The American censorship of the homosexual relationships always cracked me up, especially since it's a kid's show in Japan. Just shows the differences in the two countries.
Still, thanks to the stupid dub I still have trouble viewing Zoicite as a guy, even though I've known this fact for many many years.
Isn't Fisheye a guy too?
Yeah, but I find the manga you can tell, though I never watched the first season subs yet...8need to make data CDs and clean up his hardrive of Sailor Moon*
Yeah, Fisheye is as well. The two (Zoicite and Fisheye) were so feminine in appearance that it was easy to simply change their characters to females to avoid having to deal with the homosexuality issues. I suppose Michiru and Haruka were even harder, but as it's nothing explicit, I dont see why they didnt just make them best friends or something. Making them cousins just added a creepy incest vibe to their constant touching.
Different countries have handled all this in different ways... one place (I believe it was Germany, and I'm not sure) dubbed SailorStars and made the StarLights pairs of identical twins... males and females.
For those of you who dont know, the three StarLights (Sailor Starmaker, Starfighter, and Starhealer) are originally female. When they come to Earth seeking their lost princess they decide to do so as males... so they assume the guise of boys. But when they become Sailor Soldiers, they're girls again. In the anime at least, in the manga they're always girls, just crossdressing and posing as boys. Anime had them as physical boys (which did not sit well with Naoko).
Yeah, I remember watching their transformation sequences. If you watch the star thingy near their chest as they transform you can see their breat enlarge. No I am not a perve, I am just saying you can see them actually change gender. Their hips also become more curvy.
I love when Michiru and haruka flirted, those were my favorite scenes. What they would save when they are alone. <3 Michiru and Haruka. Also Seiya had a thing for Usagi too, which was cute at first then sad at the end, when she kinda said Mamo is her only one, but Seiya still loved her. Also was it me or did they hint to Seiya and Princess Fireball having a thing at one time?
Yes, because she considered it "a cheap way around her rule that only women can be senshi"Originally Posted by TheAbominatrix
It's a shame that they won't bring Stars over here...it happens to be the best in my opinion. It even has the best animation (Eternal Sailor Moon's second attack sequence is nothing short of astonishing), but it doesn't seem like it will ever get licensed over here due to the gender swapping...which makes me wonder why so much other stuff (including bizzare hentai titles like Nightshift Nurses and Cool Devices) like Ranma which practically revolves around a character who constantly switches genders, HAVE been licensed. o__O
I like Kung-Fu.
Who only knows. also you are forgetting about Usagi fighting Chaos/Galaxia in the nude. that is probably a big factor too. But yeas Stars was the best.
True true. I think the main reason is probably because it's been marketed so highly as a "for kids" show here in America, yet uncut, here in America it has so much contents that would not be kid friendly...and alot of parents seem to go blind when it comes to looking at a rating label.
I like Kung-Fu.
I always considered it the girly version of Dragonball Z, and the two episodes I actually watched were rather retarded, but based on other people's opinions of it I'd say I underestimated the series. I'm sure whatever I saw on Cartoon Network was horribly butchered.
I wonder what episodes you saw...I've never seen an episode even remotely similar to Dragonball Z.
I like Kung-Fu.
Stupid American ratings....I could just imagine the butcher fest if they did get the liscense in NA. Stars would be like 10-15 minutes long an episode...
I simply cannot stand this series. As was mentioned, it isn't for everyone and it just wasn't for me. The episodes strike me as extremely cheesy and I just cringe when I hear or read (depending on whether it's the subtitles or dubbed) some of the dialogue. It's just... not my thing.
when i was really into sailor moon was around the time it was on c/n...i was in 6th grade...mostly all of the guys in my class watched it...but mainly because they considered it softcore porn with sex teases and no real trace of any of those traits...i guess the transformation scene got them...or the hentai porn...i dunno...i grew out of sailor moon...but this thread reminds me of it...i used to like it and part of me still does...i used to love one of the themes...some dude playing the flute at thier school...it was heart felt
There was no porn in Sailor Moon...But you means when Allain plays the flute. *never watched that season in Japanese so doesn't know his real name*
i said that...but those guys watched whishing it might happen
Allan in the dub. Seijuurou Ginga at school, and Ali at home as far as the Japanese version went. Ali and En were their real names, which makes a cute little 'Alien' joke.
And there isnt one trace of hentai in Sailormoon, most especially in the American version.
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