The massive international TV channel, Animax sure has been a huge supporter of the Sailor Moon anime recently.
They were the first channel in Japan let alone the world to begin screening the anime after the rights were released (well, relaxed and made open to negotiation anyway) and have done a pretty good job of promoting Sailor Moon in it's Japanese channel's commercials.
Recently Animax has been featuring the Japanese voice actress for Sailor Moon, Kotono Mitsuishi as well as two of the directors of the anime in a show called Creators.
You can see clips of this show on YouTube. Nothing really big to report but they do go into the usual conversation about what it was like in the beginning making the show and how it grew in popularity.
It isn't subbed in English but you can fairly easily get the gist of what they're saying.
For those that don't know what Animax is, it's basically a cable channel that focuses on airing almost entirely anime though also airs random shows like Wipeout. In the past few years it's grown more and more and expanded throughout Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and more! This channel is huge and screens retro animes like Slayers for example but also the latest newest anime like Bleach, Inuyasha and Idaten Jump.
Currently only the Japanese Animax channel shows Sailor Moon but since it has got the license it seems to be a very good idea to keep our eyes on local Animax channels for any future Sailor Moon airing opportunities.
Will keep you posted if I hear anything else!
p.s. Stay tuned this weekend for a combo Roundup and Moonie Music Monday as well as some extra info on some sections and... the winner to the Twitter competition!
Real life has really gotten in the way of my site plans recently and for that I really apologise.
I've been working full time six days a week and any free time I've had has been spent applying and interviewing for new jobs which hopefully will start next month.
For the next two weeks it's really going to hit the fan as one of the companies I work for will be making everyone work on the next two Sundays which means.... 14 days straight of work! Yay! I'll still be updating with any interesting and amazing Sailor Moon news and of course will try my hardest to post the Roundups and Moonie Music Mondays but will most likely combine the two features until late March when my time will free up more.
Now funnily enough, one of the job interviews I went to on Friday just happened to be literally across the road from the Hikawa Jinja that was the inspiration for Sailor Mars' shrine in the manga (different temples were used for the anime and live action versions)! I'd been here once before with Jay from Genvid but that was three or so years ago and I hadn't been since.
Out of curiosity I decided to check out the wish tags and see if there were any Sailor Moon fans who had visited the shrine recently. I didn't really expect to see anything Sailor Moon related but right on the top row were two tags with some amazing Sailor Moon artwork and messages in Japanese that basically read (I will punish you!). Here's the photo I took on my phone of them!
Pretty cool that Sailor Moon fans still visit the shrine on a regular basis!
Now here's your Sailor Moon music video spotlight! In kind of a musical mood right now so thought I would feature one of my favourite songs from the musicals featuring Yu Shirota and Marina, New Moonlight Romance.
I really hope the musicals come back for the 20th anniversary!
Now for the roundup! (busy! busy!)
There's a cool new Italian Sailor Moon poster here.
And finally all the new Sailor Moon CDs seem to be keeping all the same covers of the originals meaning they're just regular rereleases but still a Sailor Moon product release nevertheless. I will be picking up a few as they are pretty cheap and the only Sailor Moon CDs I have are musical, PGSM or NA Dub.
In site news I have updated the Sailor Moon Channel Layout Archive with February's layout. I'll also be getting around to regular site emails and tweets sometime this week I hope (if I have time). Keep sending in Moonie Mailbag questions! I WILL answer them whenever I get the chance. If you haven't been answered yet, don't worry! You WILL be!
That's about it for now! Comment below, follow on Twitter and have a great week!
To save me posting twice within 12 hours of each post I've decided to combine the Sailor Moon Roundup and Moonie Music Monday this week into one post.
Let's start with the music video spotlight! After last week's crazy video I'm getting back into the Glee vibe of things with a rather fun music video to No Air. Unlike the previous No Air video this one is actually sung by the Glee Cast and is simply amazing.
I love the use of dialogue from the anime and it's also interesting how (while it's not) the song sounds like it could be sung by Terri Hawkes (Sailor Moon's voice actress in these clips). The voices are a pretty good match!
Anyway give it a watch and let me know what you think!
In site news I've been thrown for a bit of a loop with Blogger's decision to discontinue FTP publishing. 90% sure I'm going to say goodbye to them and convert to Wordpress. It's just really annoying and frankly it's p*&%ing me off.
On a happier note I've created a new Sailor Moon image gallery with all the new images that have been released lately.
There's this crazy on YouTube called "Carameldansen" which features random characters doing the same dance against music.
They're all very cute and normally offer a humourous way to see characters that wouldn't normally be dancing.
A few weeks ago a follower on twitter sent me this link and I faved the video as soon as I saw it!
Not only is Moon and Mini Moon well drawn but the artist has thrown in transformations into the mix to include all their anime forms AND several civilian costumes!
Hope you like it as much as I do!
p.s. You've probably noticed I've been doing some layout updates here and there this weekend to make the site a little more streamlined. Included with this update was a a completely new footer for the site. Can you find the special Moonie Easter Egg? It offers a little bit of an extra Moonie Music joy for those who find it!
As you can probably tell I've been doing some more fiddling with the site's layout. I asked all you awesome people who follow MKNET on Twitter what they liked and didn't like concerning the side nav and pretty much everyone agreed getting rid of the Interviews banner was the way to go. Opinions on the DVD info was split 50/50 so I shrank the amount of space it took up but kept the links there as I've been getting a lot of emails and tweets telling me how useful people find them.
I also added some social bookmarking icons to the top part of the site and am curious which ones people actually use. I'm definitely keeping StumbleUpon but am unsure how popular the others are. Please comment below and let me know what you personally do or don't use. Less is more I always say! ;)
While cleaning up the site I also shrank the Donators section and created a whole new page for all that jazz. Thanks again to everyone that's donated so far! Every little bit helps and is muchly appreciated!
Now onto the news!
Just yesterday I was walking through Kinokuniya in Shinjuku and saw the pamphlet for the new Sailor Moon DVDs on the wall as well as the larger shiny metalic poster behind the counter.
Was really surprised as this is the first time I'd seen any Sailor Moon advertising for the new Sailor Moon DVDs at all.
Someone on the staff must be a Moonie because as I kept walking through the manga section I saw all the Sailor Moon manga out in prime position right near the entrance!
The little sign simply talks about how this is the manga the anime was based on, it being the whole series and also mentions the side stories.
Very nice to see!
Elsewhere on the Moonie web:
Three-Lights.net has just updated with what has to be one of my favourite Sailor Moon layouts of all time!!! SUCH AN AMAZING LAYOUT GUYS!!! Check it out!
Dreaming Moon has some cool scans worth checking out.
There's a brand new Sailor Moon site online that's focusing on the show's relaunch in Italy, SailorMoonWorld.it! They've got a really fresh layout and some great information on the show in Italy as well as peaks at the brand new Sailor Moon artwork that's been created for the show there. I love this site so much I've just affiliated with it! Check it out guys!
Recently I had the pleasure to sit down and interview the wonderfully skilled voice actress of the Sailor Moon anime's first villain Queen Beryl, Naz Edwards!
She's an absolute legend and offers some great insight into the early years of the English dub.
Continuing with the Glee theme, this time with a Sailor Moon music video set to a version of a song from the actual show, Defying Gravity!
I love this song and was pretty impressed with this music video (despite the annoying unnecessary opening "credits" which almost made me decide to exclude it).
seem to be keeping all the same covers of the originals meaning they're just regular rereleases but still a Sailor Moon product release nevertheless. I will be picking up a few as they are pretty cheap and the only Sailor Moon CDs I have are musical, PGSM or NA Dub.
vibe of things with a rather fun music video to 
Recently I had the pleasure to sit down and interview the wonderfully skilled voice actress of the Sailor Moon anime's first villain Queen Beryl, Naz Edwards!
