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Production of the North American versions of Sailor Moon S and Sailor Moon Super S, as well as the movies from Cloverway Inc. ( the international branch of Toei Animation, the Japanese production company ) in association with Optimum Productions was strikingly different from DIC's dubs of Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon R in that they were much closer to the original version.

The original animation and music were kept, except for the opening theme, which was the same as DiC's version, but with different animation, the closing theme, which was the same as DiC's opening / closing without the vocal track, and CGI scene transitions which were continued for the edited television broadcast version to maintain consistency with the DiC-produced episodes.

The " Sailor Says " segments were eliminated, and much less overt censorship was in evidence, as the rules for children's television in America having been relaxed in the intervening years due to the advent of a TV ratings system ; the show itself was rated " TV-Y7-FV ".

However, many Sailor Moon fans disliked the " Americanization " of the two series by the addition of slang words ( such as " fine " or " buggin '") with no corollary in the Japanese series, as well as incorrect or inconsistent attack and transformation phrases being used at times.

They also vehemently objected to the treatment of the characters of Sailor Uranus ( Amara / Haruka Tenoh ) and Sailor Neptune ( Michelle / Michiru Kaioh ) during Sailor Moon S. Though it was never stated in the series, Naoko Takeuchi confirmed that they were lesbians ; in Cloverway's adaptation they became " cousins " instead, an attempt to explain their relationship away as something else, since homosexuality is typically an extremely taboo subject in American children's entertainment.