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NEWS: Kotono Mitsuishi Leads New Sailor Moon Crystal Anime Cast

So you're going in and criticizing without prior knowledge?

For those that are ranting endlessly, the legs are one head length too long, otherwise the proportions aren't too off from most anime aesthetics.

I also find it funny that people are calling Ami 'moe' when Naoko Takeuchi clearly hates modern otaku culture. For God's sake; La Reconquista had a song about how evil 2D Love was.

Remember back when sailor moon first was adapted to anime it seemed like a general rule that the original authors drawing style would be converted to generic anime characters.

Anyways, what's a bit surprising is that the SM production committee isn't strongly leveraging this to global broadcasters. This franchise made a ton of money to a lot of people - they have some cache with businesses around the world. They can work with that.

enurtsol wrote:

Anyways, what's a bit surprising is that the SM production committee isn't strongly leveraging this to global broadcasters. This franchise made a ton of money to a lot of people - they have some cache with businesses around the world. They can work with that.

It is not surprising at all:

1) If Toei were to do some leveraging, they would do it with Precure, which much like One Piece has yet to become a big hit outside of Asia.

2) Sailor Moon became a hit two decades ago due to fans (aka Otaku)

Toei has no leverage with Precure. Precure has not as much proven track record in the Americas and Europe. Toei has leverage with Sailor Moon.

Not just with otaku - that's why it was localized in so many different languages. Even the OP theme song! It was like DBZ.

enurtsol wrote:

Toei has no leverage with Precure. Precure has not as much proven track record in the Americas and Europe. Toei has leverage with Sailor Moon.

But Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi, while Precure is owned by Toei. In the long run it makes more business sense to advertise your own products even if at first they are harder to sell, that is the reason Sony and Nintendo became huge.

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Not just with otaku - that's why it was localized in so many different languages. Even the OP theme song! It was like DBZ.

I know, but it all started due to the hardcore fans doing some publicity, not because Kodansha or Toei spent one yen into publicity outside japan (which if you think is what big studios do everytime they do a big franchise production).

Doesn't matter who ultimately owns something - if they all can make money off it, they'll do business with it.

Hardcore fans had something to do with it, but not as much. This was before the proliferation of the internet and social media - hardcore fans didn't have as much influence with broadcasters. The SM production people shopped Sailor Moon around, and broadcasters bought into it. And they should do that again.

enurtsol wrote:

Doesn't matter who ultimately owns something - if they all can make money off it, they'll do business with it.

Real life story, Cartoon Network is owned by Time Warner, who also owns DC comics. Cartoon Network produced the Teen Titans series for five seasons. The show was a hit. They decided to stop it and produce a then untested new show called Ben 10. The reason? Even tough they are owned by the same companies, producing a show with DC comics intellectual property meant some of the profit went to the sister company. Doing a show with their own intellectual property means all profits stay with them. IRL it does matter who owns the IP.

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Hardcore fans had something to do with it, but not as much. This was before the proliferation of the internet and social media - hardcore fans didn't have as much influence with broadcasters. The SM production people shopped Sailor Moon around, and broadcasters bought into it. And they should do that again.

First time ever I hear this, got any names?

Two decades ago I remember Hitoshi Doi spearheading shogakukan popular licences (stuff done by Rumiko Takahashi) into the USA trough their subsidiary VIZ media, but I have never heard about any TOEI or Kodansha executive doing any publicity of any of their IP.

First time ever I hear this, got any names? Two decades ago I remember Hitoshi Doi spearheading shogakukan popular licences (stuff done by Rumiko Takahashi) into the USA trough their subsidiary VIZ media, but I have never heard about any TOEI or Kodansha executive doing any publicity of any of their IP.

EmpoleTRON wrote:

So you're going in and criticizing without prior knowledge?

As I have said before, I have not read the sailor moon manga (so I suppose I am not a die hard fan), please tell me why it is so awesome it will guarantee at the very least high ratings. I did read the FMA manga and boy it is clear as day why brotherhood was superior story wise, I could explain that in one single post, can you?

Sailor Moon was licensed in the US because girl power was at its zenith in the 90s, and because it came with a marketable toy line. DiC got the series after a bidding war, and it had nothing to do with hardcore anime fans pressuring them to release the show (if anything, the hardcore fans resented DiC for butchering the series). This was right after Power Rangers became a hit, and DiC was probably trying to capitalize on that by going after a property from the same Japanese company and with a similar premise.

mangamuscle wrote:

First time ever I hear this, got any names? Two decades ago I remember Hitoshi Doi spearheading shogakukan popular licences (stuff done by Rumiko Takahashi) into the USA trough their subsidiary VIZ media, but I have never heard about any TOEI or Kodansha executive doing any publicity of any of their IP.

Sailor Moon was licensed in the US because girl power was at its zenith in the 90s, and because it came with a marketable toy line. DiC got the series after a bidding war, and it had nothing to do with hardcore anime fans pressuring them to release the show (if anything, the hardcore fans resented DiC for butchering the series). This was right after Power Rangers became a hit, and DiC was probably trying to capitalize on that by going after a property from the same Japanese company and with a similar premise.

merr wrote:

mangamuscle wrote: First time ever I hear this, got any names? Two decades ago I remember Hitoshi Doi spearheading shogakukan popular licences (stuff done by Rumiko Takahashi) into the USA trough their subsidiary VIZ media, but I have never heard about any TOEI or Kodansha executive doing any publicity of any of their IP. Sailor Moon was licensed in the US because girl power was at its zenith in the 90s, and because it came with a marketable toy line. DiC got the series after a bidding war, and it had nothing to do with hardcore anime fans pressuring them to release the show (if anything, the hardcore fans resented DiC for butchering the series). This was right after Power Rangers became a hit, and DiC was probably trying to capitalize on that by going after a property from the same Japanese company and with a similar premise.

WELL, to be fair DiC didn't just win the bid war, they got the liscense because they only planned to dub the anime, whereas the other big bidder wanted to make this:

http://youtu.be/xS027mYtRu8 (warning it can be loud)