New cover art revealed for the upcoming Japanese Sailor Moon manga complete versions

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Adam

We’re finally getting some details about the new Kanzenban or “Complete Versions” of the Sailor Moon manga set to be released this fall in Japan. They will include new cover art by Naoko Takeuchi, the original author and artist of the Sailor Moon manga. The first two covers feature Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury and were shared on the official Sailor Moon site. Though they are to be released this fall no specific date has yet been announced. Both volumes 1 and 2 will be released on the same date with the rest being released at monthly intervals.

The last release was over 14 volumes while this release will only have 12. The original release of the manga was over 18 books. Will there be more pages per volume or will we simply be losing the side stories with this release? It’s not clear at this time. These will be printed in an A5 size. This is 148.5 × 210 mm or 5.83 × 8.27 inches. That’s a bit bigger than the English versions that are currently being released which are themselves a bit bigger than the usual Japanese manga compilation.

There are no current plans to release this version of the manga in English. When asked about it Kodansha USA mentioned on their tumblr page that it’s unlikely this version will be released any time soon unless there are significant differences given they are still in the process of releasing the current version of the manga.

“Crystal Clear Hero” Tuxedo Mask shirt for sale at OtherTees

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Adam

This great looking “Crystal Clear Hero” Tuxedo Mask shirt is for sale until 4pm EST on September 5th at OtherTees for $11. The shirt features the Moon, a rose and a silhouette of Tuxedo Mask.

The shirt was previously sold at ShirtPunch back in February and again in May. The artist is InkOne who has made a number of great shirt designs which can be bought at his online store. He can also be found on Twitter and Facebook if you dig his stuff.

Pretty Guardian Trainer Venus Sailor Moon/Pokémon shirt for sale today at ShirtPunch

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Adam

Today Shirt Punch is selling this “Pretty Guardian Trainer Venus” shirt which is a mash up of Sailor Moon and Pokémon. The shirt is sold for $10 for but only for a 24 hour period, September 2nd. Unfortunately I only got around to posting this with 6 hours or so left in the day. The shirt has Artemis as Meowth, Ninetales, Rapidash with a moon on it’s forehead (also Artemis?) and an Ampharos which is so obscure I actually had to look up it’s name.

This shirt is designed by Izzy Faith who previously designed this “Winning Love” Sailor Moon shirt. For more of her stuff you can check out her modelling page or her new artist page. She has mentioned that this is the first in a series of sailormoonXpokemon designs so we’ll be sure to keep an eye out for more like this.

Watch the Sailor Moon La Reconquista musical live event featuring two song performances

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Adam

Last Friday, August 23rd, while some of us were enjoying the fun at Fan Expo there was a live event which was streamed online which was promoting the new Sailor Moon musical “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon La Reconquista”. This included a performance of two new songs “Line Up: The Five Women of the White Moon” and “We are the Pretty Guardians”. The actresses for all five of the Sailor Guardians were present for this show. You can check out an English subtitled version of the show at Miss Dream. This was all done as part of the Animelo Summer Live event. If you’re impatient you can just watch the full stream of this event without subtitles below.

The Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon La Reconquista musical will begin playing in Japan on September 13th and will run until the 23rd.

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Interview with Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, at Fan Expo 2013

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Adam

Last weekend at Fan Expo 2013 in Toronto I caught up with Susan Roman for the following interview. She supplied the voice for Sailor Jupiter for the English dub of Sailor Moon.

A big thanks to Susan Roman for joining us. We also got interviews with Linda Ballantyne, who voiced Sailor Moon for the Sailor Moon S and SuperS seasons, as well as Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask for most of the first two seasons. These interviews will be posted to the site in the coming days. We also recorded the Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion panel which has already been posted to the site.

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John Stocker, Sailor Moon voice director, to appear at Unplugged Expo this October in Toronto

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Adam

John Stocker, voice actor and voice director, will be making an appearance at the Unplugged Expo convention in Toronto this October 26th and 27th. Though he is probably best known for voicing cartoon characters such as Beastly in the 80s he has also done a lot of voice directing work including the Sailor Moon S and SuperS seasons.

Unplugged Expo is having a Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Celebration with many voice actors from the show already confirmed as guests. Check out the announcement on the Unplugged Expo Facebook page for more information.

Fans of John Stocker should check out our interview with him from Fan Expo 2012.

Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion Panel at Fan Expo 2013

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Adam

This past weekend at Fan Expo 2013 in Toronto there was a Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion! This included Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars, Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon, Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask and John Stocker, voice director for Sailor Moon S and SuperS. Here’s a video of the complete panel that they held on Friday. The Fan Expo staff seriously underestimated fan interest in Sailor Moon so many people were unable to make it into the room which was at maximum capacity.

While at Fan Expo 2013 I also managed to record interviews with Susan Roman, Linda Ballantyne and John Stocker. I will be posting them to the site as time permits. I did not neglect Katie Griffin and John Stocker! I interviewed both of them at last year’s convention.

27, the new photo book by Keiko Kitagawa, live action Sailor Mars, is in stores now

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Adam

It’s August 22nd which is Keiko Kitagawa’s 27th birthday and the date of the release of her photo book aptly named 27. This book features photos of Keiko Kitagawa, best known to visitors of this site as Sailor Mars from the 2003 live action Sailor Moon series, in photos she took in Paris and Tokyo. The book can be ordered from online sites such as Amazon Japan or YesAsia now. The book is currently available with two covers. A limited edition cover is still available on Amazon Japan for now but the standard cover will be the only one available once the initial stock runs out.

In addition to this book a making of DVD and Blu-Ray has also been announced. This is a behind the scenes look at the making of 27. It will be released on November 13th. The DVD will cost 3000 yen, roughly $30 US, and the Blu-Ray disc will cost 4000 yen, roughly $40 US. Japanese DVDs are region 2 and therefore can not be played in North American DVD players however Japanese Blu-Ray discs are region A, which will work in North American Blu-Ray players.

Naoko Takeuchi, creator of Sailor Moon, interviewed in ROLa Magazine

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Adam

The latest issue of ROLa Magazine in Japan includes an interview with Naoko Takeuchi, the creator of Sailor Moon. This interview is a rare treat as Naoko Takeuchi very rarely makes public appearances having done next to no publicity since Sailor Moon went off the air over 15 years ago. Her editor Fumio Osano also participates in this interview. The magazine interview is in Japanese but luckily the hard working people at Miss Dream have translated the interview for English fans to enjoy. So go ahead and check it out for some great insight into the early concept of Sailor Moon. This is only the first part of the interview. The second half will appear in the next issues of ROLa. I’m sure the staff at Miss Dream will be bringing us a translation of that as well.

Some interesting things are learned from this interview. I never thought of Tuxedo Mask as a parody of a character and who knew old men would lobby for less attractive female characters?

Fan Expo’s Sailor Moon panel will be at 2:30pm on Friday August 23rd

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Adam

The schedule for Fan Expo 2013, the convention taking place August 22nd to the 25th, has been released online. In it we see that the “Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion” panel will be taking place on Friday afternoon at 2:30pm so if you’re not a big fan of Richard Dean Anderson I suggest you cancel all other plans and make it to that panel! As we mentioned previously there will be many guests from the Sailor Moon dub in attendance at the convention. The panel will include Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask, Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon, Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars and John Stocker, voice director for the series.

There are no autograph sessions listed for any of these actors. The Sailor Moon guests have spots at a table in a hall on the same floor at the Expo Hall. If it’s anything like last year attendees will be free to approach them for autographs throughout the weekend while they’re at their tables. Check out the area that says “Cartoon Voice Actors” on the floor plan to find your favourite Sailor Moon star.

The panel will be taking place in 701B which you can see from the floor plan is located one floor up from the main expo hall at the far end of the hall with the main elevators.

I hope to see you at the convention.

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