A miracle romance for the ages.
Sailor Moon Crystal premiered to a lot of excitement, but the hype train soon ground to an unceremonious halt thanks to the show’s poor production values, breakneck pacing, terrible questionable changes to the source material, and general lack of energy. Some fans hung on. Many jumped off. With no real nostalgic attachment to the franchise and a ’90s anime I was enjoying much more, I wound up in the second group.
Then the Season 3 (“Death Busters Arc”) announcements rolled out: the show was moving from a bimonthly online (ONA) schedule to a weekly TV one, getting both a new series director (Chiaki Kon) and character designer (Akira Takahashi), and giving itself a Moon Prism Makeover. The hype train let out a low, tentative whistle. Curious but not all that optimistic, I gave the season premiere a try, and was shocked to discover it was actually…fun? Against all odds, Kon and her staff have breathed life into an adaptation that was dead in the water, thanks to a few simple changes that made a huge difference.
The Josei Next Door 
Agreed, wholeheartedly, with everything you’ve said over at The Mary Sue. And yeah, I was also in the second group, though I’m so glad I gave season 3 a shot despite my serious misgivings. That staff changeover was clearly the best thing that could have happened to the show.
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You can see my Crystal thoughts here
http://jaredmithrandirolorin.blogspot.com/search/label/Sailor%20Moon
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*Two years ago actually, started back up in 2014 (I only know because I was trying to compare it to Precure and had to double check which show it ran against)
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Pssh. TIME. What even IS that?
(I’ll fix it. Thanks for the catch!)
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Well written … and yes … this season is much better than the first season of Crystal (that frustrating abomination that broke my heart).
The outer senshi get focus this time around and they (including Saturn) really, really turned out well. Saturn’s appearance in ep 12 was excellent! ^^
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