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!

Labels: Fan Dubs, icons, Moonie Music Monday, Sailor Moon Anime, Sailor Moon DVDs, Sailor Moon Fan Films, Sailor Moon Manga, Sailor Moon News, Sailor Moon Roundup, site, Twitter, web

Posted By: Brad # Monday, September 07, 2009

Comments:

I think it's really great that they are re-doing the SM DVDs!! Do you think there is a chance they will redo the English dub ones too?

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Sami : 08 September, 2009 01:11

Wow amazing news!! Thanks for sharing! I already own the Japanese DVDs but I'd love to have another set.. I hope they'll include some extras!!

# posted by

Unknown : 08 September, 2009 02:27

DEFINITELY a chance of the English ones being re-released! Personally I'd LOVE a DiC boxset of the first two seasons! While I love the original Japanese version I always tend to watch the English one more and my non-anime friends always find it more entertaining.

# posted by

Brad : 08 September, 2009 09:14

Monday, September 07, 2009

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