This past Saturday, December 5th, there was a two hour long Sailor Moon special which aired on NHK in Japan. This special centered around voting on fans’ favourite characters, episodes and songs from Sailor Moon and also included a number of special guests and clips from the upcoming Sailor Moon Eternal films! Though the special was televised you can watch a version online by following this link. There’s a lot going on in this two hour video so I’ll point out a few places where you can find new Sailor Moon Eternal footage.
At 64 minutes and 24 seconds you can see the voice actors who portray Chibiusa, Misato Fukuen, and Mamoru, Kenji Nojima, doing a live read of a clip from the upcoming film which features Chibiusa and Mamoru speaking in the build up to Chibiusa’s transformation.
At 77 minutes and 28 seconds we see a clip of Chibiusa, Mamoru and Usagi speaking. Diana is also present but doesn’t speak in this footage.
And while it’s not Sailor Moon Eternal footage there is something quite interesting at 114 minutes and 8 seconds. Here we see Kotono Mitsuishi, the voice of Usagi from the original Sailor Moon anime and Sailor Moon Crystal, doing a live recording of some lines from the first season finale. Why is this important? She didn’t have a chance to record these for the original episode as she was off with an illness. That episode, and a few others, were recorded instead by Kae Araki who later returned to voice Chibiusa in Sailor Moon R. I shared this on Twitter after having seen it posted by the Sailor Moon Canada account which prompted an interesting discussion where I learned that this was not the first time Kotono Mitsuishi recorded these lines. As noted in the Tuxedo Unmasked article about her illness which kept her from recording those episodes, she had recorded audio of that final scene. The article mentions that this was an audio tape though I understand there is a CD which exists as well. She also recorded those lines for the 2018 Classic Concert. I have that CD but it is boxed up somewhere but user David Perez on Twitter says it’s on track 9.
There are some odd things in this video such as footage of Kazuko Tadano with an image of the anime character which was based off of her hiding her face!
We also get a look at some storyboards for the film. Some aren’t easy to make out but there is a pretty close up shot of a couple of pages at one point.
We’ve also got a new 15 second commercial for Sailor Moon Eternal Part 1 which shows Usagi and Chibiusa with the Holy Grails, Helios and Pegasus. You can watch the commercial on YouTube below.
With Sailor Moon Eternal Part 1 coming to Japanese theatres on January 8th and Part 2 coming February 11th we are getting a lot of new content coming at us lately! There seem to be new clips and images of the film most days! I’m trying to keep up with the news. Feel free to share anything you spot in the comments!
Keep reading for more screenshots from these clips.
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Awww, I really want to see this special, even if it is only in raw format.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1qv411b7r6
In case anyone wonders about the contest results, I watched it and listed them here.
I have to say, it’s pretty surprising!
1. Sailor Uranus
2. Sailor Moon
3. Haruka Tenoh
4. Minako Aino
5. Kou Seiya
6. Michiru Kaioh
7. Sailor Saturn
8. Makoto Kino
9. Ami Mizuno
10. Sailor Mercury
11. Fish Eye
12. Sailor Venus
13. Princess Serenity
14. Sailor Neptune
15. Usagi Tsukino
16. Sailor Mars
17. Hotaru Tomoe
18. Luna (Human form)
19. Black Lady
20. Sailor Jupiter
21. Rei Hino
22. Sailor Pluto
23. Chibi-Usa
24. Prince Demande (Black Moon)
25. Sailor Chibi Moon
26. Mamoru Chiba
27. Tuxedo Mask
28. Kou Yaten
29. Nephrite
30. Luna (Cat form)
31. Sailor V
32. Zoisite (Dark Kingdom)
33. Helios
34. Neo Queen Serenity
35. Sailor Star Fighter
36. Sappir (Black Moon)
37. Osaka Naru
38. Sailor Star Healer
39. Koan (Black Moon)
40. Eudial (Death Busters)
41. Small Lady Serenity
42. Prince Endymion
43. Palla-Palla (Dead Moon)
44. Kunzite (Dark Kingdom)
45. Berthier (Dark Moon)
46. Tiger’s Eye (Dead Moon))
47. Artemis
48. Setsuna Meioh
49. Mistress 9 (Death Busters)
50. Sailor Galaxia (Shadow Galactica)
Really surprised by a lot of these! Tuxedo Unmasked has looked at similar rankings which really surprised me too. It really doesn’t fit with who you would expect would be popular from the show, merchandising and fan reactions.
Love Tuxedo Unmasked!
For sure. Great web site!
I’m sure he’ll be pleased that neither Taiki nor Sailor Star Maker made it on the list, at least! XD
where did you get the results from this website
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-12-09/sailor-moon-super-poll-crowns-sailor-uranus-as-fan-favorite/.167253
No, I watched the video.
Wow, very surprising indeed! I notice that my favourite characters (Pluto, the Shitennou, the BM Clan…) are low in this list
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Otherwise, the movie seems beautiful, but the colors are too bright! Wonder how it will be possible to watch it without having our eyes hurt.
And Sailor Uranus is my least favourite Senshi… And tbh, I would’ve never expected her to be the fans’ favourite either.
Yeah, one thing that bugs me about these polls is how they always split the characters up, like Chibi Usa has how many representations? I get that Black Lady is separate, but for me, Chibi Usa, Chibi Moon, and Small Lady are all one character.
Same with Usagi. I do see the past version of Princess Serenity as a separate character, and to an extent, Neo Queen Serenity…but Usagi and Sailor Moon are the same to me.
Indeed, I agree! And I’m afraid that these separations between different incarnations of a same character might skew the results… S. Uranus is the first one in the poll, but Haruka Tennoh is ranked third… like what the f… ?
handwritten synonym
so expensive material
Nice clips.
This is off-topic, but do you know why the original Sailor Moon movies are only available in English on amazon? Purchased the dubbed R movie by accident and didn’t see the Japanese version anywhere. Also, from the cast list for S, it seemed like they were maybe the original Cloverway dubs? Do you know anything about this?
Some of the shots look good. Cannot wait for the movie, but the linework is a bit too thin for the character outlines. A lot of the lines and colors just seem faded. I still cannot believe it took them this long to give us the next story arc.
Damn it, I wish I had watched this special before it was taken down!
Never mind. Watching it now, just not on YouTube.