Pluto TV launches 24/7 Sailor Moon channel, free with ads

There’s never a bad time to rewatch all 200 episodes of the classic anime Sailor Moon — nor is it ever a bad time to see Sailor MoonYou are doing it for the first time. All the better if you don’t have to pay a dime to do it! Pluto TV is your channel, broadcasting all episodes of the magic girl TV series from 2000 to 2014, and the animated reboot in 2014. Sailor Moon Crystal.

The channel is probably better as a rewatch than a first-time viewing, since it’s airing the episodes in order, and the series is already well underway. (At the time of writing, it’s airing episode 11 from season 2 of the original anime, titled “After-School Trouble: Usagi is a Target.”) If you’ve never seen the show before, you can jump in here and still understand (more or less) what’s going on, because it’s not This complicated — but if you want to watch the entire original anime from episode 1, it’s available on demand via Pluto TV, as well as on Hulu via subscription. (Sailor Moon Crystal It is also available on both platforms, but this author prefers the original series.

Pluto TV’s version has the original Japanese audio with English subtitles. Funny fact: Original English subtitles for the original version Sailor MoonAnimation is a complete retranslation of a plot. It can make a significant difference to many plot arcs. In some cases, it may even be worse. If that’s the version of the show that you saw as a kid, you should definitely check out the versions on Pluto TV and Hulu right now. If you prefer to watch dubs over subs, you’ll be glad to hear that Viz Media redid the entire English dub in 2014 as a much purer translation. Although the updated English dub appears to be on Hulu and Pluto TV, it does not appear that there is any Japanese audio.

Pluto TV’s broadcast of Sailor MoonAnd Sailor Moon Crystal is available for free because there are frequent ad breaks, but honestly, it’s not too bad to watch the show this way, especially as a rewatch on a second monitor or peripheral screen. It feels like the ’90s again, having the TV on in the background. And if you didn’t grow up in the ’90s, Pluto TV will let you pretend. Okay, the ads may seem nostalgic. You can accept it.