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Best movie of this year hands down!

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Sailor Moon R the Movie is a handful of scenes away from being a great movie. I am a huge Sailor Moon fan so my criticism is not for lack of adoration, in fact, it's quite the opposite. The animation of this film is a step up from the series, but with a 60-minute run time, it seems as if minor, yet important details have been skipped.I won't drag the film down with negative stuff right off the bat. The action scenes are very good from the first fight in the city, to the battle in space and finally the last stand on the comet.The setup for the film is textbook and the end is very buff, but I feel as if something is missing from the middle. I was hoping for at least a 90-minute "movie" feel, but that wasn't the case. Everything seemed rushed after Fiore takes Tuxedo Mask back to the comet.As always, the music is top notch. The scene where Usagi wants a kiss from Mamoru is comical and the Moon Revenge song will stay in your head for a few days. Hell, I thought the American song, Power of Love, was pretty good as well.Chibi-USA, whether you like her or not, is essentially useless in this movie. I can only speak of Sailor Moon R the series in which Chibi-USA is a focal point in determining the fate of the future Usagi and Mamoru. No such danger exists in the film.Fiore is a complete knockoff of Ali from the Doom Tree series. He looks just like Ali in both alien and human form. The animators should have at least added Ann and a Doom Tree while they were at it.My suspension of disbelief kind of went out the window when the senshi were able to breathe in space.Despite these drawbacks, I think R the Movie is solid and with some more meat in the middle of the film it could have been great. I guess I'm just spoiled by the first season of Sailor Moon and Naoko's manga.

Sailor Moon, in total, is 200 episodes, three movies, and two TV specials (excluding the live stage shows and such). In any series that I enjoy that is that extravagant, I tend to have a hard time picking out what is truly the best showing. This is not one of those cases, as Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R is easily the best showing of the entire Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon series.The storyline is downright awesome, as die-hard fans finally get some insight into Mamoru's (Darien's) past and what he went through as a child. Also nice is that the villain isn't truly evil, just a lonely being whose feelings have been manipulated towards evil.The animation is excellent. Every movement flows nicely, as is usually expected of anime movies. Also great is the music. Aside from the original background music, every Sailor Soldier gets her own transformation music, and Sailor Moon's is punched up a bit. All of this great music is capped off by the theme of the movie, Moon Revenge, a song sung by the five Soldiers.For anyone who questions whether Sailor Moon is worth watching, I suggest you see this movie first, as it is the best showing and most representative of the series.

I love this movie. I really do! I's fast-paced, beautifully animated (for that time), and... oh yeesh, I don't know what else to say it's filled with!! Every Sailormoon fan must go out, find the SUBTITLED version (Damn you, American version!! What's this "Power of Love" crap you crammed in there in "Moon Revenge"'s place?!!!)and WATCH IT. Then they can appreciate the beautiful background music, beautiful animation, amusing silliness, and yes, the plot. The relationship among Mamoru-san, Usagi-san, and Fiore (the villain) is deeply and gracefully looked into and linked. Oh!! And the confrontation between Fiore and Sailormoon (just them) is amazingly scary and touching at the same time. This is a well put together movie and should be watched by Sailormoon fans everywhere...in Japanese. You've been warned about the U.S one... after that, anyone who watches the American version is to pay the price.

As with so many anime movies one will see that the difference between the sub and dub is enormous. In its subtitled and unedited version, this makes for a great viewing experience. However, since this is viewed as a child's cartoon by most, the edited version is horrible and the voice casting is some of the worst yet. The story is at times beautiful, and at other times just a little silly. I would recommend this title to everyone.The Otaku