Comments on: Sailor Moon Crystal Act 30, Infinity 4 – Sailor Uranus – Haruka Tenoh – Sailor Neptune – Michiru Kaioh, Review

By: saintfighteraqua

saintfighteraqua — Sat, 07 May 2016 16:03:24 +0000

Poor Ikuko Mama.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sat, 07 May 2016 13:47:32 +0000

Thank you Viridian .

I didn’t know of Ellie Goulding until you mention her.

The line you quote from her is beautiful, and is the prove that the Holy Grail is the symbol of “absolute” and supreme feelings (like love, in the case of Ellie Goulding’s song).

By: Viridian

Viridian — Sat, 07 May 2016 13:33:51 +0000

Sounds scholarly Aurelia. I really like your explanation. Do you know the song “Love me like you do” by Ellie Goulding?
There is a line in there referencing the Holy Grail:
“Every inch of your skin is a holy grail I’ve got to find”

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Sat, 07 May 2016 08:52:05 +0000

Thank you Matt for the picture ! At least in the old anime there was a meaning to the turning to the side, and the movement of the symbols coming back to their right position was pretty.

But in the new season… this is just meaningless.

Oh yes, personally I’m just bitching about this and the Outers’ transformations (Toei should have given them new and longer choregraphies, like they did for the Inners), but for the rest, I really enjoy the third season. Indeed, Toei has greatly improved its work.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 07 May 2016 01:03:27 +0000

@Aurelia – looks like it started on the side, then went the right way.

http://49.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsr3949TEX1qdewlro1_400.gif

Such a random bizarre thing, and so glad I’m not the only one it bugs. By that same token, if this is what we’re bitching about then they’re doing a much better job this season. (Outer henshin’s still a let down though…)

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 07 May 2016 00:58:46 +0000

Bahahah, because Ikuko isn’t enough of a vegetable now, woman’s gonna be a freaking braindead potato before Chibiusa goes back to the 30th century.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Fri, 06 May 2016 18:12:38 +0000

Indeed, it does ! I don’t remember if their symbols were sideways too in the old anime. Anyway, it’s just very ugly.

By: saintfighteraqua

saintfighteraqua — Fri, 06 May 2016 17:14:01 +0000

I have to say, I don’t like the symbols being sideways, it just looks bad!

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Fri, 06 May 2016 16:38:31 +0000

Christianity put aside, the Holy Grail is the symbol of the unification of man with God (or Nature, if people prefer). This is an artifact that symbolizes the universal mystery of life, and owning the Holy Grail is like becoming the very source of life and power itself… This representation of the Holy Grail is very significant for example in some esoteric traditions. The search for the Holy Grail, in the Arthurian Literature, is an initiatic journey. Finding the Holy Grail might lead to become as almighty as “God”. But also, while the King and his Knights are on the way to find this sacred artifact, they learn about life and they become wiser, until they become wise men, with or without the Holy Grail. In Sailor Moon, the Holy Grail is very important when we know that Sailor Moon is an avatar of Sailor Cosmos, that is to say “the ultimate power”, the never ending principle of life and death, creation and destruction always renewed…

The Holy Grail can also represent the never ending desire for life and power that is in all men. A never satisfied desire… The Holy Grail represents our thirst for what we call the “absolute”.

I don’t really know how to explain it properly in English, I miss the adequate vocabulary.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Fri, 06 May 2016 16:13:26 +0000

I have the same reaction and the same questions but… I think there is no thought process behind it all XD . Someone at Toei (Naoko Takeuchi or someone else) has surely thought it was a cool stuff to do, for no reason, and then everyone agreed >_< … If something is twisted in an anime for no reason, that's pretty sure Toei is behind .