Introduce villain, see 4 – 5 episodes of said villain failing miserably at the hands of the clearly nefarious Sailor Moon (why are these villains a threat if sleepy-head can beat them), Beryl loses her temper and villain is usually offed by his own Queen before the next one gets introduced.

First we have the villains collecting energy. The overly bloated episode count of season 1, the extreme repetition of some of the early sequences, and the fact that the anime doesn’t get over the idea of repetition. I can fully understand the villains faltering in the face of that sound.ĭespite that, I’m not blind to the shows many flaws. I will admit, I have a lot of love for the klutzy heroine, even if part of me wishes they’d used her crying as a weapon in more than just the first episode. While it wasn’t the first, and it objectively isn’t the best, Sailor Moon was a gateway into anime back in the 90’s and there are more than a few anime fans I know who look back fondly on days of watching this series.īut that isn’t really reviewing the show so much as nostalgia tripping over it. For some of us, it is ‘the’ magical girl series. But Sailor Moon is a magical girl series. I’ve certainly seen worse characters have a show built around them. If that were all there was to Serena, they probably still could have pulled out an alright series around it. A little extreme but we all know the person who is always eating, wants to sleep, and has big dreams and no drive. She’s your typical middle-school girl (at least as anime proclaims typical) and while she is subjected to fairly awful 90’s fashion and colouring through the duration of the series, she’s an instantly recognisable character. In her world getting up late is the norm, blaming others for being late, crying over scraped knees, and being ecstatic at the sight of food. Welcome to the world of Serena (Usagi – though given I originally watched this dubbed on TV I’m just sticking with the English names).

How has it taken me this long to review Sailor Moon? Well I guess I did already review Crystal, but it is time to take on the original anime series and the one that won over my heart as a child (and more than likely planted the seed for me becoming the anime fan I am today – thanks Sailor Moon).

Sailor moon r episode 1 summary