Original Sailor Moon on DVD/Blue Ray!
 

OMG!! ALL 200 eps, movies, and specials are coming to DVD/Blue Ray unedited!! This means we'll be getting an actual dub of the Sailor Stars!!!



http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...nime-franchise

so can someone please tell me the main plot of sailor moon???? I never watched it when I was a kid

How was the dub for this show? I remember watching it on CN years ago and I'm sure it was edited and changed much from the original

Umm... well it's kinda complicated to explain. Just read the wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon

Oh it was totally changed. Especially where Uranus and Neptune were conserned. They became "cousins" cuz back then having lesbians in a kids show was frowned upon. :P Also, the Sailor Stars stuff NEVER aired on tv due to the nature of the characters (female heroes who disguise themselves as a boy band. One of them falls in love with Serena/Sailor Moon.)

Oh wait, this is a brand new redub? I didn't see that, I thought they were including that old edited dub.

Wow I am very surprised. They're actually going through the trouble of dubbing a 200 episode series instead of just Japanese with subtitles?

They're doing both. Subtitled eps will be available online starting on Monday with the dub being slow released on DVD and Blue-Ray in the fall. The dub will have diff voice actors than the original. The Sailor Stars stuff has never been released in the U.S.

I watched the series recently, it's alright but definitely a show of its time. It's not really relevant anymore and besides it's iconic imagery the show doesn't hold up really well and now just feels like a generic magical girl anime. The first season is hit or miss, if you take nostalgia out there is only one story arc I actually enjoyed that is fairly early in the series. Sailor Moon R starts interesting with an anime only 13 episode story arc that is interesting but sadly ends too fast even though it had a lot of potential, the second story arc the one based on the manga isn't as interesting. SM:S is fantastic and easily the best season of the show, it isn't until the ending when it gets into familiar cliche Sailor Moon territory but overall it's a great season and makes it worth watching S1 and R. SM:SuperS the season after it is the opposite of the regular "S" season and it's painfully boring and focuses on Serena's daughter. Apparently the manga is darker and closer to "S" I would've liked to have seen that version instead. SM Stars is a little better than SuperS but it is still rather painful to watch. All three movies are forgetable.

I'm surprised how little of the series I remember counting I watched it just a year and a half ago. Even after reading a short synposis I had difficulty remembering anything at all of the forgettable seasons (second part of R/SuperS/Stars) I don't even remember what happens in those. It's a hard anime to recommend since it is indeed a product of its time and even if it made/popularized the magical girl genre it feels rather bland and boring now. With so much filler and lackluster seasons I'm not sure if I can recommend watching it all just to get to Sailor Moon S. If I hadn't had nostalgia for the show I'm not even sure if I would've been able to finish Season 1. The show almost always had villains with a lot of personality. The ending is rather lackluster since it's fairly similar to all the other season endings.

well from what I can remember...it's about a princess who was reborn on earth after something bad happened to her moon kingdom (I think). She saves a cat named Luna from bullies who can actually talk and is looking for the moon princess. Luna gives Serena (english name)/Usagi (Japanese name) a brooch that allows her to transform into sailor moon. This allows her the powers to defeat the evils that are on earth and help search for the princess (who is obviously her)

Serena is......not the best hero in the world as Luna discovers....in fact she's a crybaby and pretty much hates doing anything hard, but she gets the job done in her own quirky way.

in searching for the princess Luna sees potential girls that could be the princess....but they all turn out to be the Sailor Scouts (the princess' royal guards who were also reborn on earth) These girls over time become great friends and they all fight the dark evil, protect the planet, and search for the princess.

at least this is the first season XD

Sounds awesome, one of my guilty pleasure shows since junior high when it first hit syndicate TV and when i was a teen on Toonami coming to BD in new restorations

Yes, yes, yes! I’m not ashamed to admit I squealed like a little girl.

Boy, I picked one heck of a year to watch Sailor Moon for the first time. Definitely going to be watching the streams on Mondays, I’m curious to see how different their subtitled scripts differ from the fan ones. The new English dub has me really excited, I’m more excited about the new dub then the new anime coming out. That means I have an excuse to rewatch the series twice. Sweet.

Now all we need is an official English translation of Sailor Moon: Another Story on Steam/Virtual Console/PSN/Xbox Marketplace and a dub of the radio dramas.

I'm not really a fan of Sailor Moon, but it's always great to see news about things like this. I'm happy for the Sailor Moon fans. :)

And you will when the new series comes out in July! Sailor Moon Crystal is based directly off the manga so there'll be ALOT of differences between the original animated series and this one.

There was also a brief live action series a couple years ago that was a whole other version of the story.

So these releases won't include the original dub at all? I'm never going to hear the end of this.

I got extremely excited for this news. First a new anime and now a redub of the original series uncut?! This really is a year for Sailor Moon fans everywhere.

Now if Viz can only get the rights to redub Samurai Pizza Cats in it's original form, Cat Ninden Teyandee, then I'd be all set!

I thought Samurai Pizza Cats was already released on DVD with the dub and japanese version. Though the general consensus is that the dub is much better than the original.

Both of those statements are true. I think he was talking about redubbing the uncut original, which...that would be bad.

I wouldn't mind a redub of the uncut original as then we'd be able to enjoy dubbed Uranus/Neptune without them having to be cousins, not to mention Zoisite being a man again! :D

Though it'll be weird having to get used to the new dub voices after so many years of being used to the old ones!

The only thing I’m concerned about is the translation of team name Sailor “Senshi”. When the series first came out, the official translation was Sailor “Soldiers”, but in 2003 it was retconned to be Sailor “Guardians”. It looks like, based on an interview, they will be using the Guardian translation. They did the same thing with the Manga release, which was fine.

However starting in the third series of the anime, Sailor Moon S, a new background song is used for the group transformation sequences. They sing in perfect English “Sailor Soldier”. I guess with the new dub their going to redo the vocals so they sing Guardian instead. But if people are going to be watching the original version subbed, it’s going to be awkward for them to clearly hear “Sailor Soldier” and then see the subtitles say “Sailor Guardian.”



Not an issue, but I’m curious as to how they’re going to dub episode 108 “Usagi's Dance, In Time to a Waltz”. Most of the plot is about Usagi trying to speak to people in English and since the dub is in English…hmm.

We were talking about the Samurai Pizza Cats in that instance. I think this news confirmed they are redubbing the uncut original for Sailor Moon.

Wait, no. They actually have the ability to change gender.

They changed sex when they transform. They were naked men (they cleverly hid their crotch but bare their barren flat chest) then changed into women (more curvy shapes, you can see the plump breasts shape too).



I'm kinda meh with the Sailor Stars though..nothing appealing about them. Their uniform is too S&M for my liking too..

Yes yes yes
 

While I prefer the dub over the original, out of curiosity, why do you think it would be a bad thing? Is it because of the numerous cultural and linguistic references?

I still never understood why they're going with the "Guardian" title as opposed to the "Soldier" one. I guess they really like the newest title better. For the episode where Usagi gets drunk, she's probably still going to speak English.

Derp! Thanks Peanut :)

Who am I kidding - as much as I'll scold myself for it afterwards, I know perfectly well that I'll end up getting both the sub and the dub versions...

I just don't think it's very good in its original form. It's old and boring. Let's be honest, the show isn't spectacular in any form, but the English dub has some writing that keeps it from being a total wash. I don't think anyone wins by redubbing it.

I imagine it was Naoko Takeuchi’s decision; she seems to have the final say in everything with the new dub, even being the one who chooses the new voice actors.

I know she will, but how can they keep the episode “uncut” as they said now that everyone speaks English? Are they just going to directly translate the script and have Usagi awkwardly having trouble talking to people speaking the same language as her? Or will they tweak the script, like the original dub did, even though the new dub is supposed to be uncut?

We definitely have to wait a while to find out.

It'd just be interesting to see what would have happened if it had been properly translated, imo. Then again, most people prefer to watch anime in Japanese anyway so it probably wouldn't matter.

I'd imagine they'd have her talk to people in a drunk matter but we'll just have to wait and see.

So was Sailor Moon actually a good series, all nostalgia aside?

I haven't watched Sailor Moon since I was like 13-14 years old...and that was ages ago. I keep remembering this show had tons of filler just like Dragon Ball Z.

Well... I think it is, but I freely admit that my opinion is probably hugely based on my own nostalgia.

The filler with DBZ was frustrating, but DBZKai rectified a lot of that, much to my relief (as it meant I didn't have to keep fast-forwarding just to get to the scenes with Vegeta). :)

Clips from the new dub have been released:




The new cast:

• Stephanie Sheh as Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon
• Kate Higgins as Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury
• Cristina Vee as Rei Hino/Sailor Mars
• Amanda C. Miller as Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter
• Cherami Leigh as Minako Aino/Sailor Venus
• Robbie Daymond as Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask
• Michelle Ruff as Luna
• Johnny Yong Bosch as Artemis
• Danielle Nicole as Naru Osaka
• Ben Diskin as Gurio Umino
• Tara Platt as Ikuko Tsukino
• Keith Silverstein as Kenji Tsukino
• Nicolas Roye as Shingo Tsukino
• Cindy Robinson as Queen Beryl
• Todd Haberkorn as Jadeite
• Liam O'Brien as Nephrite
• Lucien Dodge as Zoicite
• Patrick Seitz as Kunzite

Bit of a shock hearing Luna's voice sounding so different!

I want these DVDs so bad. I am intensely excited for this release.

So is there any word on whether Uranus and Neptune are lovers again in the English dub?

New dub clip:


It’s been confirmed multiple times that the new dub will be uncut. The official announcement trailer shows a scene of Haruka(Uranus) and Michiru(Neptune) holding hands with the words “Absolutely uncut” on the bottom of the screen. But if that’s not enough, here is a quote from Charlene Ingram the Senior Manager of Animation Marketing for Viz Media.

Oh bitchin'! Thanks for the info, TMNT_Guy - I've been majorly slack with checking the anime news sites lately. :embarass:

Order has been restored to Uranus and Neptune, and now a proper dub of the Sailor Stars... *happy jig*