My new affiliate, Socal Sailor Moon has a brand new layout (up within the last 24 hours!) which is REALLY nice. These are the guys doing the Sailor Moon Musical Live Action Movie so make sure to check them out.
Speaking of Sailor Moon Fan Films, Sailor Moon Obsession, which is a GREAT Sailor Moon blog, reminded me of this German fan film and I can seriously not wait for this! Agreed. Sailor Uranus looks amazing!
The latest Moon Sticks (which I keep calling "Chibi Sticks" for some reason) comic strip is online! As always, hillarious!
Feel like a laugh? Sailor Moon Abridged has bloopers online! Sounds like so much fun!
That promising Sailor Moon Supreme I mentioned last week has uploaded the first volume IN ENGLISH! Remember that English isn't their first language and you'll get a lot more out of it.
Great news for Gaia users (like me!) They finally have REAL Sailor Moon items! Cosmic Moon Broach, Sailor Moon hair and hair clips! SUPER RARE though! If you get one.... give it to me. 'kay? ;)
Joji Shibue who played Tuxedo Mask in the live action version of Sailor Moon (PGSM) reprises his Kamen Rider Hibiki role in episode 18 of this year's Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Decade.
this is a great side-by-side comparison shot of Episode 200, Italian and Japanese versions. Ever wondered if the final episode could ever possibly be edited? Well it has been, and rather well! (I think anyway)
A BIG hello to all my fellow Tweeple! (Thanks Oprah for that phrase!) A LOT of people having been randomly singing the Sailor Moon theme song on Twitter this week! Great to see!
Wallpapers currently feature images from the anime and live action but more will soon come. The ringtones showcase tracks from the English and Japanese version of the anime as well as the live action show.
They should work on most modern phones. If you have any trouble using them, comment below. If you like them and want more.... also comment! haha.
Also cleaned up the Music page and added a donated fan version of Carry On (Well worth a listen!) and removed and added more links to the outgoing links page (a work in progress).
I'm so hyped up for Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen that I've got Transformers crazy! Ripped out my DVD of the original animated Transformers Movie and am now on a real Stan Bush high.
Coincidentally the guy who sang The Touch and Dare in Transformers also sang She's Got the Power in this episode of Sailor Moon R! Pretty cool connection considering how much both of those shows have influenced my life!
Funimation to redub Sailor Moon anime!?! Thanks to this topic over at the new (very active now) Genvid forums, I became aware of this new poll at the Funimation website asking fans which series they would like to see dubbed and an option is, "Redubbed Entire Sailor Moon Series". Head on over there now and let our voices be heard! Even if you're a HUGE fan of the existing English dub like I am (really like DiC dub!) vote anyway to show how strong the fandom still is! If anything it may get an English dub of Sailor Starsand an official Subtitled release using the new digitally remastered Japanese sources! Could also mean a release of the rereleased Sailor Moon manga!
Also thanks to Genvid, I came across this great post about the changes in the new manga! I had no idea there were so many! Check out the new broach and redrawn panels!!!
Sailor Moon fanfiction was mentioned here alongside Lord of the Rings and Twilight fanfiction! Good to know it's still relevant!
Two rewatching groups going on right now. If you want to rewatch the anime, go here to participate. Want to rewatch the live action version of Sailor Moon? Go here.
Now make sure you go vote for Sailor Moon in this poll and comment below to let us know what comments (if any) you left at the bottom of the poll.
Personally I suggested releasing all the seasons on Blu Ray! :D
Finished cleaning up the Sailor Moon Wallpapers pages. A lot less scrolling now and easier navigation with added menus at the top and bottom.
Also cleaned up the Sailor Moon Icons by splitting them up into separate pages for less scrolling, faster loading and a better overall experience. Added menus at the top and bottom of each page here as well.
Completely revamped the Site History / Layout Archive with a new design I'm very happy with. Several different "eras" now to make navigation easier than having everything on one page like it was before. Travel back in time and see what Moonkitty.net was like in years gone by! Also finally added info about the previous layout and the new one that you see right now!
Moved the DVD Spotlight up under the Episode Spotlight. Looks heaps better now.
Also in case you missed the edited update in the previous post, I've updated the Gifts & Rewards page. Thank you everyone who's given me a gift! If I've somehow excluded a gift you gave me please send it to me again! I'm just really bad keeping my inbox cleaned and up to date.
Will try finish some new features for Friday and will definitely be updating the Links page which has been cleaned up slightly but a lot of new links need to be added.
Some cool miscellaneous Sailor Moon info for the Sailor Moon Roundup on Friday as well.
Also, once more I want to say hello to all the Twitterers! Can't believe Moonkitty.net is up to 81 followers just after a week or so after the account activated! Love all you Sailor Moon fans who have found me. Maybe some Sailor Moon Twitter backgrounds are in order! ;)
This week's Sailor Moon music video features one of my favourite couples in Sailor Moon, Chibi Usa / Rini and Helios / Pegasus!
Conducted a deliberate search to find a video of these two and found this one which is idealy set to Watashi Tachi ni Naritakute (aka Baby Baby Love). Hope you like it as much as I do.
I've also gotten off my bum and uploaded all the gifts & pressies my wonderful online friends have sent me! While I read my email on a daily basis I always put off replying until the last possible second. I'm embarrassed to admit that I hadn't uploaded any of these since December!!! REALLY SORRY EVERYONE! Getting things like this really do make my day. Never feel unappreciated!!! Thank you Usagi, Noa and Fallen Angel Ceres! If somehow I've lost a card, please hit me over the head and let me know.
Also, using Google Tools, I'm continually finding the Sailor Moon Wallpapers to be the most popular section on Moonkitty.net so have cleaned up all the pages for less scrolling and added some great Sailor Stars widescreen wallpapers to the collection. Really happy with them and am even using the Eternal Sailor Moon / Galaxia one on my own desktop right now.
Finally, I've finally updated my links page starting with credits and thanks to all the sites and people that have helped me out over the past 10 years. I know I've missed some people. If I have, please let me know.
Now, back to the episode guides and dvd reviews.... and my secret project!!!
Happy Friday! Let's get into the latest Sailor Moon news!
There's a new Sailor Moon comic strip up at MoonSticks featuring my fave Moonkitty, Artemis along with Luna and Hercules. Pretty funny stuff! Chibi really has an eye for Sailor Moon parody!
Four out of Five ain't bad! I wonder if they keep in touch with Luna!
I'll leave you now with something very cool that I discovered, a Sailor Moon Musical Fan Film! These guys and girls are making their own Sailor Moon Musical (or "Sera Myu", though I'm not a fan of that phrase) but adapting it into a movie! They've released a sample of what to expect on YouTube and I'm really impressed! In fact I'm so looking forward to the finished film that I've now become affiliates with them (link up this weekend)! I'm also conducting and interview with them which will be up in a few weeks or so so stay tuned! Exciting stuff!
Sailor Moon Chanel has the second chapter from SuperS animated and online.
That's about it for this week in Sailor Moon news!
Ah, one more!
As I reported here, there's some possible activity in the Sailor Moon manga getting an English rerelease. I emailed Kodansha directly at their Japanese office and got this reply:
I can't tell you about international distribution at this time.
That could be interpreted many ways though it could maybe mean that something is happening right now with rights and she's not at liberty to discuss ongoing negotiations.... or maybe she just doesn't know. Important to note though that she never said that Sailor Moon would not and never be released outside Japan in English.
In site news, you've probably noticed a few subtle changes such as the Episode Spotlight now showing random episodes and the new DVD Spotlight featuring my DVD Reviews. I've also added a linkme code to the bottom of the side there as I do see people unable to find buttons and not sure how to link to me. Hope this makes it easier (we all had to start webdesign somewhere!).
Speaking of DVDs (well I was a few sentences back anyway, heehee), expect some new reviews up soon and with my new DVD drive coming next week expect some more episode guides as well!
Hope you've all had a great week and bring on the weekend!
Was surfing around and stumbled across this post on how someone found release dates for Akira and Ghost in the Shell mangas at Amazon.ca for later in the year.
How is this connected to Sailor Moon? Well both series are owned by Kodansha which has basically killed or let expire any rights to their manga series' distribution in North America. This is one of the reasons the redesigned Sailor Moon manga that was released in Japan a couple of years ago never saw a release and the original Mixx English version of the Sailor Moon manga is now out of print.
With both Akira and Ghost in the Shell now officially being rereleased this signals Kodansha's move into direct distribution and could very well means a rerelease of the Sailor Moon manga is in the near future, especially considering how popular the manga was when first released in the U.S.
Have searched all Amazon sites for any new Sailor Moon releases and still nothing official but this is a very good sign.
What a week! Got the new layout up and almost finished reformatting all the new sections!
Last night I was fixing up the Sailor Moon Shopping Guide and realised I had overwritten the file on the server with an old backup! Nooooooo!!!!! Needless to say, a simple reformatting turned into a lot of rewriting of content! Fixed most of it up but will be rewriting it all so it's a lot "smarter" sounding soon.
If I'm not doing overtime tomorrow, I'll launch the new site feature that I'm very excited about and sure that a lot of you have been after for a very long time. Actually don't think any other Sailor Moon site has what I'm planning! What is it? Stay tuned!
For now, let's turn to all the Sailor Moon sites that have updated this week!!!
Moonsticks has another great comic strip online, this time featuring Iron Mouse and Galaxia. Is it just me or do they get funnier every week? Hope she manages to keep up with the weekly schedule! Also, when enough are made I wouldn't mind having them collected in a book! That's how much I love these comics!
SailorMoonLinks.com has updated the listing and has the following Sailor Moon convention info:
Anime Boston 2009 May 22nd - 24th 2009
"For those going to Anime Boston here's the following Sailor Moon activities you can look forward to so far. Sailor Moon Panel 4pm Saturday, Constitution Panel Room.
Sailor Moon Cosplay Photoshoots
Friday: 3:30 pm near the Dunkin Donuts Saturday: 2:30 pm near the Dunkin Donuts"
Lily-Chan has bought a new domain and announced plans for a Naoko site and a new Sailor Moon Musical site (yeah!). She also announces that her gallery is now online and has forwarded me some other Sailor Moon convention news!
Sailor Moon Universe Fan Panel *Note- This is a new panel/debuting at AZ for 2009! After 5 years and 8 runs of PGSM fan panel its time to open the panel up.*
Come and join us as we share our love for Sailor Moon as a series that began as a manga and expanded into an anime, musical and finally a live action series similar to those that inspired the creator! Relive or experience for the first time some of the memorable scenes from the anime, the musicals and the live action through the videos we will provide and learn the romance dance. The panel will also feature a power point presentation, special guests, fandom part (Otaku Senshi, Cosplay etc) of Sailor Moon, a Speed Questions Quiz and Re-Act Pose Contest with prizes and for coming we will have door prizes! There will also be time for a question/answer period at the end of the panel. If you don't attend in the name of the moon you will be punished! All Ages
*This panel features a power point presentation and footage from the anime, musicals and live action drama! Prizes are donation art from artists around the world that are frame or matted or printed in protect sleeves with bios about the artists on the back of the pieces. If there are any special guests at any convention then there will be a section for that special guest to speak.
Panelists- Lilly-chan Sakura -> Sakura's Senshi Circle and Create Your Own Otaku Senshi Angel -> http://kuroitenshi13.deviantart.com/ William Sebree aka DDRNinja -> http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=takutokun Tommy aka kungpow12345 -> http://destinyrevival.sailormoon.cc/ and is a Writer for http://moon-chase.blogspot.com/
Naoko Takeuchi Fan Panel *Note- This panel is in its 4th year in a row and 6th run! Previous Conventions- Anime Punch 2006, Matsuricon 2006|2007|2008, Otakon 2008
Takeuchi Naoko or Takeuchi-sensei, what most fans call her, is best known for Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon. But what over works has Naoko come up with? Come join us for an overview and discussion about her other works and how they compare to Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon success. Also any latest news about Takeuchi-sensei as well. There will be time for a question/answer period at the end of the panel. All Ages.
*This panel features a power point presentation! If there are any special guests at any convention then there will be a section for that special guest to speak.
Panelists- Lilly-chan Sakura -> Sakura's Senshi Circle and Create Your Own Otaku Senshi Angel -> http://kuroitenshi13.deviantart.com/ William Sebree aka DDRNinja -> http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=takutokun
Panel Times|Days- Friday May 22, 2009- Naoko Takeuchi Fan Panel at 6:45pm - 7:45pm Saturday May 23, 2009- Sailor Moon Universe Fan Panel at 2:00pm - 3:00pm Location for both panel- TBA *Check Program Booklet for more information
*Also the Sailor Moon Universe Fan Panel is right before Yasuo Yamaguchi (the producer of the animation of Sailor Moon) 's panel which is schedule afterwords in the same panel room. Keiko Han (the voice actoress of Luna|Queen Beryl from the Anime and Luna from PGSM)'s panel is schedule in the morning on Saturday May 23, 2009. But I do not have a confirm on time and Location for them, so I recemend just posting *see program booklet for more information, since Animazement hasn't post their 2009 schedule yet.
*Also not confirm yet, but I might have a change to have both Yasuo Yamaguchi (the producer of the animation of Sailor Moon) and Keiko Han (the voice actoress of Luna|Queen Beryl from the Anime and Luna from PGSM) as guests on my Sailor Moon Universe Fan Panel. Since neither of the panels conflix my panel and I've already sent a email off to the Head of Guests there at Animazement and will be talking (at least try to) to both Yasuo Yamaguchi (the producer of the animation of Sailor Moon) and Keiko Han (the voice actoress of Luna|Queen Beryl from the Anime and Luna from PGSM) at the Pre-Con for Animazement 2009 on Thrusday May 21st. during 6:00pm-12:00am (autograph session is during 8:00pm-9:30pm)"
Before I go I also want to tell you about the new Genvid and SailorMoonForums here. These Sailor Moon forums are SO active! I started a topic and had 8 replies in minutes! If you're after a Sailor Moon discussion forum, this place is pretty cool!
Also, SeraMyuAntics has added 20 new demotivational posters and 60 new cosplay photos! Well done!
That's all for this week's Sailor Moon Roundup! Have a great Friday and I'll see you soon for more 10th Anniversary updates here at Moonkitty.net!!!
Phew, spent the afternoon cleaning up and reformatting all the pages in the new Information and Episode Guides pages with the new style header image/text. Hopefully tomorrow I can do the Shopping Guide and Website Info pages so I can get back to making more unique content for you all and jump right back into the Episode Guides!
Right now though I want to thank everyone who has followed Moonkitty.net on Twitter! I was really impressed with the speed some people signed up. Really made my afternoon!
Also I have a question for everyone. What free poll service do you recommend? I'd like to put one on the right hand side column but don't know which is the best service. Preferably one without advertising and one that will not take users to a separate page (even to view the results).
Continuing with the site renewal I've cleaned up and restyled the downloads & media section. All pages within now sport a uniform blue colour theme (just like the link at the top of the page!) and have been updated with relevant text and cleaner spacing!
As an extra bonus I've uploaded almost 100 new icons to the musical and anime icons with quite a few new characters being used this time around.
While on the topic of avatars I've been having (as have many other Sailor Moon sites since time began) a few issues lately with people hotlinking (or directlinking) to my icons despite the obvious requests not to on the pages. Because this costs me money I'm implemented a complete ban on hotlinking via htaccess. Found a great page here: http://altlab.com/htaccess_tutorial.html that explained how to do it. Literally took 3 minutes to set up.
Basically what will happen now is that if you view any files from Moonkitty.net via another site you'll be shown a wonderful icon with Moonkitty.net's name on it. If you're subscribed to the site feed this means that the icon used with each update will be the same one but when you view the site and go to the actual post on the Moonkitty.net servers you'll see the icon chosen. In short, no need to worry. ;) It'll only really affect the people who are hotlinking to my files.
I know a few weeks ago I mentioned my personal account but since then and because of the site redesign I've decided to create an account exclusive for Moonkitty.net updates.
So if you want to follow my personal tweets (which still contain elements of Sailor Moon) feel free to follow this account and if you want to be notified of site updates as they happen and maybe some site exclusive tweets follow this one.
You can of course (and it would be great if you did!) follow both.
So, notice anything different? Yup! In celebration of Moonkitty.NET's 10th year online I've decided to completely revamp the site with a fresh new look and feel!
Personally I love it! Much more colourful and spacious with plenty of room for certain "new sections" to be added in the future. ;)
The site navigation has also been simplified to make it much easier to find things. All the old site content is still here, now it's just easily sorted into five separate pages or sections instead of being displayed as 30-something intimidating links on the right hand side.
Affiliates, miscellaneous graphics, etc are now on the bottom of each page along with a new disclaimer fine print. Don't be scared about the "Privacy Policy" (will write it tomorrow). Just a technicality for Google to mention cookies, etc. Don't worry, I'm not going to steal your identity. lol.
Overall the entire site is functional. Just a few pages that need to be cleaned up and a few links changed (all attack pages will lead to episode guide for example, and the Episode Spotlight isn't so random... yet).
Anyway hope you like it and let me know what you think! All feedback is welcome and appreciated!
HERE WE GO!!!
p.s. If the layout is looking strange or just plain weird, hit the REFRESH / RELOAD button on your browser. Your computer may need to update the layout files. Enjoy!
Well I've made it! Moonkitty.NET is now 10 years old!!!
Celebrations have been delayed a lot due to my computer crash but some very cool things are on their way in the next few days to really start the festivities!
Moonkitty.NET may no longer be an Artemis shrine like it was originally (remember those days in 1999?) but I still have a great fondness for the character and the other Moonkitties.
p.s. And before you ask, I'll get those profiles back online.... someday. ;)
The Official Site has updated for May with a new layout featuring what looks like an old image but I'm not sure if I've seen it before. Also has a new game and a mailbox though no letters of interest.
Moonsticks has another hilarious strip up, this time parodying the SuperS finale.
The winner of SMFFG banner competition has been announced!
The Oracle has a massive update on the site. p.s. Thanks for the plug! ;)
Moonlight Soldiers has been working on a new layout and has updated several pages.
And a BIG hello to the 30 or so new subscribers that have joined in the past week! Thanks so much and hope you enjoy the ride!!
Update: Actually wrote this post early Friday morning but because I had uploaded SO MANY high res Sailor Moon wallpapers, I reached my upload limit and this post wouldn't go through. New month now though, new story! Sorry for the lateness!
Also in site news, spent several hours today working on the brand new Moonkitty.NET layout! Looks pretty cool and very different than what you might be used to. No promises on when it'll be ready but it's on it's way!
and am now on a real Stan Bush high. 
Happy Friday! Let's get into the latest Sailor Moon news!
