My Animation Era

As everyone knows.

The "Sailor Moon" TV animation series is adapted from the comic work of the same name by the famous cartoonist Naoko Takeuchi.

Under normal circumstances, comics are usually updated faster or completed earlier than animation production and broadcast time.

How can this be called "adaptation"?

First, there is the original work, and then it is appropriately modified and polished according to the content of the original work, and then made into the final animated version. This is the meaning of adapted animation.

Normally……

Whether you watch it horizontally or vertically, or standing or squatting, Sailor Moon is an out-and-out "adapted" animation.

But here comes the problem!

The Manpower version of "Sailor Moon" was produced "simultaneously" with the animation and comics, and even the release date of the comics was later than the premiere date of the animation.

It’s OK to do this in the first season!

After all, the animation director is Gu Miao. He knows how to set up the characters and how to advance the plot. It actually doesn’t matter who comes out first, anime or comics.

The director of the sequel "Sailor Moon R" has been replaced!

As the successor, Seto does not have Gu Miao's ability to "foresee the unknown". The method of publishing animation first and then comics is not suitable for him.

So he changed his strategy!

Different from the simultaneous production model of animation and comics in the first season of "Sailor Moon", "Sailor Moon R" is a comic content first, followed by animation.

Comics went on sale very early.

Nantong?

He just started and drew a few volumes of "Sailor Moon" comics. The subsequent comic content has long been handed over to another cartoonist.

The approximate order is this...

As a supervisor, Gu Miao proposed the animation project "Sailor Moon" and then started animation production and broadcast.

During this period, he commissioned "Teacher Nantong" to create and improve the content of "Comic Volumes 1-4" based on the story summary.

Starting from the 5th comic book, the author has changed.

Gu Miao also forgot who it was.

Anyway, he is a member of Wanbao Comics, a very hard-working newcomer cartoonist. After taking over the "Sailor Moon" comic project from Nantong, more than a dozen individual comics have been released.

This time, the animation "Sailor Moon R" produced and broadcast by the Wanbao (Neon) Division is adapted from volumes 5-10 of the comic.

Gu Miao has read the comics.

It can even be said that the release of comics volumes 5-10 was inseparable from his "pointing and pointing" behind the scenes.

"Sailor Moon R" is adapted from manga volumes 5-10. The plot is mainly divided into two parts:

The Demon Realm Tree: Original Animation!

Black Moon Empire Chapter: The main line of the comic!

In these two plot chapters, in addition to familiar characters such as Sailor Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Venus, there are also some "new characters" appearing.

Among them, the most popular and anticipated character, which has already sparked a heated discussion before the animation was aired, is none other than "Little Rabbit".

Little Rabbit, the English name is Small Lady, literally translated as "little lady".

Don't look at the name, it sounds very casual, but her identity is remarkable. She is the daughter of Tsukino Usagi and Chiba Mamoru, born in the 30th century.

All right!

It's no secret.

Fans of "Beautiful War" who have read the comics, and fans who have been exposed to Gu Miao's drama in advance, basically know the origin of Xiao Xiaotu.

Not just name identity.

Everyone even knows the reason why Little Rabbit came from the 30th century to the 21st century.

Everyone is looking forward to the appearance of Little Usagi. Mainly looking forward to what kind of changes Little Little Usagi will have in the animated version of "Sailor Moon R"?

Will it be the same as in the comics?

Or will Seto, the new animation director of "Beautiful War", give Little Usagi a new character setting?

In addition to Little Rabbit, several other Sailor Senshi, namely the other planets in the solar system, are also highly anticipated.

But it's a pity...

Although Wanbao officials did not say it clearly, through various published information, it is not difficult for viewers to infer that "Sailor Moon R" will mostly be based on the four warriors of "Water, Fire, Wood, and Metal".

Other Sailor Senshi?

He may be a passer-by, or he may not have a chance to show his face. The animation has just been aired. No one knows what will happen except the production team who knows the answer.

…

"Aren't there four more villains?"

Walking into the living room with a plate of freshly washed fruits, Jiang Keke wondered: "I have read the comics. Will the four demon sisters from the Black Moon Empire appear in the animation?"

"meeting!"

Gu Miao reached out and picked up a banana, peeling it while explaining: "The four classic villain sisters must have their roles!"

"Not only do they have roles, but they also have a lot of roles! I can guarantee that these four sisters will be very popular after the animation is aired."

"Huh? That's not the case, is it?"

Jiang Keke blinked and said, "Aren't these four sisters pure tool people? They are not even considered mini-boss in the comics, so how could they..."

"The animation has changed a lot."

Before she could finish her words, Gu Miao shook her head and said, "In the animation, these four sisters are the most successful characters. And at the end of the animation, all four sisters were cleared."

Well!

To be fair, when Gu Miao watched the anime "Sailor Moon R" for the first time, as a comic book fan, he was really shocked.

I didn’t expect the animation to change so much?

People who don't understand the difference, or fans of "American War" who have only watched the anime and only read the comics, may have a hard time understanding this "shock" feeling.

Animation is really a "magic change".

Moreover, this kind of magical modification is so powerful that Naoko Takeuchi herself couldn’t even believe that it was her own work after seeing it.

Four sisters from the demon world?

This is just a classic case of "Sailor Moon R" magically adapting the original manga.

In addition to these four sisters, the animation has also been magically modified in many places. It can be said that even the most basic plot direction has changed.

Is this good or bad?

It's hard to say, but Gu Miao is the one who supports the "magic reform" anyway.

He thinks the comic version is good, cruel, dark and interesting enough that people can't stop reading it.

Similarly, he also believes that after the "magic modification" of the old version of the animation, the character creation was quite successful, and the plot direction was unexpected but reasonable.

Both versions are good.

So after comprehensive consideration, Gu Miao finally decided: I have to make a choice, and I want all the treasures!

The comics should go the way of comics, and the animation should go the way of animation. Each will do its own thing, and then we can just make a "Sailor Moon Crystal" version later.

Oh yes!

Speaking of the four sisters in the devil world and the devil...

Gu Miao suddenly thought of a setting that was extremely easy to ignore, but "shines" in the animated version of "Sailor Moon".

What settings?

Of course, the villains have become more and more "human" from being pure demons at the beginning to exaggerate terror.

Also known as……

Sailor Moon’s villains, the monsters, seem to be becoming more down-to-earth and more “human” in nature.