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| GekigangerV 772th Post
 
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|  "Live action US Sailor Moon/Cartoon"
, posted Tue 18 Nov 18:08
My brother showed me a site of toonami realated stuff and in the Sailor Moon section, they have a 4 min clip of what would have been by Saban. The girls would all be real, but when they transformed they turned animated. If you want to check it out here you goLink Here its under Saban Nightmare.
They presented it to Toei animation and Takeuchi-sensei in order to get it licenced, but thank god they turned them down (for reasons unexplained, but obvious). I personally don't think going to such extremes which Saban did was at all necessary. Then later on, DiC was given the licence back in 1995, but didn't have the energy to finish the last 17 episodes of Sailor Moon R which enraged fans for almost 3 years when Cartoon Network put anime on the map to the mainstream public.
As for those who are following the Japanese live action one, I personally like it (I'm a sentai and old school Sailor Moon fan). Sure the special effects are not that spectacular, but if you're familiar with sentai (especailly Abaranger), the content was expected. Plus the opening fight in episode 7 showed some improvement in the action, and Tuxedo Masks' mask gets a big upgrade =D from his cardboard cutout.
I really like how Zoicite looks even though he looks way too much like Prince Demando from the last part of Sailor Moon R. I wish Nephlyte looked more like his anime/manga counterpart because he just looks freaky. But so far, Queen Beryl's generals in general (no pun intended), look a lot like Kpop stars. Specifically like they're members of H.O.T.
I think Sawai Miyuu (who plays Usagi/Sailor Moon) still needs some work in her acting, but I think she has potential if they continue the Sailor Moon sentai series. I think they chose good girls to play the Sailor Guardians.
By the way, does anyone know where I can get character designs of Saban's Sailor Moon, and if Takeuchi-sensei is doing any mangas right now? As many manga/anime fans know, her husband is now doing Hunter X Hunter (saw it a year ago, but vaguley remember it), and he did Yu Yu Hakusho.
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| OrochiChris
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| "Re(4):Live action US Sailor Moon/Cartoon" , posted Wed 19 Nov 02:11
Heh, this reminds me of a scene in a parody fandub of Riding Bean called 'Roadbusted', wherein Rally plays a cassette tape of the Saban Moon opening for Bean.... and Bean replies, "My God, it could've been like that... That Saban, he's a madman!"
(Roadbusted is, like, the funniest parody fandub I've ever seen. Mind you, I haven't seen too many, but I like it enough to watch it repeatedly....)
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| Hungrywolf 2490th Post
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| "Re(1):Live action US Sailor Moon/Cartoon" , posted Wed 19 Nov 07:43
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My brother showed me a site of toonami realated stuff and in the Sailor Moon section, they have a 4 min clip of what would have been by Saban. The girls would all be real, but when they transformed they turned animated. If you want to check it out here you goLink Here its under Saban Nightmare.
They presented it to Toei animation and Takeuchi-sensei in order to get it licenced, but thank god they turned them down (for reasons unexplained, but obvious). I personally don't think going to such extremes which Saban did was at all necessary. Then later on, DiC was given the licence back in 1995, but didn't have the energy to finish the last 17 episodes of Sailor Moon R which enraged fans for almost 3 years when Cartoon Network put anime on the map to the mainstream public.
As for those who are following the Japanese live action one, I personally like it (I'm a sentai and old school Sailor Moon fan). Sure the special effects are not that spectacular, but if you're familiar with sentai (especailly Abaranger), the content was expected. Plus the opening fight in episode 7 showed some improvement in the action, and Tuxedo Masks' mask gets a big upgrade =D from his cardboard cutout.
I really like how Zoicite looks even though he looks way too much like Prince Demando from the last part of Sailor Moon R. I wish Nephlyte looked more like his anime/manga counterpart because he just looks freaky. But so far, Queen Beryl's generals in general (no pun intended), look a lot like Kpop stars. Specifically like they're members of H.O.T.
I think Sawai Miyuu (who plays Usagi/Sailor Moon) still needs some work in her acting, but I think she has potential if they continue the Sailor Moon sentai series. I think they chose good girls to play the Sailor Guardians.
By the way, does anyone know where I can get character designs of Saban's Sailor Moon, and if Takeuchi-sensei is doing any mangas right now? As many manga/anime fans know, her husband is now doing Hunter X Hunter (saw it a year ago, but vaguley remember it), and he did Yu Yu Hakusho.
I'm so very happy that never, EVER came to light. You know, maybe if more people knew of this horror then they wouldn't feel such animosity towards DiC. I know that Sailor Moon got edited a lot and everything, but still, at least it wasn't that piece of garbage. I can't believe I sat through that....
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| OrochiChris
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| "Re(6):Live action US Sailor Moon/Cartoon" , posted Wed 19 Nov 13:48
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I haven't seen Riding Bean in YEARS. Where can I find a copy of this parody fan dub? By the way, who got the licence to do the last 17 episodes of R? Also, any news on Sailor Stars?
It's made by CDS Productions. I don't know if they still do that archaic "Mail us your blank tapes and a Self-Addressed-Stamped-Envelope and we'll mail it back to you" thing that I find so annoying..
Actually, I got my copy of it from A-kon a few years ago. ^_^;
Riding Bean is on DVD, in case you weren't aware....
Oh, and I believe DiC (or Cloverway, I forget) got the rights to dub the last 17 eps of SMR, like they did with SMS. AD Vision (ADV Films, whatever) has released uncut subs of both the original and R seasons now.. All that's left is for some company to license and release Sailor Stars. For some reason (primarily ep.#200), I can't see that happening in the near future. ^^;
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| Krzyzewski Man
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| "Re(4):Re(10):Live action US Sailor Moon/Carto" , posted Thu 20 Nov 12:47
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It was made during the height of the intrusion of political correctness into tv shows so I assume that it was a "Ok we need a character from every race and probably a disabled one just to be safe..." decision.
It was also made by Haim Saban, or should I say, Retarded Mutant Paramecium Man. Seriously, PCism wasn't that advanced. To whit, an difficult question posed by a young boy to his mother...
"Mommy, how come no one looks like me on Friends?"
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So, are Kunzite and Zoycite two young Males embracing each other in the Live Acton Version? WHOA...
Hey, it is a chick show. And if the male attitude towards lesbians (good-looking ones, anyway) is any indication, it'd probably be a roaring success.
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