travel to the moon.

[samatethecookie]

I was thinking about buying Sailor Moon DVDs until I realized (1) most of the DVDs out there are either too expensive or bootleg, and (2) Funimation put out a survey in 2009 asking their fans which project they should work on next, and a possible re-dub of Sailor Moon was included on the list.

Now, I don't think this is impossible. Already an international revival is underway. A new, remastered Sailor Moon series just premiered on Italy television this March! If Funimation is showing an interest, then it could be possible that the English license can be renewed, which really needs to happen because it's been, what, five years? If it is possible to renew at this point? Books! DVDs! Movies! Music! They're going to be available to the western fanbase. That'd be awesome.

So, I'm hoping and praying that this happens sooner or later. If they can put Dragon Ball Z Kai on Nicktoons and call it a new series, then I'll fucking buy it for Sailor Moon so long as I get my proper English dub and DVDs.

Just. *SQUEEEEEE OMG!!*

(Also, if the guy who sounds like Edward Elric in every single role he picks up has to be in this series? He should be Jadeite. Then he'd be the first one to die! OMG YES THIS HAS TO HAPPEN NOW.)

Edit: Totally not related to this whatsoever, but apparently you can buy a package on LJ that gives you 210 icons? so expensive but OMG DO WANT.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/beyondheroism__/]

WHAT. 210 icons?!?!?!

WAAAAAAANT. (We should probably just get permanent accounts and be done with it.......)

Also, I think it'd be really cool to get a new Sailor Moon Dub.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I'M SERIOUS. Granted, it costs $30 for twelve months, but STILL, 210 icons!! Or or they add 210 icons to the icons you do have when yo buy a paid account. IDEK, but it's still a shitload of icons. (Although I agree, I do think they should just make permanent accounts available for sale so we can get it over with.)

I'd be really ecstatic if the fans get a new Sailor Moon Dub. <3 I would just die. (Although I'm kind of hopeful that they get someone that sounded like "Serena," because in my head she is Sailor Moon because he was first for me.)

[http://users.livejournal.com/beyondheroism__/]

I am such an icon slave. BUT THEY ARE SO SHINY AND LITTLE BOXES THAT EXPRESS MY EVERY FEELING AND THOUGHT.

They need to hold off on the Perm account sales until at least like... Mid-July (I think they usually do 'em in November actually) because ME SO POOR.

I would not be super picky about Sailor Moon VAs because it has been so long, but yeah I can see wanting "Serena" to sound the same. Do you think they'll go with the English names or keep Usagi and all that?

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY!

I'd buy a permanent account, and only buy a paid account plus these shiny new icons for a few months until then, but I'm a little paranoid that I'd spend all this money on an online account. What if something happens that leads me to leaving LJ? Or LJ fails? Or or other things I'm anxious and paranoid about?

Yeah, I'm sort of the same way. I just want an English dub to come out because it's been too long. On the other hand? Previous voice actress, please come back! /hopeless begging is hopeless.

Oh, I definitely think they're going to keep their original names. Like, "Serena" and "Darien" are endearing to me, I'll admit that, but Funimation has a good track record for keeping characters' names intact. Not only would the older, hardcore fans appreciate it, but there's a lot of anime fans who don't even know what Sailor Moon was. (Which is shocking to me, because WHAT ANIME FAN KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT SAILOR MOON, but it sounds like a good opportunity to attract a brand new younger audience like they're trying to do with Dragon Ball Z Kai, I guess?)

[nuvolaluz.livejournal.com]

I always think I want more icons, but I usually stick to a solid ten reoccurring ones.

and I'd be happy for a Sailor Moon revival, too. it was my first anime love.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I love having all sorts of icons. I have my specific favorites, but I like to have more icon space if possible so I don't have to pick between the ones I love.

<33 I'd love a revival. It already happened in Italy, so why not get a start on a new English dub? (Of course, I'm saying this because I WANT DVDs that I can pull out and watch whenever I feel like it, which is almost always. And it'd be nice to have a proper dub.)

[escalove.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't necessarily want a dub (as I probably wouldn't watch it), just get me high quality subs and DVDs and that would be enough for me. Also bring over Stars finally would be nice so I can unload my crappy fansub tapes.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

Well, part of the reason why I do want the dub is so we can get high quality subs and DVDs. That would save fans a lot of money, instead of having to pay $100+ for one season. A proper dub is only a bonus. :/

I don't really care who they get to play which character, so long as they don't screw everything up and they stay true to the series, unlike DiC. Voices, music, et cetera, I could care less, as long as they leave the characters themselves alone, y'know?

[escalove.livejournal.com]

See, maybe it is just that I don't watch dubs anymore, and I am one of the few people who doesn't actually like Funi's acting pool save select actors, I am more partial to the Vancouver and LA pools of actors than Funimation's but I am kind of alone in this regard for a lot of things. That said high quality DVDs and subs, and finally getting Stars would be a boon. Although I wonder whether it would work, because as I understood it, it was never the North American side that was the problem but the Japanese and how freaking expensive the rights were, and I am wondering if something has changed in that regard.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I don't really know enough about Vancouver or any other place to be able to tell the difference--right now I'm just thinking more along the lines of "dude, that's fine, just anyone but these guys, please, or any of those other shitty companies"--but I do notice that Funi tends to use a lot of the same actors over and over. (Example: Vic Mignogna. Ugh. I swear, he has the same voice in every character he plays. That and he's a jerk and I hate him.)

I haven't thought about the expenses the North American side would have to pay for the rights to dub Sailor Moon. I don't imagine why Funi wouldn't be able to afford it. Getting Sailor Stars season into the U.S., I mean. A lot of things can go wrong with this, but I'm just hoping that we'll get a chance to buy the season on DVD.

[asylumiss.livejournal.com]

You can never escape Vic Mignogna's voice, HE'LL BE IN EVERY ANIME EVER

A possible Sailor Moon revival does interest me. I wonder if they would cut certain episodes and scenes again because they think children still can't handle seeing characters getting slapped onscreen heh.

Or they could just do this


YOU'D WATCH THIS RIGHT?

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

Vic Mignogna, someday, I will bring you down. Somehow. I'll just shake my fist at you in the meantime.

Yeah, I'd like to know why they cut out Usagi getting slapped by Mars and Mercury on two separate occasions. They thought children couldn't handle violence of any sorts? Never mind that it's a show about girls fighting and protecting the world? IDK.

I. I have no idea what I just watched. WHAT THE HELL. XD

[ivy-chan.livejournal.com]

Well, hopefully they'll dub it more appropriately this time. AND MAYBE STARLIGHT SCOUTS. AND LESBIANS.

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

I LOVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. STARLIGHT SCOUTS, LESBIANS, AND MEN WHO LOVE THEIR BOYFRIENDS CAN REMAIN MEN. BECAUSE THEY'RE AWESOME.

I really hope, if renewing the English license is possible, that the re-dub goes well. I mean, dude. Dragon Ball Z is back on the air! Another old school anime that originally premiered over ten years ago! If Sailor Moon came back on conveniently, my nostalgia would shoot through the roof. \o/

[trickle.livejournal.com]

WANT WANT WANT 210 USERPICS 8D
*O*

[samatethecookie.livejournal.com]

FUCK YEAH.

Actually, I think it adds 210 userpics you have when you buy an account? So I think it's actually 210 + the 30 you get? IDK, but still! LOTS OF ICONS.

[trickle.livejournal.com]

Yeah it does. SO THAT'S 240 ICONS OMG. *O* *O* *O*