Here a info from the newsgroup alt.fan.sailor-moon thanks for reading, arigato
Stéphane Dumas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phoenix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: alt.fan.sailor-moon Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:01 AM Subject: 51 Days of PGSM - Act 0 > Act Zero - Sailor V's Birth! > > This episode was released on DVD after the TV series ended and gives > us the origin story of Sailor V. > > The story opens on Christmas eve and Minako has skyrocketed up the > music charts with her debut album "Imitation". Our first view of > Minako is as she is looking out from her balcony singing the Christmas > song "Silent Night" (in English!). In a scene reminiscence of when > Luna fell onto Usagi in Act 1, Artemis falls out of the sky onto > Minako's face in the same way. > > Until this episode, I had assumed that Artemis and Luna were actually > real cats to the characters in the show and that we, the audience, > only saw them as plushies as a theatrical device. However, Minako > makes it clear here that Artemis appears as a walking, talking plushie > to her as well. > > Minako transforms into Sailor V without undergoing her henshin > sequence and goes on her first mission to stop a common robber. With > some luck from an accidentally chopped down tree when throwing her > crescent moon shuriken, Sailor V successfully makes her first capture. > > Sometimes prequels are a poor way to start off a series because they > may assume that you already know the characters and so not properly > introduce them. However, this one works really well giving us a nice > preview to almost everyone. > > We get introduced to Usagi and her family, incidentally showing us > just how eccentric her mother is. Naru is also introduced by name when > she first shows up and she explains how her mother owns a jewelry > shop. > > Most of the major characters get a role in this episode. The other > three senshi show up in their civilian form and even the four generals > play a role as a disreputable police force in the Juuban precinct. > Heh, Jadeite ends up playing the one woman police officer in this > force, but wouldn't that had been a better role for Zoisite? ;) > > With a humorous touch, Motoki gets started on his turtle obsession and > even Hina makes a brief appearance where we get a hint that there is > some relationship between her and Mamoru. I know that would be an > intriguing eye-opener if this episode was your first exposure to PGSM. > > We find out that Mamoru has already assumed his Tuxedo Mask role and > he has discovered Sailor V's identity. > > Cutie Kenko is the major villain, a rose-sniffing jewelry thief with > his all girl minion force. Usagi and her friends Naru, Momoko and > Kanami cosplay as imaginary Sailor Senshi to protect Naru's mother's > jewelry shop. > > The episode ends with Minako recalling her memories as a senshi, Usagi > wishing on a shooting star (Luna falling from the sky!) for wonderful > things to happen and the other three senshi sensing that something > special is about to happen. > > The acting was exaggerated and over the top, but somehow that worked > for me in this case. > > -- > Phoenix > www.phoenixanime.com Group email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to Yahoo! Groups' SUML page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sailor_Uranus For further info, please visit the list's web site at http://haruka.nu/suml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sailor_Uranus/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sailor_Uranus/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
