Sailor Moon S:TV:Super Sr Thin

Chibiusa may have been annoying in R but she underwent major revamping in S and is now the more mature and responsible "Usagi" which completes one of Sailor Moons most enduring long running jokes. The story loosely follows Chibiusa but like I said in the first paragraph, everyone gets their share of action, drama, and laughs.

I've come to realize that Sailor Moon is organized kind of like late 18th century opera. It consists of an introductory episode then "filler" episodes which one might relate to arias or recitative that link larger "ensemble" type multi-part episodes, then more fillers and finally a grand action ensemble finale. 18th century opera has been criticized for depending too much on recitative, which is supposedly dry and often uninteresting. So too have Sailor Moon's filler episodes been accused of monotony or at least pointlessness. SuperS has a large amount of these types of episodes more than any other season, but instead of uninspired Rosinian recitative you have character driven Mozartian recitative! These episodes are fun filled and even touching at times. There's Minako's two-timing ep., Usagi's wedding dress ep., the ballet ep., Ami's new power ep., Rei's new power ep. (mane mane masume! Classic!), Usagi and Chibiusa's cavity ep., and many more.

It also has one Sailor Moon's most human villains, Nehellenia. The finale episode in this season is one of the best in the series which powerful animation to match. The Amazon Trio are hilarious and the Amazoness Quartet, cute but deadly.

This season also has the best animation and animation style compared to the rest. It's crisp, colourful, and a dymic mixture of recto/curvilinear lines which form an eye pleasing whole.

Overall, an under appreciated season.

The series is very repetitive, where in nearly every episode, the Dead Moon will choose a person who they believe is hiding Pegasus, attack them, and look into their dream. Conveniently, the Sailor Soldiers have recently become friends with whoever is targeted by the Dead Moon, and they show up to save the day.

The series does have some good points. All six of the soldiers featured in the series gain new 'super' forms, with brand new costumes, attacks, and powers. The animation, character design, and music has also improved. However, there are many problems. There are no appearnces by the Outer Senshi, who are by far regarded as some of the best characters in Sailor Moon. Also, the series is very light-hearted compared to it's predecessor, Sailor Moon S.

Overall, Sailor Moon SuperS is still part of one of the greatest Anime's of all time, and is not to be missed.