Anime Nostalgia [Sailor Moon] The Basics

OK so i said in the last post that i would be going over sailor moon.

If you have never seen the show, I will warn you ahead of time, its a little silly.
Even by the standards of the genera its in.
And that's the first thing to make note of.
Sailor Moon is a Mixed Genera Anime.
It's part Magical Girl part Sentai Member.

If you don't know what those are... you need to watch more anime.

Magical Girl is a anime were the main character is normally a girl, who for one reason or another has super national powers. Common Elements are; Cute... really cute animation, A Cute Talking Pet [Almost required for the genera] The pet often is the person who gives instructions. Like a cute talking operators manual for the characters powers. Friends are big in this Genera and the other lieing theme that Love and Friendship can overcome anything.
If you have ever seen Card Captor Sukura, this is a perfect example of Magical Girl.

Sentai anime, is a anime were a group of super hero's band together to fight evil.
They often have outfit's and powers based off of a common theme.
If you have ever seen... Wow were to start.
Power Rangers.
Ronin Warriors.
Voltron to some extent.
Gatchaman. AKA-G-Force. AKA-Battle of the planets.
Again this Anime has a HUGE love on for the idle that Teamwork! And Friendship can overcome anything.


So at first glance sailor moon is a Magical Girl Show.
The Characters Have talking Animal Mascots.
Magical Super Powers and ALLOT of stuff about love and friendship. Also allot of girlie romance stuff. But in reality this show is a 50/50 blend of the two genera. Because it has a heavy dose of teamwork as well, and the characters are all themed the same, even color coated.

Even the writer admits it.
When Naoko Takeuchi they asked her to make a Sentai Show for girls.
So she took a manga [Japanese form of comic book] she had done earlier in life. That had only one character in it, and simply made a team of them.

On the note of Naoko Takeuchi, she is one of the most widely regarded anime/manga artists in the world, and oddly enough she is a female. This isn't like a female NASCAR driver, its not THAT rare, its just rare to have one be That Famous.