Sailor Moon Channel Adds Item Listings!

Hey Moonies - a new feature was added to the Moon Prism Box this week! In Usagi's room, there is a jewelery box of sorts under the television and when you click it, it takes you to the second page (not the first O.o.) of Sailor Moon's arsenal. There is (obviously) a first page, and another page featuring items used by the Inner Senshi. When you mouse over the items, a fact sheet shows up on the left about it and when they were used. Sadly, only one of Sailor Moon's items are animated in the same style as the "mangamations" they feature. We have to wonder why there isn't much love for the other items on the site! We'd love to see Sailor Mars's Ofuda in action! It's a bit hard to navigate for fans not fluent in Japanese, so we are providing a few screenshots to help (as always click the image for the larger version)!

Step One: Click here and open this link in a new tab or window.
Step Two: After the animation is over, click on Sailor Moon, or alternatively skip Step One and Click Here. Your cursor appears as the Crescent Moon Wand (sans Ginzuishou).
Step Three: Either Click where we have shown or go here !

Step Four: You will end up here, follow where we have marked!

Sailor Moon Finds on eBay #5!

Here we come bringing you our most interesting finds on Ebay since the last update!

The Best (and Most Expensive) Items:
☼ Super Hueg Kawaii Plushie Lot!
☼ Sailor Moon Sceptre from Super S Series!
☼ Sailor Moon Lockets!
☼ Sailor Moon Handheld Video Game!
☼ Luna-P Ball!
☼ A resin set of all the Inners in Chibi Form!

Best Bargains:
☼ Sailor Moon Oshibori Cloth for Bento!
☼ A Sailor Moon figure from Italy!
☼ A sticker album from Spain!
☼ A Sailor Moon Backpack!
☼ BESM lot featuring Sailor Moon
☼ Some cards that probably came in a Morinaga food product with Sailor Moon emblazoned all over it!

Things that made us go O.o.:
☼ If you can't tell the difference between Sailor Moon and Bratz, then we really don't know what to say!
☼ Though it might have been cool to have a playset based on Episode 67, this might have been more believable if the fukus had Bows!
☼ These flip flops are just tacky , licensed or not!
☼ There's just something odd about this watch!
☼ This young Usagi model is cute but we don't know if it's real or not!
☼ Which Sailor Senshi had a fish brooch?

Best of the Rest:
☼ Set of two Sailor Moon bowls!
☼ A rare Sailor Star Healer Keychain!
☼ A Rare Sailor Moon Lunch Playset!
☼ Used North American Sailor Moon CDs (including Full Moon Collection!
☼ The cutest Sailor Senshi Magnet set we've ever seen!
☼ A Sailor Moon Light-up Vanity Case from Irwin!
☼ A Sailor Moon Bendable Figure!
☼ A lot of 5 Mini Plushies!
☼ A lot of Luna-P and Luna plush!
☼ A lot of 8 Sailor Moon Mini Plushies!
☼ A lot featuring some rare Sailor Moon glasses!
☼ A rare Sailor Moon R plush - Princess Serenity!
☼ An unopened package of Sailor Moon Trading Seals from Japan!
☼ Some rare laser-cut metal cards from Japan!

BREAKING NEWS: ADV's The Anime Network is Coming to Canada!

Great news Canada! Over the past 2-3 years there has been a surge among Canadian cable TV providers. Before it only used to be YTV (and to a smaller extent Teletoon) that would keep anime as a part of their regular programming schedule. Later with the addition of G4 TechTV Canada and Razer to Canada's channel lineups as well as the expansion of programming blocks on YTV, Bandai, Funimation, and Geneon programming can now be seen in Canada. However one important Anime distributor was missing from the Great White North's TV Landscape: ADV. Today, they announced on The Anime Network that their they have signed a carriage agreement for their subscription video-on-demand service with the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA) . The CCSA represents more than 85 cable companies across Canada, and nearly a million subscribers! Fans interested in knowing if their provider is a member should check out this list.

This is a huge gain for Canada because there are quite a few places that do not receive services from the bigger cable providers Rogers, Cogeco, or Shaw (which already carry the VOD service). I can't begin to tell you how many anime fans I personally have met over the years that have voiced concerns about how it seems like Ontario and British Columbia seem to get all the anime and the rest of Canada is sometimes forgotten. Now smaller cities in other provinces can have more access to anime on their TV sets, and don't have to necessarily put "watch anime on tv" on their travel plans when they travel to bigger cities! Now, nearly everyone in Canada can look forward to watching Slayers, Noir, Robotech, Full Metal Panic, Saiyuki, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Wedding Peach and a whole whack of other shows on demand! It is unknown when the service will actually start in Canada (or how much it will cost), but we predict the end of this year at the earliest for launch.

Japanese Commercials - Sailor Moon Anime Edition!

As fans have probably noticed through our Ebay posts , wherever Sailor Moon has been in the world, strange and interesting products unique to those countries have followed! Japan is no exception to that; nearly everything under the sun there probably had a Sailor Moon flavored version! Many of the food products had bonuses that you could get (like clocks or housewares) when you sent in a few proofs of purchase!

First off, Sailor Moon endorses Pokka Potato Soup with... music best suited for a hoedown?


A Sailor Moon VHS game with a phone to talk to the Senshi!


Sailor Moon eye drops! Because Sailor Moon fans are too cool to use Visine?!


Two Commercials for Sailor Moon Cameo Pendants!



Sailor Moon Sneakers!


Sailor Moon S Puzzle Game for the Super Famicom (Nintendo)!


Sailor Moon Beef Curry and Furikake (Rice Seasoning)!


Sailor Moon Sausages!


And the special satchel you can get when you send in proofs of purchases from said sausages!


Sailor Moon Calculator and Electronic Organizer - way before the days of Blackberries!


Sailor Moon Block Puzzle Game!


Sailor Moon dolls and play restaurant!


And finally, from the PGSM era, a commercial for Japanese Kids Magazines Otomodati and Tanoshi Yochien. This is narrated by Aya Hisakawa (Sailor Mercury) and at the end there's a purse you lace together and decorate with PGSM stickers!

A Very Rare Sailor Moon R Promotional Video

We stumbled upon this rare gem today on YouTube! This appears to be a promotional spot for the Sailor Moon R series, and features Kotono Mitsuisihi (Sailor Moon), Aya Hisakawa (Sailor Mercury), Michie Tomizawa (Sailor Mars) , Emi Shinohara (Sailor Jupiter), and Rika Fukami (Sailor Venus). They are seen signing autographs and appearing at an event singing and voicing their characters! Most importantly, this video provides a glimpse at ~30s into what anime dubbing in Japan is like. The seiyuu stand in a very large, dreary-looking room with microphones in front of a screen with the cartoon. This is a huge contrast compared to pictures we've seen of how Optimum productions dubbed the episodes ! We learned from Roland Parliament years ago that usually sessions only had one or two VA's in there, sometimes more if they were needed.

Enjoy!

Sailor Moon Impersonation in Goro's Bar!

We came across this one this morning perusing one of our new favorite Japanese streaming media sites, Ameba Vision .

In Japan, variety shows are pretty much a staple of TV (compared to North America). One of these shows is Goro's Bar , which is hosted by Goro Inagaki of popular boyband, SMAP! Goro plays a bartender who auditions different women to entertain his bar. Every week features different idols and celebrities in the audition roles and skits! In the episode which aired on February 8th of this year, popular J-pop idol Shoko Nakagawa appeared imitating Sailor Moon! WARNING: the video may or may not play despite our best efforts to embed this clip. If it does not work properly, CLICK HERE!



Fans may be surprised to know Shoko is a multitalented idol! Not only does she sing, but she is an actress and a voice actress/Seiyu, as well as a mangaka! She is most famous for being very interested in all kinds of cosplay (sometimes very mature "gravure" cosplay pictorials, we add) and purchases costumes on auctions... particularly ones from Sailor Moon! She also has a male black cat named Luna (after Luna from Sailor Moon) who she usually brings along to accompany her when she cosplays!

For fans wanting to know who that other idol is torturing herself on the stairclimber, that is Asami Abe , another multitalented idol. We're not quite sure what she's doing with this machine (is she trying to tone her arms?). In any case, something crazy like this nearly almost always happens in a Japanese variety show, and we encourage fans that have the chance to watch one over the internet to see this zany aspect of Japanese pop culture!

Japanese Commercials #2!

Hey Moonies! This time we’ve got 10 commercials courtesy of TV-CM.net . Without further ado...

First we begin with a sighting! Keiko Kitagawa (PGSM Sailor Mars) takes time out of her University studies (she’s a commerce major!) to film this commercial for Suntory Let’s Diet Water . We don’t know what’s in it but we’ve read the dumbell shape is to help encourage exercise and Keiko leads a few of them on the website!

Boa’s Sweet Impact?! This commercial reminds us of a now crazed popstar who shall remain nameless!

A Japanese-Indian Mastercard crossover. Is there anything they won’t think of for their Priceless campaign?

Coca-Cola in Japan has a new brand of Mineral Water and Carbonated Mineral Waters available under the Minaqua brand name, and this is a classy commercial!

Ajinomoto/Knorr of Japan has some sort of instant noodle soup/ramen product that got these ladies singing!

Nissin of Japan also has an instant spaghetti product SpaO which appears to be the only reason this woman got out of bed! The song in the background reminds us of Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend.

This is a very heartwarming commercial for Tokyo’s Metropolitan Subway System!

A Pocky Dance! We won’t be surprised if moves from this show up during a cosplay contest at an anime con!

Wonda’s Morning Shot is a canned coffee drink that is apparently so powerful it distracted these two enough to make them miss their morning bus!

And last but not least, Moon Chase! favourite Ayumi Hamasaki has a commercial for Weider multivitamin In-Jelly! Ayu doesn’t like her vegetables and isn’t getting her required vitamins in her diet! But never fear, she can’t split them apart when they are in jelly form!