Number of Tracks: 21!
Extra Media: A Sailormoon screensaver for your computer!
Quick Rating: 5 / 5
The Case: This is a really well designed case especially since it's an English release! Down the spine (which you can't see in the above pic) is a row of symbols from the respective Inner Scouts' planets plus Artemis and Luna's heads at the top and bottom! Very rarely are both Artemis and Luna used in dubbed merchandise and this is a definite plus and suggests to me that a LOT of planning an research went into this release. (You'll see more evidence of this as you read on).
After you remove the cd from the case (a release style that I havn't seen before and like a lot! You know how that circle in the middle of the release part always seems to break on half your cd cases? This one seems break proof. Very strong and solid. I can remove the cd without fear of breaking the case!) I found a very clear capture from the show of Sailor Moon at the end of her transformation in SailormoonS!
The back of the cover has the sampling of titles on the cd superimposed over a screencap of Sailro Jupiter fighting for her life against the Daimons in one of the final episodes of (again) SailormoonS! Anyone else suprised already with the ammount of new artwork used for this release? It looks like the production company actually hired prefessional graphic designers to design this package! No slapping of pictures together here!
The Cover & Booklet: As seen above the front cover of the cd features Sailor Moon and the Inners in splitscreen transformation phase. Like most of the graphics used in this release it was captured from the show and looks like print quality! The designers have done a great job of clearing up these pics.
The cover unfolds into a 10 page booklet featuring lyrics for all the vocal songs overlayed on a very subtle background featuring several shots from the R season. Randomly insterted around the track listing and lyrics is more crystal clear pictures from the R and S season. You know what I don't think I've seen some of these online before! And that's saying something! Plus guess what? More pics of Artemis and Luna!
Track Listing/Info: The only problem I have with the track listing is that there is no simply "listing". You basically have to tell what song is next by the order the lyrics and track information are listed in the booklet. Unfortunately this means that if you want to find a track you have to either open the booklet up or randomly scan your cd player. This seriously isn't as big of a problem as one might think though.
All the information you will ever need about each track is easy to find and plentiful. Those that want to know who composed or sang what track will enjoy this aspect of the booklet.
Final Thought: This is a must for any collection and especially if you're into making fan dubbs or Sailor Moon music videos! I'm telling you now, if someone makes a good quality music video from one of these remixes I will host it here at Moonkitty.NET!!! I can't get enough of them! In fact I'm listening to them now!
However a few songs that I really wanted to see was the tv version of Only a Memory Away and the instrumental version of the Opening Theme. I've heard it several times on SM DVD menus and it played in the tv broadcast of the S season during the end credits. I also really wanted to hear the Love Theme and the English songs from the new S and SuperS seasons. Maybe in a future release! None of us saw this cd coming and lots of people seem to be buying it (judging from reactions from friends and Amazon).