Sailor Moon Crystal Dark Kingdom Arc Limited Edition

Hi guys!!! I got Sailor Moon Crystal Set 1 Limited Edition DVD/Blu-Ray Combo released by Viz Media here to review!!! Let's see what's inside!!

Sailor Moon Crystal Set 1 contains the entire first season with 14 episodes. It has the original Japanese audio with English subtitles, as well an English dub by Viz Media.
Firstly, let’s take a look at the packaging!

Limited Edition Collector’s Box

I really love this box design. Look how gorgeous and shiny the details are :D The golden foil and cool print make it extra sparkly and is my favourite part of the packaging. The box is very sturdy and high quality. Cute stickers are always a plus too!!! =D

The back cover design is also very pretty, though with Sailor Moon doing her signature pose. I did notice an unfortunate grammatical error: “What is his connection to the Sailor Moon?” It’s minor but an official product shouldn’t have copy errors. This can also be found on various websites containing a synopsis of this series.

DVD & Blu-ray Combo Pack Disks

There are 4 discs in total; 2 DVD and 2 Blu-Ray discs, each containing 7 episodes per disc. Considering the Japanese releases have 2 episodes per volume, this sure is a sweet deal. The disks are very pretty.

Art Cards

 There are seven pretty art cards. They are the same size as the box. The cards feature art used from the Japanese releases of the first seven volumes. I can't wait for the next set of cards.

Art Booklet

Included is a full color 88 page book with character sheets/items/props,cast interviews as well as episode summaries.

The Blu-Ray Menus.

The DVD Menus.

The Blu-ray menus are full motion menus! They are absolutely gorgeous. they are really beautiful with music playing in the background. The DVD menus are beautiful as well, however, the menu upon loading was pretty grainy and the quality is downgraded.

Conclusion

All in all, it's a very exciting time. We are FINALLY getting Sailor Moon Crystal on Blu-Ray!!  The quality on the blu-ray is fantastic. I love the updated animation and it just made me appreciate this arc so much because of how beautiful it is.

Viz, you did an awesome job. The packaging is amazing especially the gold foil and little accents all throughout the box. I love the inclusion of the art cards and the booklet. Not to mention those breathtaking blu-ray menus!

Thanks for reading see you on the next one!!! 

Sailor Moon R part 2

Finally I was able to get R part 2 this completes the second season of Sailor Moon.

The cover has a nice image of the Sailor Gurdians it is the excat same image used as Viz's release of this set. The back features Jupiter.

The Disks include four disks as usual and I'm blown away by the excellent color choices and awesome character desighs

                  

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Visuals

The video is as fantastic as ever, Madman is continuing to use the Italian Masters to help their releases of Sailor Moon be as high quality as DVD releases can be. Very Suburb!  There are few visual artifacts present here and there, but this is to be expected considering the age of this show. Overall, the visuals are almost perfect. 

Audio

The only somewhat positive element of the English dub is Sandy Fox, the voice actor for Chibi-Usa. That is great and reminds me of the previous voice english dub actors who voiced her. Stephanie's voice for Usagi’s character and Robbie Daymond who voices Mamoru Chiba/ Tuxedo Mask also does a great job at breathing in new life to a great character. The English voices for Rubeus and the Spectre Sisters are also quite good. The voice acting for the original Japanese version, however, cannot be faulted. The background music and opening and ending songs continue to be of the excellent quality expected of the music composed for this series. Emotions often run high in this series, so it helps that the music always adds to the atmosphere.

Menus: 
Once again Madman does a fantastic job with these I love how the opening song plays on it. I could look at these menus for hours just to admire the pretty art.

These menus that Madman is putting out is gorgeous I love it so much.

Overall  I loved this set for classic. I'm so excited and I  cannot wait for Sailor Moon S part 1 hopefully Madman releases it toward the end of the year! After much internal debate I've decided to collect Sailor Moon Crystal from Madman. I'm excited and can't wait to own it. I also can't wait to see how they desigh their set. 

Xoxo see you for the next review! 

Sailor Moon R part 1 is out!!

Hi everyone I got something in the mail this weekend Sailor Moon R part 1 Limited Edition by Madman!!

This front cover is soooo beautiful!!! Nice Marco Alberto Art work very crisp. This box reminds me so much of the German R box 1 1. It has stars,sparkles and a crescent moon. I love the color scheme Madman used.



When you flip over the box we see Mars on the back. She's also on the DVD spine. I can't wait to see Jups and V-chan on the next sets. There is also synopsis of what's happened so far in the series that's always a nice touch.  The extras included in this set are basic clean opening and ending. I'm hoping when we get to R part 2 and S we get some more extras.



The basic information given on the back is removable. When removed we get a nice picture of Sailor Moon holding the cutie moon rod.



The DVD cover art again like the previous sets is outstanding. Soo fancy. This image was used in previous SM DVD releases Mexican, French and German and now Australian release.

Opening the case I noticed a new change the DVD case layout is different. The DVDs were no longer being  stacked. This layout is much,much better and practical than the previous DVD release.

Here are the DVDs!!! Love the designs!





We have four disks with a total of 21 episodes total for this release. The disks are cute this time too. We get Sailor Moon Chibiusa,Moonlight knight and Ail and An. Loving Madman's choices for disk art.



Here's the reverse wrap. It's of all the girls in  school uniform. I think this is a great choice. Great on Madman for keeping things fresh and not following Viz for their choice in Reverse wrap art.



The limited Edition booklet is purple this time. The booklet just includes updated character bios and some images from this season.

Video:






Madman’s remastering process for the video continues to be very effective, resulting in a high quality DVD release. The quality may not be perfect, but that is understandable as this is not a Blu-ray release. The quality of this release is undoubtedly up to par. 


Audio:

The new background music is not quite as memorable as the music composed for the first season, but it still helps give the series that magic feel that has been present since the beginning. I love Ail’s flute. He frequently plays a short melody, one that sounds both mysterious and pleasant at the same time. It is a shame that it will most likely never be heard again in the series, but it is enjoyable while it lasts. The new ending theme song soooo catchy. 

 The voice acting in the original Japanese version is fantastic, The English dub is also fantastic. The voice actress for Chiba-Usa’s Sandy Fox does a surprisingly amazing  job. She reminds me of Tracy Hoyt and Stephanie Beard it's sort of a mix between those too and I just love that.
Gurio Umino’s voice actor Ben Diskin also does a great job in his role. 

I'm sooo pumped for Sailor Moon R part 2 to be out June 8 2016 and Sailor Moon Crystal set 1 by Madman date (TBA) But Madman did mention this week that Crystal should be out later this year. I might just wait until Madman releases Crystal and pick up R part 2 with it. 

 Hope you enjoyed my review leave a comment below.

You can pick up R part 1 now. Links below (NOTE) This is region 4 DVD.

 https://m.mightyape.co.nz/product/Sailor-Moon-R-Season-2-Part-1-Limited-Edition-DVD/25031471

https://m.mightyape.co.nz/product/Sailor-Moon-R-Season-2-Part-1-DVD/25031470

https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/35133/sailor-moon-r-season-2-part-1-eps-4768-limited-edition

https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/35132/sailor-moon-r-season-2-part-1-eps-4768

Sailor Moon Season 1 is complete!!!

Well, it’s here guys! I finally got Sailor Moon Season 1 Part 2 DVD this week, which marks the completion of the first season – YESSS! I got the limited edition version they sit nicely together in a box. 

The cover of this part is beautiful it's a great choice in cover art. THIS LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. Look at all the pink shininess! SOOO  MUCH FANCFULLNSSS!!

The back has Sailor Mercury on the back with Luna and the moon stick and close to the bottom we have Sailor Mercury's transformation pen. We have some basic info on what's included like extra's, languages, etc. We also get a bit of a synopsis on where we are in the story so far.

This DVD contains 22 episodes, with episode's 25-46. This volume actually excites me so much more than the first set, because the story really starts to pick up its pace once the fourth Sailor Soldier is introduced- Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter. AND SHE COMES IN RIGHT OFF THE BAT at episode 25. And of course, we also get the introduction of Aino Minako/Sailor Venus.

I'm really happy with the packaging of this volume. 
The discs look so nice with great colour choices. The design is also consistent with the first set and really pretty to look at which is a plus.


Here's the slipcover!!!! It's soooo beautiful!!! I really love the reverse wraps.

Here are the spines for both. 

I hope they continue this theme of one sailor guardian per part. 5 seasons x 2 guardians per season = all 10!

Here is season 1 together side by side.

Here's the menu for Season 1 part 2

I’m so excited about the release of the remaining seasons! Sailor Moon R (season 2) part 1 which was released and I will post a review. 

Now, please don’t mind me while I marathon through this set. XD

If you’re interested in getting a copy, you can visit Madman’s website. Other retailers links to get the whole season will also be below

https://m.mightyape.com.au/product/Sailor-Moon-Season-1-Part-2-Ep-25-46-DVD/24535105

https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/32066/sailor-moon-season-1-part-2-eps-2546

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/tv-animation/sailor-moon-part-2/888960/

 Note: These are region 4 only.