Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Beyond the Border~ => Sara's Audio-Visual Import-Overflow Retail => Topic started by: Aya Reiko on April 28, 2014, 05:39:05 PM
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Role -- VA // Some prior noteworthy roles
Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon -- Kotono Mistuishi // Original Usagi Tsukino, Misato Katsuragi
Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury -- Hisako Kanemoto // Squid Girl, Yayoi Kise (Smile PreCure!)
Rei Hino/Sailor Mars -- Rina Satou // Mikoto Misaka
Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter -- Ami Koshimizu // Ryuuko Matoi, Nodoka Haramura, Kallen Stadtfeld
Minako Aino/Sailor Venus -- Shizuka Itou // Hinagiku Katsura, Wilhelmina Carmel (Shakugan no Shana)
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Interesting Kotono is the only cast member back to reprise her role, though I'm sure Rei's original VA had retired awhile back. TBH, I wasn't expecting her in the first place and expected all five roles to be re-cast. I wonder if any of the other original four will get cameo roles...
But they're sure as hell going for star power, aren't they?
And the fanartists didn't take long with the crossover potential either. (http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=43136884)
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Ami going "geso" all the time has me squealing like the little girl I am. I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS MY CHILDHOOD HAS RETURNED :D :D :D :D
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I can't wait this is gonna be good
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Koshimizu as Jupiter is basically a dream come true.
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More relevant to this forum, Rina Satou and Hisako Kanemoto voiced Reimu and Flandre respectively in Koumajou Densetsu II.
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Koshimizu as Jupiter is basically a dream come true.
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When does this air, again
I must know
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When does this air, again
I must know
July 5th...
WORLDWIDE.
Source and Character designs: http://www.geekosystem.com/sailor-moon-release-date/
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I really like those designs, they strike me as being halfway between the manga and the old anime looks which is perfect.
Between this and Hachapre. this year is hype as fuck for mahou shoujo. Do we know how many episodes it's going to be?
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Have they announced the seiyuus for the villains yet? Or Luna for that matter?
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Nope. Nor Tuxedo Mask. (My secret probably-unlikely hope for Luna is Megumi Han though, she's great and her mother was the original Luna. And I wouldn't be shocked to see Tooru Furuya reprise Tuxedo Mask considering they brought back Kotono Mitsuishi for Moon.)
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I know this is a late post, but anyway... I used to watch the series when I was like 6 ~ 8. Since it has been so long, I don't remember anything anymore, except for the main characters. But I've forgotten all of the villains and minor characters.
I'm pretty excited for this too. My childhood will return just like TSO's. (★^O^★)
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Whoops, didn't see the post above. :V
In any case, did they mention what kind of target audience they're focusing on?
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Old Sailor Moon fans. It won't be for kids. Well, it might be good for kids anyway but they're banking on bringing back the old audience.
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Welp, at least we won't end up being derided as the creepy-ass periphery demographic. :V
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I'm gonna watch this without watching the original so I sure hope it's directed at a mature audience or else I might regret it fast.
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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1401874986
:3
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Man, I definitely want to watch this, considering I never got to fully watch the original for...a number of reasons.
Clearly we need some kind of MOTK viewing party for atleast the first episode.
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Yesterday I kept thinking it was airing today, only to realize there's just like, a preview today and it's not actually releasing until JULY 5th. I got confused because of the June 5th stuff happening too >_>;
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(http://i.imgur.com/1QnzaUe.jpg)
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Really dislike the character designs and animation tbh
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There's been a lot if complaining about that, it seems.
I can see what people mean, but I find myself utterly unfazed after 500+ episodes of Precure QUALITY animation. :p
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I've watched pretty much all episodes of the original as a kid and I still think the remake is modern and nicer.
People complaining about it are nostalgia fags.
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A while back I was thinking "man I hope the new Sailor Moon theme is a remix of the old one because that guitar solo was wicked sick"
But then I remembered that the original Moonlight Densetsu didn't have that, so there probably wouldn't be any wicked sick guitar
But then this trailer :]
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http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1401874986
:3
YouTube mirror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Ft3viBgtQ
:] One month away...
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People complaining about it are nostalgia fags.
nah it's just uglier
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I thought it was fine and I'm unbiased
so you should all listen to my opinion.
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nah man it's just uglier
I swear if I see someone calling me a "man" again...
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YouTube mirror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Ft3viBgtQ
:] One month away...
It's been up for LESS than TWO DAYS and it's got 2million hits.
Also this entire thing could be a disaster but the second Ami Koshimizu gets Makoto just right, it's all good to me.
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They seem kinda twiggy/long-legged but moreso what ticks my weirdness thing is something about... the head/face... maybe it's that it's too angular and overdecorated and their lips are tiny? I don't know, what I think of saying just sounds really nitpicky, but in the end there's something about it that seems really weird.
Wait. I just compared a new and old image.
They're drawing Sailor Moon with the top of her head like 2~3 times farther over the forehead/hairline mark in a lot of the non-side appearances. I think it's throwing off the entire look of her head. She does look overly elegant and pristine though, like a queen, which is... weird. I think the tiny lips/lipstick is doing a lot for that, plus she already has the hairclips things she got in like season 4 last time.
tl;dr there's a weirdly larger amount more over her forehead than there used to be (except from side angles?) and she looks like she belongs in a medieval ballroom party or as a queen, wheras in the original she just looks like... well, a normal person in a cool suit
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I ain't a fan of the art style so far but I'm ready to be impressed. The first episode can't get here fast enough.
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I like the new look, it has a very bright and colorful style to it which seems to work for what they're doing. I just hope they have the budget for it.
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Some new casting details...
Role -- VA // Some prior noteworthy roles
Luna -- Ryou Hirohashi // Alice Carroll (Aria), Kyou (Clannad), Sora (Kaleido Star)
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask -- Kenji Nojima // Yuji Kaido (Blue Gender), Wataru Minakami (Sister Princess)
The series is set to premiere on July 5, 2014 at 7:00 pm Japan Time (6:00 am EDT).
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Have any of you heard the henshin music from the leaked transformation scene on youtube? It sounds super close to that of Smile Precure. Which had some of my favourite henshin music, so I don't necessarily mind.
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Luna -- Ryou Hirohashi // Alice Carroll (Aria), Kyou (Clannad), Sora (Kaleido Star).
Also Youmu from Koumajou Densetsu II.
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So... I just finished watchin' the first episode and I must say I loved it. ♥ Made me feel very nostalgic...
I just think the art makes them look older than they actually are. I mean, Usagi is 14, but she looks like 17~18. But I still like it. It may not be the best art out there, but it's certainly unique. Similar to how ZUN isn't the best artist out there, but his art still has an unique charm.
Serela said the girls looks elegant and pristine now, and I agree. They do look rather regal now, which is fitting considering the anime has a romantic/graceful atmosphere, and is targeting us, the female audience.
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Just watched the first episode with my roommate, who is a huge Sailor Moon fan I guess. Maybe it was just the bizarro translation, but it was... The most awkward thing I've ever seen? It was like a parody of anime. Not that that's a criticism necessarily, it was fun to watch. I'll probably stick around for at least the next couple.
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So out of curiousity, is anyone actually watching Crystal?
For my part, sorting out all the information about where to watch streams has been kind of a pain for me (since I've been busy) and also the art style doesn't appeal to me at all, but I'd like to watch it sometime.
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After watching the first two episodes I'm really not sure how to feel about this. The animation is almost too much for me to handle. I find the transformation sequences a bit odd just because of the CG but wow man that quality animation is enough that I can't reasonably ignore it.