Take a deep breath.
Via YNN Correspondent and the First Lady of Yuricon, and from Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Twitter account, the trailer for Sailor Moon Crystal‘s 3rd season is here!
本日は「美少女戦士セーラームーン」第3期デス・バスターズ編新キャラクター海王みちるのお誕生日です！
こちらのツイート1000RT達成で“海王みちるオリジナルバースデー画像”をプレゼント！#海王みちる生誕祭#セーラームーン3期 pic.twitter.com/9s2Rc0adb8— セーラームーン20th公式 (@sailormoon_20th) March 6, 2016
Breathe. Then notice how well Haruka and Michiru have been drawn – especially when compared with the earlier two seasons. (Or indeed as compared with the Inners, as can be seen in this comparison of two frames from the trailer by my wife.)
Wouldn’t it be amusing if history repeats itself and the third season, with a different director, is just leaps better animated than the first two seasons? For how much of this can we thank director Kon Chiaki, the first female director to run this show?
Just for fun, let’s notice all the things we don’t see in this trailer. We see Sailors Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, the three Talismans and the Witches Five. There’s two notably missing elements – Hotaru appears, but not (yet) Sailor Saturn, which makes sense as she’s the big reveal and Uranus and Neptune’s attacks. I don’t know about you, but I’m really excited to see those in the new animation. ^_^
So take a deep breath and rewatch – and remind yourself that the story isn’t a mystery, it’ll be identical to the manga – and wait with the rest of us to see Sailor Moon Crystal, Season 3, starting in April 2016!
