My original prediction had been that the third season of Sailor Moon Crystal would premiere around July about the same time we got the first episode.

To my wonderful surprise, it has been announced that the premiere of the new season will in fact debut this spring.

I think it’s safe to say March is ruled out. I also like to plan for the worst in assuming that April won’t be the launch either.

I know this has absolutely no effect, but at the rate the Crystal dubbed episodes are premiering online, they should be wrapped up around the beginning of May which lines up perfectly with this spring 2016 release claim. Regardless, I’m super happy with the news. It means that season three will be coming to us two months earlier than I anticipated.

Definitely season three- So some of us were under the impression that the first two arcs of Crystal were all constituted as season one. Apparently this has been incorrect and they were in fact considered seasons one and two separately. The unofficial logo for the upcoming season has been released and they are titling it “season III.” This means that as of right now the only thing we know for sure is that were are getting the Infinity Arc. This does not mean I don’t think we’ll get the last two arcs. The doubt that this leaves is whether or not both seasons will air back to back as the first two did or if there will be another hiatus once the last act of Infinity concludes.

It has also been announced that the series will have a new director as well as new character designer. A black and white image of all the senshi created by that new artist was released.

I can certainly see the difference in style from the previous two arcs and though I didn’t really have a problem with them, I completely welcome this change. As to what a new director means? Who knows. There was certainly issues with pacing and delivery when it came to the second arc. I know people complained about that with Dark Kingdom but I personally thought it was fine.

Will there be more acts? Will it insist on following the manga to the beat? Who knows. So much is still in the air. For now, let’s just enjoy the fact that we’re probably going to get this new season some time in May as well as this great concept art.

Also, if they are taking a new creative route on the character designs, it means we’ll most likely be seeing new transformation sequences for all ten senshi (!!)

Sorry but what I wouldn’t give for a great anime transformation sequence…