CJ’s Anime Review Blogs – Sailor Moon Crystal Season 3, Episode 10

I’m finally home from Japan, but as I settle down, I can’t find the time or energy to do another video review. Jet lag has been dreadful and I find myself stuck in a strange limbo where it seems like I am both sleeping way too much and sleeping way too little. Aside from that, it is strange to be back in a country where I had to hide my Sailor Moon keychain getting off the plane for fear that people might judge me in public. Yes, even I, a person who runs a small YouTube channel as a hobby, have issues talking about my passions in public. Still, I am glad that I find the courage to write about my hobby and look forward to sharing more reviews in the future.

So let’s get to this review. This episode was once again another exciting episode of Sailor Moon Crystal. I can’t say enough how exhilarating it is to actually look forward to episodes of this season. Everything is done so well and although I might not agree with all of the changes made, I can at least appreciate that Toei Animation is trying to make Sailor Moon Crystal a separate entity from the original manga. Don’t be fooled when people say that this is a “1:1 adaptation.” Sure, it might be closest thing we ever get to the manga, but it is not a perfect representation and in my opinion should not strive toward being one. We already have the manga after all.

CJ’s Anime Review Blogs – Sailor Moon Crystal Season 3, Episode 7

Whelp, I’m traveling in Japan and it’s the first week I have off on my video review series of Sailor Moon Crystal. For obvious reasons, I’m unable to film, edit and upload reviews. I’m disheartened that I wasn’t able to do all of the videos on a week by week basis as planned, but I am fortunate that I am least able to do a review for them at all. Truthfully, going back to the written format for these reviews is refreshing. It feels like the old days, when I did these reviews almost as therapy when Crystal was a mess. Now, I do them simply out of love for this surprisingly respectful adaptation.

On a side note, it’s oddly hilarious to point out that this is the first episode that I’ve had to watch on a third party “service.” Most of Crunchyroll is unavailable in Japan. Despite hordes of Sailor Moon content surrounding me on a regular basis, I have a harder time viewing Crystal here than in the States. It’s really given me a perspective into the difficulty of being a fan who doesn’t live in the U.S.A. I can’t blame those who pirate when legal options aren’t otherwise available. And before you ask, I could have watched it on television but… no subtitles, no dice.

Sailor Moon Crystal Season 3, Episode 1 Review

Sailor Moon Crystal Season 2 Announcements and Speculation

Sailor Moon Crystal is going to kill me. I thought I was done with this show but it looks like I’ll be back for more.

To bring readers up to speed, my return to the Sailor Moon franchise started my junior year in college. I was extremely excited to finally have a legitimate copy of the Sailor Moon manga release so that I could replace my old complete Tokyopop collection which had been thrown out. I was also looking at the very first American release of Sailor V, a comic that was ignored by scanlators. I could finally read the prequel staring my favorite character.

Then Sailor Moon Crystal was announced. Even years ago, I wasn’t interested in direct manga to anime adaptations so I prayed this would be a reboot. I, of course, was wrong and despite my hopes and optimism, Sailor Moon Crystal turned out to be a lackluster version of one of my favorite manga that neither improved on the dated story nor gave us anything new.