Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal - Il film

Lovely adaptation of the manga, gorgeous art style from Kazuko Tadano who came up with something new and fresh for the series. The Eternal character designs (inner senshi and Usagi) are almost identical to page 68 of volume two actually ! I don't see any resemblance to the 90s apart from the attacks/transformations. I am not sure why they just copied the old ones, as a 90s fan I wanted something a bit more creative not a remake. Uranus really stood out, if they can show more creativity with the others it would be great.

This is the first Crystal arc I have seen so far as previous art style was not something I would enjoy in a "modern" anime

I would love to give Eternal a 10/10 but unfortunately the music was a huge letdown. Apart from Moon Color Chainon and Watashi-tachi ni Naritakute (cover) I did not think the music went well with the atmosphere of this film. The dramatic battle at the end especially also had unsuitable music. Very forgettable.

I found no issues with the pacing personally. It was mostly the atmosphere that was very calm instead of dark and tense. Eg when Mamoru is in distress Chibiusa just sits there gasping instead of showing actual concern. Very weird. Maybe it was the voice acting as well that could have been more passionate, at times they sound disturbingly calm even when going through the nightmare sequences

Loved the background style, gave depth to the Juban district and and the outers' home, some shots are really beautiful to look at.

The manga has plenty of violence so not sure why nothing more serious is ever shown. I also think both the films deserved a proper opening.

If they fix the music for Stars then this will be peak Sailor Moon for me.

I also don't think it would be fair to compare this to the 90s version, they re both independent after all. I don't think one is better than the other and since they show different stories it's not worth analyzing the differences. Eternal is a lovely film and hopefully Stars is next.