Well with the Blogger FTP publishing being discontinued in May I'll be upgrading Moonkitty.net's blog to WordPress on Thursday/Friday this week. This makes this the final Sailor Moon Roundup posting from Blogger! Hurrah!
In other site news I've been doing quite a bit of work on a certain major section of the site which should be 100% completed around this time next week so stay tuned! It'll be a HUGE accomplishment for the site and something I've literally been working on for years.
Right now though, here's the Roundup!
There's a hilarious comic over at Moon Sticks worth checking out!
See you tomorrow for the final Blogger Moonie Music Monday!
p.s. Just so you know the site feed will remain the same (I think) after the upgrade so subscribers shouldn't have to worry. During the upgrade though I will post updates on MKNET's Twitter Page so make sure you follow that to stay up to date.
After not caring at all about the Sailor Moon musicals for the longest time, after seeing one live 5 years ago I REALLY got into it and am now a huge fan! This clip is the second "Best Songs Medley" which includes a lot of the most popular songs in the musicals. I hope you enjoy it!
First things first! BIG congrats in order for Kali, the webmistress of the fantastic Kirari-PGSM.net who just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Ayaka502.net has a great new layout and pics for Ayaka (PGSM Venus) fans!
Moon Chase did some good research and found that the Sailor Moon manga is back in print in Japan and has outsold Dragonball in at least one store. Exciting news for manga fans. An English rerelease of the Sailor Moon manga is honestly only a matter of time at this point with everything that's been going on but as of now nothing has been confirmed one way of the other. Fingers crossed though.
German Sailor Moon DVDs Sailor Moon Rights and More!
Well it's been a very big week. Got some bad news but to counteract that a lot of good news too!
Let's get the bad news out of the way first so we can end on a good note.
Turns out the person that was impersonating Sarah Lafluer (Sailor Ueranus) was also impersonating Linda Ballantyne (Sailor Moon #3). Pretty shocking, maddening and depressing. This person had even started up a personal blog pretending to be Linda and was posting personal photos, etc. I'm glad I wasn't the only one fooled. Her Twitter account has been deleted and legal action has been taken.
I would like to remind everyone that impersonating celebrities is not cool. It hurts the person you're impersonating and also hurts the fans. If you are using a Sailor Moon voice actor, actor, singer, etc's name for your username on any site please change it. Even if you're convinced that you're doing it for the star, it's illegal, is a crime, hurts the person you're impersonating and also confuses fans and websites alike.
Now on to the good news!!!
Toei is officially selling the rights to Sailor Moon! This is a HUGE step in getting Sailor Moon back to English speaking countries! Whether you want a redub, a resub, a remastered rerelease of the existing dub or all of the above (like me!) this is very good news. Here's hoping someone buys it!
Speaking of Sailor Moon being rereleased around the world, SailorMoonWorld.it reports that a German magazine mentioned that German companies are now after the rights to rerelease the series on DVD in Germany. Great news for German fans (which I know there are a few of who read Moonkitty.net!).
A fantastic fan just told me about this new Sailor Moon fan film and it looks absolutely amazing! How has noone ever heard of this project? Just look at this trailer! Can't wait for this!
The revamped Three-Lights.net continues to post some super content!
What I think is the oldest Sailor Moon fansite, Castle in the Sky has a new address. Still has great info after all these years.
Did you ever want the DiC music in the English dub of Sailor Moon S and SuperS? Me too. Someone has done a great job of mixing in the music from the first two seasons into an episode from Sailor Moon S and I like it! Check it out for something different! Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3.
Another great fan effort with checking out is this amazing Chinese cosplay group's retelling of the end of the Silver Millennium! Part 1 + Part 2!
Moon Sticks is back, turning one year old and has a new comic!!!
Well it's been quite a week for Sailor Moon news! If you haven't aready, make sure you read this post about the Sarah LaFleur imposter. Serious stuff and it's always good to be informed.
The Official Site has updated with a new layout, a new intro featuring the Starlights, some more manga and Naoko's opinion on those Sailor Moon lunch boxes from a while back.
I have just received an email from people representing Sarah LaFleur informing me that the person owning the account @S_lafleur on Twitter whom many Sailor Moon and Ugly Betty fans had been talking to over the past few weeks is in fact an imposter.
I was very surprised by this as the user seems very legit with her replies to fans and also in the recent interview she did with Moonkitty.net (which I have naturally now taken down). This person is obviously very good at what they do and also very dedicated.
I have no idea if this person is just an overenthusiastic fan or is up to something more sinister but I must emphasise how serious identity theft is and ask that if you to are using another person's name (celebrity or not) for your username online you should change it. Misrepresentation can cause emotional pain but also affect professional relationships (this user had been tweeting other actors not just fans!).
I urge you all to block this account and say that if the real Sarah LaFleur is reading this that I am truly sorry for the stress this may be causing you and that your fans still love you and wish for a fast end to this ordeal.
Now for your peace of mind, I am absolutely 100% sure that all the other voice actor interviews are with the real, authentic, voice actors. With every single one I had gotten in touch with the voice actors via their official websites and conducted the interviews with email addresses that matched those on their sites. The interview with "Sarah LaFleur" was done purely on good faith via the Twitter account. She has no official site to compare email addresses and even then (and I'm seriously hitting myself right now for this big red flag) she used someone else's email address and claimed it to be her sister's (which was obviously hers). I should have been more suspicious but I guess I always like to look on the bright side of things and, like the rest of you who had spoken to her, was fooled.
I hope this episode doesn't affect your trust in myself, Moonkitty.net or the real Sarah LaFleur.
Hey guys! Was just answering a Moonie Mailbag question about Sailor Moon ripoffs (see my answer here) and was thinking while I think I listed all the big ones I'm sure I'm missing a few (or even heaps) of others.
So I put this to you: What do you think are the biggest Sailor Moon ripoffs?
Comment on this post. Let's start a discussion! What do you think about Sailor Moon ripoffs? Do you like any?
Hey guys! Was just answering a Moonie Mailbag question about Sailor Moon ripoffs (see my answer here) and was thinking while I think I listed all the big ones I'm sure I'm missing a few (or even heaps) of others.