Original outfit designs

[Bleu Eyed Brunette]

What do you guys think of the original outfit designs Naoko first drew? I love how they are all so unique, and I think it may have been cool to see them animated. But, I will always love the outfit designs that came to be.

Out of all of them, I think I like Mercury's the best and Jupiter's the least. ;D

You can see scans of them here (3rd and 4th image in the first row):
mangastyle.net/materials.htm

[*Savvy* ツ]

wow they were so pretty. i noticed that mercury had both gloves and sleeves. but the rest of the senshi only had one glove. why is that?

[Ellethwen]

Mercury actually had sleeves that covered her hands all the way. I used the Mercury design as inspiration for the designs on my first otaku senshi =D So, one piece.

As for me, I'm the same in preferences as BEB. Mercury's outfit is, to me, very ice-skateresque, and really fitting for someone who uses ice. The feathers around Jupiter's skirt were really cool, but otherwise the rest of it was very strange. @.@

[*Savvy* ツ]

i agree

[Sailor Cybertron]

Eh, I can't say I'm a big fan of them. Mercury's looks nice and I like how Moon's is similar to Sailor V's, but the rest are just pretty hideous to me. I mean, look at Mars's fugly bow! And poor Jupiter, what's with her getup?

Naoko, I love you and all, but I'm so glad you changed the outfits.

If you ignore the weird singing, this video uses the original outfits in a fan-made Sailor V opening. It's... interesting.

[ladylilith]

XD It's weird, but well done.

I like those outfits, but they would work only on paper...XD not in an anime, too colorful and bizarre.

[Sailor Eris]

I agree with Ladylilith, those outfits are very bizarre. It wouldn't work imo, their main outfits already standout due to its bright colors, but to combine bright colors with unusual and interesting outfits will only make it worse. Thank goodness Naoko chose to use a simplified sailor fuku with lovely colors ^^

[*Savvy* ツ]

i agree with you all. they would definetly stand out. ALOT.

[thewhiterabbit]

Mercury's outfit is really nice, and I like Moons's too. Jupiter's is a bit... well, Naoko wanted to fit inas much as possible? The under-arm straps and arm bands are battle-ready, but the goggle thing...? The skirt decorations and the short, 'shell-like' top remind me of a mermaid!! Overall, I'm glad Naoko refined her ideas a bit.

[Bleu Eyed Brunette]

I'm pretty sure the song in fan made V opening is inspired by Cutey Honey. lol. That was pretty interesting. I can imagine how *long* it must have taken to edit all those frames. haha. Seeing the original outfits animated is cool... and kind of odd.

Edit: lol I just noticed the Oracle has translated scans of the material collection. And now that I look at Mar's outfit again, I can't help but think that in battle that necklace of hers would end up stabbing her in the neck. I think the bow would be okay if the planet symbol was taken off. It's just too much decoration. lol.

[Silverstar]

Actually I don't like them much, they are a bit strange, but I like how Mercury looks.

[Tritogeneia]

I pretty much don't like the way these look, Moon's is the best one.
Mars and Mercury...hell no!

I like the more simpler design, and thank goodness Naoko-sama decided to go with what we now know as senshi fuku.

[midori]

I really like them a lot! I fell in love with the fuku of Sailor Jupiter the first time I saw it. But Mercury's and Mars's look nice too!
Sure, now they look a bit strange to us, because we are used to different fuku!
I like how they all wear masks in these pictures!

But I like their actual fuku better! They give me a feeling of union...a real Sailor Team, so to say!

[tru0001]

and also in their new fuku u can see that Mercury didn't have those shoulder things..... yeah.... anyway... I like Jupiter's one but it was a lil too much....

[Princess Cosmos]

I'm not a big fan of mercury's but i like how they all had some sort of individuality to each one of them what would chibimoon's look like if it was more individual as well as the other soldiers?