Sailor Moon 5 [Paperback]

Naoko Takeuchi (Author)

Book Description

Release date: May 8, 2012

Chibi-Usa gets sucked into the far reaches of space-time and vanishes! It’s up to Tuxedo Mask to reach her and get her back safely while Sailor Moon and the others must escape Nemesis and the evil clutches of Wiseman and his cronies. But as Tuxedo Mask travels through the space-time storm, he encounters an ominous woman claiming to be his daughter! Who is this strange woman?  Is she really Chibi-Usa?!
 
This new edition of Sailor Moon features:

- An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation!
- Japanese-style, right-to-left reading!
- New cover art never before seen in the U.S.!
- The original Japanese character names!
- Detailed translation notes!

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About the Author

Naoko Takeuchi lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works have a wide following among anime and manga fans worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become one of the most recognized manga and anime to date, and with this reissue, it has once again taken its place as one of the most popular manga in America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha Comics; Tra edition (May 8, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1612620019
• ISBN-13: 978-1612620015
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.8 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Manga

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A great improvement over the prior re-releases May 13, 2012

By Tsu

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Sailor Moon 5 covers the end of the Black Moon Arc. It's a very revealing and poignant part of the series, which covers the transformation and death of key characters. Beyond that, however, I am extremely pleased at this translation. The fans of SM have voiced concerns regarding the poor quality of the translation of the last 4 volumes which contained everything from translation errors, misspells, and complete typos. ("Princess Beryl" and "Spark Ring Wide Pressure", in example.) This is the first volume released in which no glaring errors exist. I saw no problems with the translation and can only hope (particularly because this volume was slightly delayed) that Kodansha is going over the translations with an editor. Also, they remain true to the original with "Chibi-Moon" and "Black Lady", regardless of any awkwardness the latter may hold for western audiences. It's what the fans have wanted and I'm very pleased with this volume and hope the quality remains the same for the ones to follow.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Sailor Moon reprint volume 5-Conclusion of the Black Moon Arc May 8, 2012

By Kohinata99

Format:Paperback

*may contain spoilers*
The next volume of the reprints of Sailor Moon in line is volume 5, with a pretty pic of Eternal Sailor Venus on the cover, and just like the previous releases, features gorgeous art and of course, a new, great translation (if not, then better than Tokyopop's back in '97). As the review says, this book concludes the Black Moon Arc of Sailor Moon with the appearances of Black Lady, Death Phantom, Chibiusa's new henshin and many other surprises featuring Neo Queen Serenity, Usagi, Sailor Pluto and many others. What I'm happy about now is that the next Arc in the series is the Infinity Arc in volume 6. That's when the popular Outer Senshi appear. Now that the two plain sagas (but still good!) are finished, we can look forward to the reprint releases of the Infinity, Dream and Stars Arcs, and hopefully the two short story volumes. This volume shouldn't disappoint fans old or new. It just came out today, so run over to Barnes & Noble and go grab a copy!

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Sailor Moon & Sailor V Mangas May 21, 2012

By Brittany

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I recently ordered Sailor Moon 1-5, as well as Sailor V 1 & 2, and if your an original Sailor Moon manga fan, I recommend it! The bindings, unlike the orginal English release, are well made. Everything is printed beautifully, so the artwork is unobstructed by the binding. Everything is left in it's original format, from the way it's read to the Japanese names. It even has translation and explanations (a mini-reading guide) in the back.
My only problem with the books, is that there's a couple of mis-printed words. Like the words "the the" or instead of "this" it's printed "tis." I've also heard a few of the translations were wrong. That I can't confirm though. ;)

If you haven't read Sailor Moon before, what's wrong with you? Lol. If your a fan of manga/anime you have to read it. It's what originally made manga/anime so popular in the states. If you have a child, it also has a great life lessons about love, friendship, never giving up, etc. And if you just want a feel good read, well, I can speak for my self when I say Sailor Moon and Sailor V mangas make me feel good. It's heart warming. <3