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| ![]() 20th AnniversarySailor Moon DVD Box Set 1
The Slip Case
The cardboard is regular thickness (it won't stop a bullet) but is of very high quality and has a glossy shine to it that kind of reminds me of how light What I really appreciated though is how they've thought of the fans who most likely have other box sets and will buy the other sets in this series and made the overall size of this box set very conveniently sized. One of the concerns I had over these releases was if they were going to take over an entire bookcase but the entire box is no wider than two regular DVD cases! Thank you Toei!
The DVD Case
Images of Sailor Moon and the Inners from the original releases' covers are used rather well and a nice yellow lacy border that I almost missed completely frames both the back and front covers.
The case opens very easily and thank God the DVD disks can also be removed There are several inserts in the case, among them are a flyer for the Japanese Sailor Moon mobile website and the usual paper mini book with info on the episodes' chapters. There's also a lot of advertising for other Toei releases that you may or may not find interesting. Here's a video I made of the case, box and disks.
The DVDs
Unfortunately for a lot of fans the DVDs in this set contain the exact same content as the original Japanese release right down to the animated menus. There are some slightly different company logo animations that play when A more noteworthy change is the fact that unlike the first individual releases which simply had bland black and white title labels on the disks themselves, all four disks in this set have been give full colour, full disk labels featuring Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars or Moon and Mask together.
There are four disks in this set which covers the first half of the first season. That's 25 episodes!!! This is the Japanese version of course so all the episodes that were cut from the English version are present. The original openings, closings and commercial bumpers / eyecatches are also included which should please any Moonie and as a bonus, tv commercials and creditless versions are also included as extra features. All the episodes on these disks have also had their audio and image re-mastered and the show looks pretty amazing, especially considering it's age. It is the same remaster that was on the individual releases but it's still well worth seeing to be believed.
Overall Opinion
If you've bought that old US Region 1 Sailor Moon Box Set that came with English subtitles you should really think If you already own these individual DVDs then I guess it will really depend on how big of a completist you are. The box does look amazing, and the disks themselves are a lot better to look at this time around. Personally I'd grab this box and ebay your individual releases. This is a really high quality Japanese Sailor Moon DVD release. If the musicals and live action show could get this same treatment, I'd be one happy Moonie!
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