Again in 2018 Cecilia printed an exhaustive characteristic concerning the doomed try and remake basic anime Sailor Moon for American audiences. It was a incredible story however its seek for unseen footage of the never-aired present sadly led to disappointment.
The mission, recognized amongst followers as Saban Moon due to the involvement of children’ TV producer Haim Saban, had for the reason that Nineties been a topic of giant curiosity, not only for its weird general premise (a great deal of anime like Macross had been closely localised for Western audiences, and everyone knows about Energy Rangers, however hardly ever had one thing been fully remade) however as a result of the present had been made but by no means proven. As Cecilia wrote again in 2018:
Sailor Moon fandom is unquantifiably huge. Its most excessive finish has obsessed over the American, live-action Sailor Moon present for many years the identical manner diehard Twilight followers may hate-read everything of Fifty Shades of Gray. On scattered Sailor Moon fan websites, true connoisseurs have collected the detritus of the never-aired present. It’s blasphemous. And it’s laborious to look away from.
For many years all followers needed to go on was a blurry trailer proven on the 1995 Anime Expo, launched on the identical time the unique Japanese anime was making its debut within the US. Now, 4 years after Cecilia’s report, YouTuber Ray Mona has hit the jackpot.
As a part of her documentary Discovering Saban Moon: The Western World of Sailor Moon, Mona—with assist from Cecilia, who seems within the video—manages to truly pay money for the sequence’ pilot episode (from the Library Of Congress, no much less), and contains it in her movie so we are able to all lastly lay eyes upon it.
It’s…look, it positive is one thing.
I feel everybody would agree that it’s higher for everybody, the world over, that this was by no means launched. It’s a lot better that it exists like this, a buried relic we are able to marvel as a slice of alternate historical past, one we have been fortunate to have prevented.
The video above is simply the pilot episode, however like Cecilia’s report, the entire story is value catching up on (particularly for a a lot greater high quality model of the opening credit/promo), so it is best to begin the story right here with its first chapter.
