Today at 3AM, the new Series premiered on HULU and Crunchyroll. I however was asleep, but since it is a busy weekend at Anime Expo, I managed to catch the brand new DUB, as well as the premiere of the first episode.
The story revolves around a middle school girl named Usagi, who begins to have these strange dreams that are almost too real to even be considered a dream. One day on her way to school she runs into a black ca with a band-aid on its forehead. She helps the cat by removing it and finds out the cat has a golden crescent moon on its forehead. Usagi doesn't really pay much attention as she is already late for school, so she immediately just takes off for class.
Later that day her friends tell her about recent robberies around the city that are primarily focused on Jewelry stores, but they are being stopped by a strange mysterious female that people are code naming Sailor V. One of Usagi's friends, Naru, tells her that her mom is having a big sale at the jewelry store she runs and that they should all go after class to see if they can get a deal.
After they all go to the store, Usagi realizes she is too broke to afford anything and doesn't really think her parents would buy her anything either cause she isn't doing so well in her school grades. Usagi then bumps into Mamoru Chiba (dressed in a tux) and the two begin to banter, before they go their separate ways. Mamoru stops in front of the Jewelry Store and ponders if the legendary Silver Crystal is inside.
Later that night, while Usagi is napping the black cat enters her room through the window, waking her up from her slumber. The cat can talk and reveals her name to be Luna, which she then tells Usagi that she is the guardian she had been searching for. Usagi doesn't believe Luna at first, but eventually decides to try out what Luna is talking about by using the magical brooch that Luna gives her. One transformation sequence later, Sailor Moon is born.
We learn that there is an evil in this world, but we don't learn just yet what it is. However, a man named Jadeite, has sent a monster to infiltrate the jewelry store Naru's mom owns. Sailor Moon must go back to the jewelry store and stop this monster before it steals more energy for Jadeite's master.
The first episode of this series and the original anime are pretty much identical. However, what I loved so much is we now have an anime completely translated from the original source material. There are a few differences some people might miss. One being that the original Mamoru wasn't wearing a tux. Also you can see Mamoru's watch on him in his normal human attire, as well as his Tuxedo Mask costume. This was a big thing in the original manga, that was not in the original anime series. We also get a lot of talk about the Silver Crystal, which wasn't even mentioned in the original anime until about half way through the series. So for people who don't really care for fillers, this series is a spot on animated manga chapter and I absolutely loved every second of it.
Another thing I loved was the new animation! The colors were bright. The transformation sequence was awesome seeing a new rendition in almost a 3D on 2D effect. The opening and ending were brilliantly done!
So far there really isn't nothing I can complain about.
If your a fan of the series or a new comer to the anime world you have to check this out! I have not seen anything like this in years and I can't wait for next episode!
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