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Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:44 pm

A new Sailor Moon game? oh... I might have to buy a DS, now.

And yes, I know it's Italian.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:42 pm

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon returns to America!!!!

Kodansha USA has announced their release of the 2003 reprint editions of the Sailor Moon manga! In addtion to this is the first-ever American release of the Codename: Sailor V manga! That's right! Sailor Moon is BACK in the U.S. (no word on the anime yet, though)!!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-03-18/kodansha-usa-announces-the-return-of-sailor-moon
http://www.examiner.com/anime-and-manga-in-miami/sailor-moon-returns

:APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:08 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon returns to America!!!!

Kodansha USA has announced their release of the 2003 reprint editions of the Sailor Moon manga! In addtion to this is the first-ever American release of the Codename: Sailor V manga! That's right! Sailor Moon is BACK in the U.S. (no word on the anime yet, though)!

Any chance of it staying in the original Japanese format (no flipping!) and using the original Japanese names instead of like "Serena", "Rini" or even "Bunny"?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:18 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon returns to America!!!!

Kodansha USA has announced their release of the 2003 reprint editions of the Sailor Moon manga! In addtion to this is the first-ever American release of the Codename: Sailor V manga! That's right! Sailor Moon is BACK in the U.S. (no word on the anime yet, though)!

Any chance of it staying in the original Japanese format (no flipping!) and using the original Japanese names instead of like "Serena", "Rini" or even "Bunny"?

That is exactly what I'm hoping for.

Thinking about it more, since this is the first time Sailor V is being officially released in English and never had any dub counterpart, chances are that it's translation will be a faithful one and the same could be said for this new rerelease of the Sailor Moon manga.

And if the manga gets a faithful retranslation, then I'd say there's nothing to stop them from giving the anime the same treatment should it return here as well.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:29 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon returns to America!!!!

Kodansha USA has announced their release of the 2003 reprint editions of the Sailor Moon manga! In addtion to this is the first-ever American release of the Codename: Sailor V manga! That's right! Sailor Moon is BACK in the U.S. (no word on the anime yet, though)!

Any chance of it staying in the original Japanese format (no flipping!) and using the original Japanese names instead of like "Serena", "Rini" or even "Bunny"?
That is exactly what I'm hoping for.

Thinking about it more, since this is the first time Sailor V is being officially released in English and never had any dub counterpart, chances are that it's translation will be a faithful one and the same could be said for this new rerelease of the Sailor Moon manga.

And if the manga gets a faithful retranslation, then I'd say there's nothing to stop them from giving the anime the same treatment should it return here as well.

I'll be tickled pink if they kept these:

- The original Japanese names
- Their original genders. Zoisite and Fish Eye were both actually effeminate males
- Transliterations that can result in puns. The Amazoness Quartet for instance: CereCere (Ceres), PallaPalla (Pallas), JunJun (Juno) and VesVes (Vesta)
- And for the anime: the original kind of relationships! Haruka and Michiru come to mind.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:42 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'll be tickled pink if they kept these:

- The original Japanese names
- Their original genders. Zoisite and Fish Eye were both actually effeminate males
- Transliterations that can result in puns. The Amazoness Quartet for instance: CereCere (Ceres), PallaPalla (Pallas), JunJun (Juno) and VesVes (Vesta)
- And for the anime: the original kind of relationships! Haruka and Michiru come to mind.

I'm just hoping for as few changes as possible. The old dubs by DiC and Cloverway were terrible.

FUNimation has been trying to get he rights to a redub for years. And now that so many other countries have been getting their share of this global revival, here's hoping for the U.S. to fully get in it just as well.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:52 pm

I just realised I'm discussing Sailor Moon, on a Transformers forum with a fellow fan. How weird is that? :lol:

What I think is the most faithful of dubs is the German one: only name changes (Usagi to "Bunny" and the atrocious Quartet names SeleSele, ParaPara, and BesuBesu) and attack names were called out by a generic word and "Flieg" (Fly) or "Flieg und Sieg" (Fly and Conquer) for finishers most of the time. The laziest has to be Dutch one, as it's based on the German one, down to the German original opening! :shock:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:28 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I just realised I'm discussing Sailor Moon, on a Transformers forum with a fellow fan. How weird is that?

30 pages in and it's only now weird?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:What I think is the most faithful of dubs is the German one: only name changes (Usagi to "Bunny" and the atrocious Quartet names SeleSele, ParaPara, and BesuBesu) and attack names were called out by a generic word and "Flieg" (Fly) or "Flieg und Sieg" (Fly and Conquer) for finishers most of the time. The laziest has to be Dutch one, as it's based on the German one, down to the German original opening!

I think the one dub that was actually worse than the English dub was the Korean dub.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:23 pm

Thanks for the news Sabrblade. For the record, I'll be buying each one as it comes out.

Ah, Sailor V at last!

And here's hoping the anime makes a triumphant return as well.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:38 am

Well if this is a decent release and seeing it will be handled by Kodansha themselves it should be literal translations, then I can finally retire my original Japanese release set for these.

Until more details arise I'll be causally optimistic.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:42 pm

I'll be overblown-enthusiastic for you, Editor. How's that?

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:16 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'll be overblown-enthusiastic for you, Editor. How's that?

No worries, I let Haruka-chan deal with that.

Keep in mind she doesn't smile much. :roll:

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:48 am

Did she ever?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:30 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Did she ever?

Yes, lots of times.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:32 pm

Oh, it was a joke. :lol:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:43 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Oh, it was a joke.

But then I wouldn't have had any excuse to post that picture.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:56 pm

like you needed an excuse.

News Credits: 487 · by **Darth Bombshell** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:46 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon returns to America!!!!

Kodansha USA has announced their release of the 2003 reprint editions of the Sailor Moon manga! In addtion to this is the first-ever American release of the Codename: Sailor V manga! That's right! Sailor Moon is BACK in the U.S. (no word on the anime yet, though)!!

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2011-03-18/kodansha-usa-announces-the-return-of-sailor-moon
http://www.examiner.com/anime-and-manga-in-miami/sailor-moon-returns

Is that something I can order through Previews? Because if it is, that'd be pretty awesome.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 2:12 pm

Look at what Amazon.com has from pre-order.

Codename: Sailor V - Volume 1 (release date: Sept. 13, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935429779

Codename: Sailor V - Volume 2 (release date: Nov. 15, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935429787

Sailor Moon - Volume 1 (release date: Sept. 13, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935429744

Sailor Moon - Volume 2 (release date: Nov. 15, 2011)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1935429752

Listed price for each is $10.99 USD.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:57 pm

September, eh? Thanks.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:57 pm

Decent pricing and bi-monthly.

Not shabby at all.

So Darth, Chapters will likely get them in, but it you are checking Previews those first two for September will likely show up in the July issue.

News Credits: 487 · by **Darth Bombshell** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:28 am

Editor wrote:So Darth, Chapters will likely get them in, but it you are checking Previews those first two for September will likely show up in the July issue.

I'll keep an eye on it, though if Chapters does end up getting them, I'll probably pick them up there.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:19 pm

Sailor V volume one for 7.41

Volume two for 7.41.

Haven't had a chance to check for the SM ones. But I'll be going with Barnes and Noble here.

by **angeli.mina** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 3:43 am

Sailor Moon was one of my favorite anime when I was a kid.
My favorite is sailor venus.
I'm missing this show.
I will buy the complete dvd soon.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 11:42 am

angeli.mina wrote:I will buy the complete dvd soon.

Good luck with that. The only ones available are either ungodly overpriced or bootlegs.

Then again, the old sets aren't even wroth picking up anyway, due to their lackluster quality.

With the manga getting reprinted, there's hope/possibility for a redub of the anime, so I'd just be patient for something like that to come about.