and approach her, but they are trapped in a forcefield by Kunzite.

Tuxedo Mask comes to rescue Sailor Moon, but is stabbed in the back with a crystal blade by the fake Sailor Moon who reveals themself to be Zoicite. Tuxedo Mask and Zoicite begin to fight.

While they are fighting, Kunzite begins to attack Sailor Moon and the senshi. Tuxedo Mask is nearly defeated in a warehouse, but is rescued by a mysterious girl. She uses the attack "crescent beam" on Zoicite which allows Tuxedo Mask to escape.

When the senshi think that all hope is lost, they too are rescued by the mysterious girl. She uses "crescent beam on Kunzite and frees Sailor Moon and the senshi.

A white cat named Artemis introduces her as the 5th soldier, Sailor Venus! She is best known as Sailor V, the famous super heroine.

The episode concludes with the 5 girls, Luna and Artemis standing on a dock and getting to know Sailor V. They ask her if she is the Moon Princess they are looking for. In the end, she doesn't know if she is the princess or not.

This episode is in my favorites because it is about one of my favorite senshi, Sailor Venus. I also like how her introduction is different from everyone else's. She comes in already knowing her powers and her mission. This is one of the main reasons she is the leader of the senshi in the manga.

Here is a cute video of Sailor Venus in the musical!

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xoxo

~Jewely

New Sailor Moon Anime Wish List Top 10

With the upcoming new Sailor Moon anime, we have heard very little about what they are going to do with the design/story. We do know that it is set to release in July of this year and we also know it is not a redo, but a completely different work. Here are some things that I would like to see in the new anime.

1.Up to date fashions for the senshi's civilian forms.
   I started watching Sailor Moon in 1998. So by then, the fashions were all a little "dated". I would like to see each character's personality shine in the way they dress.

2. More character development for the other girls rather than just Sailor Moon.
  One thing I always praise the live-action show for is how much focus there was on EACH senshi, not just Usagi. I love Usagi, but I also love Minako, Makoto, and Ami. I would like to see more light shed on the other characters.

3.Sailor V
  I don't know how they would put her in the story, but I think we would all like to see at least a flashback episode of Sailor V, the original senshi.

4. Less filler, more story.
   I would like to see the story progress more, rather than just staying on one point in the story for so long. (Ex. Amazon Trio is awesome, but not a lot happens in the story til they are leaving)

5. Chibi Chibi's story from the manga. (Sailor Cosmos)
  I would like to see the original Chibi Chibi origin story. I think they could do Sailor Cosmos beautifully.

6. Human Luna, Artemis, and Diana.
  I would like to see them all 3 in their human forms, and a mention of planet Mau.

7.Sailor Quartet
  Enough said.

8. Sailor senshi (other than Sailor Moon) different outfits.
  I know it probably won't happen, but I would like to see more of a change in the senshi's fukus when they "upgrade". In the original anime, there was not a very noticeable difference. I think they could at least end on their Eternal fukus.

9. Let some other couple besides Usagi and Mamoru have a love story.
  I would be happy with more of a focus on Haruka and Michiru than they got the first time around. I have always wanted the other girls to find love. Fan-fiction can only get you so far. :)

10. Princess Senshi
 I have cosplayed Princess Neptune, so naturally I am a fan of the princesses. I love the scene in the manga where they see their castles. I believe each one of them deserves a princess title on screen. 

(Photo Credit: artwork by RedShootingStar on DeviantArt http://redshootingstar.deviantart.com/)

These are just a few things that I'm sure any Sailor Moon fan would like to see! I'm sure it's going to be great no matter which direction they go with it. What are some of your hopes for the new anime? Please Share!

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