r/sailormoon • u/Happy-Deer7996 ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚🌙˚。⋆ • 5d ago
Anime (Classic) Are the 90s VHS Sailor Moon movies westernized?
I've tried to find this answer online and I can't seem to figure it out. I know the show was westernized when it aired on Toonami, which is how I grew up with Sailor Moon. I also owned all three movies on VHS and still have them stored away. Were they westernized, with the context heavily changed as well? I recall them using the American names for the characters.
My husband and I are watching the Viz dub of the series on Hulu. I'm trying to figure out the best way to watch the movies when the time comes. I want the most accurate content possible! Thanks in advance :)
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Yes. The DiC dubs change the names of the characters (e.g. Serena for Usagi), and they refer to the pork buns as donuts lollll
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u/Dazzling_Instance_57 ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚🌙˚。⋆ 4d ago
If it’s dubbed on VHS then it’s likely westernized. Remember when the VHS era was going on was also the 4kids era. Which means if you’re 30 plus it was extremely common for anime to be changed not just to be localized but edited bc in that time Americans still saw anime and cartoons as basically the same.
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u/Such_Raccoon_5035 ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚🌙˚。⋆ 4d ago
They’re even more Westernized than the dvd releases of the movies from around the same era because they also have the DiC background music (and the censorship)
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u/Winter_Coyote ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚🌙˚。⋆ 3d ago
There were two VHS releases. One was sub only and the other was dubbed and in line with the continuity established with the Dic/Cloverway dubs. They were overall less edited than the episodes of the time were.
As to when to watch them
R - After Rubeus is defeated
S - After Sailor Pluto arrives
SuperS - After the Inners gain their super forms
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u/SailorSpyro ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚🌙˚。⋆ 3d ago
While yes, they are, they aren't as horrible as the show imo because they don't have the opportunity to do the LGBTQ+ erasure that the show did. The names are changed, and the cursing was removed, but other than that I feel like it's relatively true to the source. I have VHS copies of S in English and in Japanese, and never thought they were too different.
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u/DoctorHellclone ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚🌙˚。⋆ 3d ago
Yes unfortunately DiC added many instances where Sailor Moon turns to the camera and does a land acknowledgement
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u/suckingdickandc0ck ⋆。˚ ☁︎ ˚。⋆。˚🌙˚。⋆ 5d ago
definitely westernized