52 Days of BSSM - Act 2 - Ami/Amy - Sailor Mercury
Phoenix
world did it take so darn long to introduce the rest of the senshi.
Now that I understand how close the release of the animated series was
to the manga, it makes perfect sense.
Considering the manga was being published at the rate of one act a
month and the anime was being aired at the rate of one episode a week,
the animators were going to have to come up with at least 3 filler
episodes for every episode they could map to an act. And I suppose
they would need to wait for the act to be published before they air an
animated version of it.
In any case, Ami is introduced in Act 2 of the manga (published
March,1992), but not until episode 8 of the anime which was aired May,
1992 two months later. The animated episode is pretty much the story
from the manga. Ami goes to a juku school where the other students are
enslaved by using a special disk in their computers. Ami likes the old
paper and pen routine herself and escapes the hypnotism.
In the Mixxzine edition, we have more localization issues. Does Ami
really look like Demi Moore who would have been 35 at the time
Mixxzine was published? Really? There were no dark-haired teenage
stars they could have referenced?
So Ami's a super genius with a 300 IQ and the ability to ace a video
game after seeing it played one time.
Usagi appears to have a Fonzie-like ability with machinery. Just
hammer on it until something happens. She gets her disguise pen from
the game machine this way and later Luna tells her to use it to
transform into a doctor.
Ami also got a pen (which really writes) from the same game machine as
a prize for her high score which she later uses as her henshin wand.
When Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon, she still has the glasses, but
immediately tosses them. Then she uses her hair bangle as a weapon to
repel the enemy's attack. Luna returns them after the excitement is
over. There must be some kind of compromise going on here with the
original Sailor V character design.
Mamoru continues to wear a tux, develop a relationship with both Usagi
and Sailor Moon and figures out the disk trap on his own.
Phoenix ;{)
Mike
translating the republished version of the manga.
http://z3.invisionfree.com/Starry_Heaven/index.php?showtopic=151
Hopefully they'll keep up with the schedule for this read through. ^_~
Gerardo Campos
Something I noticed though, in the manga, the disk provided by the cram
school is a CD-ROM, while in the anime, is a 3.5" floppy disk.
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Saludos
Gerardo Campos
Phoenix
> Something I noticed though, in the manga, the disk provided by the cram
> school is a CD-ROM, while in the anime, is a 3.5" floppy disk.
It appears to be a 3.5" floppy disk in the manga (not sure about the
anime). On page 59 of the Japanese manga is a good picture of it with
a spindle hub and sliding cover. However, Usagi must have a really
tiny hand based on the scale.
Phoenix ;{)
Mike
Phoenix I accidentally sent this reply to your e-mail, when I meant to
post it. ^_~
I think Gerardo Campos is reading the re-release of the manga, which
has various things altered. One of which is that the 3.5" disk has
been changed into a CD-ROM.
Phoenix
> Phoenix wrote:
>> Gerardo Campos wrote:
>>> Something I noticed though, in the manga, the disk provided by the cram
>>> school is a CD-ROM, while in the anime, is a 3.5" floppy disk.
>>
>> It appears to be a 3.5" floppy disk in the manga (not sure about the
>> anime). On page 59 of the Japanese manga is a good picture of it with
>> a spindle hub and sliding cover. However, Usagi must have a really
>> tiny hand based on the scale.
>
> post it. ^_~
Ah yes, well, that email address was zapped years ago when AT&T took
over the Media One ISP. But you can always reach me via my Phoenix
Anime web site if need be.
> I think Gerardo Campos is reading the re-release of the manga, which
> has various things altered. One of which is that the 3.5" disk has
> been changed into a CD-ROM.
Well so it has. I guess that's what they meant about the manga being
updated and so forth. Thanks for the clarification, Mike.
Phoenix ;{)