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Post by Admin on May 13, 2020 21:30:56 GMT
"Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal," a new animated film in the hit franchise, is landing in Japanese theaters in 2020. The previously announced two-part film serves as the fourth season of the "Sailor Moon Crystal" animated series, covering the "Dead Moon" plot arc. News of the film's release was announced at Usagi Birthday Special Party 2019, a fan club event. It was earlier revealed that the fourth "Dead Moon" arc would be produced as a two-part feature film, with Kazuko Tadano, character designer for the original “Sailor Moon” animated TV series, reprising her role for the latest project. The film will be directed by Chiaki Kon, who also handled the third season of the “Sailor Moon Crystal” series covering the “Death Busters” arc. The original manga creator, Naoko Takeuchi, will serve as supervisor for the film. To celebrate the announcement, a teaser visual based on character designs by Tadano and a special clip have been unveiled. “Sailor Moon” is also marking its 25th anniversary with a series of projects, including its first digital books released July 1. For more information about the franchise, visit the official website at (http://sailormoon-official.com/).
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Post by Admin on May 17, 2020 20:18:51 GMT
Disney is a behemoth now, playing to the law of averages by releasing just about every popular property while mining their own successful back catalog for reboots. Their position in the world, however, wasn't always so solid. The movie studio came back from a long decline with a series of hit films in the late '80s and '90s, a period known in hindsight as the "Disney Renaissance." Riding high off of successes like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, the company gave a peek at what it would become, getting its gobble on and swallowing up ABC, grabbing the subsidiary DiC in the process. Fans who can hear that animation company's production card in their head know that DiC had a deep well of successful properties, and Disney wanted to turn their newfound riches into films. While a time when live-action adaptations of anime being common was decades away, Disney was eyeballing a flesh-and-blood take on Sailor Moon. DiC had localized the beloved cartoon for the United States, and the first two seasons of Sailor Moon were now under the sway of CEO Michael Eisner. Luckily for purist fans of the Sailor Soldiers, the House of Mouse never got the chance to turn Usagi Tsukino into Disney Princess Serenity. Very little coverage was given to the Sailor Moon movie in the industry trades, indicating it never really got off the ground. In a story about the live-action remake of Mr. Magoo from 1997, Variety shared that director Stanley Tong was attached to lead the Americanized reboot. This is a bit of a mixed bag. Tong is responsible for some of the greatest martial arts movies ever made, and was a favorite of Jackie Chan during his golden era. He was behind the camera for Rumble In The Bronx and several of the Police Story movies. That's an incredible pedigree for what was sure to be a stunt-heavy movie. His work on Disney adaptations for American audiences, though, leaves quite a bit to be desired. He did direct the aforementioned Mr. Magoo movie, an outright disaster that wasted Leslie Nielsen's talents and didn't expand beyond the source cartoons. Early gossip blogs also connected Gesena Davis with the movie, with Movie City News saying that the Thelma & Louise star was in talks to play Queen Beryl, tipping Disney's hand over what storyline was being considered. The same blog floated a few other actresses to fill out the Sailor Soldiers, including Wynona Ryder and Elizabeth Shue.
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Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2020 19:08:10 GMT
Sailor Moon is the latest anime franchise to take a hit from the ongoing pandemic. Earlier today, reports went live announcing that Sailor Moon Eternal is delaying the release of its first film. The franchise was slated to re-enter theaters in Japan on September 11, but that date has been shifted to 2021. According to the report, Toei Animation made the call to delay the release date. The first Sailor Moon Eternal movie will debut on January 8, 2021 to give the pandemic more time to run its course (via ANN). As this film will be the first Sailor Moon feature screened in theaters after 20+ years, Toei Animation doesn't want to mess up its chances. As for the second movie, the follow-up will hit theaters in Japan shortly after the first. Part two is slated to hit theaters on February 11, 2012 which comes a little more than a month after the first Sailor Moon Eternal film's release. Currently, select theaters in Japan are open. The decision to reopen came after a number of cities including Tokyo allowed their State of Emergency to lapse last month. Despite an influx of positive COVID-19 cases, theaters are open in Japan and screening old films as a way to get audiences comfortable with their visit. Films from Studio Ghibli have enticed audiences into seats as of late, and other franchise-specific movies have performed well too.
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Post by Admin on Jun 29, 2020 23:43:49 GMT
Japanese fashion and women’s interest magazine With generally has the sort of covers you’d expect from that sort of publication: good-looking celebrities wearing stylish clothes and with perfectly coiffed hair. In keeping with that, none of the 10 young ladies on the cover of the August issue has a hair out of place or a single unwanted wrinkle on her outfit. That’s not thanks to the work of wardrobe handlers and hairdressers, though, but to Naoko Takechi, manga artist and creator of Sailor Moon, who drew her hit franchise’s core cast of magical girls for an illustrated With cover. Publisher Kodansha says it selected the Sailor Senshi as a symbol of the power of friendship, kindness, and determination, all critical contributors to staying mentally healthy during the continuing coronavirus pandemic, which is causing many people to reexamine how to find happiness in their suddenly altered day-to-day lives. At the same time, life, and love, goes on, and so bundled with the magazine is a special Sailor Moon marriage registration form. This time Sailor Moon’s friends gracefully take their leave, allowing the titular heroine to be alone with her beloved, a maskless Tuxedo Mask, as they seal their vows of eternal, miraculous romance with a kiss. While there have been a handful of previous Sailor Moon marriage registration forms released in Japan, the ones we’ve looked at before have all taken their artistic cues from the various character designs from the series’ anime adaptations. With’s, however, appears to be the first to feature artwork from Takeuchi herself, which is sure to appeal to fans whose favorite version of Sailor Moon is the original. In keeping with the always baffling temporal nomenclature of print periodicals, the August issue of With actually goes on sale in June, and can already be ordered, for 690 yen (US$6.40), here on Amazon.
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Post by Admin on Jun 30, 2020 19:14:28 GMT
Rental wedding dresses, tuxedos, and even Sailor Senshi gowns for bridesmaids all inspired by the manga/anime hit. Yesterday we took a look at a beautiful Japanese marriage registration form featuring an illustration of Sailor Moon and the man of her dreams sharing a kiss as they vowed to love each other forever. That just begs the question, though: If you’re starting your married life with a Sailor Moon, what do you wear at the wedding? Overseen by series creator Naoko Takeuchi herself, the Sailor Moon Wedding Dress Collection is a tie-up between the beloved manga/anime franchise and Tokyo-based bridal apparel provider Mariarosa. Rather than just stitch a few crescent moons into an existing pattern and call it a day, the complete lineup consists of six dresses and two tuxedos, so that brides and grooms alike can dress in fashions drawn from and inspired by the magical girl franchise.
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