Ultimate Sailor Moon DVD & Blu Ray Guide (Viz vs Europe & more) 

I wanted those ADV DVDs so badly as a pre-teen when they were released but they were about $150 a season. I couldn’t justify asking for something so expensive but it’s the most beautiful presentation in my opinion. For sheer aesthetic value, I still kinda want them.

I actually really like the ADV release. I don't have it, but I like what I've seen. Something about the washed out colors actually appeals to me. Also, it has such pretty look to the packaging. The dark blue and silver silhouette looks so pretty and classy.

This really made me want the French box set. It's so pretty!!

I always used to think Luna was black when I watched the original American version here in the uk!

This is the coolest review I ever seen so far. Thanks for dedicating your time doing this for the moonies. I'll definitely love the French Version.

The reason why your German/Viz comparison went out of sync is because PAL territories speed up video that was originally in NTSC. If you compare the audio between the Viz and European versions you might notice that the music on the European versions is slightly higher pitched.

It basically depends on when the masters were sent over because I heard with some series, the original masters are scrapped because they're old. This could be the case with VIZ, Toei might have got rid of their original masters before VIZ licensed the series.

The mexican edition (talk box) is the closest one to the japanese edition, ;)

Sure ViZ, sure you got bad masters... The French box is lovely. ViZ media could learn from them with packaging.

The german Box includes also only the half of the First Season :) Box 2 with sailor Jupiter on it includes the Second half :)

19:46 Jeez Luna looks blue France: YAY PURPLE LUNA and 21:14, Luna looks darkest in that version. SO WHAT DID I LEARN TODAY... That France is good and apparently Sailor Moon comes in multiple colors

Even though the German version episodes are not in high quality. They do give the viewer (*if you grew up in Germany during that time) that nostalgic feeling that I feel that the others don't. Meaning that dvd version is the same as the TV version and it just brings you back to the good old days.

Aw I was kind of hoping you'd rank each of them in order of your favorites at the end. Thanks for this in depth video!

The reason why on the side the American/Mexico versions text face to the left and the European face to the right also applies to books as well. The reason for the region standards.

Maybe Japan is still mad at America for how they butchered Sailor Moon in the 90's, and thats why they gave us bad masters

I know it's only for season 3 and 4, but the Pioneer/Geneon box sets are my favorite by far.

wow i love the french sets individual cases they are so cute!

Wow... interesting. I like the color palette of the VIZ release enough because I do like that it actually HAS vibrant color, unlike most other versions, where the colors seem really muted to my untrained eye. The color is delightful too, I actually still need to pick up R part 2 and S part 1 myself. And now that I have a PS4 that can play Blu-Rays, I can actually play the Blu-Rays AND be able to appreciate VIZ's amazing menu work! And no, I'm not a paid shill for Viz, I just happen to really like their work on both Sailor Moon and Ranma 1/2, the only releases I've gotten from them thus far, even if they claim to have gotten awful masters for SM season 1, which I actually can believe, because TOEI and, unfortunately, Ms. Naoko Takeuchi herself probably still remember how the North Americans kinda screwed with the property the first time around.

Well, the thing with the german edition was to fit PAL (European TV) they had to speed up the episodes and then dub over it. So what you're looking at is actually how it was aired from 1996 till now in Germany they still air the episodes that way it probably would be to hard to use new footage and speed it up again and cut out the eyecatch and also edit the intro. I kinda like the german quality because it remembers me of how tv was back in the day.

I actually love the viz release. The colors are great. The box is cool. Good dub.

I can't wait to see the differences between the Pioneer and VIZ Sailor Moon S DVDs!

There's one more set I'd like to see you include in a comparison: The laserdisc release from Japan. (Which I believe I see in the background) This should be the best reference to which dvd version is most acurrate, color wise to the original run of the show.

I realize I'm 6 years late coming in and watching this video, but I'm actually very fascinated by the differences in the various releases of Sailor Moon. Honestly, the ADV version has a lot of nostalgia for me, because it was my first experience watching Sailor Moon since seeing the DiC dub on TV as a kid in the 90s. The dark blue box with the gold inlayed moon and stars with the silver silhouette of Sailor Moon is still so iconic to me. As washed out as the ADV version's video quality is, it's still better to me than the VIZ release, because it's like VIZ took what Toei gave them and decided to brighten, re-colour and almost oversaturate the video. It's really quite disturbing to me how weird the VIZ version looks in comparison. The German dub version is highly reminiscent to me of the DiC dub edit that I saw as a kid. So much happening there with the colours and also with the loss of detail. The French and Mexican releases are the most pretty, and I don't think VIZ is telling the whole truth when they say that they got "bad masters" from Japan. Especially given that everyone seems to have gotten the same masters and they all look beautiful, except for the ones VIZ got. It just seems sus to me, even all this time later. I feel like VIZ, for whatever reason, didn't like how it looked and decided to do their own in-house remaster just because they could, and then used an excuse. I honestly also feel like VIZ didn't really try all that hard when putting together the Blu-Ray + DVD sets for Sailor Moon. Flat ping background, maybe a little design on the edges, and then a flat, rather boring pose for Sailor Moon, as you pointed out in the video, Sailor Tortilla. All in all, I think after 6 years, this video still stands up and is very detailed in the comparisons of each of these versions. It's so well done. I also have to say that even though I have the VIZ release of season 1, I definitely still want the ADV version, simply because it's still epically glorious and iconic looking as a box set, and I think I'd prefer Sailor Moon to look washed out than what VIZ did.

Oh! I want that French set so much! They are so cute!! This is great comparison video. Thank you!

Thank you for the in-depth review! I live in the USA, but that French box set is too beautiful to pass up! Great info and AMAZING REVIEW :D

Watching these kind of comparisons gives me life lmao Yeah, well, I'm mexican so i own all the talk box they were released back then. I've been working these past 5 years like "re-remastering" the mexican dub cos as many of us know, the talk box sets had a very bad quality spanish audio. But then Azteca 7 aired the whole show again in 2017 and it seems the audio had a remaster which is good!!! So i'm now tv ripping all those audios, and well... i'm working in a AI remaster using the Ita Dynit DVD's and they are coming out pretty damn good. It's currently a private project, but if you want to know more about this lil project, pls contact me :3 i already used some of the AI remaster in some of my vids.

i didn't think the French version when it comes 2 marketing they nailed it. they've got the nice artwork.

When it comes to quality comparison it really confuses me. The VIZ one looks nice to me. Box set does look clean...a little too clean lol. What one are we supposed to get in the US then when it comes to quality...? It seems like when it comes to getting masters from Japan to the US it's hard. Even with DBZ also. The new 30th anniversary for it doesn't have good japanese audio or something. Box wise the talkbox one looks pretty. And now I understand why it's called talkbox lol. You kind of sold me on the French one lol.

Love your channel! Also, Germans usually have great blu-ray as DVD sets for anime. They look just as great as the Japanese releases.

doing the comparisons of the footage was very helpful thanks!

20:51 "MexCIo?"

I've read on Sailor Moon news that the show can't be fully remastered in HD because Toei did not save the original film. Do you know if that is true? I find it crazy because by the 90's with home video well established most companies knew better than to discard their master sources. But more than that, people knew HD would be a thing, especially in Japan. Because it already was. MUSE Hi-Vision was the first home video HD format, released on laserdisc and only in Japan. Given that Sailor Moon was released on regular laserdisc and there were HD movies on a premium version of the same format, Toei had to know there would be a future potential for the show in HD, didn't they?

Awesome review of the different Sailor Moon DVD Blu-ray collection!

I can't believe you have trolls already that must mean you're doing something right! I'm with you though VIC lied to their consumers I don't appreciate that because I followed S from the viz the most and that's my favorite season I just don't understand why they charge people $60 for low-quality Blu-rays and if they're so great about North America distribution why don't they just borrow the masters of the other countries are getting

Wow, the non-American packagings are all so pretty! #jealous

Lovely sailor moon collection

Fun fact: Kazé Germany and Kazé France are independent labels that just share the name. Their parent company on the other hand is "Viz Media Europe", a sister company of "Viz Media". In other words: Kazé = Viz

Exactly what I was looking for. The US Blu Rays seem like very nice quality. Thank you!

It's good that Viz Media made a lot of Sailor Moon and Pokemon series in complete DVD collections over the years but I still wished they have done something interesting for a changed like released some anime series which were seen in the past shown in UK/USA/ Australia like: Cardcaptors, Spider Riders, Yo Kai Watch and Ultimate Muscles. I know a few of them were released inti DVD in the past but none of them were in complete DVD collections like Sailor Moon and Pokemon. I think it's about time that Viz Media should think of making them into DVD because that could make them successful. But maybe not on Blu-Ray as some of us like myself don't have a Blu- Ray DVD Player.

Australian's Blu-rays from Madman Entertainment is simply Amazing! 🤩 I hope they'll be able to reacquire the sailor moon license and release all of sailor moon sailor stars 😭

Please review/compare the 2022 set and hope you're doing well

I'm happy to hear that Viz Media released some of my childhood anime onto complete DVD like Pokemon, Beyblade, yugioh series, and Sailor Moon, still I would like to see more anime that didn't have a chance to released into complete DVD yet like Spider Riders, Ultimate muscle and Yo Kai Watch in the future maybe in 2020?

Yeah, it's so sad we don't have the German dub (which is pretty good) with good looking footage. I think it was done because the German TV footage was speeded up a bit. So I guess it was too hard to edit it? I don't know if you could just slow it down, or if that wouldn't work. But aside from this I like the German boxes. We're getting our first BluRay release soon with one box per season!^^ (Stupid thing is, I already own the 10 DVD boxes - and I'm a student, so... I'm not sure if I'm gonna buy them since it's obviously a lot of money.)

hey we've talked before about buying the old version from D.I.C English dubbed. are ADV DVDs still good to buy that had the D.I.C entertainment voices and music or is that the new Viz media crap they selling in Walmart?????

Really helpful information if u want to get sailor moon first season, thanks 😊👍😁

I heard that Viz Media will be releasing the complete first season of Sailor Moon on Blu-ray on June 14.

And I just got a Irwin doll white dress Sailor Moon doll too.

Love this video! , cant wait to look for the french dvds when im in paris later this year !

I'm always happy to see new videos from you :)

When the new NA blu-ray set comes out can you do a comparison (hopefully it uses better masters)

Timing is off due to regional playback standards. Europe uses PAL at 25 frames per second, and North American releases are 23.976 frames per second. And yes, that does mean if you live outside the original region of release for a piece of media, the version you watch is usually going to be very slightly faster or slower than it's really supposed to be.

Be sure to see in the Sailor Venus DVD it's written V2 on the edge. They did a little mistake on the audio (french box)

The best quality is in the early episodes of the Classic series on the Italian DVD. I do not know why subsequent episodes were poor quality. There are rumors that the Japanese sent to the Italian original first master, and it was lost somewhere. There, the image quality was significantly better than on any other DVD release.

Germany finally got the Japanese hd masters too. The reason for the German dvd in this video is that the German tv version, wich is on the dvd, runs a bit faster than the Japanese version. But finally we in Germany can watch it in hd with German dub or Japanese

Love the Mexican talk box. Wish I had one, even if I don’t understand Mexican. XD I like all of them, yes even the Viz release.

I guess my best bet is to buy the official French Version even without the English Subtitles or is a really nice version can you explain the difference between. 2913 collector Version antd new update French Release you told me about? Thanks! Neil Barron ⭐

Ahh great video ^3^. I'll have to say the Mexican is the best because I'm Mexican hehe, viva la Mexcio!!!

they actually have a description of the bad guys! Instead of the Bad Guy... just sitting there my favorite part Also, not sure if i could get used to black Luna instead of purple Luna

I've the viz version on DVD and the viz version movies..❤❤❤🌸.

Viz went cheap with sailor moon blu rays. It's sad because funimation gave us the amazing Dragon ball z dragon boxes.

We need a release for uk/Ireland. We are always forgotten...

6:58 Actually ADV did release Boxsets for the DiC dub the ones for the first season had CDs. Each of the four contained 16-24 Episodes on 3-4 discs. Sorry just wanted to clear up something.

Ironically I've never bought the adv set since I thought it was bootleg!!!!

Will you be doing a review of the new Viz medias Blu-rays? I heard that they’re visually different and is not as heavily edited.

You can actually use that blu box to store five of the Dic DVD’s (that’s what I use mine for just because I couldn’t let that blu outer box go

Sometimes it's what you get when you watch something dubbed (crappy transfers) when talking to the German dub.... It was hilarious to hear Usagi's voice in Spanish 😂 when I think of Sailor moon's voice to me the only one that comes to mind is Kotono Mitsuishi's voice.... I do want to buy the actual DVD releases but for now that I really can't do much I'm going to stick to my bootleg version of season 1 the online one I transferred to phisical media (from the Australian blu rays and hardcoded English subs)

Omg! Why is the French version so much better than the American one? Not fair!!! :/

wow luna is really closer to black in the German version compaired to the others

I thought you had the Madman's Australian set too? I thought you would show comparisons of it too

Call me crazy, but I actually prefer the Viz cover to all the others. The ADV looks dated, Mexican talk box is way too busy with random stuff all over it, German has the atrocious big ass age rating (Not sure if that is actually on the box or just the plastic?) and random logos on the corners, French has random crap all over it too. Is it so hard for them to just release something as clean as the VIZ release, but with a different more exciting pose? The pink makes it seem kind of young, but I think all the other releases (minus ADV) look childish as hell due to how much is going on. I like sleek and simple designs. You'll never see a say sex and the city release with a bunch of random stars, characters, colorful shapes etc all over it. There are ways to convey femininity without looking like an ad for a hello kitty store. Sailor moon alone with a maybe shiny pearlized white background and the logo would be perfect imo.

Well I'm glad viz is improving sailor moon blu rays. Planning on getting sailor moon r blu ray re-release. Are you planning on making a review when all 5 seasons get re-released blu rays?

I hate the viz artwork on the cases/discs. I'm really loving the australian release but I don't wanna buy a new player just to watch an r4 disc :( Other wise I'd totally buy the australian version. I know i could watch it on my pc but I prefer using my ps4 and wish we didn't have to deal with these different region movies.

A 9:29 ACTUALLY the Italian company that released Sailor Moon is I though owned by Viz!! So how did they get good masters and the US get bad masters??!!

For the first two American boxes do you happen to know if the VIZ one (smaller pink box I think?) Do the dubbed voices sound different then the voices in the blue box? Like different voice actors. Edit: I just re watched the video and the blue is only subtitled correct? Do you happen to know which company made the first American dubbed version before Viz?

Hi there! 👋 Your video looks really detailed and fantastic! Great job in the way of comparison. But what I realised that the Australian company Madman Entertainment released the Sailor Moon series and films in Remastered HD version weren’t included in your review. I believe that they were released later after you uploaded your video, and I want to ask you if you purchased and checked them out? If so, how is it compared with the other regions? Thank you for your effort!

But isn't Luna supposed to be a black cat?

Hey Aije, I just got my very own Proplica Cosmic Heart Compact for Christmas!

3:10 Okay, France why the fuck did you had to put a 7+ on there when rated TV-14 and TV-PG?

I was gonna the viz set on Amazon but now I'm scared

I like the colors so much better on the viz version I think it makes it look a lot better, the colors are a lot more bland on the other releases

ok im going to straight in the japanese names than the usa/european titles the japanese titles are pretty soldiers sailormoon. in japan just like resident evil and megaman . biohazard and rockman in japan thats where they got it from. originally.

i meant are the adv DVDs the same voice and music from D.I.C entertainment

Why is the Warner Bros logo is on the back of these Sailor Moon DVDs and Blu-Rays?

Viz is the best dubber sooo

I kinda have to go with viz I've only been a moonie for a couple of years and the first version I EVER watched was Viz's Sub then Dub online. Moonlight Densetsu is my friggin JAM! =) NVM I NEED THE MADMAN DUB

These videos are excellent! Super helpful and informative; thanks for making them :D DAMN, FRANCE. o_____O

I'm not happy with the way any of them look. 😔 I wish they would release Sailor Moon with rich color and more clarity. Especially clarity.

My fav english dub is viz

I really enjoy the new french stars dub. The classic french dub sounds really good too! Did you know that in SMS Haruka is a man in civilian form in the french dub? I am still scratching my head over that...Would love to have the french sets someday.

I have a question. The ADV set had episodes that were never released in the US. Does the VIS blu ray have these episodes as well?

Sailor Moon 90s Anime I am not happy with the Viz Media color Quality If the Official French Dub does not have English subtitles Can you. recommend a seller that uses the Original unedited Japanese good high quality master discs with English Subtitles and the original Japanese Language? It does not mot matter if it is bootleg copy with English Subtitles Just as long as it is a high quality product with beautiful art artwork Thank You So Much for your time as well as patients I am a anime fan as well as a big Sailor Moon fan as well as an artist this is why I care so much about quality Neil Barron P.S. I am interested in the 90$ anime movies as well as the series I hard thiete Iis even Sailor Moon special movie about Ami or Amy but I think this aired only in Japan 😁

So upset now knowing we here in the USA got such bad quality. I buy them anyway because I love SM and want to collect them but its messed up they did that.

Do you know where to get a DVD or Blue Ray complete set for england which is dubbed for sailor moon.

Do the french DVD’s have french closed captioning in french that correspondas to the french tracks? How about the Italian and German editions?

I LOVE the posters in the back! Could I ask where you purchase them? Thanks a lot. Love the channel :)

I think ADV actually didn’t include at least 1 of the season 1 episodes maybe two

Maaan, I just got the ADV uncut sets and you are NOT kidding about the audio being absolutely terrible. Not sure if it's even worth hanging on to. :/

Those silver chrome finger nails rule

Mexcio?

Bellissimi!!!!