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Exclusive Interview: The New English Language Cast of Sailor Moon

"Maybe don't show it to your kids right away?"

Folks, this show was for kids in Japan, and they dealt with the panties, I'm sure American kids can, too. It's not like the Japanese children who grew up with Sailor Moon became sex maniacs.

Well, of a kind...

Yeah, Colleen Clinkanbeard (Luffy), Luci Christian (Nami), and Stephanie Young (Robin) have all been openly pregnant while working on One Piece, and none have quit the show at any point.

The original Sailor Moon English dub was being recorded at a REALLY fast pace, sometimes close to a dozen episodes each session, and they didn't have time for Terri Hawkes to have her baby. Also, she chose to limit her physical activity as a personal choice, which included voiceover work.

In Japan, everyone records together, so sometimes substitutes occur when an actor gets sick or pregnant. In Japan, Kotono Mitsuishi was replaced for 5(?) episodes as Usagi/Sailor Moon with Kae Araki (Chibi-Usa's voice) while she having her appendix removed, including the famous two-part Season 1 finale.

I don't think we have anything to worry about. Viz is going to great lengths to make sure this dub will be as consistent as possible. The old dub was infamous for it's constant casting changes.

Also, I don't think there would be anything wrong with showing this new uncut version to kids. Honestly, Sailor Moon had less objectionable content than DBZ, and kids seem to have no problem watching the unedited DVDs.

^ The actual dub was all recorded in LA at Studiopolis, but a few VAs recorded their auditions elsewhere.

I'm still not overly thrilled about Stephanie Sheh and Cristina Vee playing their respective roles this isn't exactly the english cast I envisioned for the show. I'm sure the dub will be competent but I'm not expecting a masterful dub here.

AH. i think your incorrect there. I though it was studiopolis as well, however its being dubbed by AX. not studiopolis. that was announced when viz announced they had the license.

AH HELLO? its not just that only. there was a reason why the dic version had zoicite as a female, uranus and neptune as cousins and the stars series never got released at all.

if they had shown that unedited in the 90's, the backlash would have been catastrophic. so much that i feared that anime on TV wouldnt have happened at all in the late 90's regarless of the other popular series of that time. and unfortunately i really doubt i would see any parent that is not anime educated or are otakus themselves giving the unedited version of this series to their kids. And then there was all of the definitely not for kids moments during Super S. no way that would slide at all in the US whether its was in the 90's or today.

naruto and bleach? yes? An Unedited version of Pokemon? Probably? but not SM.

especially if its a family that is against same sex relationships

My point wasn't really that American families wouldn't have a problem with it, but rather that they shouldn't, because the Japanese audience had zero problem with it, and they're doing fine.