Finished Watching Sailor Moon S (1994)

Finished watching Sailor Moon S (1994, Toei Animation, 38 epi) on 11/22/2018.

A new enemy presents itself to the Sailor Guardians in the form of five scientist witches working under the orders of a mad scientist as they search for pure hearts to steal from their unfortunate victims. Not only that but mysterious, rogue Sailor Guardians have shown up also looking for special pure hearts known as the Talismans.

Another alright season. The episodes get a tad bit repetitive with that monster-of-the-week type of writing. This also ends up creating some episodes with absolutely no development whatsoever, or monster designs that had absolutely no effort. I'm looking at you car-tire monster woman. But there was one episode in this season that I found immensely hilarious. The funniest episode in the whole series perhaps, and it's one that focuses on Aino Minako. I'll let you find it out on your own. I don't want to spoil anything.
The animation and writing again both suffer from having different producers and animation teams throughout the different episodes. Watching this season, I'm starting to think that the less important an episode is, the cheaper is production quality becomes, with highly climactic episodes being worked on by experienced teams.
I also noticed some big differences in story compared to the original work. The way the two new Sailor Guardians are introduced for example and less of a focus on the school they attend. I remember there was one plot point involving plants that took place in the school in the manga, but in the show it was actually used in the first season, if I remember correctly.

7/10 - I know I said this before, but I'll say it again. Cut out the unnecessary filler.

Finished watching Sailor Moon R (1993)

Finished watching Sailor Moon R (1993, Toei Animation, 43 epi) on 9/14/2018.

   Tsukino Usagi and her friends don't remember their adventures as the Sailor Guardians after their battle against Queen Metalia. But that soon changes when a meteor crash-lands in town, bringing with it two alien beings, siblings Ail and An who's goal is to collect human energy to restore their source of life, the Makaiju Tree they traveled with. But that is the least of the Sailor Guardian's troubles as a deeper darkness lies in their future...

This season starts off with a filler arc that isn't too shabby. The characters Ail and An come from a different planet and their goal is to gather energy so they can live. But they are met with resistance once the Sailor Guardians find out they are using monsters that attack civilians to accomplish their goal. The monsters they call upon each have a theme that is different from one episode to the next. This is pretty much your typical Sailor Moon episode recipe. Then the Dark Kingdom arc comes along with new villains who pretty much do the same thing with different goals in mind. This is an actual arc in the manga where the enemy's plot is to strategically place dark-power imbued statues at certain points in the city surrounding an area where the Crystal Palace will one day stand. A new character is introduced as well. Chibiusa, the future daughter of Usagi and Mamoru who traveled from the future to obtain the Silver Crystal.
Sailor Moon R wasn't too bad of a season but it could've been a little better for a few reasons. The biggest problem I had was with Mizuno being reduced to her bookworm element. All I remember her doing aside from fighting the monsters, was constantly telling the other girls that they should be studying every time she showed up on in an episode. Like, that was all she did. It felt like she wasn't a person anymore. I also noticed that the art style seemed to change from episode to episode. While this itself isn't a problem, some episodes looked really rushed and low quality. When I looked it up, I also learned that the series had multiple directors and art directors for all the different episodes they made. This would also explain how I found some episodes better written than others. Lastly there's Chibiusa's odd relationship with her future parents. And this is something that's been carried over from the original work, but it still bothers me how obsessed she is with Mamoru. It's written in a way that borderlines a romantic relationship. It's very suggestive. And as if that wasn't enough, Usagi gets jealous of her for it. It's all kinds of messed up!
But that's it, really. I didn't think Sailor Moon R was bad, but I didn't find it better than the first season. The new batch of villains were interesting, some not so much. Overall, it was alright!

7/10 - Could've used a little less filler content.