Sailormoon Super S is the fourth TV season of the popular series.  The Deadmoon Circus has come to Tokyo, but it is nothing like the normal circus.  No one even notices the bright big top, and the shows are for the performers themselves only.  The shows are all about only one thing;  finding the "Golden Crystal" hidden by the Pegasus in the dreams of one who is pure.  The old woman ringmaster, Ziorconia, sends out Hawks Eye, Tigers Eye, and Fish Eye, the top billing performers, to search the dream mirrors of the innocent.  It's up to Sailormoon and the other Senshi to put a stop to them and save the Pegasus before the Golden Crystal is found.  There is a lot more that goes on but saying more would risk spoilers.

This review will be for the uncut subbed version with Japanese audio.  Sailormoon Super S continues on in the traditions set by the previous seasons.  The villains have a lot more of the spotlight, (pun intended) or so it seems.  The Amazon Trio are an interesting bunch and much more like the earlier sub-villains of the first and second season.  There is a good sense of who the Trio are and they are nicely individual and fleshed out.  The animation is great as always.  The music is similarly superb.  The episodes are still of the monster of the day type but there is more going on otherwise in this season.  There is some good furthering of our favourite characters, and although they are the bad guys there is a lot of character development in the villains.  As usual there is turmoil and strife, agonising decisions, and beautiful expressions of emotions.  The voice actresses are still excellent.  This is just another excellent season.

For your reference I place this as number two on my list.  The reason for this ranking is based on things that I could only describe if I really wanted to give up spoilers for the season.  I can say though that the bulk of the reason for placing this second is because of the deep emotional presence of this season.  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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