This coming Sunday is Toronto ComiCon, a one day convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. This convention will feature John Stocker, voice actor and voice director, as one of it’s guests. John Stocker contributed a few voices to the Sailor Moon English dub and most notably was the voice director for the Sailor Moon S and SuperS seasons.
Fans of John Stocker should check out our interview with him from Fan Expo 2012.
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.
This coming November 1st to the 3rd in Canada’s capital city of Ottawa, Ontario the N2U anime and gaming convention will be host to the English cast of Sailor Moon! In attendance this year will be 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.
This was announced on the N2U Facebook page and on the guest page of their web site. I will be in attendance at this convention which is taking place in my home town. I hope to see a lot of local Sailor Moon fans there! The convention will be held at the Travelodge on Carling near the Westgate shopping centre, easily accessible from the 417 for out of towners.
John Stocker, voice actor and voice director, will be making an appearance at the Unplugged Expo convention in Toronto this October 26th and 27th. Though he is probably best known for voicing cartoon characters such as Beastly in the 80s he has also done a lot of voice directing work including the Sailor Moon S and SuperS seasons.
Unplugged Expo is having a Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Celebration with many voice actors from the show already confirmed as guests. Check out the announcement on the Unplugged Expo Facebook page for more information.
Fans of John Stocker should check out our interview with him from Fan Expo 2012.
This past weekend at Fan Expo 2013 in Toronto there was a Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion! This included Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars, Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon, Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask and John Stocker, voice director for Sailor Moon S and SuperS. Here’s a video of the complete panel that they held on Friday. The Fan Expo staff seriously underestimated fan interest in Sailor Moon so many people were unable to make it into the room which was at maximum capacity.
While at Fan Expo 2013 I also managed to record interviews with Susan Roman, Linda Ballantyne and John Stocker. I will be posting them to the site as time permits. I did not neglect Katie Griffin and John Stocker! I interviewed both of them at last year’s convention.
The schedule for Fan Expo 2013, the convention taking place August 22nd to the 25th, has been released online. In it we see that the “Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion” panel will be taking place on Friday afternoon at 2:30pm so if you’re not a big fan of Richard Dean Anderson I suggest you cancel all other plans and make it to that panel! As we mentioned previously there will be many guests from the Sailor Moon dub in attendance at the convention. The panel will include Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask, Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon, Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars and John Stocker, voice director for the series.
There are no autograph sessions listed for any of these actors. The Sailor Moon guests have spots at a table in a hall on the same floor at the Expo Hall. If it’s anything like last year attendees will be free to approach them for autographs throughout the weekend while they’re at their tables. Check out the area that says “Cartoon Voice Actors” on the floor plan to find your favourite Sailor Moon star.
The panel will be taking place in 701B which you can see from the floor plan is located one floor up from the main expo hall at the far end of the hall with the main elevators.
I hope to see you at the convention.
At this year’s Fan Expo convention in Toronto Canada, August 22nd to the 25th, there will be a Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Cast Reunion! This will include Toby Proctor, the voice of Tuxedo Mask, Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon, Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars and John Stocker, voice director for the series.
Fan Expo is a huge convention which includes an Anime stream amongst many others. Unfortunately at least year’s convention the Sailor Moon guests in attendance were not involved in any panels, but with this reunion going on there will hopefully be more Sailor Moon related events for fans eager to meet their favourite voice actors.
This past weekend at Anime North 2013 in Toronto Sailor Moon voice director John Stocker and the voice of Sailor Jupiter Susan Roman got together for a Memories of the 80s panel and we’ve got a full video of it. This panel is not Sailor Moon themed but with their shared background on the show and the room’s general interest in the series a lot of the discussion ended up being around their experiences dubbing the Sailor Moon anime. These two have had long careers in the industry and offer some great insight into working in voice dubbing in Toronto during the 80s, through the time Sailor Moon was airing and today.
Here is a video of the Sailor Moon Voice Actors Q&A panel from Anime North 2013 in Toronto this past weekend. The panel features John Stocker, voice director for Sailor Moon S and SuperS, Linda Ballantyne, the voice of Sailor Moon for Sailor Moon S and SuperS, Katie Griffin, the voice of Sailor Mars, and Susan Roman, the voice of Sailor Jupiter.
Yesterday we shared a video from Anime North 2013 where John Stocker mentioned that he had heard that FUNimation was going to be doing the dub for the new Sailor Moon anime. Some clarification has now come from the FUNimation Facebook page stating simply that “FUNimation does not hold the license for Sailor Moon.”.
This is pretty straightforward. Whether or not some future deal has FUNimation doing the dub for the new anime is something we can only speculate about. As of now they simply do not hold the rights. There is not currently any indication of anyone holding the rights to the Sailor Moon anime, old or new, in North America. Should we get any reliable information to the contrary we will be sure to let you know about it.
We regret having shared a rumour that did not turn out to be correct but as always we attempt to present such information in it’s full context so that you the reader can make your own informed decision as to whether or not to believe such claims. If there is ever any evidence that is contrary to something that is posted on this site please do not hesitate to contact us and let us know about it so that we can post corrections when necessary in our ongoing effort to keep you informed about all things Sailor Moon.
