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Ami is a very archetypical character and easy to sympathize with, and was the most popular character in Sailor Moon for quite some time. With a 'generic' genius IQ of 300, she nonetheless gains appriecation for artistic things, especially music (and was even a fan of a J-pop band before any of the other girls) Ami is generally considered the sensible one of the give girls, and usually is embarrasment when the group is having a dullard moment.
Ami lives with her mother, a busy doctor who is not home very often, and her face was never seen in the TV series. Ami is originally obsessed with being a perfect student, although it's unknown if her mother contributed to this. Ami's father, a painter who effectively abandoned his family to do his work, is only refered to in the paintings (in place of postcards or letters) he sends. Ami seems to be vague appreicative to him in the TV series, but resentful in the original comic. She is one of the few girls in the series whose family situation was explicity mentioned in the TV series.
Ami was given her own 'special,' an animated version of a manga story featuring her as the star character. She was the only one of the girls budgeted for such a story, and it's generally considered one of her best roles, humorously trying to deal with the concept of having a romantic admirer.
Her personality is generally consitent thru various adaptations of the series. Originally, Ami only wore glasses while reading but perhaps due to fan love for meganekko, she wears them constantly in the Live action series.
She is sometimes compared to Sailor Neptune, though in reality the have quite very different personalities and, by asian elemental reckoning, very different powers.
- Hair: During an interview, head animators admitted although seemingly simple, Ami's hair was extremely hard to draw. She has the most widely inconsistent drawn hairstyle in the series (especially in lower budget episodes) although the 'last' design, nearly shoulder length, is generally considered the fan favorite.
- Boys: Although the television series rarely featured many males in reoccuring roles, Ami's popularity warranted more than one mention of a boy (Uwara) she became friends with in the first season who clearly liked her, although he is never mentioned in other seasons.
- Perv: A semi-running joke in the series is Ami is extremely observant about nonexplicit romatic or sexual conduct in situations within the series, which usually shocks or surprises to the other girls. Ami is sometimes jokingly refered to in anime fandom as a closeted pervert.
