Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71683 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-07-06
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 890 minutes

Customer Reviews

The best season I've seen so far
I bought this DVD set at Best Buy after remembering that I watched Sailor Moon on Cartoon Network when I was seven. I had always wondered when all the planets were going to be represented, and now I know. I'm guessing that Cartoon Network showed the first and second seasons (completely dubbed and out of human control, not that I noticed, since I was just a kid).
Anyway, this season is great, because all of the plot twists (they were also predictable at the same time, but a few of the crucial things were a complete surprise to me). Almost all the episodes are the same, as the Sailor Senshi deal with the Death Busters (or Bureau of Bad Behavior, as in the English version) and their evil plot to steal the pure hearts from good people, usually friends of the Sailors and the Sailors themselves. The professor in charge of the Death Busters calls forth Kaorinite, and all of the Witches 5: Eugeal, Mimet, Telulu, Byruit, and Ptirol (Individually, of course, just to stretch out the season). This is also the season where Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn (Saturn doesn't appear until much later in the season) are introduced, and Pluto comes back halfway through the season. The normal Senshi don't know if Neptune and Uranus are fighting with them or not.
I really like the Japanese version better than the English, because it just makes a lot more sense and the voice acting is SOOOOOOOOOO much easier and less frustrating to listen to. I hate the English voices for the normal sailors, because they just don't match. The outer planet soldiers' voices match better, but I just can't stand listening to the others. But because these episodes were made in the 90's, everything was recorded in mono...which I didn't really notice until I switched between the English and Japanese.
This season is probably the best out of all 4 that I have seen (I haven't seen StarS yet, but I will soon) because it has the best plotline and villains, and it gets to the point without an insane number of filler episodes...the best episode is "Glass Shoes for Her Birthday! Usagi in Tears!" -It's Usagi's birthday and her friends act like it's nothing special and...well...you should see for yourself!

S is Best
Not ever being a big fan of anime, Sailor Moon caught me off-guard several years ago. Even thought the show is very "little girl oriented" I fell in love with it instantly.

Sailor Moon S is the third of five seasons of Sailor Moon. It is also my very favorite. This season introduces Sailors Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn while giving Sailor Pluto a more important place with the Sailor Soldiers.

Sailor Moon S is also the darkest of the five seasons of Sailor Moon. The deaths of the villains (Witches 5)are also very entertaining.

If I were to recommend a cartoon/anime to pretty much anyone, I would definitely recommend Sailor Moon S

[As an added hint, watch the English dub with the subtitles for the Japanese version. This may help you uncover information that is unclear in the English version.]

Sailor Moon S
With the defeat of the Black Moon, peace has returned to the earth once again, and the Sailor Senshi are now living out their oridinary lives, studying for their high school entrance exams. Unfortunately, the peace doesn't last long as new enemies known as the Death Busters have appeared. Led by the sinister scientist Professor Tomoe, the Death Busters send out their evil monsters, the Daimons, to search for the heart crystals which are found inside the bodies of pure-hearted people. There are three heart crystals which posses special powers which, when combined, can form into the legendary Holy Grail, and depending on the heart of the person who uses it, the Holy Grail can be used to either save the earth or destroy it. The only one powerful enough on the forces of evil who can use the Holy Grail's powers is the Messiah of Silence, and the only one powerful enough on the forces of justice that can use it is the true Messiah. Two new mysterious Senshi, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, have appeared also searching for the talismans in order to save the world. But they know that once the talismans have been found, those heart crystals cannot be returned to their original owners and they will die. Uranus and Neptune are willing to take all risks to get the Holy Grail, but Usagi, naturally, doesn't want anyone to be hurt. So, now the race is on. The Sailor Senshi must find the Messiah who can save the earth from evil while trying to prevent the talismans from falling into the hands of both the Outer Senshi and the Death Busters, but can Sailor Moon really save the world on her own? Who are the holders of the talismans and just who are these new Sailor Senshi? Who is Sailor Saturn, the Senshi of Ruin, and what is her connection to Tomoe Hotaru, the mysterious daughter of Professor Tomoe?

The third season of Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon S, based on the Infinity Arc of the original manga, written and drawn by Takeuchi Naoko-san, is considered by many Sailor Moon fans to be the best out of the five seasons. Indeed, the S season certainly is the most exiciting season, with the introduction of brand-new Sailor Senshi and featuring edge-of-your-seat plot twists. Sailor Pluto and Chibi-usa also return for this season, as a senshi in training, Sailor Chibi Moon. Unfortunately, her powers are weak compared to the other Senshi's, and while this does make for some amusing comedy relief, it gets old fairly fast after awhile. We're also introduced to one of the newest and most mysterious of the Senshi, Sailor Saturn, who is actually a threat to both sides of the battle. This season also has a darker atmosphere than what the first two seasons had, but the show never loses its comicial moments that have always put a smile to its audience's faces. Unfortunately, Mamoru is reduced to nothing more than Usagi's perfect boyfriend this time around, which is one of the reasons so many fans hate him. The S season also continues to suffer from rocky-pacing, but it seems to have less filler-in episodes than the previous two seasons. The ending to this season is also exiciting and will have you coming back for more. The animation is a little different in its style than the first two seasons, but it's still quite lovely even with all the animation errors, and the music for the S season is excellent, as usual. Geneon's DVD release of Sailor Moon is also a huge improvement over ADV's. Fans don't need to worry about any errors with this release. The video quality on these discs look fantastic. The audio quality is also quite good, even if it is in monotone. While the episodes on Geneon's DVDs are actually presented in their proper order (the episode previews appear before the opening credits, for example), Geneon skipped the first two opening credits. The opening credit animation is supposed to change three times during the course of this season, and Geneon just skips to the third opening for reasons unknown. They did include the first two openings as bonus features though, and the next episode previews are still omitted on these DVDs, but those basically only showed clips of next week's episode, so their absence doesn't detract from the enjoyment of the actual show any.

Speaking of extras, while there's nothing particulary outstanding about them, Geneon actually took what little they had and made some fairly nice bonus features out of them. Basically, all you get on these DVDs are the textless opening/ending credits (with karaoke versions available, too) character profiles, and an art gallery. This may not be anything too thrilling, but it is nice that they actually took the effort to include them on here. While the first two seasons of Sailor Moon had sub-only DVD boxset releases, the S DVDs are bilingual, containing both the original Japanese version with English subtitles, and an uncut English dubbed version. Actually, the uncut dub on these DVDs isn't purely uncut. What Geneon did was they took all of the visual footage that Cloverway cut out from the edited dub and re-inserted it into the episodes, and recorded any new dialog that was required for the re-inserted scenes, but the rest of the show itself is identical to the edited dub. So, until Sailor Moon gets a proper uncut dub (which is highly unlikely to ever happen), fans are better off watching the Japanese version, which was thankfully included on the DVDs. While Geneon's Sailor Moon DVD release may be far from being perfect, they are a huge improvement over the first two seasons' DVD releases, and S is definetly a season Sailor Moon fans shouldn't miss out on. This is Sailor Moon at its best and is highly recommened to all fans. Sailor Moon S is rated 13+ for animated violence, strong language, brief nudity, and homosexuality.