Review: Silver Moonlight
Author: Raventeam (boy is that a catchy name ^^)
Review by: Usagi-star
Silver Moonlight
Content: *****
Originality: ***
Design/layout: ***1/2
Technicality: ***1/2
Overall statement: A VERY compelte site with everything from villains shrines to love stories to
(The maximum amount of stars is five.)
The orange-themed entrance page is pretty, and the Usagi pic is gorgeous. ^_^ There are 6 locations of this page, which is more than enough to choose from. I'll choose the one at Tripod (in English ^_^). If you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about for half this review you probably chose something other than the Tripod mirror, which looks different from the others.

The main page is beautiful, I love it. It loads really quickly, the picture is really pretty, and the color isn't obnoxious or boring. The only thing I would suggest is maybe putting in a star-type background somewhere. But it's gorgeous as it is. ^^

"Moonlight Reflections" has a similar layout - already I can see this site is going to use uniform layouts. Great choice. ^_^ The color scheme is once again interesting, although the title is a bit too yellow IMHO. (Getttin' reeeaaally picky now. ^^) The titles are all very nice and not too cheesey.

"The Chronicles" is a very eloquently titled, nice summary of all the seasons split into ten chapters. I like this idea although it can be hard to differentiate between the seasons. It might be better to explain which movies are which and separate them from the TV show. Also, the paragraphs could be separated more clearly because sometimes it's just a long chunk of text. However, it seems as though the authors have seen all of the series, and these are reliable summaries.

"Dome of the Senshi" looks somewhat like SMCC's profiles-gone-shrines page; it would take forever to comment on each of the shrines as separate pages, but they do have a similar design and it isn't all that bad. The content isn't very original, but at least it's all there and complete. I must say I like the shrines much more than the profiles, which are the same things you see at every other page. However, there are some very nice images here, all in small, convenient thumbnails.

This page is also good at covering the other side of the Sailormoon universe: the villains. The "Cave of Darkness" page has a layout that's simple and yet somehow very...dark. It does look like a cave. There is plenty to see and do here, as well as information that must have taken ages to document. Once again the author's keen knowledge of the series shines.

The "Palace of Hearts" has a sweet, light layout that could use a little spice but I won't complain anymore about that. The write-ups are so long and detailed that they surpass anything I've read about this particular topic. It's funny how phrases like "I hope they're happy forever" or "I hope they finally get together" are used since the series has ended, but anyway... I'm very impressed by how many relationships are documented here.

Now we move to Moonlight Dreams...Another pretty layout, this time with a Michiru theme. The Royal Art Collection is INCREDIBLY big, with PLENTY to look at. A lot are Raventeam's compositions, and most are ones I hadn't even seen before. That's saying a lot. ^^ Even Tuxedo Kamen's gallery has a full 16 pictures. Wonderful job.

The fanart gallery is also huge, and offers lots of pretty stuff for fanart fans like me. ^_^ The Bard's Hall is also very nice and has an elegant design.

The Archives are quite small, but has very useful content. One note on the background page: it takes forever to load the backgound image here and the text isn't legible until it does. The information here is quite interesting and relevant.

The "Moonlight Beams" page looks quite funky because the green background of the table is not nearly light enough to see. I can just barely tell it's green. The Credits page is very complete, however, and I am impressed.

As a comprehensive site to Sailor Moon, this site is awesome. There is TONS here and it would take four or five visits to really read it all (or more). I don't think you need to work on that, really. The design is great in some parts, in others it's pretty bland. If you wanted this site to be supreme, you could develop some original ideas and interactive features, maybe add more to the archive, which I see as the site's most original feature. In some areas the layout could use some spice; maybe experiment with background to the left and right, and if you could pull it off correctly, frames. Right now it's a great page because I can tell you've put a lot of effort and time into it. Keep this up, and try innovating. ^_^

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