Comments on: New Sailor Moon artwork and an interview with Naoko Takeuchi appear in Vogue Japan

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 04:06:57 +0000

I like moon stuff

By: Anonymoon

Anonymoon — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:22:12 +0000

I care. thought it was an interesting bit of trivia. I love that movie.

Why are you even here if you don’t care about Sailor Moon stuff?

By: Tony Blankenberger

Tony Blankenberger — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 02:44:30 +0000

No one asked or cares.

By: Luke Yannuzzi

Luke Yannuzzi — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:47:31 +0000

Today is Sailor Moon R: the Movie’s 30th Anniversary.

By: Anonymoon

Anonymoon — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:40:40 +0000

“People get offended way too easy nowadays” …is an annoying statement that people have been saying since forever. Instead of dismissing people outright when they say they’re upset or offended, you can look at what they’re saying and decide whether you think it’s a valid argument or not. And if you think it’s an invalid argument, ask yourself why you think that. Saying that everyone is “too easily offended” is just a lazy way to avoid any actual discourse or debate.

That said, I don’t think anything in this interview was really terrible, maybe just naive and perhaps insensitive in some ways. And I agree with the rest of your comment.

By: Anonymoon

Anonymoon — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:19:33 +0000

I mean, I don’t really love the line about “motherhood” being necessary for “strength” or “kindness”. You can be strong and kind without needing to be a mom (or a dad/parent), and since I mentioned that, why not “strength = fatherhood = kindness” too? Basically, all over the world (but especially in Japan, since we’re talking about this), society still has a strong expectation that women will/should become mothers, while not holding men to the same expectations or standards. You don’t need to be a parent, or NOT be a parent, in order to be a good person.

The line about prayer also kind of rubbed me the wrong way, but I respect that it works for many other people, so I can shrug that one off. No big deal.

Human men generally have physical advantages over human women (which is where a lot of our problems on equal treatment between genders comes from), so although I understand why this would rub some people the wrong way, I take it as a neutral statement.

And yeah, we have no idea how strong aliens would be, or if they even exist, but if we’re talking about the ones on the show, they’re more powerful than humans of ANY gender, so that’s where the magical powers come in.

So over all, there are a few things in this interview that rubbed me the wrong way, but I’m not sure it’s anything to get up in arms about either. She’s just expressing her own views and opinions, which is the point of an interview like this. Everything else sounded fine to me.

By: pndy

pndy — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:51:54 +0000

People get offended way too easy nowadays – often by ridiculously trivial issues. SM is not only about girls who are bestow with magical powers to kick enemies asses but also about love (all kind of it), friendship, compassion (the Polish version had this “helping the enemy is our specialty” line and girls indeed on many occasions help their enemies) and finding own inner strength.

SM did changed anime much – the typical cutesy girl series often filled with magic that was straight from fairy tales was replaced by a girl soldier who uses magic to fight evil in many forms and who has friends who can do the same. The series surely influenced many people around the world and it was (IMO) a good contrast to this Disney portrayal of princess that was prevalent in the 90s. The other series that did the same was MKR by Clamp.

The interview is fine but as many things nowadays, it can and probably will be twisted up – willingly or not, to fuel someones agenda or simply to generate clicks on supposed controversy.

By: Luke Yannuzzi

Luke Yannuzzi — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 03:22:07 +0000

That’s what I call awesome.

By: Argocity2003

Argocity2003 — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:29:29 +0000

I am not upset or offended by her response, it’s her opinion and view through out the yrs and to this day she still sees that women are treated as weak , but in the it’s their strength that helps them survive in this kind of world.

For fans to be upset is Bullshit…she has a right to voice her opinion.