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The many faces of Bandai’s new Sailor Moon figure

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Sailor Moon S. H. Figuarts - Crying and winking face

A lot of new pictures of the upcoming Sailor Moon S. H. Figuarts figure by Bandai have surfaced. The figure is featured in the June issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine’s. Sailor Moon Collectibles has been sharing many new pictures of the figure as they come in on their web site and Facebook page.

Bandai's Sailor Moon S. H. Figuarts figure magazine scan

The faces we’ve seen to date include a normal Sailor Moon face, a crying face and a winking face. The normal face is seen with and without a Tiara, but since only three faces are mentioned on the web site that may indicate that the Tiara is removable from the one face, or from all of them. It may come attached to the front piece of hair based on my best guess at how the faces are held in place, but this is just speculation.

Bandai's Sailor Moon S. H. Figuarts figure magazine scan - Jumping

Keep reading for a few more lower quality photos of some magazine pages.

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Katie Griffin and Susan Roman to appear at Anime North May 24th to the 26th

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Sailor Jupiter - Susan Roman

Anime North has announced two new guests Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars, and Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter. They will join Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon, and John Stocker, voice director for Sailor Moon, at this year’s convention which will be held in Toronto the weekend of May 24th to the 26th.

Susan Roman is a veteran voice actor with a ton of credits to her name. She provided the voice of Lita, Sailor Jupiter, for her entire time in the series making her the only actress to voice one of the main Sailor Scout for the entire length of the series.

Sailor Mars - Katie Griffin

Katie Griffin has also done a great deal of voice acting. We met up with her at Fan Expo last year. Check out that interview. She provided the voice of Raye, Sailor Mars, for all but 16 episodes of the series making the actress appearing in the most episodes of the show.

With all of these Sailor Moon actors at the same convention we will be in attendance and hope to see you there. Weekend passes are sold out but individual passes are still available for all days.

The new Sailor Moon anime may be delayed

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Will Sailor Moon be this old when the new anime airs?

Although there has still been no official announcement confirming this there is growing evidence that there could be a delay in the release of the 2013 Sailor Moon anime which was originally meant to be released this summer. The main sources for this are a tweet from Fumio Osano, the Sailor Moon manga’s editor, word from Toru Furuya, the voice of Tuxedo Mask, and word from a European distributor for Sailor Moon. Once again there is currently no official confirmation of a delay, but as there is growing evidence that this could be happening we are presenting you with all of the evidence that exists at this time and what those sources are so that you can make your own informed opinion as to what this means.

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Sailor Moon/Adventure Time shirt will be sold at Tee Turtle April 22nd to the 29th

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Adventure Moon shirt at Tee Turtle

Update: This shirt sale has been delayed to April 22nd, not the 8th as originally reported. You have plenty of time to save up $12 in two weeks!

Starting Monday April 22nd this very cool “Adventure Moon” shirt which has Sailor Moon and Luna drawn in the style of Adventure Time will be sold at Tee Turtle. Tee Turtle works a bit differently from other t-shirt sites. The shirt will be on sale for $12 on Monday and then for $15 until April 28th, so pick it up on Monday if you can but if you miss it you’ll still have a chance to get it until the end of the week.

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Sailor Moon’s Tiara and more in new images of Bandai’s figure

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Sailor Moon S. H. Figuarts figure by Bandai - Moon Tiara Action

Moon Tiara Action! These new photos of Bandai’s Sailor Moon figure which will be released in August give us a first look at the Tiara in action! Notice also that Sailor Moon in this pose does not have her Tiara on her forehead, as this is a swappable face. Along with three new photos the Tamashii site also has an English blurb about the toys which reveals that there will be two Moon Sticks, one with the Silver Crystal and one without.

S.H.Figuarts Sailor Moon’s Posability & Articulation!

Intense action scenes highlight Sailor Moon’s image as a “Beautiful Soldier”.
The latest S.H.Figuarts articulation technology lets you fully enjoy the world of Sailor Moon.
You can recreate iconic action scenes of Sailor Moon from memory with your very own hands.
That is one of the greatest attractions of playing with action figures.
Part of the hair has been rendered with clear parts for enhanced realism.
S.H.Figuarts Sailor Moon will shine not only as an articulated action figure but as an elegant display piece.
A full array of interchangeable faces and hands in the set help reproduce dynamic anime scenes.
Also, 2 types of Moon Sticks (with/without Silver Crystal), and effect parts for “Moon Tiara Action” will expand the playability of “S.H.Figuarts Sailor Moon”.

Next time, we will be able to introduce not only serious facial expressions but also comical expressions of Sailor Moon.
Stay tuned!

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Sailor Moon DVDs to be released in German and French

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Sailor Moon French Intro

Earlier this week Toei Animation announced that it made a deal with Viz Media Europe for the release of the Sailor Moon anime in German and French language DVDs. The entire 200 episode TV series will be released by Viz Media Switzerland in German DVDs which will have both German dialogue as well as the original Japanese dialogue with German subtitles. The French release will be handled by Kazé who will be releasing the entire first season of Sailor Moon on bilingual DVDs featuring the French dub as well as the original Japanese with French subtitles.

German and French speaking fans may want to think about picking up these releases as there are still no English dubbed or subbed DVDs currently in print.

Below you will find a few samples of the French language dub. Keep in mind that I recorded these from VHS taped versions of a TV broadcast from the 90s so these clips should not be taken as an indication of the video quality of these upcoming releases.

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“Sailor Planets” t-shirt available at ShirtPunch today

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Sailor Planets shirt at ShirtPunch

This hilarious looking shirt featuring actual planets as Sailor Soldiers is on sale at ShirtPunch for $10 today, April 16th, only.

This shirt features a crescent Moon as Sailor Moon, the Earth as Tuxedo Mask, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter as their respective Sailor Soldiers and what seems to be a satellite for Artemis and a rocket ship for Luna.

The shirt’s artist Odysseyroc colaborated with Walmazan for this design. You can check out Odysseyroc’s Twitter, Facebook and Big Cartel pages and Walmazan’s Facebook page or personal web site for more of their stuff.

Bandai’s new Sailor Moon S.H. Figuarts figure will go on sale this August

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Sailor Moon - S. H. Figuarts figure

Sailor Moon Channel, the official Sailor Moon site, and Tamashii Nations have a new look at the Sailor Moon S.H. Figuarts figure from Bandai. This figure, made to commemorate Sailor Moon’s 20th Anniversary, is set to go on sale in August and comes with a small Luna figure. We last saw these figures at Bandai’s trade show last year. These new images show Sailor Moon’s moon stick which was not previously seen.

Sailor Moon S. H. Figuarts with Moon Stick

The figure has an MSRP of 4,410 Japanese Yen which is about $45 US, though North American fans can probably expect to pay a bit more of a premium to ship or buy an import of this toy. It will measure 14 centimetres, roughly 5.5″.

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Original Sailor Moon anime to replay in Japan starting May 5th

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Sailor Moon episode 1 - Usagi removing a bandage from Luna's head

Japanese satellite channel TV Asahi channel 1 will begin replaying the first season of the 1992 Sailor Moon anime starting on the 5th of May. This is not a free channel so the show will not be viewable by everyone. The TV Asahi web site mentions that the show will be airing from 5 to 6pm on Sundays, meaning that they will be playing two episode per week in this time slot. The site only mentions the original 46 episode, having run from March 7th 1992 to March 23rd 1993, so there is currently no indication of specific plans to follow this airing up with Sailor Moon R. Replaying this first season will take roughly six months at this rate.

Fans have been waiting for more information about the new 2013 Sailor Moon anime but such information has still not come. Is TV Asahi trying to capitalize on the impending hype for the new series? Unfortunately we can’t consider this move as an indication of much since Sailor Moon has been replayed in Japan a number of times since it’s original airing back in the day.

Sailor Moon as drawn by Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt artist TAGRO

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TAGRO - Serenity and Guardians

TAGRO, a Japanese manga artist best known for drawing the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt manga, has done some interesting Sailor Moon fan art. TAGRO does tons of art of various anime characters and Sailor Moon seems to be his latest interest. He’s drawn all five of the main Sailor Soldiers and Tuxedo Mask to date. The art style is certainly a change for Sailor Moon, making the characters look like something out of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt characterized by their super deformed “chibi” look and lack of feet. The various high rez group shots make great desktop backgrounds for a wide screen display.

TAGRO - Tuxedo Mask

TAGRO posts his works at Japanese art sharting site pixiv. You can check out his profile for more of his works. A free registration is required to view all of his art. You can also follow @TAGRO on Twitter. His profile currently refers to himself as “Sailor TAGRO”.

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