Sailor Moon Sailor Stars: The Complete Collection

Ok, so it is a bootleg. But, in my opinion, it is a pretty darn good bootleg! You can hear the audio crystal clear, and the picture quality is pretty good. The only things wrong with it is, on a couple discs, there is no menu to start the disc, and during the show on a couple discs, there are missing subtitle lines from the show, but not enough to make you miss out on anything important. Also, the theme song subtitles have a few missing lines on a couple discs. Rather than that, it is a pretty good bootleg. And, considering that Sailor Stars was never released to America, I think this was well worth my money.

I have no clue what these other people who have rated this disk set as bad are talking about! I first watched this streamed online. After buying this DVD set. its perfect! no audio or visual skips or issues, captions are great. FYI this wasnt aired in the US so therefore it would make perfect sense why it was never dubbed! Dont like it? oh well! This dvd set didnt have any special features, which was fine. if youre just looking to have a hard copy collection of sailor moon, then this is definitely a good purchase for you!

I recently watched Sailor Moon on Youtube and got so into it I watched the final season in Japanese. It was great I loved the story it moved fast. Plus the end was great it left you satisfied. This box set is great. Only thing is sometimes the subtitles are wrong or someone typed randomness. Other than that very enjoyable. Nice to relive my childhood. Any Sailor Moon fan would love the final season!

I used to own this set when I was in college, back when Sailor Moon Stars was still unlicensed here and bought it for about $20. The case doesn't hold the disks well even as it's folded up for one, the video quality is not good and the translation was a free fansub that the producer of these scooped up and made a profit off of anyway. There's also no dub or special features. Unless you find this for less than the official sets (which, it's not 2010 anymore, all of Sailor Moon is officially on bluray and dvd now) there's not a single benefit to owning it over the official one if you live in the U.S. Save your money and avoid.

I think this is a copy of the cd's just by the quality of the image on the case and the cd's themselves, but the show is in good quality...

I first started watching Sailor Moon as a child (like many people, it was my gateway into anime.) When I got older and realized there were five seasons, I was ecstatic! That is, until I realized that it had never been dubbed in our country. And so I knew I would have to go to the "underbelly" of the anime world, go against my morals, and buy a bootleg. And, despite my initial worries, I was pleasantly surprised! The packaging itself is wonderful, not even my fellow anime loving friends could tell it was a bootleg at first. The only big packagaing tipoff is, in a little section on the back cover that lists character's names, Artemis is misspelled as Aramis. Unlike official anime releases, which give you the scene selection choice of Opening, Part A, Part B, and Ending, this only gives you a very simplistic episode selection with the title cards, which are unforunately in Japanese. So unless you can read the characters, you'll have to do what I did and print an episode list off a fansite, or Wikipedia. You also have to hit the menu button on a couple of the dvds, as they start playing automatically. Another little issue is occasional problems with the subtitles, which is most heavily present in three episodes. Firstly in "A Farewell and an Encounter! The Destiny of Flowing Stars", the last episode to feature Nehelenia. The subtitles for the last bit of the episode start playing as the senshi are reforming her, so while she's talking about wanting to start over, you see subtitles underneath talking about her falling asleep. If I hadn't seen these screencapped beforehand, I wouldn't have known what was going on. Secondly in "A Storm at School! Transfer Students are Idols", the episode where the football player becomes a Phage. The subtitles are very off, and continually say something about fish, I believe? I haven't rewatched that particular episode lately, so I'm guessing it was a sign in the background. Lastly, in "Night Between Us! Usagi's Pinch", the episode where Seiya ends up at Usagi's house, and the night ends up crazy as everyone else shows up as well. There are many parts where people are speaking and there are absolutely no subtitles at all. This is the one that upsets me the most, as I want to know what's going on between the characters. Sometimes, as well, I feel like subtitles don't display all of what a character is saying, as they're speaking at great length while the subtitle is only maybe three sentences long. The biggest problem I had is that one episode went a little jumpy on me, specifically "The Scream of Dead Souls? Terror of a Monster at Camp", in which the Three Lights are filming an action movie, and the Phage is Rei's cousin Kengo. It isn't my favorite and it doesn't drive the plot at all anyway; I tend to skip it. But if someone ever wanted to borrow my set, they might want to see it. Overall, this gets an 8/10 for me. One point deducted for subtitle issues, and one for the skipping episode. I'm glad to have finally been able to see Stars, and it's a great season! On a side note, as excited as I am for the 2013 reboot of my beloved BSSM, I wish they would at least release this officially with subtitles in the US, as the original Monster Of The Day format is the Sailor Moon I grew up with. Perhaps a box set for each of the five seasons? Viz Media has apparently just acquired the rights for releasing the show in Germany, so I'm hoping they'll work on an American release as well!

In case some of you didn't know, Viz Media does have the license to ALL of the seasons of Sailor Moon, including Sailor Stars, which will receive an official North American release in a couple years or so (so far, as of this writing, Viz has dubbed up to the first half of R, the second season), and on top that, it will be released with an English dub for the first time ever. Trust me. It's better to wait for the official release than to buy a potential bootleg pirated version.

This is the best bet for your money. Since the studios refuse to release a professionally translated version of Sailorstars in the U.S., this bootleg edition is fantastic. The dvd quality is very good and the subtitles are well done, with a few occasional slip-ups where a line or two was forgotten. This set has no extras, but all 34 episodes of Sailorstars exist subtitled in English in all their glory. A must have for any avid Moonie.