Uranus

Bunny's Ambition is in a minority among Sailor Moon sites, being a manga site. The anime is mentioned in passing, but most of the content pertains to the manga. While I would think that would tend to make the site subdued and less fan-ish, that's not the case here. Perhaps this is because the site is in tribute to the English Mixx-translated manga.

The site is possessed of a simple and good layout (remarkable how often those two traits combine), and there is testimony in the opinion section as to why this is the case. The site author uses the Netscape browser on a Macintosh computer at a screen resolution of 1152x870. So if this site works for her, it should work for you. One semi-glitch though is that every time I click on a new page, it jumps to the bottom as soon as it finishes loading, then jumps back to the top. Weird. Probably the Mac's fault. (*is a major PC elitist ^_^) But visually the site is very pretty and easy to use.

Much of the information contained in the commonly seen pages is, well, common, but because it's a manga site it's not exactly what's available elsewhere. If you're looking for manga wallpapers or icons, this site would be a good place to go. Also, the character profiles are unique since even sites that discuss both the manga and the anime tend to lean toward the anime in that respect.

In the "Manga" section is where this site really begins to break new ground. A good variety of information about the manga is provided, in synposes and FAQs, mostly for people who haven't read it, and wheras anime info is usually already known, this is valuable to a lot of readers. And for people who have, you can see some of the differences between the manga and the anime, and between the Japanese manga and the translation.

Smack in the middle of the menu is an opinion section, and this made the site for me, particularly the rants. In addition to the one on website design, there are two which concern in large part, the translation vs. original issue, both in anime and manga. Now pay attention, because this is important. I disagreed vehemently with both of these. Reading them sent me tearing around the room in anger. But I would much rather have that reaction to an opinion than to say "meh" and move on. I'll say it again: if you're going to write opinions, write opinions

So there you have it. If you feel you've drained every drop of goodness out of the anime and are looking to take the next plunge into the manga, you've got a good starting place if you head to Bunny's Ambition. It's been around for five years, and doesn't look like it's going anyplace, and we need steady sites like that

Neptune

Layout-it's an ok layout. I've seen better but there are a lot worse out there. The only thing that really bugs me is the menu. It's so bland and it takes up too much space up on top.

The site does have it's good points tho. Information that is detailed on each character that many sites don't have. Also would like to point out that the author has "Mixxtakes". Cute title and I like that she put the errors that Tokyopop made when translating the manga.

Content-Again lots of information and images. A good place to get some information if one is new to the world of Sailor Moon.

Overall opinion-I like this site except for the the menu on top. Other then that the site is ok. Nothing harsh on the eyes and is pretty easy to navigate.

Pluto

Breakdown of site 65/100

Welcome and site Identity 7
-A basic welcome page with updates and banners. Everything seems pretty neat and organised. Very basic, yet it works.

Navigation 7
-A navigation bar of sorts at the top of the screen which doesn't quite go with the rest of the site. The colours match but it is longer than it needs be. If you had it merely across the top of where the actual site is, it would look and feel better. There is plenty of space to do that (between the wording) as it looks kind of unfinished as it is now with the empty bar at the end. The menus are set out pretty organised so the visitor can find her/his way around quite easily.

Content of Interest 8
-There is a lot of content that is different from most sites, altho mainly English Dub based. Sill a good site as far as that goes. The links all appear to work and the information is longer than a few sentences that most other sites have, which is good too. It shows that the designer took care in writing up the content. The opinions, while I don't necessarily share them, are an interesting aside. The shoe quiz was not as easy as it appeared.

Advertising and sponsorship 7
-A good set of links at the end, although I know that a few of them no longer exist so some updating is needed here.

Self-promotion 7
-Again, good affiliates, if uninspiring, showing that the designer has taken at least some thought to who she wishes to be affiliated with.

Filler 7
-There is a bit of filler info in the site, tho it does tie into the major points of the SM series. The opinions section didn't really merit it's own category but it does work. I think that a few things could be juggled around to make it more streamlined in appearance with not so much filler information and more info on the rest of the series incarnations.

White-space 6
-Too much space between the sides of the screen and the main page itself. Either reduce the blue spaces or enlarge the middle, either way it would work and look a lot nicer. It just makes me wonder if it was done this way to make it look like there's more here than there is. The blue of the sides is a bit brighter and drowns out the peaceful pinkish colour of the site itself, so if you tone that down a bit, maybe using the softer pale blue in the image of Bunny in the top graphics, it might look a lot easier on the eyes.

Other 7
-On the whole, a good site, but rather uninspiring just the same. More and more sites are getting away from being one-character-focussed, and while she has bios and info from all of the characters, the rest of the information on the site is primarily Bunny Tsukino focussed. This is rather boring when I could go to another site and find out about all the different series there are and how they are the same and differ etc.

Saturn

Alrighty, upon opening this site, I thought it was going to be a very cute layout as the main images is insanely adorable... and then the menu popped up over the very top of the page. This is alright if there isn't anything in the space, but for this site it makes it look flawed and detracts from the friendly feel that the site had before the menu came up.

I am trying to keep my sanity while viewing this site as this has GOT to be one of the most boring sites I have ever reviewed. That doesn't mean it isn't a good site, but the problem is this.... the layout is alright (minus the menu), but it is just NOT working for me because all the information as well as it is set out doesn't do anything to really drag me into it. I can't mock the site because there is nothing to mock. It is well set up...

The only part of this site that I really had to talk about is the "Buffy and Bunny" section. If this statement offends anybody, then oh well, but I frickin hate Buffy and think that it was the absolute stupidest show ever to be put on the air. And the fact that this person has taken it on themselves to try to make Usagi and Buffy appear remotely similar.... well it makes me want to melt plastic over my eyes and then drop myself into a vat of acid... It might be my overwhelming hate for Buffy, but I feel that this doesn't belong on this site as where the hell does Buffy come to play in the SM world? *bangs head on keyboards repeatedly*

This site is alright, but nothing spectacular. For now it goes off to the land of the bland and should it change in the future... well I hope so.