New Japanese Sailor Moon figures from Bandai

Bandai Chibi-Arts Sailor Moon and Luna figures

Bandai has announced a few new Sailor Moon figures at their Tamashii Nation 2012 show, which is Bandai’s collectible trade show. Two Sailor Moon figures were shown.

The first was part of the Figuarts line. Figuarts are high quality very detailed figurines with swappable parts. As can be seen from the two images shown below Sailor Moon can be posed in a number of ways such as her “I will punish you” pose from when she lectures villains to her post transformation pose. Sailor Moon comes with her faithful cat Luna.

Bandai Sailor Moon figureBandai Sailor Moon and Luna Figuarts figures

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“We Can Punish It!” Sailor Moon t-shirt for sale October 20th at Ript Apparel

"We Can Punish It!" Sailor Moon t-shirt at Ript Apparel

Tomorrow (as of this article being posted) this “We Can Punish It!” Sailor Moon themed t-shirt will be going up for sale for just $10 at Ript Apparel. This shirt will only be on sale for 24 hours after which time it will be gone … forever! I became aware of this sale through Ript Apparel’s newletter. This is confirmed in the ad shown above which is on the artist’s facebook page.

We Can Do It!

This shirt’s design is a reference to the “We Can Do It!” World War II propaganda poster by J. Howard Miller. This shirt was designed by Ninjaink.

Sailor Moon portion of the Kondansha panel at New York Comic Con 2012

Kodansha panel Sailor Moon announcements at New York Comic Con 2012

A Sailor Moon fan has recorded a part of the Kodansha Comics USA panel from last weekend’s New York Comic Con which includes the portions relevant to Sailor Moon. The video embedded below has been cued up to when the Sailor Moon discussion begins.

This panel began with the announcmeent of a new Sailor Moon art book for 2013 that we previously discussed on the site. This art book is being put together in Japan and the details are sparse. The Sailor Moon manga box set was then mentioned. These are not new versions of the books, though typos and errors are corrected with reprints so some minor issues may be corrected in these. This followed with a reading of a letter from Naoko Takeuchi to American fans.

Thanks to Senshi_chan for recording the video.

Sailor Moon biker shirt for sale at OtherTees

Moon's Angels - Sailor Moon biker shirt at Shirt Punch

A “Sailor Soliders Motorcycle Club” shirt is for sale today only at OtherTees. This shirt was previously sold at Shirt Punch back in August. The sale will only be on for another 15 hours, ending at 5pm EST on October 14th. It sells for $12 plus shipping.

As we mentioned last time this shirt was for sale the artist is Méchante Fille Art & Design (tumblr, Redbubble) and if you miss your chance to pick it up you can always order it from Don’t Blink Tees for full price.

Sailor Moon and Goku t-shirt for sale today at Ript Apparel

Idols shirt - Sailor Moon as Wonder Woman & Goku as Superman - Ript Apparel

Today only at Ript Apparel this t-shirt featuring Sailor Moon as Wonder Woman and Dragon Ball Z’s Goku as Superman will be on sale for $10. As is the case for most of these t-shirt sites the shirt is on sale for only 24 hours, which will be until 1am EST October 8th.

This shirt’s design was done by GoldenLegend. Here we have who are arguably Anime’s most prolific man and woman portraying North American comics’ counterparts. Check out more shirts by this artist in his Redbubble store. If you missed your chance to pick up this shirt or are looking for a different colour you can get it from Redbubble for the shirt’s full price.

“Chat Noir de la Lune” shirt on Qwertee today

Tournée du Chat Noir de la Lune t-shirt image

The shirt of the day on Qwertee is this “Tournée du Chat Noir de la Lune” shirt. As with other shirt a day sites this shirt is on sale for one day only. Since this site is not based in the US, the shirt will be on sale until October 1st at 6pm EST. The shirt is 10 euro, which is a bit less than $13 US. I bought a shirt with the same design when it went on sale at TeeFury and have been quite happy with it.

The image is a reference to an old poster advertising “Le chat noir”, which was the name of a 19th century French cabaret. The poster advertised a tour that the troup from the cabaret was doing in other cities. The cat in the image is replaced by none other than Luna and the words translate to “The black cat from the Moon’s tour”.

Tournée du chat noir de Rodolphe Salis

This design was done by DiHA and can be found on her deviant art page. Don’t worry if you’ve missed your chance to get this shirt. You can still order it from Redbubble.

Mystery of the creepy topless Sailor Moon statue solved!

Creepy topless Sailor Moon statue mystery solved

A few weeks ago we shared an image of this creepy Sailor Moon statue which looked topless but was more likely just a statue with faded paint. I was unable to find what the original statue looked like at the time but now a poster at the Sailor Moon forums has dug up a picture of one of these in better condition.

Sailor Moon children's ride paint intact

It turns out the statue is actually part of a ride. This is not terribly evident in the original picture given it doesn’t give a full view of what it is, but knowing it’s a ride it’s fairly easy to find many more picture of these online. Some minor variations in some parts and colours of the ride can be seen, but they are all generally similar to the original one we discussed.

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Sailor Moon manga book 1-6 box set coming in November

Sailor Moon Manga Volumes 1-6 Box Set

A box set collecting the English versions of the first six books of Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon manga will go on sale November 20th. This set is already up for pre-order on Amazon. This set was first made known when it went up for pre-order on Right Stuf’s web site a few days ago. This was confirmed by Kodansha on Twitter. The box art is only now being made available. It looks like a sheet of cards, bookmarks or stickers comes with the set. The books themselves look like the ones we already have judging by the spines.

The box art, of which we can only see one side, is an image of Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon originally used as the cover of the second volume of the manga. Does the first volume cover appear on the other side which we can’t see?

Sailor Moon manga volume 2 original cover

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“By Moonlight” Sailor Moon shirt on sale today at Ript Apparel

Ript Apparel Sailor Moon T-Shirt - Au clair de lune

Sailor Moon shirts sure are getting popular on these shirt a day sites, no doubt because Sailor Moon fans are happy to buy them. Today Ript Apparel have this lovely $10 Sailor Moon shirt showing Sailor Moon in an Art Nouveau style with the words “Au clair de lune” on it. This roughly translates to “By moonlight” which is the title of the shirt. This is likely a reference to “Fighting evil by moonlight”. “Au clair de la lune” happens to be a popular French folk song which, at least in my day, was something kids would sing a lot in kindergarten at French schools. As is always the case for these kind of deals the shirt is only available for a day, this one being September 15th. This leaves about 10 hours as of this posting.

This shirt’s artist is Eriphyle who also designed the Adventure Moon shirt that was sold on Shirt Punch a few weeks back. For more about this artist check out her web site and Facebook page.

I make an effort to check a lot of these daily shirt sites every day so if any more Sailor Moon shirts pop up I’ll do my best to let you all know about them.

“Moon for President!” Sailor Moon shirt at Shirt Punch

Moon for President! Shirt at Shirt Punch

Shirt Punch has yet another Sailor Moon shirt for sale today. As always this shirt will be on sale for $10 but only for one day. The shirt features a mock presidential campaign logo with a crescent moon at the center and four symbols representing the other planets or the Sailor Soldiers surrounding with the slogan “Vote Moon – Love & Justice You Can Believe In” written across the bottom. More specifically the shirt is a parody of Barack Obama’s logo.

Today’s shirt is by Rachael Thomas who has her own t-shirt store which includes other Sailor Moon shirts including this same design in case you missed your chance to get it or want to chose another colour than the navy blue which the Shirt Punch version comes printed on.

Vote Moon for Love & Justice You Can Believe In