From: chriskern99@gmail.com   
      
   Episode 89 -   
      
   I think most people already know this, but unlike shows in the US,   
   Japanese television shows are almost always run continuously from   
   start to finish, with only two breaks -- a week or two around New   
   Year's, and a week or two around Golden Week (late April-early May).   
   All 200 episodes of SM were run back to back with only these breaks;   
   there were no breaks between the seasons.  Because of this type of   
   schedule, the animators often have to cut corners and use techniques   
   to save time and money -- the two most common techniques are stock   
   footage and clips episodes.  For clips episodes, the challenge for the   
   series designers is always to frame the clips in some manner that   
   makes the viewers want to watch them, while at the same time not   
   introducing so much new footage that it defeats the purpose.  (It's   
   not quite as problematic because for the Japanese viewers, it had been   
   well over a year and a half since the series began.)   
      
   Sailor Moon uses a lot of stock footage, but this is the only clips   
   episode in the series.  There is no new animation, but the 4th-wall   
   breaking voice overs by the senshi provide some interest.  All in all,   
   though, it's not that interesting of an episode, so there's really not   
   much to comment about it.   
      
   Many Japanese sites do not have this listed as an episode of SMR but   
   as a "special" in between R and S -- indeed, the episode itself uses   
   only "Sailor Moon" (without the R) and does not use the theme song or   
   the standard eyecatches.   
      
   -Chris   
      
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