The thing that I love about the original anime is pretty much gone, the characters don't really look that expressive and that's my only problem with SMC. The CG looks out of place, but it could have been worse.
And the lipstick on almost every female in the show kinda bothers me a bit, considering that the characters in SMC look much older than say the anime...though the manga did have that as well in some parts.
Yeah, I feel the same. It's good so far, but at the same time I can't help but feel it would be
better if they just had more expressions. And more action. The first episode has Usagi doing a lot of blinking and staring at something/someone, though the second episode was a bit better.
As for the lipstick, I don't mind too much, but I still think it's silly to have their nails painted and then wear gloves over them. That aside, the thing I really don't like is that the characters don't look 14 to me. They look older and - for me - that takes away from the charm of the original series. Which was probably the author's intention, because I've been reading some random chapters and the manga is actually rather dark and doesn't have that many funny moments.
I think that's my problem; as much I like the manga (because without it the animated series would never have existed), I far prefer the original anime, even if it's very different and probably not what the author intended to do. Yes, there were a lot of filler episodes and the whole "Monster of the Week" got at some point somewhat annoying and boring, but here I'm actually wishing for some filler, if only because I wanted to see Usagi fight at least
one other fight, rather than immediately finding an ally. But that is how the manga is, so I'll just have to live with it, haha.
Still, I do hope the pace will slow down a little. I really hope they'll only cover the first arc. There's a lot they can work with (the Silver Millennium! Queen Serenity!) and I'd love to see that in animated form.
Just in case anyone wanted it, I found the full opening on YouTube
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c0Va228UhRs
It has some pretty good footage of what's coming up, too
Thank you for posting that link! <3
I've watched it a few times and I have some mixed feelings about it. I absolutely
love what we're shown, but at the same time I don't think the music really fits. Still, if this is a teaser for what is to come, then I can't wait to see the episode(s?) in which we find out more about the past!
