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SAILOR MOON SACRIFICE AMV // AFRAID [OLD]

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We here at Project Sacrifice believe in sparing lives....most of the time.

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Eternal Sailor Moon - Sacrifice/Kaosu Studios promo art by our artist: Meduka Referenced from this image.

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Sailor Moon Sacrifice and Inumoon.

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Sailor Moon Sacrifice: Review by The Anime Hipster

Sailor Moon Sacrifice (available to watch here) is a fanime by Kaosu Studios that serves as a sequel to Toei's Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars anime. The series seems to have been in the works for quite some time and will likely have a fairly lengthy run. So far, the story reveals that Princess Serenity had a twin sister (or something of the sort) named Kurai who has been a neatly kept secret up until this point. After temporarily sealing Chaos at the end of Stars, Usagi sees a vision of Kurai and starts having nightmares revolving around her. Usagi goes back to her daily grind until finally she and the inners fight a stronger, new breed of monster--ala the previous seasons--and she awakens Kurai in order to defeat it. As a result of her awakening, Seiya Kou returns to Tokyo and the two leave together after the fight. In the second episode, we see that Kurai and Seiya have apparently known each other for some time. We also see Wise Man (from Sailor Moon R) making a return as the main villian, along with a new crew who have yet to be completely showcased.

When I started watching it, I was fairly impressed. Overall, it's a really good-looking show. However, I'm not a very big fan of the fact that it recycles everything. There is a fair amount of redrawn material, but it seems to be used very sparingly or for minor fixes. I feel like I'm watching a lot of things I've already seen, rather than watching a completely new experience. Masking and tracing are very big things in the Sailor Moon community and it sometimes produces good results, such as Sacrifice and fan transformations/attacks such as Starseed86's and GUHWALKERBH's work. However, I wish there would be more attention to animation and new material rather than edited screencaps and pan shots. Something like celeurmouy's original work or Moonsystem012345's less fluid, but very beautiful work are examples of really taking a project like this by the horns and personalizing it. I really do commend Kaosu Studios' dedication to their series despite these aesthetic differences I have with it, because committing to something like this and following through is pretty impressive on its own. As far as the story goes, I can't really comment on it since it hasn't really unfolded much at all. From what I have seen, it's definitely entertaining but it doesn't really have anything to do with what Sailor Moon had previously established. It just doesn't fit the theme of the show in my opinion. I'm not really sure how I feel about her long, lost twin either. It reminds me too much of the long, lost Sailor Earth plot element that gets brought up way too often. Seiya is also one of my least favorite characters, so her return isn't something I was really itching to see happen. I am really curious to see how it unfolds though. The pace that the series is going at seems to be hinting that it will be a fairly lengthy season (as far as fanimes go), so there's a lot of room for things to happen. If anything, they've created a series that is entertaining.

My final verdict is that it's a fanime worth checking out. It's put together fairly well and it's fun to watch. You can clearly tell that there is a lot of work put into making this series what it is. However, the chosen medium leaves a lot to be desired in some parts and it might not be quite the same experience you were hoping for after Stars. Overall, I'll give it a 3/5. --The Anime Hipster [Bear in mind as well that this is my opinion after watching the first 3 acts; the series may be subject to change as it continues.]