Sailor Moon Crystal Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-Ray vol. 12 Review

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Cover

The last volume of Sailor Moon Crystal was released on Blu-Ray last month, on September 9th. I’ve dragged my feet on this review so much that the next disk, volume 13, is released today in Japan. Volume 12 can be purchased from sites such as Amazon Japan for 5194 yen, about $43 US. The next and final volume can also be ordered from Amazon Japan for 5994 yen, about $50 US. As always this release contains only two episodes, in this case Act 23 and 24, in Japanese only and the cover art included is of Black Lady, Chibiusa’s older and eviler self.

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Contents

The charm included with this release is Sailor Moon’s Crystal Star, her transformation broach for this story arc.

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Crystal Star Charm

Two episodes are included on this disk. Act 23 – Covert Maneuvers – Wiseman, and Act 24 – Attack – Black Lady. The video quality as always is great. As with other DVD and Blu-Ray releases some minor changes to the animation have taken place since the streaming version. Nothing of significance is included with these particular episodes. Nothing changes any of the scenes in any major way. The biggest change with Act 24 is the colour and brightness for certain scenes. As always you can check out Crystal Comparisons for screenshots which show the changes for any particular episode, including Acts 23 and 24.

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 14 and 15 - Character designs

A 20 page full colour booklet is included once again. Unfortunately I am unable to identify the subjects of the first interview. The names are Nozomi Matsuura and Yukiko Kariya. This web site indicates that they work for Bandai, but no other details are given. The second interview is with the voice actors playing the Black Moon Clan. This includes Mamoru Miyano, the voice of Prince Demande, Hiroki Takahashi, the voice of Rubeus, Tsubasa Yonaga, the voice of Saphir, and Houko Kawashima, the voice of Esmeraude. Also included in the booklet are the usual episode summaries for Act 23 and 24, character designs for Black Lady, Prince Demande and Saphir, backgrounds and screenshots from the episodes and a page for Fumio Osano, Osabu.

These episodes include an audio commentary featuring cast and crew from the show. This includes Munehisa Sakai, director of the first 26 episodes of Sailor Moon Crystal, Hisako Kanemoto, the voice of Sailor Mercury, Rina Sato, the voice of Sailor Mars, Ami Koshimizu, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, and Shizuka Ito, the voice of Sailor Venus.

Should you get this? Should you pay over $50 to buy and ship this set with only two episodes in a language you can’t speak when an English and Japanese version will eventually be released for much less and you can watch the series for free online in the mean time? That’s your call!

Keep reading for more images of this set’s packaging including images of all pages of the included special booklet.

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Cover

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Box top

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Cover - Black Lady

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Back

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Back

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Disk

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Cover

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Page 1 - Title

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 2 and 3 - Act 23 summary

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 4 and 5 - Interview with Nozomi Matsuura and Yukiko Kariya

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 6 and 7 - Act 24 summary

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 8 and 9 - Screenshots

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 10 and 11 - Interview with the Black Moon Clan voice actors

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 12 and 13 - Interview with the Black Moon Clan voice actors - Continued

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 14 and 15 - Character designs

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 16 and 17 - Backgrounds

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Pages 18 and 19 - Fumio Osano, Osabu's Page

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Page 20 - Credits

Sailor Moon Crystal Blu-Ray Vol. 12 - Special booklet - Back

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