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Nov. 25th, 2010 09:43 amI don't really have anything to say, except that I keep uploading Sailor Moon icons and I can't stop!
I was thinking yesterday that my favorite characters in Sailor Moon vary, depending on the source.
Sailor Moon is a rich fandom in that there are multiple iterations of the story that are widely consumed by fandom - there are different canons that are all canon!
The main three are the manga, the anime, and the live-action.
There are also a whole bunch of musicals, which I'll be watching once I'm finished with the anime.
In the manga, my favorites are Mars, Venus, Saturn, and usually Moon.
In the anime, I find Venus heinous but not likeable. I find Mars less irritating than Venus, but do not love her nearly as much as I do in the manga.
In the anime, I like Uranus and Moon, and Chibi Moon. I think Jupiter and Mercury are pretty likeable, too.
I've only watched PGSM (live-action) once, but I kind of like everyone in it. The options are more limited here - there are no Outer Senshi. Mercury was totally sweet, but I found all of the characters likeable. Unlike the manga, which focuses characterization on Usagi, and the anime, which inexplicably focuses characterization on the enemies, PGSM does a fantastic job of fleshing out everyone.
I want to write about favorite pairings, but I think I'll wait until I get through Stars, to see if I favor Usagi/Seiya, or not.
I think my favorite thing about each iteration is that it passes the Bechdel Test without batting an eye. This is because THE ENTIRE CAST is almost always women, except for brief/useless appearances by Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba.
I was thinking yesterday that my favorite characters in Sailor Moon vary, depending on the source.
Sailor Moon is a rich fandom in that there are multiple iterations of the story that are widely consumed by fandom - there are different canons that are all canon!
The main three are the manga, the anime, and the live-action.
There are also a whole bunch of musicals, which I'll be watching once I'm finished with the anime.
In the manga, my favorites are Mars, Venus, Saturn, and usually Moon.
In the anime, I find Venus heinous but not likeable. I find Mars less irritating than Venus, but do not love her nearly as much as I do in the manga.
In the anime, I like Uranus and Moon, and Chibi Moon. I think Jupiter and Mercury are pretty likeable, too.
I've only watched PGSM (live-action) once, but I kind of like everyone in it. The options are more limited here - there are no Outer Senshi. Mercury was totally sweet, but I found all of the characters likeable. Unlike the manga, which focuses characterization on Usagi, and the anime, which inexplicably focuses characterization on the enemies, PGSM does a fantastic job of fleshing out everyone.
I want to write about favorite pairings, but I think I'll wait until I get through Stars, to see if I favor Usagi/Seiya, or not.
I think my favorite thing about each iteration is that it passes the Bechdel Test without batting an eye. This is because THE ENTIRE CAST is almost always women, except for brief/useless appearances by Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba.
