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There's this crazy on YouTube called "Carameldansen" which features random characters doing the same dance against music.
They're all very cute and normally offer a humourous way to see characters that wouldn't normally be dancing.
A few weeks ago a follower on twitter sent me this link and I faved the video as soon as I saw it!
Not only is Moon and Mini Moon well drawn but the artist has thrown in transformations into the mix to include all their anime forms AND several civilian costumes!
Hope you like it as much as I do!
p.s. You've probably noticed I've been doing some layout updates here and there this weekend to make the site a little more streamlined. Included with this update was a a completely new footer for the site. Can you find the special Moonie Easter Egg? It offers a little bit of an extra Moonie Music joy for those who find it!
As you can probably tell I've been doing some more fiddling with the site's layout. I asked all you awesome people who follow MKNET on Twitter what they liked and didn't like concerning the side nav and pretty much everyone agreed getting rid of the Interviews banner was the way to go. Opinions on the DVD info was split 50/50 so I shrank the amount of space it took up but kept the links there as I've been getting a lot of emails and tweets telling me how useful people find them.
I also added some social bookmarking icons to the top part of the site and am curious which ones people actually use. I'm definitely keeping StumbleUpon but am unsure how popular the others are. Please comment below and let me know what you personally do or don't use. Less is more I always say! ;)
While cleaning up the site I also shrank the Donators section and created a whole new page for all that jazz. Thanks again to everyone that's donated so far! Every little bit helps and is muchly appreciated!
Now onto the news!
Just yesterday I was walking through Kinokuniya in Shinjuku and saw the pamphlet for the new Sailor Moon DVDs on the wall as well as the larger shiny metalic poster behind the counter.
Was really surprised as this is the first time I'd seen any Sailor Moon advertising for the new Sailor Moon DVDs at all.
Someone on the staff must be a Moonie because as I kept walking through the manga section I saw all the Sailor Moon manga out in prime position right near the entrance!
The little sign simply talks about how this is the manga the anime was based on, it being the whole series and also mentions the side stories.
Very nice to see!
Elsewhere on the Moonie web:
Three-Lights.net has just updated with what has to be one of my favourite Sailor Moon layouts of all time!!! SUCH AN AMAZING LAYOUT GUYS!!! Check it out!
Dreaming Moon has some cool scans worth checking out.
There's a brand new Sailor Moon site online that's focusing on the show's relaunch in Italy, SailorMoonWorld.it! They've got a really fresh layout and some great information on the show in Italy as well as peaks at the brand new Sailor Moon artwork that's been created for the show there. I love this site so much I've just affiliated with it! Check it out guys!
Recently I had the pleasure to sit down and interview the wonderfully skilled voice actress of the Sailor Moon anime's first villain Queen Beryl, Naz Edwards!
She's an absolute legend and offers some great insight into the early years of the English dub.
Continuing with the Glee theme, this time with a Sailor Moon music video set to a version of a song from the actual show, Defying Gravity!
I love this song and was pretty impressed with this music video (despite the annoying unnecessary opening "credits" which almost made me decide to exclude it).
The international relaunch of the most loved series in the history of Japanese anime starts in Italy
Toei Animation and Backstage have signed a contract for the relaunch, of the now "anime classic", Sailor Moon on the Italian market. The Licensing agency manages the rights for Sailor Moon for television, publishing (magazines etc), merchandise and possible theater show in Italy. Mrs Naoko Takeuchi, the series' creator, has contributed to the project's realisation in a significant and active way.
"We're happy" says Mr. Kanji Kazahaya, senior partner of Toei Animation Europe "to confide Backstage with the relaunch of Sailor Moon. Italy is strategically the best country for a global relaunch. The Italian public, in fact, has always shown great sensitivity towards 'anime', proved by the great success of merchandise."
Toei Animation confirms their confidence in the Italian licensing agency which also holds the rights of other important Toei properties like Dragon Ball, Sainty Seiya and One Piece.
During the nineties Sailor Moon was a true hype/phenomenon/hit in Japan and one of the biggest success around the world in terms of merchandise. Sailor Moon's "heritage" consists of 200 episodes, 26 minutes each; 5 complete seasons of which there are six +45 minute episodes (lungometraggio means an episode which is longer than 45 minutes; I don't know a word for this in English, sorry ^^") Sailor Moon has captured the hearts of a wide audience, mostly women, thanks to the series' originality, humour, action and sentiment.
"We are really glad that we can manage Sailor Moon's licensing rights for the second time" says Gianpietro Peia, CEO of Backstage "and we are also proud of this result after negotiating with the mangaka. Sailor Moon can count a broad fanbase and well-known all over the world, that's why we hope/think that it will be a commercial success in the Italian regions. Many companies have already shown interest in the development of new product lines which will contain a completely renewed Style Guide."
Mediaset has already shown interest in buying the television rights of the series which should start airing in the Autumn of 2010."
*/Note: theatre shows about anime/cartoons in Italy usually (let's say around 80% xD) include songs (cf Winx Club on Tour, Winx on Ice & Winx Power;; )
- I hope this helped a bit and apologies for English mistakes ^^
Thank you so much Marie for your efforts! Moonies rock!
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From what I can see they all appear to be rereleases of old Sailor Moon CDs that have long been out of print. Basically the soundtracks for each season and one or two song collection CDs. It's unknown if there will be anything new with these releases such as new cover art but I'm sure all that will be revealed in due time.
This is pretty cool as it shows that the Powers That Be in Japan think that there is still a market for Sailor Moon merchandise.
Personally I think it would be nice if any webmasters reading this took down the mp3s for these CDs from their sites to help support their sales and encourage even more Sailor Moon merchandise from Japan (like new artbooks, musical DVDs or even a new anime!) With these CDs back in print and them being so affordable (only ï¿¥2625 each!) there really is no need to offer mp3s of these CDs anymore. What do you think?
Also in Sailor Moon news in these last 24 hours, this site has some cool news about Sailor Moon's rerelease in Italy and shows a new logo! Personally I love it, especially the star on the "i". A wonderful fan is translating this page for me but from what I can tell is says that they'll be reairing all the movies and episodes and releasing more merchandise. Basically confirming what was reported a few months ago.
While I'm typing, I may as well get a head start on tomorrow's Sailor Moon Roundup!
Yesterday I finally uploaded some screencaps of the new DVD Boxes! You can see images of the DVD menus here and if you want to compare image quality over the three separate Sailor Moon DVD releases you can check out this Mailbag question that has been updated!
Seriously I don't think since Sailor Moon that there's been a show that I've been so into as much as Glee.
I absolutely love the music on that show and bought a few songs on iTunes during the holidays but then one of my friends bought me both soundtrack CDs for Christmas! How good is that!
I'm on such a Glee high right now that I've decided to feature a few videos with songs from the show over the next few weeks.
This week I wanted to spotlight a Sailor Moon music video to the Glee Cast version of No Air but while searching for a quality music video to this song I became really frustrated! So many fan music videos nowadays feature ridiculously long pre-movie credits and then useless long credits at the end as well. If you're a music video maker and you're reading this please stop putting credits before music videos. If you feel you have to then put it at the end. I thought someone's credits were actually the music video they were going on for so long!
Anyway all the Glee Cast videos had annoying pre-video credits buuutttt I did find this amazing version of the song sung by Jordan Sparks. Love the editing in this video! Really nice and really emotional! Enjoy! Inspired by Glee. hehe
p.s. Spacing out updates. DVD caps, etc coming tomorrow morning. Let's focus on the music today.
Hey guys! So I may as well formally announce that the Sailor Moon Roundup will now be posted generally "on the weekend". This year I'm working two jobs, six days a week as well as studying Japanese and Mandarin so trying to post on Fridays is gradually becoming more and more improbable. That's not to say I'll never post on Fridays again. In fact I will always try to post on Fridays it's just that if I don't you can expect it on Saturday or Sunday. Hope this is okay with you guys and gals.
Moving on, I've been so touched by all of the entries in my competition!!! Some of these are really touching and remind me why I love Sailor Moon. Others are just plain funny and quite a few are very creative! You still got another few weeks before the competition closes and you can enter as many times as you want! Click here for more.
Speaking of interviews, I have another interview with a Sailor Moon voice actress lined up and have been dropping clues on MKNET's Twitter account. Who do you think it is?
SailorAstera.com is celebrating her 10th Anniversary (CONGRATULATIONS!!!) with a brand new layout (BEST LAYOUT EVER!) and her own competition (ORIGINAL!). Make sure to check it out. The webmistress is also a pretty cool gal as well.
Speaking of Chibi Jen, don't forget to check out her fantastic Sailor Moon fan comic, Moon Sticks. Her latest strip was definitely her funniest yet!
Do you love designing your own Sailor Scout? You must check out this page / game! Simply fantastic feature! Can't imagine how much effort went into this!
The Sailor Moon fan film Sailor Moon Anallema is auditioning for international VAs. Worth checking out even if just to see Sailor Moon in so many languages!
There are some really original Sailor Moon fan films and fan fics out there but there are also quite a few cliches. The makers of an upcoming fan film have made this hilarious parody trailer of what would happen if all the cliches were to be combines (i.e. evil senshi, Chibi Usa growing up, extra long bad attack phrases, etc) but also has some pretty good voice acting and editing!!! Enjoy!
A Sailor Moon fan film I'm really looking forward to is The Last Soldier. It's being made by a group of German fans and will be subbed in English. All the footage they've previewed looks amazing and a seriously can't wait for it to come out! Building up to the release they've made several short films set outside the movie storyline. The latest one is a rather funny short with Usagi and Minako (Serena and Mina). Check it out. MKNET gets quite a few visitors from Germany so I'm looking forward to this release bringing the different language speaking communities closer together. Hello to all my German readers!!! :D
A Fruitful Spring has some great Rika Izumi (PGSM's Mercury) updates.
U&M Universe has a cool wallpaper up for the New Year!
Phew! You Moonies sure have been busy!
Enjoy your weekend and check back soon for more Sailor Moon updates!
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Recently I had the pleasure to sit down and interview the wonderfully skilled voice actress of the Sailor Moon anime's first villain Queen Beryl, Naz Edwards!
to check for new Sailor Moon releases and was happy to see that the 
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arrived the other day! Will upload photos and a review later today and will also add screencaps to my 
