Sailormoon R is the second TV season of the popular series.  The season is divided into two sections.  This first finds Usagi Tsukino (Serena in the dub from DIC) with no memory of being the pretty soldier Sailormoon or the battle against the forces of Queen Beryl and Metalia.  She is once more just a regular girl living her regular life.  It is a peace that will not last long.  Two aliens have crash landed on Earth and they require the life energy of humans to live and to feed their fiendish plant, the Doom Tree.  Usagi and her friends will once more be called upon to protect the planet and the life of everyone on it.  The second section of this season revolves around the appearance of evil marauders from the future.  Sailormoon and the other Senshi are called upon to save not only one world but two.

This review will be for the dubbed version as created and shown by the American company DIC.  Sailormoon R embodies all of the same qualities as the first season but with less of the horror focus and hallmarks.  There is a great lot of character growth and depth.  It still follows the monster of the day format but if it's possible has even more story going on in the background than the first season.  The animation is the same with that wonderful style of pastels and watercolour-like backdrops.  As typical for the genre the Senshi's magical attacks grow and change becoming more visually impressive even as they become more powerful to deal with tougher opponents.  The musical score is identical for the most part to the first season.  The lyrical soundtrack is even better with more emotion and deeper lyrics.

This second season of Sailormoon is even better than the first.  The two complete story lines makes for a big change and cuts down on the repetition a fair bit.  The growth of the story within the story also helps in this matter as well.  For your reference I place this as number one on my list.  You'll have to read on to see how I placed the other seasons.  Please use the main column navigation below if you wish to return to the main Sailormoon page.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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