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Well it’s been a very big week. Got some bad news but to counteract that a lot of good news too!
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first so we can end on a good note.
Turns out the person that was impersonating Sarah Lafluer (Sailor Ueranus) was also impersonating Linda Ballantyne (Sailor Moon #3). Pretty shocking, maddening and depressing. This person had even started up a personal blog pretending to be Linda and was posting personal photos, etc. I’m glad I wasn’t the only one fooled. Her Twitter account has been deleted and legal action has been taken.
I would like to remind everyone that impersonating celebrities is not cool. It hurts the person you’re impersonating and also hurts the fans. If you are using a Sailor Moon voice actor, actor, singer, etc’s name for your username on any site please change it. Even if you’re convinced that you’re doing it for the star, it’s illegal, is a crime, hurts the person you’re impersonating and also confuses fans and websites alike.
Now on to the good news!!!
Toei is officially selling the rights to Sailor Moon! This is a HUGE step in getting Sailor Moon back to English speaking countries! Whether you want a redub, a resub, a remastered rerelease of the existing dub or all of the above (like me!) this is very good news. Here’s hoping someone buys it!
Speaking of Sailor Moon being rereleased around the world, SailorMoonWorld.it reports that a German magazine mentioned that German companies are now after the rights to rerelease the series on DVD in Germany. Great news for German fans (which I know there are a few of who read Moonkitty.net!).
A fantastic fan just told me about this new Sailor Moon fan film and it looks absolutely amazing! How has noone ever heard of this project? Just look at this trailer! Can’t wait for this!
The revamped Three-Lights.net continues to post some super content!
What I think is the oldest Sailor Moon fansite, Castle in the Sky has a new address. Still has great info after all these years.
Did you ever want the DiC music in the English dub of Sailor Moon S and SuperS? Me too. Someone has done a great job of mixing in the music from the first two seasons into an episode from Sailor Moon S and I like it! Check it out for something different! Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3.
Another great fan effort with checking out is this amazing Chinese cosplay group’s retelling of the end of the Silver Millennium! Part 1 + Part 2!
Moon Sticks is back, turning one year old and has a new comic!!!
No real big Sailor Moon related news this week. Amazon has uploaded more pics for the first Sailor Moon DVD Box Set but screwed up and uploaded pics for the second box by mistake!!! Whoops! lol!
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!
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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.
Strangely enough, even though the Sailor Moon anime finished about 10 years ago, this year has shown some huge activity in Sailor Moon fan productions!
The first one I found was Sailor Moon & the Return of the Shadows which is using green screen to make some full on cg scenes! They don’t seem to have a website, only the YouTube page unfortunately so there’s not much info available.
The next one I found was The Last Soldier by Fairydust Productions. They’ve got some very cool costumes, direction and special effects going on and a very interesting storyline!
Can’t wait!
The third one I found really surprised me! It’s a Sailor Mars Series that’s already up to it’s second episode! It’s based on the live action Sailor Moon series and continues the story of Sailor Mars using great special effects (ckeck out the transformation scene!!!), music and filming techniques that mimic the official series really closely! 5 stars!
If anyone knows of any other Sailor Moon fan films, let me know!
In other Sailor Moon fandom news, Moon Sticks has her latest comic up, this time featuring the Amazon Trio!
And the fantastic Stars Fan Dub has their second adaption of Sailor Stars online! This project is BRILLIANT! If you haven’t checked it out, do so now! Seriously, if Sailor Stars never gets dubbed officially I’d be more than happy to see these guys do it!
Moonkitty.net got three new affiliates this week; Star Dusting, Izumirika.com & Ayaka502.net! The later of which reports that Ayaka (PGSM’s Venus) and Keiko (PGSM’s Mars) will be starring together in a new Japanese tv drama! Keiko’s role seems to be one of the main roles (she’s HUGE now in Japan!) while Ayaka’s seems to be in more of an extra role. The show is called “Buzzer Beat ～ Gakeppuchi no Hero ～” or “Buzzer Beat ～ Hero on the Edge ～” and will air at 9pm Mondays starting in July.
What else happened this week? Ah, that’s right! The Official Sailor Moon Site updated with a new layout, game and mailbag. Interesting to note that one of the letters was from a non-Japanese person. Unfortunately the content itself was not so interesting.
Hope you had a great week and will have an even better weekend!
For the last year or so I have been following the production of the best Sailor Stars English Fandub I’ve ever seen and after the release of the superb first episode and the build up to the soon to be released second episode I decided to to ask the man behind it all, Corey to put aside some time from his busy schedule to answer some questions.
Not only was he more than willing to answer my questions, he also supplied Moonkitty.NET with exclusive screencaps and video (that means please don’t post them elsewhere).
How cool is that?!? Emailed the guy and have asked permission to post the audio on Moonkitty.NET. Fingers crossed!
Also, while I’m posting I may as well share the latest preview of the Sailor Stars English Dub. For the cynics, all the voices are done by fans! Pretty incredible!
Sorry about missing that Moonie Music Monday! I was so busy working on other parts of the site I forgot about it! My bad!
But to make it up to I’d like to share with you this preview clip of the upcoming Sailor Stars fandub! It looks and sounds incredible with several voices (Serena, Amy, Tomoe, Rini and Lita especially) sounding very close to the English dub version!
Word is that the first few episodes will be released very soon.
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but screwed up and uploaded pics for the second box by mistake!!! Whoops! lol!
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isn’t listing these new releases but as soon as they do I’ll let you know.
Sorry about missing that Moonie Music Monday! I was so busy working on other parts of the site I forgot about it! My bad!
