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Mooniversity: Waiting for Cosmos

By | Apr 2, 2024 | Columns

Welcome back to Mooniversity, our column for all things “Sailor Moon.” Now, you may think that while we’re waiting for any word on Sailor Moon Cosmos‘s release outside Japan, that we’d be struggling to find subjects to discuss after finishing looking at all other Sailor Moon media so far, but you’d be wrong! Today, we […]

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Mooniversity: Vampires. Wait, Vampires?!

By | Oct 31, 2023 | Columns

Welcome back to Mooniversity, our column for all things “Sailor Moon.” It is Halloween, and so we’re taking the opportunity to discuss a surprising running theme across most incarnations of the series, which is vampires. Why have vampires appeared in the manga, anime, and stage shows? You’d think werewolves would be a better fit given […]

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Mooniversity: The Future

By | Sep 27, 2023 | Columns

Header fan art by former Disney (now Sony Animation) artist Mingjue Helen Chen. Welcome back to Mooniversity, our column for all things “Sailor Moon.” As we continue to await word on the release of the Sailor Moon Cosmos movies — which mark the conclusion of the second anime continuity — outside Japan, now’s a perfect […]

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Mooniversity: Americanizing Sailor Moon

By | May 23, 2023 | Columns

Welcome back to Mooniversity, our monthly column for everything “Sailor Moon.” Having finished our look back at every season of the anime and film from the 1990s, we’re going to talk about the original English dub of the series, produced by DIC Entertainment, and then Cloverway, from 1995 to 2000. But first, let’s talk about […]

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Mooniversity: The ’90s Movies

By | Apr 21, 2023 | Columns

Welcome back to Mooniversity, our column for everything “Sailor Moon.” Having revisited all five seasons of the 1990s anime, we’re now going to take a look at the three theatrical films released during the show’s second, third and fourth years. Although they’re all standalone adventures, they share the titles of the concurrent seasons for promotional […]

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Mooniversity: Sailor Moon Sailor Stars

By | Apr 4, 2023 | Columns

Featured Laserdisc art by Katsumi Tamegai. Welcome back to Mooniversity, our column for all things “Sailor Moon.” Today, we’re revisiting the fifth and final season of the ’90s anime, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, which adapts the ‘Stars’ arc across 34 episodes originally aired from March 9, 1996, to February 8, 1997. Directed by Takuya Igarashi, […]

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Mooniversity: Sailor Moon SuperS

By | Feb 28, 2023 | Columns

Featured LaserDisc artwork by Ikuko Itoh. Welcome back to Mooniversity, our column for all things “Sailor Moon.” Today we’re revisiting the fourth season of the ’90s anime, Sailor Moon SuperS, so named because it sees all of the Sailor Guardians unlock their Super forms. Adapting the ‘Dream’ arc of the manga across 39 episodes, first […]

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Mooniversity: Sailor Moon S

By | Jan 23, 2023 | Columns

Featured LaserDisc artwork by Ikuko Itoh. Welcome back to Mooniversity, our column for all things “Sailor Moon,” and happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate (coincidentally, it’s now the Year of the Rabbit.) Today we’re revisiting the third season of the ’90s anime, Sailor Moon S (as in Super), which adapted the ‘Infinity’ arc […]

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Mooniversity: Sailor Moon R

By | Nov 22, 2022 | Columns

Welcome back to Mooniversity, our monthly look at all things Sailor Moon. Today we are revisiting Sailor Moon R, the second season of the ’90s anime (which, depending on who you ask, stands for Sailor Moon Return, or Sailor Moon Romance.) Slightly shorter than its predecessor, at 43 episodes (which first aired in Japan from […]

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