Reddit reviews Animation - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal 1 [Japan LTD BD] KIXA-90451

So these are charms that are included with the new Sailor Moon DVDs, first one here: Amazon JP

As you can see, there are 13 of them, one for each Inner Senshi, one Tuxedo Kamen, and?? Apparently another one for each Senshi with an updated Moon Stick for Moon and updated transformation sticks for the other senshi and also two smaller ones, for ChibiMoon?

Rando cutting in here. Warning, this is going to be a LONG post but I am so tired of seeing this argument as well as the overwhelming defense of the show. I see these arguments everywhere and yeah, I kinda can't take the bullshit anymore.

To begin, check out some Anime that have been coming out now, like Psycho Pass 2, Sword Art Online 2 , or any new series that is airing and notice how it is MILES better looking and more modern than Sailor Moon Crystal. SMC actually reminds me of Anime from 2006 or 2007, not 2014.

It is nowhere near the league of Anime that is coming out today, or in the past 7 or 8 years. I'll give you some screenshots of some Anime that has come out in the last 3 years, since I'm not sure "everyone" here may actually be familiar with Anime outside of Sailor Moon. I've included screenshots from the first or second episodes of these shows I've mentioned, so they shouldn't be spoiler-y just in case.

Sword Art Online (The first season, air date: 2012)

These characters actually look like they are eliciting REAL emotion. The characters have well made faces with no noticeable animation flaws throughout the show. It is definitely normal for there to be workarounds during scenes showing distance or during fast action, but there are no choppy mistakes happening 46 times an episode like in SMC. I have NEVER seen an Anime do that so frequently as SMC, ever.

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  The backgrounds in Sword Are Online are GORGEOUS! I actually hate the SMC backgrounds because they look empty, they don't actually feel like they are a part of the world. They are boring, unmoving, and static. I talked to one of my friends who is a really talented environment designer for video games, and he mentioned that the backgrounds actually looked half finished to him in SMC. I agree with him wholeheartedly.
  
  
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• Trailer (Please excuse shitty dub, only HQ trailer I could find.)
  
  Psycho Pass (air date: 2012)
  
  Again, characters that elicit emotion that seems genuine, not "dollish." Beautifully polished animation, no noticeable flaws.
  
  
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• Face 2 <---See how the animation quality isn't as high here when showing the brunette girl from a distance, yet it still doesn't look like a complete train wreck? Yeah.
  
  Also, I am not going to compile screenshots of the senshi's faces, because I would literally be here ALL night long (and I'm already writing a shitload) so here, have screencaps from this tumblr
  
  Backgrounds: Just like SAO, beautiful backgrounds, in episodes, moving and non static.
  
  
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• Trailer
  
  Now, some Sailor Moon Crystal backgrounds for comparison. (Static, unfinished looking, empty, not blending in with the characters.)
  
  
• SMC BG 1 (Environment Design artist friend thought this was a background that wasn't finished.)
  
• SMC BG 2 (So drab, the characters don't even look like they belong there to me.)
  
• SMC BG 3 (my least favorite of all.)
  
• SMC BG 4
  
• SMC BG 5
  
  
  And for Gods sake, while it is true that Toei is leagues behind their colleagues, they have never ever produced anything as bad as SMC (maybe Precure is arguable in animation quality since it's aimed at young girls in Japan, I couldn't say because I've never watched it.) Anyways, a few years ago Toei produced a gorgeous Anime called Kyousou Giga in 2012, and it wasn't wonky in all ways like SMC is.
  
  Here, have some more pics. (These may possibly spoil.)
  
  Kyousou Giga
  
  
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  So, where in the heck is the excuse for insane time constraints here? It's true, animators sometimes cut corners when it's necessary, and better quality or scene changes are added to Anime when they are released on Blu-ray, but they are more so "additions" that were not able to be added in time, or slight clean ups.
  
  Blu-rays are also most often released in order to remove censors as well, for shows that appear on primetime television in Japan and feature fanservice or gore, and thus remove the censors for the blu-ray release. I don't consider the touch-ups in SMC to be "minor clean ups," they are repairing major disasters, and not that well I might add. Check out the SMC blu-ray sales on Amazon.jp and read the translated responses of the people that received them; you will see a lot of the same complaints in animation (even though they received the CLEANED UP VERSION) that we have. SMC Blu-ray reviews
  
  Btw, It is not hard or difficult to look up "blu-ray" comparisons for shows, so I'd appreciate it if people stopped acting like these insanely dramatic "clean ups" are the norm for blu-ray releases. Have a link to the Bakemonogatari blu-ray comparisons (may be a spoiler, don't watch the show. Also, site is very NSFW, so be warned.) Do these changes look as dramatic as the SMC blueray changes? Yeah, no. They barely had anything that needed fixing in the first place, and I see a lot of that fact in other blu-ray comparison shots I see for other shows.
  
  Please don't get me wrong, I love Sailor Moon, I love the manga and the classic anime, but I don't get the unbridled acceptance people give this show when it is clearly not being animated and released with love or quality. Toei and the animators involved have no excuse for such a shittyily animated show. They had two years to work and perfect this show, and they sold "20th century anniversary" merchandise and still are, even though it's been 3 years.
  
  I love the merchandise, I REALLY do (I even have one of the figures they released) but I'm sure you and I are all starting to realize that this new Anime is simply a mechanism to hype us so we will keep buying all of this new merchandise. I remember before the Anime aired, people were getting sick of it and seemed to catch on that Toei was mostly trying to suck all of our pockets dry, but now that the new anime is out, we're ecstatic and want more all over again.
  
  This, all of these reasons are why I have a problem with SMC, and I really just do not understand why people are so afraid to criticize it, the anime AND the obvious marketing ploys. It is okay to enjoy SMC and be happy that we are getting a new series, but don't settle and make excuses for an obviously rushed, subpar project, and don't defend the people that have made this when it is obvious that they (Toei, the animators) were the ones who decided to release this series as it is.
  
  TLLLLLLLLLDR; This is all bullshit, it is okay to like SMC and to enjoy having a new adaptation, but don't make excuses for Toei or the animation team on this. This is a rushed product, and most likely released just to peddle merchandise.