12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Got Any More Stars?, November 24, 2001
A Kid's Review
"Fabulasly done... and dubbed!"
"The Awakening" is the final video in the Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S VHS collection (Vol. 12). The video continues from the last one, "Small Hearts", when Chibi-Usa's (Rini's) pure heart crystal was stolen by Hotaru (posessed by evil). This VHS begins with the Inner Sailors in a goo-y battle with some red-slime-monsters (which look like blood when they come out of the school). Sailor Moon is kidnapped and taken inside the building by Mistris Nine, who plans to take the Holy Grail (Purity Chalice) from her. Meanwhile, the Inner and Outer Sailors are having their own troubles, as the four Inners struggle to keep a protective forcefield around the school, Sailor Pluto stops time to save Uranus and Neptune (she dies), and Uranus and Neptune face off with Dr. Tomoe, and the whole time, Mamoru (Darien) uses his life energy to keep Chibi-Usa alive. Mistris Nine, takeing the form of Hotaru, tricks Sailor Moon into giving her the Grail and destroys it. Now that the Grail is gone, Sailor Moon can't become Super Sailor Moon. But in the end, Hotaru gains her powers and destroys Mistris Nine, and becomes Sailor Saturn. Stating she's the only one who can save the world, she leaves Sailor Moon to go return Chibi-Usa's heart and face off with Pharoh Ninety. Sailor Moon, not wanting Hotaru to die, gives up her pure heart to become Super Moon and follows Saturn. When the battles over, Super Moon appears with Baby Hotaru in her arms standing where Mugen High once stood.
The VHS doesn't end there, though. In the final two episodes, Sailors Uranus and Neptune battle against Sailor Moon, to determine if she is a strong leader, and Hotaru is reunited with her father. Then, Chibi-Usa gets a letter from the future to come home, and she feels that everyone WANTS her to leave. The S season ends with amazing episodes, that are well done, and to my (and probubly many others) surprise, well dubbed! Don't miss the conclusion of Sailor Moon S!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not really uncut, August 27, 2006
A Kid's Review
I used to think that the uncut American Sailor Moon videos were exactly the same as the Japanese version except with different names for the characters, but then I read on the Internet that this is not really uncut. It's the same as the other American version except with the parts they took out. That's what I read anyway. I think it's true.
This isn't really uncut then. The only uncut Sailor Moon is Sailor Moon in Japanese with English subtitles.
I only gave this video four stars because the American version of season three is actually okay, unlike the first two seasons, which are really bad in English. And if this wasn't the video where Sailor Saturn appears, then I would only give this three stars.
Anyway, there are four episodes. In episode one Hotaru has just transformed into Mistress 9 and taken Chibi-Usa/Rini's heart crystal. Now the sailor soldiers/sailor scouts are trying to get into the building. Sailor Moon gets pulled inside by Mistress 9. Uranus and Neptune are almost killed but Pluto stops time so they also get into the building and destroy the monster that was inside Professor Tomoe. Sailor Moon protects Mistress 9 from Uranus and Neptune and gives her the purity chalice/grail.
In episode two, Hotaru turns into Sailor Saturn for the first time and gives back Chibi-Usa/Rini's heart crystal. She also jumps inside Pharaoh 90 to destroy it. Sailor Moon tries to follow her but she can't transform into Super Sailor Moon since she doesn't have the purity chalice/grail. The other sailor soldiers/scouts give her their power and she transforms into Super Sailor Moon and goes inside Pharaoh 90 to save Hotaru.
In episode three, Sailor Moon comes back carrying a baby, which is actually Hotaru who has been reborn. Uranus and Neptune take care of Hotaru for a while and then give her back to Professor Tomoe, who is now in a wheelchair. Sailor Pluto somehow gives Chibi-Usa/Rini a message about what happened to Hotaru. (But I thought Pluto died if she stopped time!) Anyway, Chibi-Usa/Rini sees Professor Tomoe and Hotaru at the park. Uranus and Neptune get angry at Sailor Moon because she almost let the world be destroyed to save Hotaru. They fight Sailor Moon but she wins and they apologize and leave.
In episode four, Chibi-Usa/Rini goes back to the future. But an egg was left over from the battle and it turns into a monster and starts taking heart crystals. The sailor soldiers/scouts fight it and Chibi-Usa/Rini comes back from the future and helps them. At the end she tells them that she is staying. I didn't really like this episode very much because I don't like the English dub of Sailor Moon and this episode was pretty much like all the other episodes.
If you like the American version of Sailor Moon, this is one of the best videos. But if you want to see uncut Sailor Moon, get the Japanese version with subtitles instead.
P.S. The only part of this that I could find on the video that is in Japanese is the ending theme song. Someone said that this has the Japanese version too but I think it's actually only the DVDs that have both versions. I couldn't find the Japanese version on mine (the buttons on my remote only work on DVDs.) This might have the Japanese version but I couldn't find out how to get to it.
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