With the new Sailor Moon anime having something like a release date (July 2014), there's a lot of talk in the fandom about whether the new anime will be any good or not. Questions are getting asked like, "Is it a remake of the first anime?" and "Will it be true to the manga?" Some people want to see a sequel to the first anime, something like the adventures of Sailor Chibi Moon once she inherits the mantle of Sailor Moon. Still others would prefer a prequel: what happened in the Silver Millennium prior to Queen Beryl's attack?

What we've heard thus far is that it will not be a remake of the first anime with a shiny new animation style and J-Pop soundtrack, but it will be a new anime that follows the manga plot line more closely. Those factors alone couldn't stop the series from sucking…but I don't think the new Sailor Moon will suck. Here are five reasons why.

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