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Kodansha vows authenticity to original Sailor Moon


1:00 AM on 04.21.2011
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Kodansha Comics recently sat down for an interview with an About.com writer, Deb Aoki, and revealed that their reprint of Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V will be as authentic to the original as is possible for an English translation. But what exactly does this mean?

Kodansha promises to keep the original japanese names for characters such as Mamoru Chiba over the very American-sounding "Darien Shields." They also intend to keep the manga as true to Takeuchi's vision as possible, which includes keeping Sailors Uranus and Neptune a lesbian couple, and not just a creepy pair of "cousins." Kodansha will also include all of the proper color pages and translation notes.

Also, Codename: Sailor V will be released at the same time as Sailor Moon in November 2011, so you can pick up both at the same time! I think it's really cool that Kodansha is trying for such authenticity in their new versions. Heck, as a kid watching the anime I never even realized Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune were involved, that's how much things had changed. (Or how unaware I was.)

So Sailor Moon fans, are you excited? What are you most looking forward to in terms of sticking to the original Japanese manga? Are you excited to see Sailor Moon in a new light?






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I've always wanted some closure in the Sailor Moon world, so this could be interesting. My only exposure to the show was the local broadcast at 6AM, which would go into a Groundhog Day-esque loop everytime it hit the Chibi arc.
She'll always be Serena to me.

Always.
YES! Translation notes!
OH Sailor Mercury. *long sigh*
@Shiro Shishi:

i totally agree dude!! i'm all for keepin' things as faithful as possible to the original source and admire kodansha for doin' just that with this new SM reprint. But, certain things will always stay how i first heard them, like the 1995 english dub sailor moon character names.

LOL.. Darien Shields.. such a dope name!!
Great! Now I can once again read all the Sailor Scouts' lines in their Abridged Series voices!
Even the horribly butchered Spanish edition from Spain (they changed names to the outer senshis four times if memory serves me right) left the lesbian couple on. I didn't know that happened to the version in USA, good thing I didn't buy it.

This is gonna be interesting since Sailor Moon was my very first manga. It'd be cool if they included the color pages too, but I think that's too much to ask. Please don't use too acidic paper, that's pure shit for a book that's meant to be kept for a collection (and the reason why I don't buy many titles here in US even though I love them).
Very nice! The real series is nothing like the '90s American TV version, of course. In fact, it's much more fun--you'll discover it's more light, tongue-in-cheek. Lots of dopey puns for all the names (Tsukino Usagi, for instance is the "rabbit in the moon" and is Sailor Moon's name). It's almost a self-parody of the sentai genre at times. And yeah, there's the infamous gay couple of bad guys, one of whom got changed to a girl, and apparently lesbian sailor scouts too (why would you take that out!? That would sell it like hotcakes these days!) I just wish there were legal copies to buy, having only seen it as a bootleg.

So, I'm all for the real manga coming out. Sounds like fun!
Hot lesbian action CONFIRMED.
While I'm not a huge manga fan, with a few exceptions, I know one of my friends will be somewhat excited to here about this.
This was the first anime I ever seen and I can't wait to read the manga !

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