Princess Moononoke Sailor Moon/Princess Mononoke shirt for sale today at ShirtPunch

Princess Moononoke shirt at ShirtPunch

Today, December 1st, this great looking Princess Moononoke shirt featuring Sailor Moon as San and Luna as the Wolf Moro from Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke will be for sale at Shirt Punch for $10. Sailor Moon’s mask seems similar to Sailor V’s and San’s knife is replaced with Sailor Moon’s Kaleidomoon Scope.

Princess Mononoke poster

The shirt’s artist is DiHA who also made the Teen Soldier Romance Comics and Tournée due chat noir be la lune shirts which we’ve posted about before. You can buy some of her stuff at her RedBubble store. Also check out her Deviant Art and Facebook pages.

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The first issues of the Complete Edition of the Sailor Moon manga are now out in Japan

Large display promoting the new Sailor Moon manga

The new release of the Sailor moon manga is finally out in Japan and with that we can get a better look at a lot of the differences with this edition. This Kanzenban or “Complete Edition” is larger than any previous release and is hard cover.

Manga size comparison

Left to right the original release, the 2003 reprint and the 2013 edition

The actual art inside is updated like the version released in Japan 10 years and ago, which had the same art as the version which was recently released in North America by Kodansha.

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Girl Scouts inspired Sailor Scouts shirt on sale today at TeeFury

Sailor Scouts shirt at TeeFury

Today, November 30th only, TeeFury is selling this Girl Scouts inspired Sailor Scouts shirt for just $11. The name makes reference to the fact that the Sailor Guardians are referred to as Sailor Scouts in the English dub of Sailor Moon. This design is very similar to the Girl Scouts logo.

Girl Scouts

The shirt’s artist is Li Ro Vi. You can check out Li Ro Vi’s Facebook page for more.

Recently the Boy Scouts of America has threatened to sue a group called the Hacker Scouts for use of the name Scouts. This has led some to wonder if they might make a similar legal threat against the new Sailor Moon anime should they continue to use the term Scouts for the new series. This existing controversy may cause the translators to avoid the term and opt for Sailor Guardians instead, though this decision may be made independent of any impending legal threats. Thanks to Andrew from our Facebook page for bringing the Scouts article to our attention.

The second book of Sailor Moon manga short stories is in stores now

Sailor Moon Short Stories vol. 2 Manga - Cover

The final English translated Sailor Moon manga by Kodansha was released yesterday. Sailor Moon Short Stories vol. 2 collects the last few stories that hadn’t been seen before. You can pick this up at your local bookstore or online retailer (including the Amazon link at the bottom of this post).

Sailor Moon Short Stories vol. 2 Manga - Princess Kaguya's Lover

The bulk of this manga is Princess Kaguya’s Lover. This story was originally published as volume 10 of 18 in the original manga series, taking place immediately after the battle with Professor Tomoe and Mistress 9. It is the story of Luna falling in love with a human and becoming a human herself, and it was animated as the Sailor Moon S movie.

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“Sailor Nite” shirt featuring 5 of the Sailor Guardians for sale this weekend at Pop Up Tee

Sailor Nite - Sailor Moon shirt at Pop Up Tees

This Sailor Nite shirt featuring silhouettes of Sailor Moon and her friends will be for sale for $12 from now until Sunday November 24th at 2pm EST at Pop Up Tee. The shirt features Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus in front of the Moon. Sailor Moon has her Kaleidomoon Scope weapon which she receives from Pegasus in Sailor Moon SuperS and the length of the ribbons on the back of the Sailor Fukus are consistent with the outfits that the Sailor Guardians don in the later half of the SuperS season.

Kaleidomoon Scope

I’m unable to read that Japanese writing due to it being low rez and my not actually reading Japanese.

Spirit of Fire Sailor Mars art nouveau shirt for sale today at Ript Apparel

Sailor Mars - Art Nouveau - Spirit of Fire shirt by Eriphyle

Today, November 18th, this Sailor Mars “Spirit of Fire” shirt will be available from Ript Apparel for $10. The shirt is done in an Art Nouveau style, as have many others in this series. The “Esprit du Feu” on the shirt are French for “Spirit of Fire”.

This shirt has been on sale before. The artist is Eriphyle. You can see more of her work on her Facebook page.

Van Gogh inspired Usagi and the Starry Night shirt for sale today at Shirt Punch

Usagi and the Starry Night

This “Usagi and the Starry Night” Sailor Moon shirt is for sale today, November 15th only, at Shirt Punch for just $10. The shirt features Usagi as Super Sailor Moon in a style similar to Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting Starry Night.

Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night

This shirt’s artist is Gilles Bonne who also designed the Attack on Moon shirt which we posted about in September. For more of his work check out his personal web site, Red Bubble store, Facebook, Twitter, deviantART or tumblr pages.

“Teen Soldier Romance Comics” Sailor Moon shirt for sale today at Shirt Punch

Teen Soldier Romance Comics - Sailor Moon

Today and today only you can pick up this very cool “Teen Soldier Romance Comics” shirt featuring Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask on the cover of an American style comic book at Shirt Punch for $10. The title seems to be a reference to “Teen Age Romance” comics which were published years ago. The date, February 1992, is about the time when the Anime first aired in Japan. As you can see the comic is approved by the Crystal Tokyo comics authority.

This shirt’s artist is DiHA. Check out the original piece that this shirt was based off of. She previously did the “Tournée du chat noir de la lune” shirt which has sold on various shirt a day sites. You can buy that and other products she’s sold at her RedBubble store. You can also check out more of her works on Deviant Art and Facebook.

Roland Parliament, Sailor Moon voice actor and voice director, is releasing a book about his experiences dubbing the series

Roland Parliament, the voice of Melvin

Roland Parliament, the voice of Melvin and voice director for the first 65 episodes of the English dub of Sailor Moon, has written a book about his time working on the show. He spoke about this project at the Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Panel at Unplugged Expo this past weekend in Toronto. This book was written this past summer and includes contributions and photos from many of the voice actors that worked on the original DiC dubbed episodes of Sailor Moon. The book is currently with the editor so it should be completed soon.

We’ll be sure to share any more details about this book’s release as it’s release approaches.

The full content of both panels Sailor Moon voice actor panels from Unplugged Expo have been recorded and will be posted to the site as time permits.

Adventure Moon Sailor Moon/Adventure time shirt for sale at Tee Turtle this week

Adventure Moon Sailor Moon/Adventure Time t-shirt at Tee Turtle

All this week this very cool Adventure Moon shirt, showing Sailor Moon and Luna drawn in the style of Adventure Time, will be on sale at Tee Turtle. As opposed to other shirt a day sites this one will be on sale all week, starting at $15 today, Monday October 28th, and then selling for $20 for the rest of the week, ending Sunday November 3rd.

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