T5W#464-Top 5 Changes I Wanna See in Sailor Moon Crystal/Eternal/Cosmos

Usagi Tsukino has made her return to the Gundam Anime Corner and we’re going to be spending the whole month of July with Sailor Moon and her friends with Sailor Moon Crystal.  It’s been a few months since I concluded my year long look at the original 90s series, looking over its highs, lows and Sailor Moon SuperS.  While we’ve started dipping our toes into Crystal, there’s still plenty I hope the show can improve on from its previous iteration of Usagi and the Sailor Senshi.  We’ve already seen the Senshi starting to assemble a bit faster, so what else can happen?  That’s the topic of todays Top 5 Wendesday (the first of what I hope is a full month of Sailor Moon themed lists), these are the Top 5 Changes I Wanna See in Sailor Moon Crystal/Eternal/Cosmos.

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Usagi Tsukino is your typical Middle School Girl who dreams of love and having fun with her friends.  All of that changes when a talking Cat named Luna appears and unlocks Usagi’s true destiny.  Now armed with the powers of the Moon Kingdom, Usagi becomes the chosen one who will face off against Queen Beryl and the forces of the Dark Kingdom.  She’s the Pretty Guardian in a Sailor Suit.  She is the one named Sailor Moon.

Next to Mobile Suit Gundam, Sailor Moon might be the series I’ve spent the longest time with so far at the Gundam Anime Corner.  Between Summer 2022 and all of 2023, I’ve looked at all 200 episodes of the classic 90s legend and it’s three feature films.  So, of course, I can’t call myself a completionist without looking at Usagi Tsukino’s most recent Anime iteration (and by recent I mean it’s been over 10 years since Crystal first dropped).  Which brings us to today, the start of our annual Extended Summer Series Review at the Anime Corner.  As promised seven months back at the conclusion of Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, we’re gonna tackle Sailor Moon Crystal and see how it compares to the original and still beloved adventures of Sailor Moon and the Sailor Senshi.  And as we kick things off today it’s a bit of a mixed arrival.  Cause is it me or do Usagi and the girls look…different?