My DVD box set of every Sailor Moon episode ever came in the mail today, and I just watched episode four. The episode begins with Usagi (Sailor Moon) weighing herself and then breaking down into tears, and declaring she is fat and needs to go on a diet. The rest of the episode follows her starving and doing ridiculous workouts at a gym that promises you will lose 5 kilos in 3 days.
I'm not even kidding. This progresses the end of the episode, where Sailor Moon makes the following quote while fighting the bad guys:
"A GIRL WHO WANTS TO LOSE WEIGHT IS STRONGER THAN ANYONE!"
Here's the episode: (or you can watch it here)
I cannot imagine how this ever got aired in the States. At least not with that dialogue. I must watch the English version and see if they changed anything...
Oh god, I haven't watched that in years. good times :-)
ReplyDeleteI have those same box sets. My life for a long time revolved around Sailor Moon. That was even my first website back in the day. You've inspired me to watch them on my blu-ray/hd tv and watch Darien (the original Edward) in large glory.
ReplyDeleteI will pay particular attention to this episode. I watched it so long ago I do not even remember. Now to go look for my beautiful blue Sailor Moon box sets.
Ahaha...yeah, I remember this episode. I thought it was hilarious way back when.
ReplyDeleteSome stuff got changed in the english version, but I think not much since the whole episode's animation clearly involves sight gags.
I think I remember being weirded out by the fact that in the Japanese version of the show Sailors Neptune and Uranus were definitely lesbian, but in the english they were "cousins."
Everytime I watched the english version, I would think of incestuous appalachian inbred blue people...Good times.