A new Art Book titled “Sailormoon Raisonné Art Works 1991~2023″ will be released in less than a month on April 12th! Yesterday Sailor Moon editor Fumio Osano teased that some announcements would be made today, and this seems to be the big one! What does the French word for “reasoned” have to do with Sailor Moon? I really have no idea but it is certainly following in the tradition of using random non Japanese or English words in the last decade’s Sailor Moon musical titles. This one doesn’t seem to be overtly incorrectly spelled but the phrase doesn’t really make sense. What is “Sailormoon Reasoned?”
Update: It seems the term “raisonné” in this context refers to a “Catalogue raisonné” which is a catalogue listing all known works by an artist. This suggests that this work would reference everything that Naoko Takeuchi did related to Sailor Moon during the years 1991 to 2023. I’ve been speaking French for 45 years and this term is new to me!
By starting in 1991, the year in which Sailor Moon first appeared in the pages of Nakayoshi and that Codename: Sailor V appeared in Run Run, we will be covering the entire history of the manga. This “ultimate” colour illustration collection gathers a whopping 745 illustrations in its 200 pages.
The front cover features Sailor Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter while the back shows Sailor Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Chibi Moon and Saturn. A “B5″ sized file folder featuring one of these images will be available for those ordering it through the Fan Club or purchasing it at the Sailor Moon Store in Japan. B5 size is roughly but not exactly 7×10″. With an MSRP of 5980 yen, the book will cost about $40 US though expect to pay a bit for shipping or a mint for shipping if you’re still ordering from Amazon Japan, something I have stopped down due to exponential increases in their shipping costs.
This announcement has lead some to wonder if this is the same art book which was announced by Kodansha at New York Comiccon back in October of 2012. At the time the new art book was said to be released in seven countries including the United States. This announcement was made by Kodansha in Japan and doesn’t mention an international release, but such an announcement may still be coming. It’s also possible that after so much time this is a totally different project which might not actually come out here. I’m trying to figure out how long I want to wait before pre-ordering this.
Will you be getting it?
Source: Sailor Moon Official Site
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Nice art book. I’m hoping Cosmos still gets its English release soon.
Nice art book. I’m hoping it still gets its English release soon.
I really hope all of the artwork is full page like in the original artbooks. Because 200 pages doesn’t seem like enough to contain the entirety of 7 artbooks (1-5, Materials Collection/6 and Infinity/7) plus decades of new additional artwork. Even if by 200 pages they meant 400 (both sides of each page) that still wouldn’t be enough.
I’m afraid that it will be 100 sheets because the older artbooks did contain about 60 illustrations each per page. so it’s 200 pages but 100 sheets.
745 illustrations is about 3 to 4 per page. It does sound concerning unless the size of the book is much bigger than the old artbooks which I doubt that considering the price. The layout can be compared to the old artbooks the placing of the tittle and such, so I assume this book might be an A4 size just like the old artbooks.
Leave it to a French Canadian to be annoyed by the French words used in Sailor Moon merch!
La fatalité, la fatalité, de l’amour!
I’ve never owned any of the artbooks, so if this one has some of the old stuff, I’d definitely want it. Not sure I’d be interested in just Crystal artwork.
This announcement has lead some to wonder if this is the same art book which was announced by Kodansha at New York Comiccon back in October of 2012
So did that never happen? That was over a decade ago. Guess that seems on par for how slow they’ve been with everything else lately.
Tbh I’m not interested in the crystal artwork either actually those are my least favorite. I prefer the old artworks of Naoko takeuchi and I also can appreciate the artworks that she made for the museum or the ice skating event.
I couldn’t resist and I preorder it on Amazon japan.
From what I understand, I believe I’m living in the same country, if not the same province as you Adam, and as you point out, I’m going to have pretty expensive customs to pay once it arrives.
Just to add, HOPEFULLY, it will be wort it
Totally wort!
yeah it’s also FOMO I mean the old artbooks are’t that cheap and there are unfortunately a lot of bootlegs so buying this copy is your best bet. I think we as sailor moon fans should just tag Kodansha an all sailormoon related accounts on twitter ie and tell them to just reprint the old artbooks as the demand is still high for these. Initially they did promise this a decade ago.
This is my first time visit at here and i am in fact pleassant to read
everthing at alone place.
I like the original English version
Why haven’t they still announced April news?
Try googling something once in a while, kid
Why are you the only one here without a life?
I don’t know.
That’s not nice to say. A lot of people still want to see the western release of the movie and are waiting for more updates and just to see whatever else Sailor Moon has in store to come. I’ve checked here frequently for updates all the time while doing other activities over the years, but I just don’t announce it and check back again later if there’s no news.
Got it.
What About May News
Hahaha.
I wasn’t saying you have to change, just the person saying you had no life. I think the community has to keep Sailor Moon alive or else it won’t or will be a long time before anything else resumes.
I wasn’t saying you have to change, just the person saying you had no life. I think the community has to keep Sailor Moon alive or else it won’t or will be a long time before anything else resumes.
I did not send another reply today. That was a spammer.
Catalogue raisonné is a term from museums, that’s why it is not very common (am french too)!
Ever Heard of Toonami Rewind it has the Viz Dub of Sailor Moon
I know! It’s being on TV on the last day of May.
You is being here on the last day of May and on every day