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The Sailor Moon anime is back in Italy (check out this video) and they've been given the remastered picture! This is looking pretty good for any possible English release getting the new masters as well though it would be hard to use them in the first two seasons as with the edits made and the cool 3D transitions (which I loved!) the audio wouldn't be able to be used with them. S and SuperS though could easily be rereleased with the English dub and new picture quality. Something to think about.
I will be switching the blog posts on Moonkitty.net from Blogger to Wordpress this week so if you're looking at the posts you may see some layout glitches or possibly some broken links. ALL of the posts will be converted so nothing will be lost though it's possible the URL (web address) of some of the posts will change.
Just a heads up.
Once the conversion is complete, making comments should be a lot easier and faster. Any non-blog-post page on Moonkitty.net shouldn't be affected at all. Fingers crossed the transition happens smoothly!!!
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 ^^
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Happy New Year 2010! Yes it's been a while but as those of you who follow my Twitter account know, I was suffering from a major wrist injury (bruised the joint and ripped the cartilage) which pretty much prevented me from writing anything over 140 characters long without screaming in pain and doubling over.
This is why I love Twitter! It allowed me to stay in touch with quite a few of you guys even when I was unable to update the site.
Speaking of Twitter, Interesting stats: 22% of you guys are guys, 78% are girls. 95% of you love RTing me (thanks!) & most are from US and Canada.
Got those stats from here if you're interested. They forgot to mention that 100% of you are fabulous!
That's interesting as on the MKNET main site there are a lot more Australians, Kiwis and Germans and also a few from Japan (besides myself).
Anyway as a consequence of my wrist injury I fell seriously behind in the Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Anime Episode Guide which I was hoping to have finished by the end of the holidays. Am definitely aiming to get it done by March. I've also got some greatMoonie Mailbag Sailor Moon Questions in my inbox to be answered and will most likely get round to them this Sunday. Keep sending them in guys! I will answer them all, don't worry! If you haven't seen the Moonie Mailbag yet, you should check it out. Lots of content to read on a rainy day.
I've also uploaded a lot of new Sailor Moon wallpapers to the Downloads section which are well worth checking out. There's also a HUGE collection of avatars & icons there if you want to change your avatar for the new year.
In Moonie news, nothing really big officially. Still no news of a new anime series from Japan or a new English redub let alone a rerelease of the series on DVD or Bluray in Region 1 or 4. The anime will be reairing in Italy next month though and Naoko Takeuchi will be drawing some new artwork for the Italians!!! That's pretty amazing and I think the first time she has drawn artwork exclusively for a company outside of Japan.
The official site has updated for the new year, but unlike last year's January update there's no message from Naoko. Interesting now though in retrospect that when Naoko in January 2009 said that 2009 would be an interesting year for Sailor Moon she must have been talking about the new DVDs and the anime's reairing on Animax in Japan.
On a side note, I've been reading up on Amazon's Kindle lately and seen there's a lot of manga on it! Thinking about getting one. Do you have one? Please comment below and let me know if it's worth getting!
Oh and one last thing before I go.... got another exclusive interview with a Sailor Moon voice actress coming soon!!! ;)
Happy Friday! Hope you've had a good week and are getting all your Christmas shopping done!
The biggest Sailor Moon news this week is the release of the first Sailor Moon DVD box. It's been selling really well according to this chart (though I'm not sure the actual rank) and has flown off shelves here in Japan with a lot of stores already being out of stock! Even Amazon has sold all of their reserves in just a few days! Don't worry if you've placed an order though, the boxes won't go out of print until December 2011 and all stores should be getting new stock soon.
Luckily I pre-ordered mine and got it as soon as it was released. If you haven't already you should check out my review of the box which includes photos of the slip, case, disks and extras. Will be adding screencaps and a screenshot comparison between the different releases tomorrow so check back soon!
This week I also updated the Sailor Moon Channel Archive with December's layout. I wonder if this will be the last update for 2009! Looking forward to creating a new page for the 2010 layout! :D
In other site news Moonkitty.net's reached 1000 followers on Twitter! Thank you to all my followers for following thus far and if you haven't followed yet, come on over and join the party! I'll be throwing a competition for a PGSM CD / Book Set in the New Year that will be held entirely on Twitter so you better get in early to be eligible!
Speaking of Twitter, a BIG MOONIE THANK YOU to Dakota who made a donation this month! At this time of year, any support is appreciated so thank you so much for helping me out! **hugs**
As holidays are approaching, expect more updates in the near future such as new wallpapers, icons and some bigger developments in the Sailor Stars Episode Guide! The latest poll also suggests that you guys want some Sailor Moon Character Information too so you can expect Moonkitty.net's Character Guide to premiere sometime in the New Year after the Episode Guides are finished (and they almost are!). I'll also be answering as many Moonie Mailbag questions as time permits tomorrow as well.
Hey! How's your week going? Been doing some more layout fiddling here and there, trying to streamline the whole site a bit more. Work in progress! I really like the circle Twitter and RSS buttons to the left. Not sure why but circles are cool. ;)
Tokyopop recently tweeted in reply to Sailor Moon: "I wish we could reprint Sailor Moon! If we could, we would, believe you me!" Guess we won't be seeing a manga reprint from them anytime soon. Possibly from Kodansha themselves though.
Special Sailor Moon Voice Actress Event in Japan! Sailor Moon Roundup
Halloween's almost here! Luckily Moon Sticks has a special Halloween special strip online! Funny as always!
And now some pretty HUGE news! The official Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary site has updated with something fantastic! Apparently on the 6th of December all five Japanese Sailor Moon voice actresses will be appearing for a special event celebrating the manga's 20th anniversary in 2011! (Just a bit early, but hey, who cares!)
Wait, it gets better though! Toei is giving away 20 tickets to the event to 20 random fans who buy the first 20th Anniversary Box Set through their Toei site before November 3rd! I was going to buy my box set through Amazon.co.jp but looks like I may just order it through Toei (just for this first box though).
If you're living outside of Japan, I wouldn't recommend buying it directly from Toei as it's a LOT more expensive than Amazon.co.jp.
Wild Speculation #1 It's interesting that they mention the manga anniversary. Could this mean a reprint of the manga?
Wild Speculation #2 All five actresses reuniting is pretty huge. Normally this kind of thing happens when new animes are announced. It could simply be to promote the DVDs but December is normally the time of year in Japan when new animes are announced. Could they announce a new Sailor Moon anime or maybe a Dragonball Kai like remake? Fingers crossed!
In other news:
Speaking of Inner Sailors reuniting, the five main actresses from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon have also reunited recently, though socially and Izumirika.com and Ayaka502.net have the photos and info!
Snowdrop has added some fantastic spirites to her already beautiful collection! There's even a "Sailor Halloween"!
HUGE WEEK IN SAILOR MOON NEWS! Toei has started celebrating Sailor Moon's 20th Anniversary and has announced brand new season DVD box sets for every season of the Sailor Moon anime! You can read more about this huge event in my original news post but if you just want to cut right to it and pre-order your limited edition box sets you can get the first box here and the second box here. Amazon.co.jp is offering a huge 26% OFF for pre-orders on these boxes so they're well worth a look. Personally I pre-ordered mine yesterday from them.
Something else that's got me hyped is this preview of the Sailor Stars fan dub! It's a perfect example of why I think the DiC music cues work better (as much as I love the Japanese music). Can't wait for this fourth episode.
It's Friday again so that means Moon Sticks has a new strip online! This week features two of my favourite characters Alan and Anne (Ail and Anne)!
I was surfing around YouTube and found this fantastic clip someone made that mixes the voices from the English version of Sailor Moon S but adds the DiC music cues from the first two seasons and OMG it works really well! Again I love the Japanese music but the DiC music just makes it seem so much more exciting! Someone who commented on the video made an interesting point that thet DiC music cue works with the English voice actors and the Japanese music cues work better with the Japanese VAs. What do you think?
And speaking of fan edits! Check out this new preview for a fan project that mixes existing anime footage extremely well to make a brand new storyline! Looks very promising!
That's about it for the Roundup this week! Because Sailor Moon news in general is heating up though I will be posting any news as it's released, ASAP so you might get posts mid week, etc that are of huge importance!
If you haven't already I highly recommend subscribing to the site feed or following me on Twitter to get the latest Sailor Moon news as it's released.
Sorry for the later than usual news roundup this week! As followers of my Twitter account will know, life just got in the way this week and I was simply too exhausted to compose the Roundup post which requires a lot of energy and time.
Kind of a good thing I waited though, as this morning there's some HUGE Sailor Moon news from Japan! Let's get right into it!
This post over on the Genvid forums alerted everyone to the fantastic news that there will be some new Sailor Moon DVD releases in Japan!
The first DVD Box Set contains episodes 1 - 24 from the first season and is due for release this year in December! (Just in time for Christmas!)
Just yesterday I uploaded heaps of new Sailor Moon avatars (or icons). Almost over 100! You can find the new anime ones here and here as well as some cool manga inspired ones here. These are perfect for Twitter or discussion forums! Just don't place them on your own site! ;)
Some other big news this past week which I posted ASAP on Twitter was the closing down of ADV who was involved in the release of several Sailor Moon VHS and DVDs. Guess we can now completely rule them out of any Sailor Moon rerelease!
Finally, the Sailor Stars Dub has another fantastic preview online that looks (as usual) REALLY GOOD! Someone hire these guys to do the official Stars dub!
And now to finish on a funny note, I present this week's Moonie Music Monday Sailor Moon music video! LOL!
Some pretty big news today concerning the, what looks to be, return of Sailor Moon!
Almost immediately after the announcement that the rights to Sailor Moon have been released and that the show would once again be airing in Italy and Japan a press release was released announcing a brand new Sailor Moon mobile phone website for users in Japan.
The website offers Sailor Moon mobile phone ring tones (currently the Japanese theme, HEART MOVING and Sailor Star Song) as well as animated downloads and soon (not yet online) all 200 episodes of the anime for download to handsets.
If you have a phone that's web capable, you can check out the site at it's address: http://www.smoon.jp.
Some things worth mentioning is that in the footer of the page the PNP can be seen, showing that Naoko is still involved in the franchise and that there hasn't been any major change in ownership. It's also interesting to see that the Japanese logo for the series simply says "Sailor Moon". There is no mention of "Pretty Soldier", "Pretty Guardian", etc.
Possible re-branding of the series? It's possible (though by no means confirmed).
Exciting times!
Also in Sailor Moon news:
Sailor Moon was mentioned on the Australian TV show Good News Week. You can see a clip of it here.
My affiliate, Kirari-PGSM.net has just turned 4! It's a great live action Sailor Moon site! Make sure to check it out if you haven't already! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Likewise, UsagiandMamoruUniverse.com has just turn 8 years old!! Make sure to check out the site's new layout and 8 years worth of content!
The third episode of the English Sailor Moon Sailor Stars dub is due out any day now. Prepare yourself with the episode preview!
Have you seen this interview yet? It took place last week and features the Japanese voice actress of Sailor Moon. Most of it's just small talk though it mentions that besides Sailor Moon, her favourite characters are Sailor Uranus and Neptune because she feels the characters appeal to the adults who watch the show.
In site news, I've just added Sailor Moon television Air Times onto the right side navigation to make it easier for everyone to find out when Sailor Moon is returning and airing in their country. If your country isn't there yet, that means that there has yet to be any information it airing yet. If and when such info is announced I will of course add it.
Happy Friday! Let's get into the latest Sailor Moon news!
There's a new Sailor Moon comic strip up at MoonSticks featuring my fave Moonkitty, Artemis along with Luna and Hercules. Pretty funny stuff! Chibi really has an eye for Sailor Moon parody!
Four out of Five ain't bad! I wonder if they keep in touch with Luna!
I'll leave you now with something very cool that I discovered, a Sailor Moon Musical Fan Film! These guys and girls are making their own Sailor Moon Musical (or "Sera Myu", though I'm not a fan of that phrase) but adapting it into a movie! They've released a sample of what to expect on YouTube and I'm really impressed! In fact I'm so looking forward to the finished film that I've now become affiliates with them (link up this weekend)! I'm also conducting and interview with them which will be up in a few weeks or so so stay tuned! Exciting stuff!
Sailor Moon Chanel has the second chapter from SuperS animated and online.
That's about it for this week in Sailor Moon news!
Ah, one more!
As I reported here, there's some possible activity in the Sailor Moon manga getting an English rerelease. I emailed Kodansha directly at their Japanese office and got this reply:
I can't tell you about international distribution at this time.
That could be interpreted many ways though it could maybe mean that something is happening right now with rights and she's not at liberty to discuss ongoing negotiations.... or maybe she just doesn't know. Important to note though that she never said that Sailor Moon would not and never be released outside Japan in English.
In site news, you've probably noticed a few subtle changes such as the Episode Spotlight now showing random episodes and the new DVD Spotlight featuring my DVD Reviews. I've also added a linkme code to the bottom of the side there as I do see people unable to find buttons and not sure how to link to me. Hope this makes it easier (we all had to start webdesign somewhere!).
Speaking of DVDs (well I was a few sentences back anyway, heehee), expect some new reviews up soon and with my new DVD drive coming next week expect some more episode guides as well!
Hope you've all had a great week and bring on the weekend!
Was surfing around and stumbled across this post on how someone found release dates for Akira and Ghost in the Shell mangas at Amazon.ca for later in the year.
How is this connected to Sailor Moon? Well both series are owned by Kodansha which has basically killed or let expire any rights to their manga series' distribution in North America. This is one of the reasons the redesigned Sailor Moon manga that was released in Japan a couple of years ago never saw a release and the original Mixx English version of the Sailor Moon manga is now out of print.
With both Akira and Ghost in the Shell now officially being rereleased this signals Kodansha's move into direct distribution and could very well means a rerelease of the Sailor Moon manga is in the near future, especially considering how popular the manga was when first released in the U.S.
Have searched all Amazon sites for any new Sailor Moon releases and still nothing official but this is a very good sign.
The Sailor Moon Funny Faces Gallery which has been updating heaps lately has updated again with some new icons, galleries and some sad news about someone direct linking to her site. This same person has also been doing the same to U&MUniverse.com. For those that don't know, when you link to an image's location that is hosted on someone else's website (i.e. not yours) it costs that person money. For example if you post on discussion forums, you should ALWAYS upload your avatar to the forum itself instead of linking to it's web (http://) online location. Direct linking is inconsiderate and in the worst case, insulting to the person who spent time to make the file as sometimes people even link to the files and claim that they made them. P.S. All icons and avatars on Moonkitty.NET are free for use but please don't link to the files. Save them and them upload them to your own account for use. Wallpapers and other graphics are for users own personal use and cannot be uploaded to other websites.
Update: As I was writing this, Usagi from U&MUniverse.com emailed me to inform me that this ba*&@^%rd is direct linking to all of my Christmas icons!!! Grrrrrrr!!!! I've left a comment for him and emailed his hosting company asking them to delete his account or at least give him a warning. I'm a nice guy, but this won't be tolerated! It's costing me money, man!
The Oracle has done some extensive updating on several pages.
I'm starting to feel a bit depressed. While working on my Sailor Moon Musical Guide I've been watching all the musicals (95% for the first time) and now I'm almost to the end! If you've seen every episode of the Anime and live action drama (PGSM), the Musicals are well worth your time. I've become an avid fan a lot quicker than I thought I would! I think I'd even place the Musicals over the Sailor Moon Anime!
And as I mentioned in my previous post, the official site has updated it's layout for the New Year and with it a message from Naoko Takeuchi. Yesterday when I posted about this I sent an email off to a friend of mine who's a professional interpreter for a translation. Amazingly when I checked my email this morning, Elly (from SMFFG) emailed me with a translation as well as a graphic manipulated English version! Furthermore, Lily (from BSSMLA) commented on the post and after speaking with Yosenex (a friend of mine and hers) gave me his translation.
It just really touched me that people would go out of their way to help me like this. So THANK YOU Elly, Lily, Yosenex and my anonymous friend.
In order, here's the professional translation:
Princess Naoko's Room: We will upload from now and then letters or photos received from Ms. Naoko Taketuchi aka Princess Naoko to this room.
"Last fall, Princess Naoko visited BANDAI Hobby Center in Shizuoka and had a site tour of GANPURA or Gandam Plamodel (plastic model) production lines and she said she had lots of fun. The illustration on the left was drawn by Princess Naoko as a token of her visit, showing Usagi in Bandai Hobby Center's uniform. The work has been displayed inside the Bandai Hobby Center."
Elly's translation (with the Japanese for those studying!):
Made by Elly
直子姫こと武内直子先生から届いたおたよりや写真を、時々公開するわよ。 Sometimes Naoko Takeuchi as Princess Naoko shows her nerd side to the public in photos!
２００９年１月１日更新 Update for January 1st, 2009
To Bandai Hobby Center
ガンプラエ場楽しかったでーす＜３ Playing with plastic gundam EVAs was fun <3
去年の秋 Last autumn
直子姫は静岡県の Princess Naoko went to
バンダイホビーセンターに行ってガンプラ 「（ガンダム）のプラモデル」 Shizuoka prefecture's Bandai Hobby Center, and
エ場を見学してきたよ got to check out the Gunpura (Gundam plastic models).
とってもたのしかったって It was really fun, and
左のイラストは、直子姫が見学記念 in the illustration to your left, Princess Naoko, smiling like a cat
に猫いたバンダイホビーセンターの in commemoration of her inspection, has Usagi-chan wearing
制服を着たうさぎちゃん。 the Bandai Hobby Center uniform.
ホビーセンターの中に飾ってあるわよ Right now it's a decoration in the Bandai Hobby Center
And Yosenex's summary via Lily:
she did some art for a bandai hobby shop she went to a bandai hobby shop that had gundam models. the message that usagi is saying in the bubble says: Gundam Plastic Factory was fun!
So it's basically about a visit to Bandai and an artwork she drew. What it doesn't mention is that Gundam is celebrating it's 30th Anniversary this year in Japan and several famous manga artists have drawn their characters in Gundam situations or costumes. Here's opne of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle's Sakura and Mokona!
Cool news is that it looks like the Sailor Moon Channel will be more active this year!
While I'll still be writing the Sailor Moon Roundup tomorrow it seemed really appropriate to mention that the Official Site has updated with a New Year Message From Naoko Takeuchi! It shows a photo of herself (pretty rare in itself) holding a new Sailor Moon artwork she drew in October (new Sailor Moon artwork, also pretty rare!). I'm getting a friend of mine to translate it for me (way too much kanji for me right now) and will update this post as to what it says.
Also interesting is an official reply in the site's Mailbox that says the following (through a rough Google translation) after a fan expressed interest in Sailor Moon new updates:
Guidance of a star ... you may encounter destiny! Regards to this year's Sailor Moon ☆
Very easy to assume that there'll be something new concerning Sailor Moon coming out in 2009, but it could also very easily be interpreted as "I'm sure this year will be good".
Ah, and the site has also updated (as expected) it's layout for January which seems like the perfect opportunity for me to reveal my new Sailor Moon Channel Layout Archive! Hope you find it useful!
And also as a special present from me to all visitors, friends and affiliates of Moonkitty.NET:
UsagiandMamoruUniverse.com is trying, in futile, (hehehe) to make more avatars than me. Good luck! ;) (Seriously, they're good, check them out!) The site's also added some video clips and has been reviewed!
Chibiland has a nice page dedicated to it's 7th Anniversary which is really fun to read and has also uploaded several more chibi dolls!
For those that missed my report earlier this week; Kodansha will begin publishing manga in the US in September by themselves. This could well explain why they've been holding onto the Sailor Moon manga rights and could very well mean that we may finally be getting English translations of the new reprinted Sailor Moon manga! Pretty exciting! Still no updates to report concerning this though.
And as I mentioned yesterday, my Sailor Moon Season One Episode Guide / Summary has been completed! In the next week or so, I'm aiming for my Sailor Moon R Episode Guide to be finished in a similar fashion and then I'll go about finishing all the attacks and DVD reviews while I begin work on the Sailor Moon S Episode Guide and prepare a nice big surprise for everyone (I'll never tell!).
I've also begun planning Moonkitty.NET's 10th Anniversary which begins in April 2009 (nine months away!). I've got several exciting things planned for the site (10 years is pretty big!) and am thinking about throwing a real world party here in Tokyo (maybe Azabu Juban?) for any Sailor Moon fans who are in the neighbourhood and of course documenting it online with videos and pictures, etc.
If you're interested, let me know!
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Note, while these pages link to their DVD reviews, I have yet to actually do the reviews. I just added the links to save me from going back and editing each of the files once I do have the DVD reviews done (which I'll probably do in a few days anyway).
In other news, while I normally wait until the Friday, Sailor Moon Rounup to post news, I'm posting now anyway so thought I'd mention that ANN has reported that Kodansha will begin publishing manga in the US in September by themselves. This could well explain why they've been holding onto the Sailor Moon manga rights and could very well mean that we may finally be getting English translations of the new reprinted Sailor Moon manga!
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Miyuki Kanbe who performed as Sailor Moon in the Third Stage Sailor Moon Musicals has passed away at age 24 on the 20th of June (yesterday). Apparently on the 18th she had a heart failure which resulted in her passing yesterday.
She was made famous by her role as Sailor Moon (she was personally my favourite) in the Sailor Moon Musicals and also starred in (the highly recommended) Kamen Rider Hibiki tv series (which also starred Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon's Jyouji Shibue).
She will be remembered.
Update: Miyuki's death is really rocking the Moonie online communities. Personally I'm still in shock at what has happened.
While browsing through several Sailor Moon Musical (Sera Myu) fansites I came across this video dedicated to her at Sera Myu Antics. It features the first edition of "Ginga no Sanctuary" (The Galaxy's Sanctuary) and is a simply beautiful and appropriate song for such an occasion. If you're like me and you get emotional easily, prepare yourself. If this is your first exposure to a Sailor Moon Musical, I hope it inspires you to go out and watch more from the many shows performed during it's run.
Update 2:Moon Chase just posted a great collection of Sailor Moon performers' thoughts (translated into English) concerning Miyuki Kanbe's passing along with images of each person. Well worth a read and very tasteful.
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The Deep Submerge Directory has updated with a new Site of the Month! Check it out to see which site it is! It's a classic site from years back that making a come back!
BSSMLA has started updating again thanks to a new computer. Check out the report from Matsuricon!
Genvid has once more translated the Official Sailor Moon Site's monthly update and letters column. Pretty interesting and well worth a look. I find it amazing how Japanese kids are still discovering the series years after it's finished.
Still no updates on the Upcoming Sailor Moon Nintendo Wii Game due for release on December 31st this year. As soon as there's more news on it I'll post it asap!
Rumours of the American live action Sailor Moon movie have quietened down completely lately. No more news on Lindsay Lohan or Joss Whedon. However there's been official word that the American live action Dragonball Z movie will begin production this year! I'm not really a fan of the series but if this movie does well, then the odds of a Sailor Moon one being made will increase! Since Transformers made so much money, a Robotech (Macross) movie is in the works as is a Voltron movie.
It's a good time to be a retro anime fan!
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The results of the Toei poll are out and I'm thrilled to say that Sailor Moon scored the most votes out of every series in every genre!
Here's hoping Toei sees this and attempts to release Sailor Moon abroad once again.
pgsm-fanfiction.net has uploaded a new site skin to match Kirari's new look.
There will be a Naoko Takeuchi and a Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon panel at the upcoming Matsuricon. If you're heading over there on September 7th - 9th 2007, make sure to check these panels out!
That's about it for this edition of the Sailor Moon Roundup!
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Shibue Joji (live action Tuxedo Mask) can be seen in a new manga based live action Japanese drama series called, Hotaru no Hikari. Apparently it's a small role (thanks to MnemosyneFan for the info!) but he's in it. A strange, yet typical Japanese trailer can be seen here on YouTube. Unfortunately Shibby isn't in it.
UsagiandMamoruUniverse.com is celebrating it's 6th Anniversary! Sorry I haven't wished you congrats personally! Have just been distracted lately with updates and social life. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
SailorWar.net has updated with a new page about the Sailor Moon anime movies.
And for those who missed Tuesday's News Flash, Toei is officially conducting a poll at ANN concerning what anime series US people would like to see subtitled into English and released Stateside. "Sailor Moon" includes the entire series. Every season. Including Sailor Stars. This is a HUGE chance for us to get Sailor Stars released in an official capacity in English. If you haven't already, please vote.
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Toei has asked the AnimeNewsNetwork to conduct a poll on which anime series people would like to see released subtitled in the US. Among them in Sailor Moon!
Jay from Genvid wrote: "The poll connects a number of curious dots. In March, Toei began offering the show as part of its AnimeBB package in Japan (and as we reported earlier in the week , it's also part of a new "unlimited" package.) In May, Geneon mentioned the license is on lockdown . Now Toei is looking to see which shows they should offer to US customers, and if this Sailor Moon is listed there, it's more then likely they've got the rights to bring it here. In addition, all five seasons are included as part of the poll."
So what are you waiting for? This may be our chance to get Sailor Stars released officially with English subtitles!!! VOTE NOW!!!
In site news, recently I've gotten back into GaiaOnline. If you're a member or going to be one and would like to have a big ol' virtual meetup with other Moonies, check out my new Gaia Page for more info on what to do.
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First up is a rather cool site I found that features a virtual Sailor Moon that you can talk to! It's actually really very cool! You can type in anything and she'll reply (for the most part) on topic! I typed in "I went to school today" for example, and she replied "Did you learn anything useful?" It's surprisingly addictive! Check it out HERE.
You may have noticed our new cool pink site feed button and rewritten intro text at the top of the page! Quite a few people couldn't find our site feed so I decided to make it more in your face. If you find these posts useful and want to stay up to date with all the latest Sailor Moon news give the feed a go.
The trendiest Sailor Moon website directory on the web, Deep Submerge has updated it's listings once again. No Site of the Month this week but the news of a revamp has me very excited!
AnimeonDVD has a report from Anime Central 2007 that mentions "Toei currently has a lockdown on all Sailor Moon licenses, but Geneon may be interested if the situation changes.". This is very cool though it's also been said that Mixx is interested in releasing the Sailor Moon manga as well but nothing can happen because of Toei either. Come on Toei! Give us what we want!
The music video site, Tsuki Mubi has updated with several bits of info converning YouTube and a contest update.
Anyone who hasn't checked out the new Sailor Moon site, SailorWar.net should do so. Some very well written content there.
Chibiland has updated by removing their splash page! Woo Hoo! Here's hoping all the other webmasters follow suit!
In Closing... The Official Sailor Moon Website has done a complete overhaul. Very pink and very flashy now. For those that haven't been following the site, the whole manga series is being animated into flash with music and sound effects. Still in Japanese though
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Mercurius on the Genvid forums stumbled across this interesting Sailor Moon sighting, a Sailor Moon themed hotel room in Santa Fe! Sunday - Thursday :: $219 per night, Friday, Saturday, Holidays, & High Season :: $269 per night, Additional Guests :: $40 per person per night, Rates are for single or double occupancy. High season is May 11-October 14. Bizarre right?
In other, more official news, the official site has uploaded and animated a new chapter of the manga. Only in Japanese though.
In site news, I'm seriously expecting to have finished the Sailor Moon anime first season guide by the end of this month. Seriously. Look forward to it! Expect several attack guides to be added as well.
To finish off, I thought I'd share a hillarious parody of the live action Sailor Moon show here. Brilliant.
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I can't remember how I stumbled across the The Ohio SeryMyu Group but as soon as I did I knew I just had to email Amanda and ask her for more information about this Sailor Moon musical group she's putting together.
Thankfully she agreed and this is the interview we had over several emails. Enjoy.
Thanks so much for taking the time for this interview! Can you tell me a bit about yourself?
My name's Amanda, I'm 19 years old. I first got into Sailor Moon when I was a little girl, and it's been with me ever since.
I discovered the Sailor Moon Musicals not all too long ago, but fell in love with them immediately. I've been a big fan of musicals for many years, so I definitely was excited to see both interests come together to create an amazing stage production. Currently I'm working to go to college in the future. Eventually, I would like to travel and experience different cultures and languages first hand.
Wow. You're only 19 and you're organising your own theatre group pretty much! What kind of things do you expect your group to do?
For now, we're taking things kind of slow, while we get to know each other better. We have one performance planned for the group at the moment, which will just be one song. From there, I'll have a better idea of how everyone does in an actual performance, and be able to take the group to a new level. I hope to be able to perform many songs with the group, and make memories as friends doing something we all enjoy.
I guess I have to ask, you'll be singing the Sailor Moon Musical song in Japanese right? How's everyone's Japanese in the group?
This site has posted a rather interesting news story about the rumoured American Sailor Moon live action movie that was said to be directed by Joss Whedon that contains a LOT more information than previously reported.
Things worth mentioning are that they say an Access Hollywood reporter got this information from an inside source (maybe real?) and that Whedon has free time in his future to actually make the movie now that he's out of Wonder Woman (this makes me think though that if this was fake they're making all of this up over the WW news which is true).
Hey everyone, Ryan here with a scoop coming from ‘Stuart’ regarding Joss Whedon and a live-action SAILOR MOON film. Here is what ‘Stuart’ has to say:
Access Hollywood got the chance to talk with a Fox Studios worker in Century City, who revealed that one of the major movie studios is looking to quickly sign Joss Whedon as the director of the Sailor Moon live action movie, now that he is free from the Wonder Woman big screen adaptation. Also, a list of unconfirmed actresses attached to the movie that the studio has already contacted for main roles.
About a year ago, rumors said that Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) was attached to direct the live action version of the popular anime “Sailor Moon” after doing Wonder Woman. Now that Whedon is off the WW project it’s likely that he will take on the Sailor Moon movie right away, or at least that’s what Fox wants.
When the Sailor Moon movie was reported last year, Lindsay Lohan and Jennifer Garner were both set to play starring roles, but both now dropped out. This time new casting announcements include; Maggie Grace, Julie Gonzalo, Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, Danielle Panabaker, A.J. Cook, Rachel Blanchard, Mischa Barton, Deanna Casaluce, Amanda Righetti, Elisa Donovan and Emma Caulfield.
The plot will be a complete new story based on Naoko Takeuchi’s (Sailor Moon creator) unreleased material. Whedon is also developing a horror movie called “Goner”.
Here is an unconfirmed list of actresses and the characters they are supposed to play:
A.J. Cook, Elisa Donovan, Amanda Righetti, Emma Caulfield and Rachel Blanchard would play the main villains.
I find it odd that so many actresses are already attached to roles this early on. All of that info can be assumed to be... assumed. That big about the story being based on unpublished stories from Naoko Takeuchi is interesting (first I've heard of that) but as far as I know there are no unpublished stories of hers. Perhaps they mean manga plots not used in the anime?
Take from this what you will. Personally I find it great that at least people are talking about a movie.
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Welcome to this weeks Sailor Moon Roundup! Roundup! Roundup! Roundup! .
The first bit of news, and a biggie is the preview of a new live action show in the Philippines called Super Twins. Why am I mentioning it here? Because the costumes are dead ringers for Sailor costumes! Footage of the show can be seen here on YouTube within a trailer advertising two other shows and an article about how the producers changed the costumes after a backlash from Sailor Moon fans can be read here. They still look pretty rip-offy though. If anyone fan subs this I think I'll do an episode guide for it as there seems to be a bit of interest about this show. Personally I think it looks fun!
An amazing fan dub which I came across last year but lost track of has resurfaced again and I can't recommend it enough! they've dubbed the final two episodes of the first season finale which was edited into one episode when it aired and released on dvd. Their acting is spot on and the music adds so much emotion! Well worth a look.
The Official Sailor Moon Site has updated for February with a new splash page featuring some great artwork by Naoko Takeuchi and more of the manga added to the animated Music Box feature.
And finally a bit of news that while not exactly Sailor Moon related I'm fairly certain that everyone reading this will love to hear: the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is now up for PRE ORDER!
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The AAN posted this article way back in October that I missed.
It's a top 100 list of favourite all time animé in Japan. You'll be glad to know that Sailor Moon ranked 30 on the series list, beating the likes of Cowboy Bebop, Pokemon, and Macross (Robotech).
On the "Celebrity" list, Sailor Moon was at a high 19! Moon Prism Power, yeah?
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