Toei FINALLY lets other countries air sailor moon again.

Sorry for the long title.

Right now its just Italy, but you can read all about it here:

http://moon-chase.blogspot.com/2010/01/breaking-news-italian-press-release.html

This is good news. It could very well be that Funimation finally gets the license this year!

Yes it could! I like that Toei is FINALLY growing a brain and granting the license to countries other then japan.

Awesome!

FU Ni should go get that license.

And who knows, Maybe they will finally dub Stars( The final season).

Here's my cast list.

Sailor Moon = Jessica Calvello
Sailor Mercury = Caitlin Glass
Sailor Mars = Michelle Ruff
Sailor Venus = Laura Bailey
Sailor Jupiter = Kate Higgins

edited 31st Jan '10 11:45:51 AM by LEXicon712

I'm still waiting for Harmony Gold to stop being such pricks.

I don't care about the voices, I just hope they let Caitlin Glass direct it. From what I've heard her say at cons, I know she's a big fan, and I've seen what she can do with shows she's a fan of in her Ouran dub.

-stares-

-stares-

-dies from fangasm-

PLEASE GOD LICENSE IT! And the manga and live action if you can!

Cool, I guess. Sailor Moon is way off my radar, but I've always disliked how anime companies only focused on Japan and disregarded the vast foreign market for the stuff. It's not as big as it was before the economy crashed, but there's still enough that if they were to seriously try and capitalize on it, it might singlehandedly revitalize the industry. Stuff like this is a step in the right direction.

edited 31st Jan '10 2:45:31 PM by Sporkaganza

I remember watching Sailor Moon when I was 12 years old, or something, very early in the morning.

I also remember that was the first time I whispered to myself 'If anyone sees me watching this, I'm going to kill him, and then myself.' I have said that phrase many times during my career as Japanophile.

I really hope Sailor Moon will air on tv again. There's very little anime on tv these days.

Do you think it's possible to make an actually faithful dub that's still accessible enough to be successful on TV? Or is it moot anyway with the early-'90s animation?

I dunno. I just hope it airs. Even if it is just the same old dub that aired years ago. The Company that gets it may decide to dub Stars for broadcast or DV Ds.

I do hope they make uncut DV Ds when the time comes.

That would be great if Sailor Moon came back on DVD, even if Stars was subtitles only. All I have in the way of real DV Ds of it are Super S and about half the S season. I had all the Stars episodes on subtitled videos, but one of them broke and they're all kind of bad quality, so it would be nice if Stars would come out on DVD. As for the first two seasons, I heard they did come out on DVD once, but it was very expensive (too much for me at the time) and I heard the DV Ds were poor quality, so I didn't want to buy them (and they skipped episode 67!). I have things like Real Player videos of the first two seasons, but most of the R season doesn't have subtitles and sometimes the videos don't work very well.

So in short, I'd love it if the Sailor Moon anime came back on DVD, especially since I have more money now than I used to.

The only episodes they skipped were the embarrassingly bad filler episodes that no one likes to admit existed, like the one with the dinosaur.

I've only got the first season. The video quality isn't great, nor is the sound quality, and special features are non-existent.

I hope if Funi manages to get it, Toei gives them high quality enough video and sound tracks to make a really good DVD.

I actually liked that story a lot, maybe because it stars Chibi-Usa (look at my avatar to see my favorite character). I can understand why many people wouldn't, though, and if the official creators don't like it then that's probably why it was taken off the DVD set.

edited 31st Jan '10 7:27:52 PM by Rainbow

Personally I don't like for there to be any skipped episodes, whether they're filler or not. Which is why complete collections of Tezuka irritate me.

Sailor Moon is far from being my favorite anime but I hope it gets an uncut DVD release, even if every season is subtitle-only.

The only difference between that and what they already released would be that the episode with the ghost and the episode with the dinosaur would be on the DV Ds. Incidentally, I believe it was Toei that told them not to put those episodes on the DV Ds.

edited 31st Jan '10 8:09:09 PM by Shadowtext

A re-release might also have better video quality, since I'm given to understand that Toei has better masters than what they gave ADV and Pioneer.

I really hope there will be a redub,at least for the DVDS. All italy got was A TV deal with the dub they already made...and toys...and the manga...

....I want to live in italy.

From what I've heard, the masters ADV got were either 1-inch VTR reels or Betacam SP (not sure which). Toei has the original negatives someplace, I'm sure.

BREAKING NEWS: More Details on Strategic Meeting Happening in Italy!

http://moon-chase.blogspot.com/2010/02/breaking-news-more-details-on-strategic.html

Mmmmm...This seems like a really big deal.

YAY! So its confirmed now!Toei really does want to relaunch sailor moon!

GET IT NOWZ FUNI!