Little Help Regarding DVD Purchase

[Tarnish]

I've been seriously considering buying Sailor Moon on DVD, and I'm having trouble finding uncut, legit first season DVD's or boxsets. Could someone direct me to a website that might have it (if they still exist)?
While I'm at it, I know most of the things that may be objectionable, but not all. Could someone give me the gist of the appropriatness of the show?

[Nate]

ADV released two box sets of the first two seasons of Sailor Moon uncut. Though the production has stopped, you should be able to find them on ebay (or maybe Amazon if you're lucky, also many reputable online anime stores should have a few).

Objectionable content:

Violence: There's not really any blood, except for Nephrite (though his is green for some reason), and a couple of other scenes where you'll see a little bit trickling down one of the Senshi's heads or something. Oh, and

[SPOILER=Last two episodes]The other Sailor Senshi all die.[/SPOILER]

Nudity: The transformation sequences for the Senshi have body outlines, but that's it.

Sexual content: None, really. The girls fawn over Tuxedo Mask, but nothing too serious. However, be aware that unlike the American version, Zoicite is a guy in the original Japanese, and he's all over Kunzite. However, they're bad guys, and you don't ever even see them kiss, you just hear them talking about how much they care for each other.

Language: I don't remember any...I don't think there was anything worse than a couple of "d" words once in a while or a bad guy saying "I'll send you to Hell" or something like that.

Bad religion: Rei is a shinto priestess (miko) who uses the sacred fire to see the future. There's one episode where the Senshi go to the beach and end up having to deal with a ghost.

I think that about covers it, though maybe some other SM fans can throw in anything I've missed. ^^

By the way, the age rating on the uncut/unedited box set is 15+

[Tarnish]

Thank you! Actually, the bad stuff doesn't even sound as bad as I remember..
I found one, but I'm not sure if it's right. Seems I'll have to do more research then I thought.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SAILOR-MOON-Season- ... sPageNameZ WD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Nate]

I checked your link. Yes, that's the authentic box set released by ADV. I own it. ^^

[Tenshi no Ai]

Just to throw in a bit more...

Violence:
Yeah not too too much either than spots of blood and what the spoiler above mentions.

Nudity:
I was gunna mention ep 200 but I guess that's not licensed^^ Um one thing they DID cut in the American versions is Usagi in the tub showing some cleavage.... Chibi Usa is also shown nude in the 3rd movie but ribbon's covering her.

Sexual content:
There's also Uranus and Neptune's romance... so they are in fact a gay couple. I'd add more in here that's a bit more indirect but once again it involves Sailor Stars.

Language:
Really light on the subs. The occasional b**** or d*** but that's about it.

Bad religion:
One ep in the first season deals with fortune telling so palm reading, and I think tarot cards were in there as well (or was that a diff ep? I keep thinking it's in S, but I'm probably wrong). And well, don't forget the heros ARE "magical girls" and also... reincarnation is a HUGE theme of the show... ummm I know there's actually quite a bit in the show (but hey, it does also involve Catholic themes in a couple eps).

[Tarnish]

Thanks for all of your help. I'll definitely be getting this as soon as I can!

[Nate]

Sexual content:
There's also Uranus and Neptune's romance... so they are in fact a gay couple. I'd add more in here that's a bit more indirect but once again it involves Sailor Stars.

They don't show up until Season 3 though. ]Bad religion:
One ep in the first season deals with fortune telling so palm reading, and I think tarot cards were in there as well (or was that a diff ep? I keep thinking it's in S, but I'm probably wrong).[/QUOTE]
Nope, first season. Second episode in fact, if I remember correctly. Jadeite sets up a false fortune telling stand and is able to take control of a lot of the guys in the school, and Umino is one of them. Watching Umino flip up Miss Haruna's skirt while he's being controlled was pretty funny. XD;;

[Tenshi no Ai]

[quote="kaemmerite"]They don't show up until Season 3 though. ]

My bad! Forgot the topic was directed specifically on the first season.

Sheesh looking back on the DVDs that they cut out on the dub, was it REALLY necessary for some? :/ Shingo kicked Luna WOW! Kids might get the ideas to kick their pets! There's a ghost in an ep WOW. I can name about 10 other cartoons with the same sort of deal. And.... the whole ep with Sailor V's past was taken out too I'm certain of :/

<---- ish not anti-dub... just anti-BAD dub :/

[Arnobius]

Overall it's pretty harmless with Season 1. Season 3 (S) and 5 (Stars)are probably the worst with sexual innuendo. Season 3 is probably the most violent.

Good luck getting the box sets.

[Tarnish]

Thanks, I can already tell I'm gonna need it

[Rogie]

Right Stuf has the first 2 seasons still in-stock, I think. You should check them out; they've had one of the boxed sets on sale (big-time) for months.

It's always nice to help out a fellow Sailor Moon fan.

[Tarnish]

Okay, just one last question, I read some of the reviews on the 1st box set, and more or less all of them say the picture and sound quality is horrid. Should I go ahead and buy it, or wait a few years until another edition comes out (if it does)?

[Nate]

The picture quality is fine. The sound quality is below average...BUT, you have to realize what sound quality was like back then. They didn't have fancy 5.1 Stereo Surround sound back then, so the sound quality is bad, but that's a result of the original sound quality, not the transfer.

I'm pretty sure there isn't going to be any "Remastered" versions or anything, so holding out isn't gonna do you much good. This is probably your only chance at getting the first two seasons uncut/original language.

[Arnobius]

Yes, regrettably the sound is rather poor, but it is listenable. One episode had some bad vibration on it... you won;t be able to get that fixed by ADV now.

[Rogie]

Yeah, the sound is not so great, but I got used to it rather quickly. I'm actually rewatching the first box set at the moment, and I'm enjoying it a lot.