This coming up next is the worst aspect of DiC's dub of Sailor Moon. The dub's music just sounds like one continuous track that's playing throughout the entire episode and has no real redeeming value to it. The original soundtrack is much, much better than the dub's music. The main characters have their personalities changed, somewhat. I can't list everything they rewrote because this review would be like a novel, but they rewrote a lot of things. The second season only had one episode cut. Entire episodes were cut, 5 total from season one and the final two from the same season was merged into one. Such as, usually entire scenes and sequences being rearranged because there was a Kanji sign in the far corner of the screen, "violent" sequences would be cut even if they were slapstick or for comedic value, pretty much all references that this show takes place in Japan were eliminated such as, various Asian specific religious elements, signs in Japanese, and cars were reversed to look like they drove "American" style. The characters are renamed into something American or English rather than using their original names and there is too much unnecessary censorship. Most fans, including myself, don't like this version for various reasons. 9/10 English DiC: DiC was the first company to bring Sailor Moon over to the English speaking world mid-way through the run on Japanese TV and they dubbed the first 2 seasons of this series, "Classic" and "R".
I say if you haven't seen this series yet I recommend that you watch it subbed. If you want comedy, romance, a great soundtrack, really dramatic moments, and great voice acting they're here. Not that I have anything against the dubbed versions, but I can say that this version is better than the dub version. I never liked this show until I saw the Japanese version. Personally this is were the real Sailor Moon is at. Japanese: There are five seasons, "Classic", "R", "S", "SuperS", and "Sailor Stars".
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