History WesternAnimation / ToonMakersSailorMoon

Ray Mona later separately uploaded the 10 minute pilot which can be watched [[https://youtu.be/uA2VOuqaOnk here]], and a clean version of the music video [[https://youtu.be/_0m2COrch8Q here]].

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* PragmaticAdaptation: The "Sailor" in Sailor Moon is a reference to the characters' Japanese school uniforms, popularly described in layman's terms as "SailorFuku". Here the term "sailor" is used more literally, as they sail into space to fight the bad guys.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The "Sailor" in Sailor Moon is a reference to their Japanese school uniforms, popularly described in layman's terms as "SailorFuku". Here they sail into space to fight the bad guys.

* SpaceSailing: The title "Sailor Moon" is taken more literally in this version, as the Sailor Scouts use sailboards to travel through space and for transportation in general.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The "Sailor" in Sailor Moon is a reference to their Japanese school uniforms, popularly described in layman's terms as "Sailor Suits/Fuku". Here they sail into space to fight the bad guys.

* SpaceSailing: They took the title "Sailor Moon" rather... literally.

** Sailor Mars has become a {{Tomboy}} with short hair who considers wearing sportswear to a school dance. Originally, Rei was either fairly elegant and spiritual (manga), or was a boy-crazy hothead (1990s anime). Sailor Jupiter was a martial arts wielding TomboyWithAGirlyStreak and Venus was a bubbly GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak who liked both volleyball & track and field sports, and Sailor Mars wasn't into sports at all.

* CerebroElectro: Some comments from Sailor Jupiter indicate she would have this versions SmartGuy on top of being an electricity user.

* AdaptedOut: The Four Heavenly Kings are nowhere to be seen, Sailor Moon's original school social circle (Naru, Umino, Ms. Haruna, etc) are also absent. Also as the princesses in this version are survivors who fled the fall of the Moon Kingdom the families they reincarnated into no longer exist, the girls now attend Boarding School instead. Averted with Artemis, who at first seems like he was [[CompositeCharacter fused into Luna]], but the creators did intend to have him appear later, they simply swapped his and Luna's fur color.

* AdaptedOut: The Four Heavenly Kings are nowhere to be seen, Sailor Moon's original school social circle (Naru, Umino, Ms. Haruna, etc) are also absent. Averted with Artemis, who at first seems like he was [[CompositeCharacter fused into Luna]], but the creators did intend to have him appear later, they simply swapped his and Luna's fur color.

In March 2022 an unofficial documentary, ''[[https://youtu.be/SdYD5StqHxk The Western World of Sailor Moon]]'' was released by LostMedia investigative [=YouTuber=] Raven "Ray Mona" Simone. In it she documented her at the time unsuccessful search for the pilot and clean copy of the music video. Later, in August 2022, after following tips from viewers of this video, and with assistance from Kotaku journalist Cecilia D'Anastasio (who acted as liasion between Simone and former Renaissance Atlantic head Frank Ward), Simone procured clean copies of the music video and the pilot (which actually is only 10 minutes and 17 seconds long, not 17 minutes) from the Library of Congress which were released as part of ''The Western World of Sailor Moon'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L67YFwnQCQ second episode.]]

* SailorEarth: This series only had the first season/arc of the original anime/manga to go on; the pilot held in the Library of Congress gave its own explanation for the absence of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto: that Queen Beryl had already conquered those planets and stolen the power gems from them that were needed for transformation. Which, ironically, is the direction Naoko Takeuchi would later go with (on a more galaxy spanning scale) with Sailor Galaxia in the the final arc of the manga and its anime adaptation in 1997, ''Sailor Stars''.

In March 2022 an unofficial documentary, ''[[https://youtu.be/SdYD5StqHxk The Western World of Sailor Moon]]'' was released by LostMedia investigative [=YouTuber=] Raven "Ray Mona" Simone. In it they documented their at the time unsuccessful search for the pilot and clean copy of the music video. Later, in August 2022, after following tips from viewers of this video, and with assistance from Kotaku journalist Cecilia D'Anastasio (who acted as liasion between Simone and former Renaissance Atlantic head Frank Ward), Simone procured clean copies of the music video and the pilot (which actually is only 10 minutes and 17 seconds long, not 17 minutes) from the Library of Congress which they released as part of ''The Western World of Sailor Moon'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L67YFwnQCQ second episode.]]

* BlackAndNerdy: When the girls are getting ready for the dance Sailor Jupiter mentions statistics when she thinks she'll be dancing with the cutest guy their and is carrying a calculator whilst she says this, hinting that in this version she's the studious one (whereas originally this was Sailor Mercury).

** There is not much to go on for everyone else, but hints are dropped that Sailor Venus is more focused on looks and "girly" social events like school dances now. Minako was girly in the original, too, but was more of TheLeader in the manga and in both manga & 90s anime had volleyball and arcade games as hobbies. Sailor Jupiter appears to have potentially been TheSmartGuy as she mentions statistics and carries a calcluator, whereas Sailor Mercury (who was smart one in the manga & anime) describes herself as "[[LifeOfTheParty The Original Party Girl]]" at one point.

Ray Mona later uploaded just the 10 minute pilot which can be watched [[https://youtu.be/uA2VOuqaOnk here]].

In March 2022 an unofficial documentary, ''[[https://youtu.be/SdYD5StqHxk The Western World of Sailor Moon]]'' was released by LostMedia investigative [=YouTuber=] Raven "Ray Mona" Simone. In it they documented their at the time unsuccessful search for the pilot and clean copy of the music video. Later, in August 2022, after following tips from viewers of this video, and assistance from Kotaku journalist Cecilia D'Anastasio (who acted as liasion between Simone and former Renaissance Atlantic head Frank Ward), Simone procured clean copies of the music video and the pilot (which actually is only 10 minutes and 17 seconds long, not 17 minutes) from the Library of Congress which they released as part of ''The Western World of Sailor Moon'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L67YFwnQCQ second episode.]]

The only footage of this pilot in initial circulation came from a panel at an [[FanConvention anime convention]]; this low-quality shaky-cam footage also recorded the reactions of the convention's audience. A version with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9diob_eSJ8 perspective corrected]] was made, and there is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Hge38AkFg slightly longer version]] which contains some of the preamble from panel host Allen Hasting (the author of the computer graphics software package Lightwave 3D who claims to have designed the vehicles, even though Rocky Solotoff said he didn't use Lightwave and a completely different person designed the vehicles). Not much else was known about the pilot until late 2012 when cels and copies of the animated portion's shooting script suddenly started appearing on eBay after the storage locker of a former Toon Makers executive was repossessed. For the first time, the characters' names and the plot were actually known, though much still remained unknown (such as how the live-action segments would have been worked into the plot or much of the production's cast and crew outside of a handful of names confirmed by the producers themselves).

The only footage of this pilot initial circulation came from a panel at an [[FanConvention anime convention]]; this low-quality shaky-cam footage also recorded the reactions of the convention's audience. A version with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9diob_eSJ8 perspective corrected]] was made, and there is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Hge38AkFg slightly longer version]] which contains some of the preamble from panel host Allen Hasting (the author of the computer graphics software package Lightwave 3D who claims to have designed the vehicles, even though Rocky Solotoff said he didn't use Lightwave and a completely different person designed the vehicles). Not much else was known about the pilot until late 2012 when cels and copies of the animated portion's shooting script suddenly started appearing on eBay after the storage locker of a former Toon Makers executive was repossessed. For the first time, the characters' names and the plot were actually known, though much still remained unknown (such as how the live-action segments would have been worked into the plot or much of the production's cast and crew outside of a handful of names confirmed by the producers themselves).

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: The "Sailor" in Sailor Moon is a reference to their Japanese school uniforms, popularly described in layman's terms as "Sailor Suits/Fuku". Here they sail into space to fight the bad guys.

** Sailor Mars has become a {{Tomboy}} with short hair who considers wearing sportswear to a school dance. Originally, Rei was either fairly elegant and spiritual (manga), or was a boy-crazy hothead (1990s anime). Sailor Jupiter was a marttal arts wielding TomboyWithAGirlyStreak and Venus was a bubbly GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak who liked both volleyball & track and field sports, and Sailor Mars wasn't into sports at all.

** Sailor Mars has become a {{Tomboy}} with short hair who considers wearing sportswear to a school dance. Originally, Rei was either fairly elegant and spiritual (manga), or was a boy-crazy hothead (1990s anime). Sailor Jupiter was a marital arts wielding TomboyWithAGirlyStreak and Venus was a bubbly GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak who liked both volleyball & track and field sports, and Sailor Mars wasn't into sports at all.

* LighterAndSofter: From what is known from the pilot, this show seems to do away with the manga's tragic lore. The Moon Kingdom is presumably still standing and the Princess Warriors were forced to flee to Earth instead of being killed and reincarnated like their Sailor Senshi counterparts were. The closest there is to tragedy is Prince Darien being seemingly killed when his ship gets destroyed, but considering the appearance of a certain man in a tuxedo and a mask, it's highly unlikely he's gone.

** Queen Serenity, in addition to wearing a completely different outfit, is blonde like her daughter.

* AdaptedOut: Artemis was [[CompositeCharacter fused into Luna]], and the Four Heavenly Kings are nowhere to be seen. Averted with Artemis as the creators did intend to have him appear later, they simply swapped his and Luna's fur color.

* CallingYourAttacks: Adverted. One noticeable change is that none of the Princess Warriors call out their attacks.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Luna is changed from a black shorthair moggy to a [[AdaptationDyeJob white]] longhair.