Sailor Moon S

[Neon Heart]

Btw the dub version for S is very horrible especially serena's voice actor she's a disgrace to Usagi

I agree with you, about Usagi's voice. I think she tried too hard to try and capture Usagi/Serena's personality. IMO, the dub actress for Serena isn't nearly as good as Serena's first dub voice.

However, saying the S dub, as a whole, is very horrible isn't exactly accurate, in my eyes. There could have been places where the dubbing could have been better, but that was because S was rushed (I heard/read that while S began to air on Cartoon Network, they were STILL dubbing the series). Had they taken more time on it, I'm sure it would have turned out a lot better.

I guess the point I'm trying to make, is that the S dub isn't exactly "horrible", but there was definetely room for improvement.

[Hikari no Senshi]

Both Serena's dub actors suck. But I tolerated the one from S/SS more than the one in Classic/R and the Movies. The only that was really good was her VERY, VERY first. Which was only used for a couple of episodes. Yeah, this shouldn't be discussed in this thread either.

[the dooky]

[quote="Umino"
Actually, in the anime it seems like none of the Witches 5 have powers. I always thought they were just portrayed as regular scientists.[/quote]

Personally I always liked the fusion of magic and technology, but I take issue with the opinion that none of the Witches 5 had magical powers. While I agree in the case of Eudial and Viluy, who both seemed to be pretty much exclusively scientists, I wouldn't say the same of the others. Saying that Mimete and Cyprine have no real powers because they use staves is like saying that Sailor Moon has no magical power: after all, all of her attacks use a particular object, be it the tiara, the Silver Crystal or one of her many wands. She needs her transformation brooch to transform.

Even if you do discount the staff-based powers, there's still a lot of other magic used by Mimete, Tellu and Cyprine. Mimete can transform instantly and make her staff appear out of thin air. Tellu can teleport and shoot vines from her hands. Cyprine can fly and orchestrate mass hypnosis. And don't forget that all of the Witches are involved in removing Pure Hearts, things that are, by nature, magical. Even Eudial and Viluy, ostensibly scientists, must have some magical knowledge in order to cause something that defies the laws of physics to materialise: Eudial made the Capture Gun, and Viluy programmed the nano robots. (In this case, Mimete is the exception, as she never removed Pure Hearts by herself)

It always seemed strange to me that we got to see so little of Tellu, Viluy and Cyprine, but it did mean we got to see a lot of Eudial and Mimete, both of whom are great characters, not to mention polar opposites. The fact that Eudial died in a very "human" way seemed appropriate somehow... evil activities aside, the Witches 5 could have been employees at any office/lab anywhere in the world: full of petty jealousies and resentment, and generally not doing much work.

[Umino]

You bring up really good points Dooky. You just disproved my theroies on the Witches 5. ^^;