It’s amazing what happens in a few hours! When I posted this morning about the new DVDs, Toei’s main website (which included the official Sailor Moon Channel site) was down for maintenance.

Well it’s back online now and while nothing major has happened on the Sailor Moon Channel or Toei’s main page something HUGE has happened for Sailor Moon!!!

Toei has started Sailor Moon’s 20th Anniversary!!!

They’ve created a new special 20th Anniversary website that not only has the release dates for all the new DVD box sets but also features all the cover art as well!!!

The official dates for Sailor Moon’s 20th Anniversary are February 2012 for the manga and the 7th of March 2012 for the anime.

The release of the DVD Boxes are spaced out really well, with one being released every month or so throughout 2010. Here’s the release schedule:

Sailor Moon Box 1: 11th Dec 2009

Sailor Moon Box 2: 21st Jan 2010

Sailor Moon R Box 1: 21st Mar 2010

Sailor Moon R Box 2: 21st April 2010

Sailor Moon S Box 1: 21st June 2010

Sailor Moon S Box 2: 21st July 2010

Sailor Moon SuperS Box 1: 21st September 2010

Sailor Moon SuperS Box 2: 21st Oct 2010

Sailor Stars Box 1: December 2010 (date pending)

Sailor Stars Box 2: January 2011 (date pending)

The descriptions say the episodes have been remastered though the previous Region 2 releases were also remastered. Not sure if it’ll be a different image or not but I’ll definitely be buying these and will be doing comparisons once I get my copy!

The price is also extremely cheap for a Japanese DVD box set with them ranging from 9400 yen to 12,000 yen per box. Some Japanese box sets sell for about 40,000 yen so this is a really pleasant surprise especially considering the individual DVDs previously released cost about 4,000 yen and had 6 episodes per disk.

Each box features half a season’s episodes and comes with a slip case (left image on site) which holds the multi-disk case (right image on site).

Interestingly enough, or maybe just a coincidence, the slip cases look awfully similar to the live action’s Moon Light Real Girl CD Box Set.

Speaking of which, no word on the live action’s re-release though it does celebrate it’s 10th Anniversary in 2013 along with the Sailor Moon musicals who turn 20 in that year. Also no word yet on a manga re-release in Japan or elsewhere though personally I think it’s only a matter of time.

This is a very exciting time for Sailor Moon fans and I can’t wait to see what else we have in store!

GO! GO! 20th ANNIVERSARY!
MOONLIGHT LEGEND FOREVER!!!

Update: Amazon links for first two boxes added!

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