Sailor Moon - The Legend Begins (TV Show, Vol. 1)

Sailor Moon - The Legend Begins (TV Show, Vol. 1)
by Junichi Sato

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Actor: Karen Bernstein, Linda Ballantyne, Liza Balkan, Terri Hawkes, Tracey Moore
Director: Junichi Sato
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; French (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 90 minutes
Release Date: 2000-11-21
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: A.D. Vision
Studio: A.D. Vision

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Movie Review: sailor moon a classic anime
Summary: 5 Stars

this is the first dvd for the dub of sailor moon. sailor moon is a classic anime, many people may not like it but it did introduce tons of anime fans too anime. sailor moon was my first anime.
the episodes included in the dvd are:

-A moon star is born
this shows how serena (usagi) meets luna, and becomes sailor moon

-talk radio
everyone is tooneing in to a radio show that reads love letters, just to give the writers of the love letters a flower that drains there energy

-slim city
serena(usagi) joins a health club that is free to try and lose weight, just to find out that it a front for the negaverse

-so you want to be a superstar
every one become excited to join a talent show that will make them into superstars, but again it is just the negaverse trying to steal everyones energy.

-computer school blues
ami is introduced in this episode so we finnaly get to see sailor mercury

-time bomb
a clock store is selling clocks that speed up time and makes people exert energy from the strees so the negaverse can steal there energy. i really liked this epesode becuase ami and luna figure out something is wrong becuase serena (usagi) was on time for school.

all in all this is a good dvd and is fun too watch. i personaly do not mind the dub becuase this is how i was introduced to sailor moon and it remineds me of old times. if you hate the dub you can always just but the japanese version with sub only. i have that one too and i love it just as much.

Movie Review: What can I say...
Summary: 5 Stars

What can I say... other then that it is 2008, I am in my mid 20's and I still love everything about Sailor Moon. If you enjoyed watching Sailor Moon in the mornings... early 90's, then you will enjoy all the Edited VHS videos.

Movie Review: This Vhs is good!
Summary: 4 Stars

This Vhs tells how Sailor moon got her powers. It's good but i like vol.2 better, i like the other volume's better cuz it funny when Serena and Rae fight. But it is relly good anyway. The episods on this Vhs are ep.1 A moon star is born ep.2 Talk radio ep.3 Slim city and ep.4 So you want to be a superstar. If you are a Sailor moon fan you will relly enjoy it, i did. I also like the anime's Naruto, Zatch bell, Bobobo-bo-bo-bobo, Tenchi Muyo, Dragon ball z, and One piece.

Movie Review: Not the real Sailor Moon
Summary: 2 Stars

I like Sailor Moon in Japanese with English subtitles. But I used to own this DVD and I didn't realize how bad it was until I saw it in Japanese.
Before even had it in Japanese I decided to sell this in a garage sale because it was too babyish and it was getting boring to watch it.
Then I got the Japanese version and saw how much they had changed. Usagi's name was changed to Serena, Ami's was Amy, Rei's was Raye, Makoto's was Lita, and Minako was Mina. Naru's was Molly, Umino's was Melvin, Motoki's was Andrew, and Mamoru's was Darien. I've never actually met anyone with the names Lita or Mina, but I don't like how they named them that because they actually sound a lot alike. Also, all the villains' names were changed except Queen Beryl, Zoicite was turned into a girl, and I'm not sure about this since I didn't see the whole series in English but I think they took Queen Metalia (that's the name in the manga anyway, I'm not sure about in the anime because I haven't seen the end yet) completely out of the show! Episode 2 was taken out because Umino pulled up Ms. Haruna's skirt and the whole class saw her underwear, and another episode was taken out and there doesn't even seem to be a reason. The last two episodes were turned into one episode and the sailor warriors didn't die like in the Japanese version. Every single thing the characters said was changed, except for the part of Usagi's speeches she says in each episode.
However, I think this version is okay for little kids but if you're older and think Sailor Moon is dumb because of the American version, the Japanese version is for teenagers and adults and it's a lot different. (Some of Sailor Moon's speeches were really weird at first though.)
But since they made the American version babyish, now kids can watch this, and teenagers can watch the Japanese version.
Usually the Japanese version is 100-150 dollars, but I found mine on eBay for 30 dollars plus shipping. I haven't had any problems with it so far except it kind of stopped in places and then started again on the computer, but it never happened in the DVD player. I wouldn't recommend this DVD to teenagers, but little girls like it.

Movie Review: moon freak
Summary: 3 Stars

i realy cant stand usagi's voice in the dub. in the japanese its ok but it sounds like shes 3. in the dub amy and lita's voices r weird.in the japanese all the voices r soft accsept for taiki amara and setuna' i dont have the time to tell u the rest

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Summary of Sailor Moon - The Legend Begins (TV Show, Vol. 1)

High-pitched, relentlessly fast paced, and filmed in eye-gouging gumball colors, this video series combines two previously released dubbed episodes from the Japanese animated series, along with a couple of new ones. The adventures of a group of schoolgirl superheroes, Sailor Moon is a lighthearted kiddy variation on a ubiquitous Japanese subgenre, stories of alienated adolescents granted paranormal powers and enlisted on the side of virtue in apocalyptic struggles across space and time. Imported to the U.S. in an attempt to create a post-Power Rangers franchise for girls, the show never became a mainstream megahit in the states, although it still has passionate fans (thanks to airings on the Cartoon Network). The chirpy, giggly tone may be off-putting, but the level of visual imagination (and the self-sufficient courage of the young heroines) can be exhilarating, especially when kids and parents watch together. This first volume kicks off with the "secret origin" episode, "A Moon Star Is Born," in which Tokyo middle-school student Serena is transformed into the title character by the occult power of a mysterious locket. She acquires a cute sidekick (a talking cat named Luna), and in the three succeeding episodes she begins to assemble her support team of spunky Sailor Scouts, with names like Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus. In the second episode, "Talk Radio," a phantom radio program is somehow connected with the door-to-door delivery of flowers whose fumes put people to sleep. Also includes the episodes "Slim City" and "So You Want to Be a Superstar," with a total running time of 90 minutes. These edited shows are appropriate for fans age 5 to 12. --David Chute

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