The colour version of Bandai’s S. H. Figuarts figure was unveiled last weekend at Wonder Festival 2013. We don’t really have more details about this figure at this point but the price should be similar to the Sailor Moon and Mercury figures which we already know more about.
Source: Plastic Ronin and Sailor Moon Collectibles
This Sunday, August 4th, there will be a live web video event on the Niconico site. This was announced on the official Sailor Moon site. This event is going to be similar to last year’s event where the anime was first announced. They will be discussing the new Sailor Moon anime, the upcoming musical and other new merchandise. The update on the musical will include a performance by the cast. We’re certainly hoping to get some concrete information about the new anime since very little has been officially announced since last year’s event. The event will occur at 5pm local time in Japan which is 4am Sunday morning here in Norther America’s Easter Standard Time zone.
If you are interested in following the show live I would suggest heading over to the Miss Dream web site. They will have a live stream of the show with live translations over twitter. In addition once complete they plan on subbing it for all to enjoy. It was following Miss Dream’s twitter account that I first learned about the new anime moments after it had been announced last year.
We’ll be sure to update this site with any relevant information as it comes in. Posting on the site might not be my top priority at 4 or 5 in the morning on a Sunday but I will strive to share information as it is relevant and urgent as time permits. Keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages for information that’s breaking and not yet posted to the blog. At the very least I will be retweeting and posting short updates about anything important on those social media sites. As always we encourage our readers to join the conversation on those pages.
Here’s yet another Sailor Moon figure that was spotted at Wonder Festival 2013 Summer held this weekend in Chiba, Japan! This is from Bandai and Volks’s Figuarts ZERO line of figures. These are not posable like the S. H. Figuarts line but rather single piece immoveable figures. These are very detailed high quality figures. Here we see Sailor Moon with her Cutie Moon Rod, her weapon from the Sailor Moon R season of the anime.
Source: @figureadictos, @ho_shiraya and Sailor Moon Collectibles.
As is often the case we’re only seeing a prototype at first. If all goes well we’ll be seeing the completed version in colour soon.
We haven’t heard about Legend Studio’s line of Sailor Moon S figures since February but we’ve finally got a first look at them from the ACG HK 2013 convention. We previously only saw images of the characters and some rough 3D renders of the pieces making up the figure but now we can see a prototype of the figure itself. As is often the case with prototypes we don’t have any colours however a cardboard display does show us what the figure would look like in full colour and it looks pretty good.
GE Animation has announced a new Sailor Moon figure on their Facebook page. After their first image was posted they also shared pictures of the front and back of the box. This item, like others made by GE Animation, are sold by a variety of retailers such as local anime stores, not directly to consumers by GE animation. This figure should eventually show up on Amazon. For now it is currently listed at online store Circle Red for $30 though it is not currently in stock.
This figure is less expensive and not as high quality looking as Bandai’s S. H. Figuarts figure which we’ve been posting quite a bit about on this site. The figure is shipping out to vendors now so you we should be seeing it in stores shortly. GE Animation has mentioned that figures for more characters may be made if sales of this figure go well.
Bandai’s Sailor Venus S. H. Figuarts figure has finally been revealed. She joins Sailor Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter to complete the main group of five girls. It was only a matter of time before Venus would be revealed. Now it’s anyone’s guess as to who might be next. Sailor Chibi Moon? Sailor Pluto followed by Uranus and Neptune? Maybe we’ll see a Tuxedo Mask figure!
In this image brought to us by the Cybergundam Blog we also get a better look at Sailor Mars’s prototype figure. Currently we’ve only seen colour versions of the Sailor Moon and Mercury figures but colour versions of Sailor Mars, Jupiter and Venus will be along in time. Bandai’s S. H. Figuarts figures are very detailed with many swappable parts. You can pre-order Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury from the links at the bottom of this post. We’ll update the site with more links as they become available.
Bandai will be releasing a series of very nice looking very expensive Sailor Moon necklaces which are made to resemble some of Sailor Moon’s transformation items. From left to right on the larger image we have gold and silver versions of Sailor Moon’s original Transformation Brooch from the first season, a pink and silver version of the Crystal Star Brooch from Sailor Moon R and Sailor Chibi Moon’s Prism Heart Compact and Sailor Moon’s Cosmic Heart Compact from Sailor Moon S.
These are high end items! Like the rings we reported on earlier they are real jewelry. All are made of silver and some are gold plated. They’re sold at real jewelry prices! Each necklace is currently price at 12,600 yen which equates to about $125 US. Go ahead and get approval for that loan if you’re hoping to get all six! As you can see from the model wearing one these are quite small. No this is not a gigantic Japanese model wearing a life sized broach, they are about 3/4 of an inch in diameter.
Our baller readers may pre-order these items now through Bandai’s store. Keep reading for a close up look of all of the necklaces.
Sailor Jupiter is joining the ranks of Sailor Moon, Mercury and Mars with a great looking S. H. Figuarts figure by Bandai. This picture was taken at San Diego Comic-Con. Once again like with the other figures we’re just looking at a prototype right now. It doesn’t have any colour yet but the final figure will. We can only assume that the price point for this figure will be comparable to the others in the line. Both Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury are currently listed on Amazon for $42.
Bandai’s line of S. H. Figuarts figures are highly detailed and posable figures with many swappable parts. It seems likely at this point that a Sailor Venus figure won’t be far behind. Who will come after that? We can only speculate!
Source: Tomopop
Volume 12 of the Sailor Moon manga was released today! It is now available in stores and online. Buy it from the Amazon link included below to support the site.
This story concludes the main story of the Sailor Moon manga. This is it! Will Sailor Moon beat all the bad guys or will she be killed along with all her friends? You’ll have to read the book to find out! There will be two more books of short stories which are aside from the main continuity which will be released in the coming months.
Included as always are some nice looking colour pages.
Bandai’s Sailor Mercury S. H. Figuarts figure is now available for pre-order from Amazon. The figure will be available December 15th. You can order it through the link below.
Can’t wait that long? The Sailor Moon figure will be out October 1st. Sailor Mars must be close behind at this point! All figures and manga sold at Amazon can be purchased from our Amazon Store located on the left sidebar of the main page.