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An Interview with Tuxedo Mask, Vincent Corazza!

2009-11-09T22:59:00.003+09:00

Got another big treat for you this week! Moonkitty.net's 10th Anniversary surprises continue this week with an exclusive interview with the voice actor of Alan (from the Doom Tree) and Tuxedo Mask, Vincent Corazza!

It was such an honor interviewing Vincent Corazza who had some very interesting things to say when asked about being a voice actor and what it was like working on the series during it's original run, the production of the movies and finally with S and Supers. Make sure you give it a read!

Because of this great news I've decided to dedicate this week's Moonie Music Monday to Tuxedo Mask with this hilarious music video to the song "Spy Hard" by Weird Al Yankovic.

Parodys, Donations, Icons and Moon Sticks Oh My!

2009-11-06T12:37:00.003+09:00

Hey there! Been having a great week! How's yours been!

I want to thank all my followers on Moonkitty.net's Twitter Account who commented on my tweet about this Sailor Moon book. It does sound pretty good and am surprised I hadn't seen it before. Will probably pick it up after New Years. Thanks everyone for the Moonie love!

In site news I've answered two more Moonie Mailbag questions; "Do the Japanese Sailor Moon DVDs have English subtitles?" and "Do the Sailor Scouts die?". Both great questions. Make sure to check out the answers!

I've received so many Moonie Mailbag questions recently but all the answers are coming! If you've sent one in, hang in there!

Also if you haven't already, make sure to check out my exclusive interview with Sailor Moon voice actress, Linda Ballantyne! It's a great read with a little bit of everything for everyone!

In other site news you may have noticed some slight reformatting of the side menus with several things changed, added or removed.

Something that I've added is the donation button on the lower right side. The expenses of living in Japan have really begun to impact my life recently (couldn't afford to renew the domain for my xxxHolic site for example) and I've been putting so much time and effort into Moonkitty.net recently I'm kind of hoping this will justify that.

If you see something you like on Moonkitty.net and you've got some extra change lying around I'd more than appreciate any assistance you can give.

I'm not begging though and I will never make this site a "pay site" and I'm definitely not selling out. Just throwing the option out there for those that would like to help me out. Again, I'm not begging and there's seriously no pressure at all to donate. I love all of you equally. (Those who do donate though will have their name and website listed on the right menu as a thank you pressie from me.)

Now, for what you came here for, the Sailor Moon Roundup!

It wouldn't be Friday without the new Moon Sticks manga! LOL @ SuperS and Pluto!

The Deep Submerge Directory has updated for the month of November and it spotlights a very cool Ail and An shrine that everyone should check out. It's made by an affiliate of mine who also made Heavy Metal. I'll be adding your link back up soon! ;)

Speaking of Heavy Metal, it's turned 10 years old this year (just like MKNET!) and is sporting a wicked new layout. Congratulations!

Have you seen the new layout up at the Official Site yet?

U&MU.com has some new icons!

And finally you have to check out this random Sailor Moon reference in the anime, Kochikame.

An Interview with Sailor Moon VA, Linda Ballantyne!

2009-11-03T11:37:00.004+09:00

Told you I had a BIG event for you today!

This week I was lucky enough to officially interview the voice actress who played Sailor Moon in Sailor Moon S and SuperS as well as Snow Queen Kaguya in the Sailor Moon S movie, Linda Ballantyne!

We really had fun talking to each other and discussed quite a few things I think fans have been wondering about concerning the English dub of the third and fourth seasons.

What are you waiting for?! Give it a read and feel more than free to comment below.

Sailor Moon Says!

p.s. Feel free to link to this interview but please refrain from copying and pasting it onto your own site or forum. Thanks. :D

Mitsumeteite Yo: Yu Shirota and Marina Kuroki

2009-11-02T21:44:00.002+09:00

My favourite Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon have always been Yu Shirota and Marina Kuroki and I thought I had seen all of their clips but I just came across this clip on Youtube from a fan appreciation event during the 2nd Stage Musicals.

It's the two of them performing live on stage to a song originally sung by the late Miyuki Kanbe.

I found it really touching and a nice change of pace for the Moonie Music Mondays. Enjoy!

p.s. BIG event happening tomorrow! Check back soon!

Bootleg Sailor Moon DVDs Versus Official Sailor Moon DVDs and more...

2009-11-01T19:37:00.003+09:00

Just spent the afternoon going through my inbox and sorted out all the Moonie Mailbag questions. Even created a new folder to prevent any future questions from getting lost.

A BIG apology to those that have waited so long for their answers. If you've sent a question in, expect it up well within the next 7 days or so.

Right now I've got 5 fantastic questions that have been sent in.

Bootleg Sailor Moon DVDs versus Official Sailor Moon DVDs. What's the difference?

Region 1 Sailor Moon DVDs versus Region 2 Sailor Moon DVDs. What's the difference?

Who is Central Control?

Why do you love Sailor Moon?

What is your favourite Sailor Moon anime episode?

Make sure to give them a read and if you have a question that you want answered, feel free to email it to me and I'll do my best to answer it asap.

Special Sailor Moon Voice Actress Event in Japan! Sailor Moon Roundup

2009-10-30T11:17:00.005+09:00

Halloween's almost here! Luckily Moon Sticks has a special Halloween special strip online! Funny as always!

And now some pretty HUGE news! The official Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary site has updated with something fantastic! Apparently on the 6th of December all five Japanese Sailor Moon voice actresses will be appearing for a special event celebrating the manga's 20th anniversary in 2011! (Just a bit early, but hey, who cares!)

Wait, it gets better though! Toei is giving away 20 tickets to the event to 20 random fans who buy the first 20th Anniversary Box Set through their Toei site before November 3rd! I was going to buy my box set through Amazon.co.jp but looks like I may just order it through Toei (just for this first box though).

If you're living outside of Japan, I wouldn't recommend buying it directly from Toei as it's a LOT more expensive than Amazon.co.jp.

Wild Speculation #1 It's interesting that they mention the manga anniversary. Could this mean a reprint of the manga?

Wild Speculation #2 All five actresses reuniting is pretty huge. Normally this kind of thing happens when new animes are announced. It could simply be to promote the DVDs but December is normally the time of year in Japan when new animes are announced. Could they announce a new Sailor Moon anime or maybe a Dragonball Kai like remake? Fingers crossed!

In other news:

Speaking of Inner Sailors reuniting, the five main actresses from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon have also reunited recently, though socially and Izumirika.com and Ayaka502.net have the photos and info!

Snowdrop has added some fantastic spirites to her already beautiful collection! There's even a "Sailor Halloween"!

SailorCosmos.org has also updated.

U&M.com has some great updates worth checking out. Beware direct linkers! ;)

That's about it so far! Have a great Halloween weekend everyone!

Where can I buy the Sailor Moon manga? and Other Questions!

2009-10-28T12:14:00.004+09:00

Wow! I've received so many letters for the Moonie Mailbag recently and I'm only now getting around to answering them!

There have been so many fantastic questions sent in via email and Twitter I've decided to spread out the responses over the next few days to allow the questions to get the spotlight they deserve!

Today I've tried my best to answer the following questions:

Which Sailor Moon musical DVD should I start with?

Are the new Japanese Sailor Moon DVDs remastered?

Where can I buy the Sailor Moon manga?

& Did you like Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon?

Don't worry if your question isn't listed here, there are LOADS more coming! Trust me!

Keep the questions coming!

Sailor Stars Episode Guide

2009-10-26T19:46:00.004+09:00

Well I guess having the flu must be good for something! Lots of free time to work on the site!

After a whole day's work I'm very happy to reveal my Sailor Stars Episode Guide!!!

Right now the main page is done and I have episode summaries for the first six episodes which covers the entire Nehelenia arc! Each guide has been fully screen-capped for your enjoyment.

I'll be adding to this and finishing off the SuperS guide bit by bit over the next months and looking forward to having the anime guide finished by Christmas!

I'm probably going back to work tomorrow but I've set aside a few hours to answer all those Moonie Mailbag questions that have been piling up in my inbox.

I'll also be replying to site emails, so if you've emailed me sometime since 1999, look forward to your response. ;)

Anyway now that I'm done with Nehelenia I thought it would be suiting to feature a Nehelenia music video this Moonie Music Monday. Thank God I managed to find a good one! :D

This one to Clowns by Tatu suits the character in almost every level! Let me know what you think!

Sailor Moon Wallpapers, Icons and Anniversaries!

2009-10-25T18:01:00.002+09:00

After some energy gathering on Twitter I've gathered enough willpower to update the site and post this week's Sailor Moon Roundup.

I may have the flu, but that won't keep me down for long (sure kept me down yesterday though!)

First up you've probably noticed the new image and links to the left of this post (if you're reading this on the site that is). Thought it was needed as the 20th Anniversary Announcement happened a while ago and I don't want Moonies forgetting about it! It'll also make it easy for people looking for the official site link and links to where to buy the new Sailor Moon Box Sets online. (Amazon.jp is my No.1 choice in case you were wondering where I'm getting mine from)

Next I've created over 50 new Sailor Moon anime avatars / icons for your use. I've seen a few people using my icons in forums recently and... THANK YOU! It's great to see people appreciate them enough to actually use them to represent themselves online. (Just remember, no direct linking!)

I've also gotten around to re-saving all the Sailor Moon Widescreen Wallpapers. Some of you may remember that when I first uploaded this layout all the colours were quite dull due to how I was saving the images on my new imac. Same happened with these wallpapers! If you're using one of these I highly recommend re-saving the wallpaper onto your computer. You're guaranteed to find it much more vibrant and energetic. Sailor Moon Says!

Oooh, and now onto the Roundup!

With the 20th Anniversary DVDs on their way some posters have started appearing in stores in Japan advertising them. This post over at the genvid forums has an image of one. Personally I haven't seen any of them yet, but I'll keep you posted when I do!

IGN has listed the Top 25 Anime Characters of All Time and Sailor Moon ranked at #9! The writers seem to be confused over the concept of "series" and "character" but it's still pretty cool!

The new Moon Sticks is online. Always hilarious!

The Fighter4Luv Sailor Stars Dub needs a new Sailor Mars. Interested? Let them know!

Speaking of which, they're having a music video contest which has been extended until Dec 31st! Love making videos? Why not enter?

Moonie Music Monday

2009-10-19T17:00:00.000+09:00

After last week's epic music video by Crystalmoonkiss I just had to feature another one of her/his videos!

This week's video is about Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini (Chibi) Moon and is set tpo the song, All About Us.

Again it has some excellent editing and a superb selection of footage chosen.

Check it out!

Sailor Moon Roundup

2009-10-19T08:50:00.003+09:00

My appologies once again for the lateness of the Roundup. I've recently started a second job on Saturdays to earn some extra cash and just don't have the energy or time to post that much during the week, especially on Friday nights anymore.

Am toying with the idea of making the Roundups on Sunday instead, at least until January when I should be back to a regular work schedule. What do you think?

Also, I'm sorry for everyone who's emailed me. I'll try make time this week to get back to everyone who's emailed me this past month. Sorry!

Anyway, this week in Sailor Moon news:

Check out this cool preview of the Sailor Stars 4th episode!

Have you read the new Moon Sticks yet? Moonlight Knight FTW!!!

Stardusting has some more fantastic galleries worth checking out!

The SMFFG has a new podcast online!

Sailor Stars Music Video: Moonie Music Monday

2009-10-12T11:08:00.003+09:00

Public holiday in Japan today! Day off! Woooo!!!

Pretty soon I'll be starting on the Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Episode Guide so thought I'd get in the mood with a Sailor Stars music video!

Finding a quality one was actually pretty difficult but man was the search worth it!

This video has to be one of the best ones I've seen in a long time. Some superb editing with some great clips and a very cool song (turn up the volume!). Hope you like it as much as I did! Favourite this one!

WARNING: This music video has some pretty big spoilers from the final season of the Sailor Moon anime. If you haven't watched those episodes yet, I recommend bookmarking this and watching it after you've watched this amazing season.

Sailor Moon Roundup

2009-10-09T10:39:00.004+09:00

Welcome to the Sailor Moon Roundup everyone! Hope you've had a great week and a good weekend planned!

Kodansha has pretty much confirmed that they're self publishing in the US now for most of their series. Several existing licenses will still be released by other companies like Del Rey though. No news yet on the Sailor Moon manga, but everyone's expecting something soon especially with the DVDs being rereleased.

The Deep Submerge Directory has a new look online. Check it out!

The latest Moon Sticks is also up featuring Aluminum Siren and Eternal Sailor Moon.

You MUST check out the new layout for The SMFFG. HILARIOUS!

A trailer for Sailor Moon and the Return of the Shadows is online. Looking forward to the finished product!!!

I thought this was cool. I love it when Sailor Moon fans get creative.

That's about it for this week guys. Still no news on any SM DVD releases outside of Japan but will post asap when that news is announced.

Sailor Moon Says!

We Are W.I.T.C.H. Moonie Music Monday

2009-10-05T23:02:00.000+09:00

Sorry for the lateness if you're anywhere in Australasia but for those of you on the other side of the globe it should still be Monday so I'm only late for 50% of you. ;)

Just came across this cool high energy Sailor Moon music video set to the song, We Are W.I.T.C.H. It has a some great footage and nice fast editing. The video quality isn't the best but the song and directing more than makes up for it. Enjoy!

New Sailor Moon Merchandise! Sailor Moon Roundup

2009-10-03T08:40:00.003+09:00

Hey guys! Hope you all had a good week! Got some Sailor Moon news for you!

With Sailor Moon returning to Italy it looks like some brand new Sailor Moon merchandise is on the way! Fingers crossed for some more English language merch!

The official site has updated for the month of October and lists the Sailor Moon anime's return to Japan. Nothing else really big to report concerning this site other than the new layout.

I appreciate all the emails I get concerning your Sailor Moon school plays, Sailor Moon tatoos, how much you personally love Sailor Moon and your wonderful new fan fic ideas. It's great and really cool but unless 99% of my readers would find it interesting I probably won't post it on Moonkitty.net. I do love your passion though and love reading your Sailor Moon stories!

I LOVE all the Moonie Mailbag questions you guys are sending in! Keep them coming! Am working 6 day weeks right now and will try answer them ASAP!

Moon Sticks has a great new Venus strip online. So true! lol!

Star Dusting has some cool content online up.

And that's about it for this week!

My Angel: Moonie Music Monday

2009-09-29T11:23:00.002+09:00

In celebration of me almost finishing my Sailor Moon SuperS Episode Guide I thought I'd choose a Mini / Chibi Moon and Helios music video this week.

It's a rather mellow change compared to the usual videos I choose. Hope you like it!

Sailor Moon SuperS Episodes Complete!

2009-09-27T11:28:00.002+09:00

I can't believe it! After months and months of work I've finally finishes writing and taking screenshots for all the episodes in the fourth season of the anime, Sailor Moon SuperS!

Just added the episode guides for episodes 158 to 166 and also completed the guide for the Sailor Moon SuperS Movie: Black Dream Hole!

Now all I need to do is do the guides for the SuperS specials, the opening and closing credits and add the shopping information and then I can movie on to the epic final series, Sailor Stars!!!! Wooo Hooooo!!!!

Sailor Moon Roundup

2009-09-25T09:35:00.002+09:00

Hey guys and girls! Just got back from my trip to Osaka and Kobe and ready to get back into Sailor Moon!

Since I've been gone:

Sailor Moon Obsession has written a cool Sailor Moon related post.

Moon Sticks has uploaded a new weekly comic.

Chibiland has a new fanart up.

Sera Myu Antics is back online!!!

And there's a fantastic new preview online for the Sailor Stars Dub! Great voices and music!

No real big Sailor Moon related news this week. Amazon has uploaded more pics for the first Sailor Moon DVD Box Set but screwed up and uploaded pics for the second box by mistake!!! Whoops! lol!

Moonie Music Monday: Rise

2009-09-14T23:42:00.000+09:00

Hey guys! Happy Monday! First I thought I'd share a rather humorous video I just found that mixes the audio from a SuperS episode with the live action show. Pretty well timed and I love the Beryl shots. lol!

Now for the real music video spotlight! I'd never heard Rise before and I love it! It mixes really well with the Sailor Moon anime and the maker used a pretty wide selection of scenes for this video.

What do you think?

Go! Go! Sailor Moon Roundup!

2009-09-11T11:18:00.004+09:00

HUGE WEEK IN SAILOR MOON NEWS! Toei has started celebrating Sailor Moon's 20th Anniversary and has announced brand new season DVD box sets for every season of the Sailor Moon anime! You can read more about this huge event in my original news post but if you just want to cut right to it and pre-order your limited edition box sets you can get the first box here and the second box here. Amazon.co.jp is offering a huge 26% OFF for pre-orders on these boxes so they're well worth a look. Personally I pre-ordered mine yesterday from them.

Something else that's got me hyped is this preview of the Sailor Stars fan dub! It's a perfect example of why I think the DiC music cues work better (as much as I love the Japanese music). Can't wait for this fourth episode.

It's Friday again so that means Moon Sticks has a new strip online! This week features two of my favourite characters Alan and Anne (Ail and Anne)!

Ayaka502.net has a cool new funky layout up!

SailorMoonLinks.com has some cool cosplay videos and images online.

My affiliate, Star Dusting is celebrating 10 years online this week! CONGRATS!!!

The Deep Submerge Directory has a new layout online! NICE!

I was surfing around YouTube and found this fantastic clip someone made that mixes the voices from the English version of Sailor Moon S but adds the DiC music cues from the first two seasons and OMG it works really well! Again I love the Japanese music but the DiC music just makes it seem so much more exciting!
Someone who commented on the video made an interesting point that thet DiC music cue works with the English voice actors and the Japanese music cues work better with the Japanese VAs. What do you think?

And speaking of fan edits! Check out this new preview for a fan project that mixes existing anime footage extremely well to make a brand new storyline! Looks very promising!

That's about it for the Roundup this week! Because Sailor Moon news in general is heating up though I will be posting any news as it's released, ASAP so you might get posts mid week, etc that are of huge importance!

If you haven't already I highly recommend subscribing to the site feed or following me on Twitter to get the latest Sailor Moon news as it's released.

Have a great weekend!

Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Celebration!

2009-09-07T21:08:00.010+09:00

It's amazing what happens in a few hours! When I posted this morning about the new DVDs, Toei's main website (which included the official Sailor Moon Channel site) was down for maintenance.

Well it's back online now and while nothing major has happened on the Sailor Moon Channel or Toei's main page something HUGE has happened for Sailor Moon!!!

Toei has started Sailor Moon's 20th Anniversary!!!

They've created a new special 20th Anniversary website that not only has the release dates for all the new DVD box sets but also features all the cover art as well!!!

The official dates for Sailor Moon's 20th Anniversary are February 2012 for the manga and the 7th of March 2012 for the anime.

The release of the DVD Boxes are spaced out really well, with one being released every month or so throughout 2010. Here's the release schedule:

Sailor Moon Box 1: 11th Dec 2009
Sailor Moon Box 2: 21st Jan 2010
Sailor Moon R Box 1: 21st Mar 2010
Sailor Moon R Box 2: 21st Apr 2010
Sailor Moon S Box 1: 21st Jun 2010
Sailor Moon S Box 2: 21st Jul 2010
Sailor Moon SuperS Box 1: 21st Sep 2010
Sailor Moon SuperS Box 2: 21st Oct 2010
Sailor Stars Box 1: December 2010 (date pending)
Sailor Stars Box 2: January 2011 (date pending)

The descriptions say the episodes have been remastered though the previous Region 2 releases were also remastered. Not sure if it'll be a different image or not but I'll definitely be buying these and will be doing comparisons once I get my copy!

The price is also extremely cheap for a Japanese DVD box set with them ranging from 9400 yen to 12,000 yen per box. Some Japanese box sets sell for about 40,000 yen so this is a really pleasant surprise especially considering the individual DVDs previously released cost about 4,000 yen and had 6 episodes per disk.

Each box features half a season's episodes and comes with a slip case (left image on site) which holds the multi-disk case (right image on site).

Interestingly enough, or maybe just a coincidence, the slip cases look awfully similar to the live action's Moon Light Real Girl CD Box Set.

Speaking of which, no word on the live action's re-release though it does celebrate it's 10th Anniversary in 2013 along with the Sailor Moon musicals who turn 20 in that year. Also no word yet on a manga re-release in Japan or elsewhere though personally I think it's only a matter of time.

This is a very exciting time for Sailor Moon fans and I can't wait to see what else we have in store!

GO! GO! 20th ANNIVERSARY!
MOONLIGHT LEGEND FOREVER!!!

Update: Amazon links for first two boxes added!

New Sailor Moon DVDs! Sailor Moon Roundup and Moonie Music Monday

2009-09-07T09:08:00.005+09:00

Sorry for the later than usual news roundup this week! As followers of my Twitter account will know, life just got in the way this week and I was simply too exhausted to compose the Roundup post which requires a lot of energy and time.

Kind of a good thing I waited though, as this morning there's some HUGE Sailor Moon news from Japan! Let's get right into it!

This post over on the Genvid forums alerted everyone to the fantastic news that there will be some new Sailor Moon DVD releases in Japan!

The first DVD Box Set contains episodes 1 - 24 from the first season and is due for release this year in December! (Just in time for Christmas!)

The second DVD Set<完> will come with episodes 25 - 46 which finishes off the first season and is due out sometime in 2010.

It is unclear if new masters will be used, though the original Japanese DVDs had remastered image and sound and looked fantastic.

Note: the Toei site seems to be down for "maintenance" right now so these pages are unavailable. All should be fine within 24 hours.

Also currently Amazon.jp isn't listing these new releases but as soon as they do I'll let you know.

Make sure to comment below to let me know what you think about this.

The official site updated for September so earlier this week I updated the Sailor Moon Channel Archive.

If you haven't already, make sure you check out the brand new Animax commercial for Sailor Moon!

Just yesterday I uploaded heaps of new Sailor Moon avatars (or icons). Almost over 100! You can find the new anime ones here and here as well as some cool manga inspired ones here. These are perfect for Twitter or discussion forums! Just don't place them on your own site! ;)

Some other big news this past week which I posted ASAP on Twitter was the closing down of ADV who was involved in the release of several Sailor Moon VHS and DVDs. Guess we can now completely rule them out of any Sailor Moon rerelease!

In similar news, Kodansha has ended their relationship with Tokyopop! This further confirms that Kodansha is looking to self publish their series overseas which includes Sailor Moon.

On to the fandom now:

Have you seen the latest Moon Sticks yet? It features my favourite monster of the day!

And the live action Sailor Moon musical movie is on hiatus! Boo!

Finally, the Sailor Stars Dub has another fantastic preview online that looks (as usual) REALLY GOOD! Someone hire these guys to do the official Stars dub!

And now to finish on a funny note, I present this week's Moonie Music Monday Sailor Moon music video! LOL!

Sailor Moon Channel Layouts Updated

2009-09-02T08:53:00.002+09:00

Just a quick post to say that I've updated the Sailor Moon Channel Layout Archive with screencaps of the last few months' layouts.

Also managed to finally update the bookmark and feed icons at the bottom of each blog post to suit the new layout.

Ah, and if you're not, I highly recommend checking out Moonkitty.net's Twitter Account. Have been tweeting a bit of news items the last few days there that most will find very interesting.

Will go into details on the Friday Sailor Moon Roundup but if you want the news as soon as it's released, Twitter is really great as I normally post things ASAP on my Twitter account that I might not have time to write a full blog post for until days later.

Men in Tights: Moonie Music Monday

2009-08-31T08:43:00.002+09:00

I love the movie Robin Hood - Men in Tights! It's definitely one of the funniest movies ever made and if you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend you to check it out.

Anyway, I randomly stumbled across this Sailor Moon music video set to the title song from that movie! It's obviously inspired by the Amazon Trio and since I'm almost finished with my Sailor Moon SuperS Episode Guide it seemed like an appropriate choice.

What do you think? lol!

New ANIMAX Sailor Moon Commercial!

2009-08-30T12:50:00.004+09:00

Was surfing around YouTube this morning and found this new commercial for Sailor Moon anime's return to Japanese tv!

What's really cool besides the remixing of the show's footage into a modern commercial is the fact that the original Japanese voice actress for Sailor Moon, Kotono Mitsuishi has recorded new lines for the commercial. For those that are interested she basically says that it's been long time since people had seen Sailor Moon and that everyone should watch the show or she'll punish us in the name of the Moon.