Sailor Moon Cosmos Premieres on Netflix

[feurioo]

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Cosmos is a direct sequel to Sailor Moon Eternal (2021) and serves as the fifth and final season in the Sailor Moon Crystal anime series. The two-part film was released worldwide on August 22.
 

What are your favorite anime/animated shows? If you are a Sailor Moon fan, did you prefer Sailor Moon Crystal or the '90s series? And most importantly, team sub or team dub?

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[feurioo]

I won't lie, I never watched Sailor Moon Crystal beyond the first episode, simply because I didn't like the art. I saw a couple of Cosmos scenes and this is my verdict: The art looks infinitely better now but the German dub sounds horrendous. Apparently, they got the original '90s-Usagi voice actress but nobody else from the '90s voice cast? The English dub was OK but, if possible, I always prefer the original language.

I haven't watched a lot of anime or animated shows within the last couple of years. Still, shows that stood out to me were BoJack Horseman, Dorohedoro (we're finally getting a second season!), Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, and Arcane.

My favorite childhood animes: Sailor Moon, Lady Oscar, Tales of Little Women (and the sequel: Little Women II: Jo's Boys), Cat’s Eye, Kickers, Pokémon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Ganbare, Kickers!.

[tinchen]

I don't have Netflix atm, so I watched it at my friends' flat while cat-sitting. I watched the English dub, bc it was the default language, haha. I might try the German dub next time, but I always find reading the subtitles exhausting. I will always miss the German Luna's nasal voice from the first seasons :D

[feurioo]

Tbf, I only started watching things with subtitles when I became a fan of K-dramas. I use subtitles whenever possible because they make it much easier to understand everything and identify which person is saying what.

Luna's voice was one of my favorites!

[rogueslayer452]

I've only ever watched Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, the live-action Japanese adaptation, which, while low-budget it's been praised by many fans of the anime/manga. I know of the rest of the Sailor Moon franchise via osmosis.

Aside from what I watched as a kid, I don't really watch much anime or animated shows these days. The ones I have seen are: Castlevania, Black Butler, The Legend of Vox Machina, little bits of Mo Dao Zu Shi (both the donghua and the chibi version).

When it comes to subs versus dubs, it depends. I used to be purely a subtitles only person, which I still am, though my perspective over time has shifted slightly. I think both have gotten slightly better over the years, but there are definitely some setbacks. Some dubbing can sound awkward when the voice actors aren't really matching the emotion or tone of a scene, but when they're good they're really good. And subtitles can be awkwardly translated. Watching a lot of Asian dramas you tend to get used to English subtitles not quite matching what the character is saying. I have quite frequently gone, "that's not what they said" at the screen, which can be pretty funny. Official subs versus fansubs are also a thing, because some prefer fansubs because some put time to add little annotations on the screen for context or better understanding of a word or phrase, which is very thoughtful. And I'll admit that fansubs that add little emojis at the end of a translation can be cute.

[feurioo]

Super interesting to hear that you went to the live-action adaptation first instead of the anime!

Agreed re: the advantages and disadvantages of dubs/subtitles. I've pretty much grown accustomed to subtitles and I like listening to other languages. Subtitles are usually my #1 choice, even if they are bad (which they often are). I really like fansubs that explain cultural references or idioms. That's really how you see how much love, effort, and care people invest in these projects.

[china_shop]

I've never seen any Sailor Moon, and am generally not into anime, but I have some favourite animated shows: Avatar: the Last Airbender, Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts, Bojack Horseman (though I don't think I could rewatch), the first season or two of The Dragon Prince, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Krapopolis... are the ones that come immediately to mind. Oh, and Over the Garden Wall, even though I don't remember much about it. :-)

My partner and I are currently watching Strange Planet, but that's more sitcommy than most of the above.

[feurioo]

I recently tried rewatching BoJack and found it really weird. Then again, Downer Ending was the episode that made me a fan, so maybe I should have anticipated that the first half of season 1 wouldn't wow me.

[china_shop]

Is that the finale? I don't know any of the episode titles.

I remember being blown away by the underwater ep, but that only really works in context/contrast with the rest of the show, sadly.

[feurioo]

It's S1E11!

[china_shop]

Haha, I really should have checked before replying. *facepalms*

[tinchen]

I really liked that it was closer to the manga, with the guardians etc. Though it seemed super rushed. Having a small series with that quality? Yes, please!

[tinchen]

And bc I'm bad at replying to all the questions, I'm commenting on myself.
My first great love was Queen Millennia. I was raised on the old German Tele 5 channel with Miyuki, Lady Oscar etc. and they still have a place in my heart. Also Gargoyles, Odysseus 31, Cowboy Bebop (I used to have a self-made Faye Valentine mood-theme on LJ), Full Metal Alchemist, A:tLA, Bleach.
I always find reading the subtitles exhausting, but German dubs usually were pretty good. I always wanted to watch more subs, but as I said, exhausting.

[feurioo]

Haha, yes, Tele5! That's where I discovered Georgie. I must have missed Queen Millennia completely because I don't think I've ever heard of the show. 🤔

[tinchen]

Just in case, this might jog your memory:

[feurioo]

Nope. :(

[rekishi]

90s show, the Crystal version is too...smooth.

I only watched the German dub back in the day, which seems to have been decent. I recently got my hands on the remastered German dubs that also includes the Japanese version.

[feurioo]

Oh, I didn't know there was a remaster!

[rekishi]

at least the files are labelled that way 😅 some research turns out that there is a true remaster and a scale up, but I can't tell if this is the English version or the Japanese version or what....