Unplugged Expo Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary voice actor panel – Day 2

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Unplugged Expo Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary panel - Sunday October 27th 2013 - Ron Rubin, Artemis, Susan Roman, Sailor Jupiter, Terri Hawkes, Sailor Moon, Toby Proctor, Tuxedo Mask

Here’s the second of two Sailor Moon voice actor panels that were part of Unplugged Expo‘s Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary celebration. This panel was from the Sunday, October 27th, in Toronto. Saturday’s panel had more voice actors present but Sunday’s panel allowed for a more intimate experience with Ron Rubin, the voice of Artemis, Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Terri Hawkes, the voice of Sailor Moon and Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask. The MC is me, Adam Gardner.

The panel focused on the cast’s time working in voice acting and featured a few attacks from the live action series. Though discussion of the new Sailor Moon anime was saved for the Sunday panel there were no new announcements made as no new information was available however the cast is enthusiastic to reprise their roles if given the chance and suggested fans on the Internet would have a lot of influence if they asked to see the original cast return. One such effort which I mentioned during the panel was this Facebook page which petitions to have Terri Hawkes voice Sailor Moon in the new anime. Please support this page and others if you’d like to hear your favourite voice actors in the new show.

Thanks to the Unplugged Expo staff for putting this convention together, to the Sailor Moon voice actors for making a great panel and to Kate for helping with the camera. Check out Kate’s Sailor Moon screenshots on Instagram or Twitter.

A Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Tribute Album will be released January 29th

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Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Tribute Album cover art

Well over a year into the 20th anniversary celebration a new Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary tribute album has been announced. This album will be released on January 29th 2014 for a price of 3000 yen, roughly $30 US. The album will have a total of 10 tracks with three of the artists already announced. The date of January coincides with the latest news of when the new Anime wil be released, though this date may be coincidental. Momoiro Clover Z, who will be performing the theme song for the upcoming new Sailor Moon anime, will be doing a track. It’s unclear at this point if the track on the CD will be the new theme song or not. As Momoiro Clover Z have performed Moonlight Densetsu, the original Sailor Moon anime theme song, in concert a number of times already it’s also a possibility that this cover will be their track on the CD. The two other artists which have been named to date are Mitsuko Horie and Shoko Nakagawa.

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

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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.

A commercial for Bandai’s PROLICA Moon Stick

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PROLICA Moon Stick Commercial

Here’s a commercial for Bandai’s PROLICA Moon Stick replica. This 1:1 high quality Moon Stick will be on sale this coming April. It will be expensive (about $90 US) and there have not been any details about a North American release of the product to date. You can pre-order it from JList now.

This commercial clearly shows that this Moon Stick is meant to be modelled after the item from the original Anime. We previously speculated that this toy might be from the new anime, set to start in January, and that the similarity and use of Kotono Mitsuishi’s voice were telling of the show’s designs and casting, but we now know that this is not relevant as it is based on the 1992 anime’s designs.

PROLICA Moon Stick Commercial 1:1 scale

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

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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.

Unplugged Expo’s Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary voice actor panel – Day 1

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Unplugged Expo Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Panel - Day 1

Here’s the first of two Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary panels from Unplugged Expo in Toronto last weekend. This is the Saturday panel from October 26th. On this panel we have Jill Frappier, the voice of Luna, Ron Rubin, the voice of Artemis, Roland Parliament, the voice of Melvin and voice director for the first 65 episodes of the dub, Julie Lemieux, the voice of Sammy, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars, Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Stephanie Morgenstern, the voice of Sailor Venus, Terri Hawkes, the voice of Sailor Moon and Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask. The MC at the podium is me, Adam Gardner.

The Sunday panel was recorded as well. It included Ron Rubin, Susan Roman, Terri Hawkes and Toby Proctor. It will be posted online as time permits in the coming days.

Thanks to Kate for helping out with the camera. Check out her Sailor Moon screenshots on Instagram or Twitter.

Schedule of Sailor Moon related events at the N2U convention in Ottawa November 1st to the 3rd

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Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion Panel at Fan Expo 2013 featuring Susan Roman, Katie Griffin, Linda Ballantyne, Toby Proctor and John Stocker

This coming weekend is the N2U anime convention in Ottawa, Ontario. We mentioned a while back that this convention would be host to a number of Sailor Moon voice actors. We now have a schedule for the convention which tells us about a number of Sailor Moon related panels that are taking place and a time for the meet and greets with the voice actors.

The Meet & Greets will be taking place in the Centennial Foyer Saturday at noon and Sunday at 2pm. This will include Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars, Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask and John Stocker, voice director for the series.

For panels Friday from 9 to 11pm there is “A Brief History of the Moon Kingdom”. Saturday night has “Sailor Moon 101 from 10pm until midnight. Additionally on Saturday from 1pm to 3pm you can watch Sailor Moon in the video room.

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

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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

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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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Unplugged Expo’s exclusive Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary t-shirt and pinup

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Unplugged Expo Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary t-shirt - Women's front Unplugged Expo Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary t-shirt - Women's back

Unplugged Expo is just a few days away, October 26th and 27th in Toronto. There are a few exclusive items related to their Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary celebration that seem worth picking up. These 20th Anniversary exclusive t-shirts by Chop Shop Goods will be sold at the show for $20.

Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Pinup by Jon Lam

Another exclusive, this great looking pinup poster, is just $10. This would be a great item to get autographed by the many voice actors in attendence. It’s by artist Jon Lam. For more of his stuff check out his Facebook page, twitter page or personal web site. Voice actors will also have other items available for sale to get autographed at their table. Postcards will be $5, headshots will be $10 and posters will be $15.

I’ve also gotten more details about the Sailor Moon DQ panel which is taking place Saturday at noon. This will be a panel focusing on the music from the English dub of Sailor Moon.

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