Sailor Moon -dub- (2K 2025)
It taught us that you could be clumsy, loud, and obsessed with video games (or food) and still save the world. It taught us that friendship is a superpower. Even if those friends had to pretend to be cousins to say it.
Now, decades later, with the ability to stream the original Japanese subtitled version (and the excellent Viz Media redub), I decided to go back and revisit the "DiC" and "Cloverway" dubs of my youth. Was it as good as I remembered? Or was I just hypnotized by the glittering transformation sequences? Sailor Moon -Dub-
So, here’s to you, Serena. Here’s to you, Darien. And here’s to that terrible, wonderful, beautiful rock guitar solo. It taught us that you could be clumsy,
Terri Hawkes (and later Tracey Moore) as Serena/Usagi captured the clumsy, hungry, crybaby essence perfectly. When Serena whined "Moooonieee," you felt it. And who can forget the late, great Jill Frappier as Luna? Sure, she sounded like a stern British aunt rather than a magical cat, but that maternal scolding was exactly what Serena needed. Now, decades later, with the ability to stream
It taught us that you could be clumsy, loud, and obsessed with video games (or food) and still save the world. It taught us that friendship is a superpower. Even if those friends had to pretend to be cousins to say it.
Now, decades later, with the ability to stream the original Japanese subtitled version (and the excellent Viz Media redub), I decided to go back and revisit the "DiC" and "Cloverway" dubs of my youth. Was it as good as I remembered? Or was I just hypnotized by the glittering transformation sequences?
So, here’s to you, Serena. Here’s to you, Darien. And here’s to that terrible, wonderful, beautiful rock guitar solo.
Terri Hawkes (and later Tracey Moore) as Serena/Usagi captured the clumsy, hungry, crybaby essence perfectly. When Serena whined "Moooonieee," you felt it. And who can forget the late, great Jill Frappier as Luna? Sure, she sounded like a stern British aunt rather than a magical cat, but that maternal scolding was exactly what Serena needed.