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Bunny's Tour Through the Silver Millennium
Creator: Gina Maglio
General Info: A large, unique "tour themed" combo site
Nominated By: Rage and RacerX

Comments:

CereCere

"Bunny's Tour" has a unique theme, as the name implies, it's set up to act like a guided tour through the Sailor Moon story, complete with its own bunny ear wearing tour guide. It's a nice idea, giving it a slightly different feel from other combos. Sure similar the tour themes have since been tried by other sites, but this one has stuck to it and has pulled it off.
Overall the info is pretty good, and includes many sections not normally found on other sites. However there are some very minor slips here and there. For example, I don't think Phobos and Deimos are supposed to have the title of "Sailor", they are more of regarded as Mars' guardians, not senshi. But pointing that out might be a bit too picky on my part. The Interviews section presents the main character profiles in a different way and fits right in with the Tour theme. I also like how a lot of the sections are tied in together, like if you want to find out more info on a certain subject that's provided somewhere else on the site, a link is usually provided to help you find it. I could go on and on about the other sections, but there are way to many for this review, however I would also recommend checking out some of the very unique sections like: Minako's Mangled Proverbs, Red Tatoo, and How Do You Say That.
The only real setup problem I can see is how it's sometimes difficult to find certain sections. For example, senshi profiles are usually included in the info section, but here they are listed under "Galleries of Art". I understand it's because the senshi galleries are tied right into the profile "interviews", it's just a bit confusing for people who are used to finding those types of subsections under the title of "Info". Because of this, if you are someone who wants to find something on this site quickly, without browsing through several section I would recommend you use the Site Map on the "Lost? Go To The Tour Directory" page. As for the rest of the setup, everything loads quick and looks fine.
In short, this site is a large, well established, and frequently updating SM combo site that is worth checking out on a regular basis.

VesVes

Here's one site who can protect you from boredom for a whole evening. Bunny's tour through the silver millenium has tons of stuff, and most of it is presented in original ways. The Read Along sections contains different stories from Sailormoon, in prose that makes the information very nice to read. Birth of a Legend and Powers of a Moonchild, for exemple, give a beautiful telling of the events of the first and second season of the anime from Usagi's pov.
The Sailormoon mythology section is one of the nicest section of the kind I have seen. Not only does it have info on the greek mythology caracters that are namesakes and inspiration for the SM caracters, it also gives a short parallel to the SM caracters themselves, pointing out what they have in common and how they differ from their namesakes. Another nice feature of this section is the sheer number of caracters for which info is given (I counted 25, including some villains).
This site has a lot to offer, and a lot of it is very original and well done. Do yourself a favor and bookmark this site for frequent visits!

JunJun

To start with, the layout is pretty in some places, especially with the use of the graphics and the fanart. But the layouts aren't very consistent as a whole, and the senshi profiles in particular seem to be really crammed with information and pics everywhere. It's overall simple and pretty fast loading. The actual page set-up (the links and stuff) is unique; I did have a few problems with navigation because of the names of the areas that was kind of weird. (For instance, "Mini Mall" reminded me of one of those stores where you buy stuff through Amazon or something).
"Japanese Terms & Info" contains Japanese words and definitions.
"Info Brochures": "Story of the Pretty Warrior" summarizes the end of the Silver Millennium and the role the senshi have in the present. "Rebirth: Sailormoon Myths" has in-depth information on various myths related to characters in SM (not just the senshi but enemies too). The "SM FAQ" has answers to various questions (though a few answers are questionable. The spellings to the Outer Senshi's last names for instance aren't technically correct as you don't write "Kai'oh"/"Kai'ou"; "Elios" vs. "Helios" is also rather subjective given that "Helios" is probably the name Takeuchi was going for in relationship at least). "Minako's Mangled Proverbs" is cool, it has has everything wrong Minako says; "How Do You Say That?" is a pronunciation guide as well as a listing of the name changes. "Soldiers vs Scouts" has name changes and place changes and reasonings behind it (though "tsukikage" does mean "moonlight", literally it is "moon shadow" but it means moonlight). The "Episode Guide" has translations of the episode names and a brief description/summary of each episode.
"Snapshots and Interviews" has image galleries of the senshi but also in-depth info (stats, powers/attacks, items, name pronunciations, "interviews", "omake/extra", some manga comparisons, and other stuff). Some of the facts are off in the sections mainly in the Outer Senshi's areas (the henshin names, and Saturn doesn't have a henshin stick). Also some stuff comes from the manga but isn't made explicit (Luna and Artemis, for instance, are never mentioned to come from Mau in the anime). Overall as a whole the information is very good though. There are also pictures of the senshi in romances and groups. There are a lot of doujinshi images too besides pics from the anime and manga. Also information on miscellaneous characters and manga only soldiers (though Guardian Cosmos, Phobos, and Deimos are not actually Sailor Senshi).
"Mini Mall": Has some nice fanart, good info on the villains (alphabetically categorized) with pros, cons, names, attack names, romanized names, affiliations, brief descriptions, pictures of the manga counterparts, and names in English if avaliable. The "Royal Court" section has some brief information on Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, and Lady Serenity with images and previous identities. "Starlight Cafe" has MIDIs and in-depth information (stats, appearances, general info, powers, opinions) on the Starlights and Kakyuu from the anime and manga with pictures.
The page also contains some fanfics, fanart, and a few free webgraphics. It also has information on the owner, what appears to be a fairly popular SM pen pal section, links to merchandise, and a separate shrine to the SMR movie with images, song lyrics, character info, movie credits, and the different versions of the movie.
Generally when I list stuff like that, it's for my own purpose to keep track of what's going on. In this case, this is a really long list, so you can see that this site has lots of things to see, read, and do, and it is certainly a very good Sailormoon webpage, definitely worth checking out. You won't be disappointed, it's refreshing in its originality, and it will definitely keep you entertained for quite a while.



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