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silvermoon424 · 8 days
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"GO BLEACH YOUR ROOTS, CREEP" is such a hard line and I still can't believe it came out of the mouth of DiC!Sailor Mercury
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boss-the-goofball · 7 months
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"Don't start with Crystal" ok cool i won't. that said uh thoughts on starting with the original DiC dub?
The original DiC Dub is actually very humorous and while it does cut out a chunk of stuff and made some changes, it's still a fun and enjoyable watch
one of the biggest changes they made though is...well
the dub put Mamoru, aka Darien, as a university student at the start while Usagi, aka Serena, is still like...14 at the start of the series
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spectres-fulcrum · 8 days
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If there's something the DiC dub of Sailor Moon did well, it's the death scenes(Shocking for how much they kiddified it). The emotions of them. Like Nephrite, Zoisite, and Diamond's will always stick with me and I just got new copies after I lost my original copy over a year ago.
Still very sad. Like damn. I feel so bad for Molly and Serena and the way they sob and for the way they're going to lie awake thinking about the way these men said they lied as they died in their arms.
Molly with the promise that was never meant to be a lie of parfaits and the daydream of what could've been, should've been and Serena with a I did love you after Diamond said he didn't care if she loved him as long as he hypnotized him cause he was so used to portraying this arrogant prince façade and then Wiseman betrays him and he realizes so much was a lie and he was a lie but the truth is-he can't let her die because he does care about this 20th century girl who sobbed his name as his brother died and dared to talk back to him.
-and tossing and turning waiting for the day that as Neo Queen Serenity she meets him again and does it all differently, saves all of them. Saves him, his brother, their friends and allies. It can be different next time. But she's the only one that can change it. (I knew the DiC dub was way better for the ship than the sub or new dub! I missed them.)
And Zoisite's is just damn beautiful and touching and loving. I can't recall the details atm but it's way better than the new dub. Like they focus on the love vs Kunzite trying to blame himself and wasting precious seconds.
idk. It's just something painfully wonderful. The death scenes. You feel the emotions.
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sailoreddy · 1 year
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mooncaps · 1 year
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I've had a...complicated relationship with my dad over the course of my life. Today he's beginning whatever happens after this mortal life. He'd been with hospice over a month and I think I've pretty much made my peace with his passing. Within the past month or so, I've thought about that complicated relationship. To put it mildly, he did some things that shaped me into a worse version of myself than I would've otherwise been. And yet he also did some things that would ultimately lead to me finding my way to being a better version of myself than I would've otherwise been. One thing that really stands out for me is Sailor Moon.
I was getting into Sailor Moon on my own; it aired early in the morning before I went to school. One thing I'll always remember though is that my dad recorded it on VHS tapes, so I could watch the parts I had to miss when it came time to leave for school. It was a small act of kindness in the grand scheme of things, but it's something I'll never forget.
Sailor Moon inspired me as a youth, and it was also the gateway drug that helped me be open to stories like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Avatar the Last Airbender when they came along. Those stories and their fandoms had a tremendous impact in shaping me. One of my most enduring beliefs is in the power of storytelling to shape a life and even a world. Stories can inspire, they can teach, they can heal, and so much more. The stories I like bring me joy, engage my mind, and sometimes make me think about the kind of person I want to be.
There were others in my life who were eager to say that Sailor Moon wasn't the sort of thing I should be interested in. Both of my parents supported my interest though. Sailor Moon wasn't the first story I ever loved, but I view it as an important stepping stone in the path of my life. And for whatever it means, my dad was willing to be a part of that. It doesn't erase the other things that happened, but that's just how life works sometimes. Your worst enemies will sometimes do things you'd view as good and your closest companions will sometimes disappoint you. Everyone contains multitudes. I wouldn't even say the good outweighs the bad, but nevertheless there was good. And on this day, that's where I'd like to place my focus.
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Hot Take, but the focus on manga being the more “authentic” version of the story is... well its not wrong but its an extremely simplified view and doesn’t really reflect how much of anime and manga are made.
So, this is much less of a thing now with seasonal anime, but it wasn't that long ago that anime and manga would be made concurrently with each other and with the assumption that the manga would quickly outpace the manga leading to original content in some way shape or form. Furthermore, much of these manga would be created for the *purpose* of launching an anime, the two properties meant to prop each other up and boost the sales of both. And this leads to a bit of a grey area as to what is the "real" or "original" work. Which... It's a super hot take so let me give you some background first. In 1991 Naoko started writing a manga called Sailor Venus. That same year (very early on into it's life) Toei approached Nakayoshi Editorial Group (the publisher of Sailor Venus) hoping to find a new anime to fill a soon to be empty time slot. Most of Nakayoshi's pitches were rejected, but Toei showed interest in Sailor Venus, so Nakayoshi out together a pitch which they hoped would satisfy Toei. The only problem was, as part of this pitch they promised a bunch of stuff that Naoko didn't have planned, primarily stuff centering around expanding the lore and cast of the series. Now, things get a little murky here but here is what we know: 1. Sailor Venus was meant to be a one shot, but got expanded considerably past that. 2. Naoko's editor* kept pushing for Naoko to expand the lore and take on bigger stories in order to match the pitch that was made. 3. Part of the deal with Toei was that Sailor Venus would be an ongoing monthly comic which would run concurrent with the anime. 4. Sailor Venus was eventually replaced by Sailor Moon, a retooled version of the same basic concept designed to work better as an ongoing anime/manga. From what I can gather from various accounts, Nakayoshi basically lied their asses off and told Toei that Sailor Venus was always meant to be a long running monthly manga (or that it could be retooled to be one). To keep this fiction going they extended Sailor V's run and had Naoko keep writing more and more stories in it (with a larger focus on world building and ongoing plots) while Naoko and her editor worked to create a new series from scratch. A series very much inspired by Sailor Venus (because they didn't want to lose the pitch) but one which was designed from the ground up as an ongoing series which would work as both an anime and a manga. SM's manga debuted Dec 28 1991, and its anime debuted 3 months later on March 7th, 1992. Naoko then went on to write her manga concurrently with the anime, but the two quickly diverged as the anime caught up to the manga and chose to use the manga's original stories more as inspiration than as actual plots. And this was all pretty common for anime adaptions back in the day, and it points to something that I think is really important when looking at what the "real" or "authentic" version of a story is. Namely, that there was never an "authentic" version of Sailor Moon. And listen, I love Naoko and I don't want to downplay her achievements. Getting a manga published is hard work. You have to write dozens and hundreds of different one-shots to pitch to the publishers in the hopes that one will get picked up and expanded into a larger story. And then once you do that you have to write the thing. And that original idea will always be yours. If you asked me who invented Dragon Ball or FMA or Sailor Moon then I am going to point to their authors because those are the people who came up with and pitched the original idea. But Sailor Moon, the property? That was always a collaborative effort. The idea, and writing of the manga was a collaborative effort between her and her editor and the IP was always created with the intent of producing a manga which followed its own version of the story. And that intent is important. Because its not just some soulless corporation buying an existing IP so they can slap a familiar brand on a story they have lying around. Naoko invented Sailor Moon with the intent of the Anime telling its own version of the story, and that makes the anime just as "authentic" as the original work. And this has been kind of rambley but to summarize: 1. Naoko makes the Sailor Moon IP with the intent of expanding it into both an anime and a manga. From its conception it is designed to produce two distinct works. 2. One of these works, the Manga, is written by Naoko with the aid of her editor. 3. The other, the Anime, is created by a team of Creatives all of whom are talented at their jobs. 4. Both these works are based on the same initial idea, and produced at the same time. And a lot of this is going to change between various adaptions (FMA had a few chapters out when Arakawa decided to have an anime made for instance) but prior to seasonal anime, this was the norm. Sometimes (like with Sailor Moon) the Creator had less of a hand in the original idea, sometimes they had more. But the point is that which work is more "original" or "authentic" is a muddy issue, and saying that something like FMA (2003) is "just an original story with a familiar title slapped on" is... well it just feels very unfair to the people who worked so hard to create it. These were good writers, who were hired to make an anime based on a pitch that Studio Bones received. Yes, the person who wrote that original pitch didn't write the show, but that doesn't mean its not an authentic work. It just means that we had two teams making two stories, both based off of the same property. And yeah, if I had to pick which one was the "real" story I would pick the manga, but that feels very unfair and considerably two cut and dry. The Manga is more true to the original Creator's vision, but FMA hasn't had only one Creator since it started being published and gotten an editor. Its a collaborative project just like all writing, and that means that FMA (2003) can be just as valid as the manga. * Note, editor's have a lot more control over how a story goes than how people think. It's worth looking at some stories from the industry so you can see how an editor is basically a manga co-creator.
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Not to be angry but why dick dub?
Inappropriate spelling aside, which I hope doesn't get the answer flagged Many English speakers were introduced to Sailor Moon (and anime, in some cases) as a whole through the DiC dub. For the creator specifically, the DiC version holds a special place in their heart for being the favorite of the 3 movies and the one they grew up watching the most. It was easiest to start with that one since it's in English but is also a version people are more familiar with compared to the ViZ version.
If the project succeeds, then the other two movies will likely be done in Viz English and original Japanese, but we have to get through this project first!
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magical-demigirl · 1 year
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I made this for fun
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saturninretrograde · 1 year
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https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRnXNyaN/
Sailor Moon Says if you confess your love to an age inappropriate evil general, and he takes advantage of it...that energy is still valuable?
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Magical Robodoki "In the name of the moon" speech in various styles
English:
We’ll heal that heart-stopping illusion inside you! That's a promise, so prepare yourself!
Japanese:
未来の光が心を癒す!どうぞご準備ください! Mirai no hikari ga kokoro o iyasu! Dōzo go junbi kudasai!
The lights of the future will heal your heart! Please do prepare yourselves!
DIC/4kids dub:
Nothing beats a (2/3/4/5) of a kind! We're the Robocards, and we're here to win!
French:
Les lumières du futur, là pour vous aider ! Il est temps de sauver votre cœur !
The lights of the future, here to help! It's time to save your heart!
Spanish:
¡Las luces del futuro, aquí para ayudar! ¡Equipo Robodoki, lista para luchar!
The lights of the future, here to help! Team Robodoki, ready to fight!
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viviraptor-art · 7 months
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cringetober day 9: crossover ship/rarepair
so i wouldn't say i ship them, but yugi and usagi should at least be friends. they have a lot in common!
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beesgav · 4 months
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these two gotta unionize
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thefloatingstone · 6 days
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diurnalcritters · 1 month
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Day 568
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newwavesailor · 4 months
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I have wasted my day.
I spent what felt like an hour and a half, slouched in my chair, meticulously tracing a Garfield comic in order to create... THIS
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GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA GARFIELD LUNA
It's 5:16 PM and I'm really hungry.
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mizusenshisongs · 7 days
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It's time for Rei-chan's birthday yet again, and this time I decided to cover one of Rei's songs from the DiC English dub! Say what you want about the DiC dub, it did have pretty dang good music.
Music & background from: Sailormusic.net
Lyrics from: Sailor Moon Wiki
Thumbnail image from: @sailorsoapbox (text added by me)
Karaoke made by: Me
Vocals by: Me
I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON OR THE MUSIC. IT IS OWNED BY TAKEUCHI NAOKO, SANDY HOWELL, MICHAEL BENGHIAT, ANDY HEYWARD, JOHN MIYAGI AUTHOR, TOEI ANIMATION, KODANSHA, BANDAI, DIC ENTERTAINMENT, VIZ MEDIA, RHINO, AND WEA. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED.
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