Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal: Difference between revisions

* [[Anime Theme Song]]: Following in the footsteps of the [[Live Action Adaptation]], ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal'' uses a new theme written for it instead of the venerable "Moonlight Densetsu". Rather than being about finding one's "miracle romance", the new theme is about being a strong and determined woman ready to do battle for what she believes in.

* [[Art Shift]]: Compared to the original anime, which disturbs some fans. In addition to a crisper, sharper look (no doubt thanks to modern digital animation) with a hint of pastels in the coloring, the overall art style harkens directly back to the original manga.

* [[Big Blackout]]: Imposed by Kunzite on Tokyo in episode 9.

* [[Big Fancy House]]: The Tsukino home -- well, by comparison to some of the nearby homes, at least. It seems somewhat larger and actually has a tiny yard on all sides, surrounded by a wall; it even has a garage, suggesting ownership of an auto in a city where such is uncommon.

* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Princess D in episode 4.

* [[Brainwashing]]: Unlike the original, where Ami's cram school was a youma front to gather life energy, here it's a setup to brainwash its students into locating the Ginzuishou for the Dark Kingdom. Using Ami's intelligence to take over Tokyo ... [[Step Three: Profit|somehow]] ... is just a bonus.

* [[Bus Full of Innocents]]: The "Demon 6:00 PM Bus" in episode 3 makes off with one of these every so often.

* [[Clark Kenting]]: There's no reason at all why Usagi shouldn't be able to tell that Tuxedo Mask and Mamoru Chiba are the same person; there's no magic involved in his transformation, and his mask hides less than a pair of sunglasses.

** [[Lampshaded]] in episode 7 when {{spoiler|Mamoru's identity is revealed and Usagi wonders how she was ever fooled by the almost insubstantial mask he wears.}}

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Used in the Sailor Senshi's transformation sequences, to make smoother [[Everything's Better with Spinning|spinning and twirling]]. Pulled off relatively well for Usagi and Ami, but [[Special Effects Failure|not so well in Rei's case]]; she looks the most like a 3D model.

* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: As in the original anime, the Senshi have one under the Crown Arcade. Unlike the original anime, though, this base appears to be in a pocket dimension rather than a sub-basement.

* [[Evil Vizier]]: Oddly enough, Beryl appears to be this to Metaria. Rather than the devoted servant we've seen in previous incarnations of the story, she's ''using'' Metaria to achieve her own ends while fully intending to deny Metaria its own goals.

* [[Golem]]: Instead of being a race of demonic creatures as they were in the original anime, the youma of the Dark Kingdom are some variety of golem, and immediately crumble when killed. Jadeite forms his from clay. They seem to be animated or inhabited by some variety of spirit, though, capable of sophisticated thought and cunning.

* [[Gratuitous French]]: "A suivre" ("to be continued") on a [[Title Card]] at the end of each episode.

* [[Hemisphere Bias]]: Seen in one of the bumper illustrations and in later episodes featuring views of the earth from the moon -- the point of view appears to be somewhere over the Indian Ocean, with Southeast Asia and Japan visible.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Endymion/Mamoru -- twice.

* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Makoto is significantly taller than Usagi, but just ''how'' tall she is seems to vary by the needs of the moment. During her first appearance in school in episode 5, she looms over one of the ''male'' teachers, but a few minutes later, she's not quite a head taller than Usagi, who is a tiny thing. At the same time, she's not too much shorter than Motoki...

* [[Les Yay]]: Not exactly unexpected, given the history of the franchise.

** In episode 3, Ami invites Usagi onto her usual bus to cram school by mentioning "there's a beautiful girl I see all the time on it", implying and assuming Usagi will be interested in seeing the girl, who turns out to be Rei. When Usagi sees Rei for the first time, she gets hearts in her eyes and croons "she's so beautiful..." before following her off the bus, obviously crushing on her.

* [[Love You and Everybody]]: Usagi.

* [[Magical Girl]]: The original [[Magic Warrior]]s series, back again for another go-round with 21st-Century sensibilities.

* [[Male Gaze]]: Does the camera ''really'' need to park itself right next to Makoto's left breast for several seconds during the middle of her [[Transformation Sequence]]?

* [[Meganekko]]: Ami, right from the start.

* [[Paper Master]]: The youma behind the Crystal Seminar.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Usagi starts with Rapunzel Hair, but in the wake of regaining the memories of her previous incarnation, her hair accelerates its growth to an incredible degree.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Queen Beryl is not above showing up in the human world and taking a hand in matters.

* [[Standard Female Grab Area]]: In episode 7, Zoisite seizes Usagi by the upper arm to restrain her while confronting Tuxedo Mask. To her credit, she's already been battered a bit ''and'' used an exhausting magical effect shortly before, so her brief inability to act is probably not entirely due to the grip.

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Umino is capable of this, often suddenly appearing amongst Usagi and her friends in early episodes.

* [[Super Strength]]: Makoto already has a reputation for this when she first arrives at Usagi's school -- with some justification.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Although Luna has conversations with Usagi in all sorts of public locations -- street corners, school yards, buses -- ''no one'' ever seems to find a talking cat at all unusual or worth paying attention to. [[Lampshaded]] in episode 3 when Luna suddenly pretends to be a normal cat and only meowing when Mamoru turns out to be sitting next to them on a bus; he then asks Usagi why she's talking to herself...

* [[Urban Legends]]: Many of the Dark Kingdom's operations seem to become "instant" urban legends -- like the "haunted bridal show" in episode 5 or the "demon bus" from episode 4. They can't have been in operation all that long, but somehow they seem to get rumors and legends about them almost instantly.

* [[Video Game Tropes]]: We see enough of the ''Sailor V'' video game that we can start sussing out its tropes -- it's a multi-level side-scrolling shooter to start with.

* [[Windows Match the Drapes]]: Ami. Also Kuri, one of Usagi's pre-Senshi friends, who has matching dark amethyst hair and eyes.

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Mamoru looks like the college student he was in the original, but turns out to be a junior in high school, per his depiction in the manga.