Has anyone noticed...

That Viz has been taking liberties with the translation of the subs on Sailor Moon Crystal.

And one has to remember when you mess with Sailor Moon there is a curse where your company will go under in order of how much you mess with it. DiC and Saban went under. Optimum also. Geneon, and Tokyopop suffered near bankruptcy.

Nani o sore? is not "shut up" Shut up in Japanese can be either rendered as "Damate" or "Shizuka ni"

Nani o sore? is more like a "whatever." or more literally, "What is that?"

In context, Usagi is trying to be carefree about her grades. But saying shut up, doesn't have the same connotation.

When discussing the scores and Ami being from a family where her mom is a doctor, they do not say she seems "unfriendly", but that she lives in a different world. Chigau Sekaii is "Different world" So literally, she lives in a "different world" than us. Unfriendly is Nakama inai... (Has no friends)

"Find your allies and your princess and *protect* her." not "save" her. Luna says... Mamoru yo. Not Tasukete yo.

Youma are not "The evil" --;; I wish they'd translated that better. Spirits, demons... even the basic "monster" "Evil" is a different word in Japanese. It doesn't have the same level that "monster" does.

I am accounting for the situational and the cultural contexts, but I can't seem to understand the anamolies in translation.

That said, I'm pretty pleased with the series itself. It's like the manga if Takeuchi-sensei were to redo it from the top. It has that feeling. And it also doesn't feel like it's trying to rewrite the original anime one bit. I just wish Viz put more effort into the subs translation.... though I understand the short turn around can't be easy for them.