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Interview: Lauren Landa and Erica Mendez, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus

I think they maybe could've just toned it down some, take away some of the flirting, and cut the hand-holding, and it would've been fine. The existing dub didn't do any of that, and then we were left with "cousins" flirting and holding hands.

But yeah it is stupid that we would have to censor something like this. My parents probably wouldn't have cared, and if I had kids I wouldn't...

I think they maybe could've just toned it down some, take away some of the flirting, and cut the hand-holding, and it would've been fine. The existing dub didn't do any of that, and then we were left with "cousins" flirting and holding hands.

jr0904 wrote:

...while haruka and michiru are the most well known homosexual couples, their wasnt the first. that was zoicite and malikite from season 1.

Kunzite, actually.
...and who is "Malikite," anyhow?

Fantastic interview. I love hearing what voice actors have to say about the roles they do. Laura and Erica are amazing, and I can't wait to hear them in more roles. Hell, Erica should totally be in the next Tales game (Berseria, when the time comes later for its dub announcement). If anything, she'd be great at putting energy behind the artes in battle as well as the skits.

jr0904 wrote:

...while haruka and michiru are the most well known homosexual couples, their wasnt the first. that was zoicite and malikite from season 1.

Kunzite, actually.
...and who is "Malikite," anyhow?

I guess the word I was looking for is "subtle." The series is very subtle about Haruka and Michiru's relationship. They never hit us over the head with it, and they never outright say they're lesbians or have them kiss or anything. However, they do flirt and hold hands, so it's still there, but I don't think many 90s parents would've had a problem with it.

I don't see anywhere in the interview where Zac says they are the only gay characters in the show.

Initially introduced as “cousins” in the Cloverway dub to obscure their actual relationship, over time their status as the only two openly homosexual characters in Sailor Moon would turn them into icons.

Haruka and Michiru weren't the only openly gay characters in Sailor Moon. There was Zoisite, Kunzite, Fish Eye, and Seiya. Then again, I accepted a long time ago that this isn't a site for accuracy. Be careful what you read here, guys.

Raebo101 wrote:

How they thought people wouldn't notice, I'll never know...

Easy, children are ignorant and as previously stated homosexuality was a touchy subject at the time however their new relationship was arguably an even more touchy subject.

Really? You don't think many 90's parents would have had a problem with it? Look t all the hate and ignorance that came out just with the supreme courts recent decision. And this is 20 years later when people ARE more tolerant. Back in the 90's I would be all the tea in China that a great many parents would have had a problem with it.

Heck, there was a stir with the ending to Legend of Korra. And that was pretty subtle IMO.

I'm not going to talk about the rights or wrongs of homosexuality, but given the fact that the Japanese are even less tolerant of homosexuality than Americans (check any poll), how did this not stir up outrage in Japan?

Also, since Japan is mostly made up as atheists/nones, I wonder what's the reason for this lack of acceptance. Can't be religion.