First he completely accidentially sold me on the concept with the "rebar in the face" (although the official advo helped too), but then tried his best to explain that it's the same thing as the original and whatnot. Well, he's right, but a) it's self-contained like the Star Wars ep.4 to 6, and b) would you just look at the quality!

One thing that now bothers me is how Max Heart (and the original for that matter) is clearly superior to Sailor Moon... or actually to SM as I remember it from the TV broadcasts (which I started watching in Russian voice-over, but added a bit of U.S. dub later). Due to the big gap between then and now, the perception is very off, so my quest now is to find a novice animblogger with a penchant for rewatching classics (kind of like Theowne's December Binge, only for series) and get a second opinion.

But still, what if Precure really is that much better? SM came to define anime in the mainstream together with DBZ enough for Robot Chicken to make that memorable skit. Max Heart is not even licensed. So, what else have the R1 importation industry had beed hiding from the American fans?