[Please Lock] Anime Versus (Week 12)
Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:32 pm
Greetings, and welcome to Anime Versus. Like it's predecessors, Anime Versus will pit two competitors against each other each week, to see which one PPTers prefer. To vote, please select the anime you like best from the poll at the top of this topic, then feel free to discuss your choice below. The winner of the week will move onto the next round, and will face a new challenger anime. Should an anime win for six weeks straight, it will be removed from the competition and placed into the Anime Hall of Fame.
Last week, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon defeated Air by seven votes. This week it will face a new shoujo competitor.
The Competitors
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
versus
Magic Knight Rayearth
Series Information:
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (a.k.a Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, a.k.a. Sailor Moon) is a mahou shoujo (magical girl) series produced by Toei and originally created by Takeuchi Naoko (manga). With 200 episodes, it originally aired in Japan from 3/7/92 to 2/8/97, with four of the five seasons having been translated and shown on American television.*
Tsukino Usagi was your average junior high student. Well, maybe a bit below-average. Between failing grades, a tendency toward oversleeping, and a near-terminal case of clumsiness, she hardly seems like the first choice for a guardian of justice. But when a black cat named Luna gives her a transformation brooch, Usagi finds out that she is the magical warrior, Sailor Moon. As her dear friends and fellow Senshi gather around her, she’ll face evil forces, true love, and her own destiny.
Primary Seiyuu for Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon**
--Mitsuishi Kotono as Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity (Excel – Excel Saga, Souma Kagura – Fruits Basket, Mireille Bouquet – Noir, Arisugawa Jury – Revolutionary Girl Utena)
--Hisakawa Aya as Mizuno Ami/Sailor Mercury (Kaoru Miki – Revolutionary Girl Utena, Kurosawa Minamo (‘Nyamo’) – Azumanga Daioh, Skuld – Ah! My Goddess, Chloe – Noir)
--Tomizawa Michie as Hino Rei/Sailor Mars (C-ko Kotobuki – Project A-Ko, Kasuga Manami – Kimagure Orange Road, Yamazaki Linna – Bubblegum Crisis, Kanzaki Sumire – Sakura Wars)
--Shinohara Emi as Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter (Presea – Magic Knight Rayearth, B-ko Daitokuji – Project A-Ko, Azalie – Orphen, Mizuki Kaho – Cardcaptor Sakura)
Fukami Rika as Aino Minako/Sailor Venus/Sailor V (Spoor – Banner of the Stars, Myung Fang Lone – Macross Plus, Hayami Daiko – New Cutey Honey, Imamura Suzu – Fullmoon wo Sagash*te)
Magic Knight Rayearth is a mahou shoujo (magical girl) anime created by CLAMP and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The two-season series contains 49 episodes which aired from 10/17/94 to 11/27/95.
Shidou Hikaru, Ryuuzaki Umi, and Hououji Fuu were just regular high school girl visiting Tokyo Tower for a field trip. They had never met each other before, but when a bright light takes them to another world, Cephiro, they quickly form close bonds. Such cooperation is necessary not only keep themselves from being eaten by roaming monsters or killed by dark sorceresses, but also to become the legendary Magic Knights, the only people who can save Cephiro from its total destruction.
Primary Seiyuu for Magic Knight Rayearth
--Shiina Hekiru as Shidou Hikaru (Dortin – Orphen, Elise Altmodic – Plastic Little, Door – Miyuki-chan in Wonderland, Momo – Tama & Friends)
--Yoshida Konami as Ryuuzaki Umi (Hatsuno Hana – Brave King Gaogaigar, Knzaki Azusu – Devil Hunter Yohko, Miku – Metal Figher Miku, Kukuri – Mahoujin Guru Guru)
--Kasahara Hiroko as Hououji Fuu (Naomi Armitage – Armitage III, Ishtar – Macross II, Misonou Nanako – Brother, Dear Brother, Azalyn – Irresponsible Captain Tyler)
--Sasaki Nozomu as Clef (Mackie Stingray – Bubblegum Crisis, Shina Tetsuo – Akira, Urameshi Yuusuke – Yu Yu Hakusho, Ham – Monster Rancher)
--Shiratori Yuri as Mokona and Primera (Kiryuu Nanami – Revolutionary Girl Utena, Cherry – Saber Marionette J, Ruma – Slayers Premium, Sakaguchi Arisu – Please Save My Earth)
--Ogata Megumi as Princess Emeraude (Tenou Haruka/Sailor Uranus – Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Aoyama Masaya – Tokyo Mew Mew, Ikari Shinji – Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rio Izumi – Fullmoon wo Sagash*te)
*Information from http://www.animeacademy.com
**Information from http://www.animenewsnetwork.com
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Hall of Fame
Fullmetal Alchemist (won weeks 4 through 9)
Future Competitors (in no particular order & subject to change):
Marmalade Boy
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Hikaru no Go
Shaman King
Infinite Ryvius
Chobits
Love Hina
Miracle Girls
.hack//SIGN
Ai Yori Aoshi
Previous Competitors:
Trigun (Lost week 1 to Cowboy Bebop)
Ranma 1/2 (Lost week 2 to Cowboy Bebop)
Ayashi no Ceres (Tied with Cowboy Bebop week 3, lost to Fullmetal Alchemist week 4)
Bleach (Lost week 5 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Read or Die: The TV (Lost week 6 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Prince of Tennis (Lost week 7 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Serial Experiments: Lain (Lost week 8 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Cowboy Bebop (Won weeks 1 & 2, tied Ayashi no Ceres week 3, lost week 9 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Fullmetal Alchemist (Retired to Hall of Fame)
His and Her Circumstances (Lost week 10 - Shoujo Showdown - to Sailor Moon)
Air (Lost week 11 - Shoujo Showdown - to Sailor Moon)
Last week, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon defeated Air by seven votes. This week it will face a new shoujo competitor.
The Competitors
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
versus
Magic Knight Rayearth
Series Information:
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (a.k.a Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, a.k.a. Sailor Moon) is a mahou shoujo (magical girl) series produced by Toei and originally created by Takeuchi Naoko (manga). With 200 episodes, it originally aired in Japan from 3/7/92 to 2/8/97, with four of the five seasons having been translated and shown on American television.*
Tsukino Usagi was your average junior high student. Well, maybe a bit below-average. Between failing grades, a tendency toward oversleeping, and a near-terminal case of clumsiness, she hardly seems like the first choice for a guardian of justice. But when a black cat named Luna gives her a transformation brooch, Usagi finds out that she is the magical warrior, Sailor Moon. As her dear friends and fellow Senshi gather around her, she’ll face evil forces, true love, and her own destiny.
Primary Seiyuu for Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon**
--Mitsuishi Kotono as Tsukino Usagi/Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity (Excel – Excel Saga, Souma Kagura – Fruits Basket, Mireille Bouquet – Noir, Arisugawa Jury – Revolutionary Girl Utena)
--Hisakawa Aya as Mizuno Ami/Sailor Mercury (Kaoru Miki – Revolutionary Girl Utena, Kurosawa Minamo (‘Nyamo’) – Azumanga Daioh, Skuld – Ah! My Goddess, Chloe – Noir)
--Tomizawa Michie as Hino Rei/Sailor Mars (C-ko Kotobuki – Project A-Ko, Kasuga Manami – Kimagure Orange Road, Yamazaki Linna – Bubblegum Crisis, Kanzaki Sumire – Sakura Wars)
--Shinohara Emi as Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter (Presea – Magic Knight Rayearth, B-ko Daitokuji – Project A-Ko, Azalie – Orphen, Mizuki Kaho – Cardcaptor Sakura)
Fukami Rika as Aino Minako/Sailor Venus/Sailor V (Spoor – Banner of the Stars, Myung Fang Lone – Macross Plus, Hayami Daiko – New Cutey Honey, Imamura Suzu – Fullmoon wo Sagash*te)
Magic Knight Rayearth is a mahou shoujo (magical girl) anime created by CLAMP and produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. The two-season series contains 49 episodes which aired from 10/17/94 to 11/27/95.
Shidou Hikaru, Ryuuzaki Umi, and Hououji Fuu were just regular high school girl visiting Tokyo Tower for a field trip. They had never met each other before, but when a bright light takes them to another world, Cephiro, they quickly form close bonds. Such cooperation is necessary not only keep themselves from being eaten by roaming monsters or killed by dark sorceresses, but also to become the legendary Magic Knights, the only people who can save Cephiro from its total destruction.
Primary Seiyuu for Magic Knight Rayearth
--Shiina Hekiru as Shidou Hikaru (Dortin – Orphen, Elise Altmodic – Plastic Little, Door – Miyuki-chan in Wonderland, Momo – Tama & Friends)
--Yoshida Konami as Ryuuzaki Umi (Hatsuno Hana – Brave King Gaogaigar, Knzaki Azusu – Devil Hunter Yohko, Miku – Metal Figher Miku, Kukuri – Mahoujin Guru Guru)
--Kasahara Hiroko as Hououji Fuu (Naomi Armitage – Armitage III, Ishtar – Macross II, Misonou Nanako – Brother, Dear Brother, Azalyn – Irresponsible Captain Tyler)
--Sasaki Nozomu as Clef (Mackie Stingray – Bubblegum Crisis, Shina Tetsuo – Akira, Urameshi Yuusuke – Yu Yu Hakusho, Ham – Monster Rancher)
--Shiratori Yuri as Mokona and Primera (Kiryuu Nanami – Revolutionary Girl Utena, Cherry – Saber Marionette J, Ruma – Slayers Premium, Sakaguchi Arisu – Please Save My Earth)
--Ogata Megumi as Princess Emeraude (Tenou Haruka/Sailor Uranus – Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Aoyama Masaya – Tokyo Mew Mew, Ikari Shinji – Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rio Izumi – Fullmoon wo Sagash*te)
*Information from http://www.animeacademy.com
**Information from http://www.animenewsnetwork.com
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Hall of Fame
Fullmetal Alchemist (won weeks 4 through 9)
Future Competitors (in no particular order & subject to change):
Marmalade Boy
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Hikaru no Go
Shaman King
Infinite Ryvius
Chobits
Love Hina
Miracle Girls
.hack//SIGN
Ai Yori Aoshi
Previous Competitors:
Trigun (Lost week 1 to Cowboy Bebop)
Ranma 1/2 (Lost week 2 to Cowboy Bebop)
Ayashi no Ceres (Tied with Cowboy Bebop week 3, lost to Fullmetal Alchemist week 4)
Bleach (Lost week 5 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Read or Die: The TV (Lost week 6 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Prince of Tennis (Lost week 7 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Serial Experiments: Lain (Lost week 8 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Cowboy Bebop (Won weeks 1 & 2, tied Ayashi no Ceres week 3, lost week 9 to Fullmetal Alchemist)
Fullmetal Alchemist (Retired to Hall of Fame)
His and Her Circumstances (Lost week 10 - Shoujo Showdown - to Sailor Moon)
Air (Lost week 11 - Shoujo Showdown - to Sailor Moon)
Last edited by MyleneFarmer on Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:46 pm
It has to be Rayearth! You can not compare Sailor Moon to a show that is at least ten times better. Better characters, better stories, more believable plot, better art. It is a no-brainer.
I hope the one I vote for wins this time
I hope the one I vote for wins this time
Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:11 am
Definitely Sailor Moon again...
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:58 am
i've never seen rayearth, apart from some of the mangas that i found in our school library. sailor moon all the way!
Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:47 am
Tough choice for me, I love them both. While I really love the artstyle used in Rayearth, I think I'll have to go with BSSM. Between nostalgia (it was the first anime that I knew was anime...although MKR was my second) and the fact that there are just so many good characters, it just seems to be the better choice for me. Definitely a very close call though.
Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:56 am
Magic Knight Rayearth ^^; Sounds more interesting.
Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:45 pm
Sailor. Moon. Again.
Wheeee.
Wheeee.
Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:42 pm
Sailor Moon wins, 12 votes to 3 (or at least that's the number at the time of this post, I doubt MKR's going to manage a come back in the next 8 hours )
Anime Versus is going on hiatus for the time being.
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Anime Versus is going on hiatus for the time being.