How Naoko Takeuchi Changed The World With Sailor Moon
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- This is the story of Naoko Takeuchi, a mangaka who created a Shojo that would forever change the world. Sailor Moon has and continues to impact the lives of millions, and Takeuchi worked extremely hard from a young age to achieve her goals.
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You know what’s funny? When I was a kid, I remember specifically seeing an advert for Sailor Moon here in the states and the announcer saying “Boys will like it for it’s non-stop action, and girls will love it for their pretty transformations.” Now I’m hearing in this video that Takeuchi-San thought the opposite. She believed that boys would like the show because of how pretty the girls are, and girls would love it because of the action (especially since it’s all girls, like them). I think it’s safe to say that Takeuchi-San won that argument for the most part.
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haha it is funny how off base they were and I'm glad Takeuchi stuck with her own ideas, otherwise who knows how this show would've ended up
I remember that... But Naoko was the one that was right. Because as a boy, I thought the girls were pretty and my female friends loved the action. So yeah... who better to know Sailor Moon than the one that started it all.
I agree so much
I like it for both. Though I think the Crystal reboot looks a lot better, the first series had all the laughs.
Man she really opened the world to magical girls. I still love this genre as an adult.
Agreed! Still enjoy the story today 😄
Reinvented the magical girl genre and made it more than just slice of life.
It's great to hear that you still enjoy the magical girl genre as an adult! Magical girl anime has a long and rich history in Japanese animation, and has become a beloved genre around the world. Many magical girl anime feature themes of friendship, love, and self-discovery, and can offer a positive and inspiring message for viewers of all ages. Sailor Moon here, in particular, has had a significant impact on the magical girl genre and has helped to popularize it around the world. By introducing a strong and relatable female protagonist and incorporating themes of feminism and empowerment, Sailor Moon has become a cultural icon and has inspired generations of fans.
@@themangoose It's great to hear that you still enjoy the story even after all these years! The fact that a story can continue to resonate with viewers and maintain its appeal over time is a testament to its quality and enduring themes. Whether it's a childhood favorite or a new discovery, enjoying a story can be a fun and rewarding experience that allows us to escape into fictional worlds and explore new ideas and perspectives. So keep on enjoying your favorite stories, and don't be afraid to revisit old favorites from time to time!
@@normadgarmez7026 That's a great point! Sailor Moon definitely had a significant impact on the magical girl genre, as it helped to expand the genre beyond its traditional slice of life format and incorporate more complex themes and storylines. By introducing elements of action, adventure, and romance, Sailor Moon helped to create a new subgenre within the magical girl genre known as "mahou shoujo heroines". These heroines were not just cute and bubbly, but also strong, independent, and capable of fighting for what they believe in. This shift helped to make the genre more appealing to a wider audience and inspired countless other magical girl anime to follow in its footsteps.
we stan an inclusive mangaka who redefined a genre. She's amazing!
Yesss an absolute queen 👑
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The literal definition of “girlboss”
yesss she's the best! 🙂
My life would not be the same without Sailor Moon. It absolutely shaped me into the person I am today and I'm so glad it did. I don't think any series will have as big an impact on me as Sailor Moon has.
I'm happy to hear it had such a positive experience on you! It's truly such an impactful show ✨
I’m so glad that the VIZ dub is presenting Naoko Takeuchi’s intentions for the franchise respectfully.
As someone who grew up watching and reading Sailor Moon as a little girl, thank you so much! Naoko Takeuchi is such a private and mysterious mangaka so I really appreciate this! 🌙✨✨
Thanks so much for watching, means a lot! ✨
@@themangoose You're welcome!
It's kind of funny and kinda sad hearing about her "old grandpa editors" being these old dudes telling a young female mangaka that her ideas on what sells to young girls is incorrect
Haha it really just shows how out of touch people like that in the business arw
Silver hair would have been much better for Usagi. There are many famous silver haired anime characters. Even if they star as a secondary along side the main character they sometimes more often than not overshadow the main character.
Definitely would've been interesting to see where the story ended up if she had full creative control, but I think making her blonde unintentionally popularized sailor moon with the west since that was the "standard" look at the time
Whats funny is that people forget that Zoicite and Malachite are actually gay men, but Zoicite was changed to a woman in the dub, despite how very feminine if not almost woman-like, he was intended to be. People just remember the cousins change. Sailormoon was a very queer show for its time.
There's something so wholesome in inviting a cast to her wedding 🥺
Sailor Moon is the most famous of magical girls
Thank you Naoko Takeuchi.
Id love to thank Naoko-sensei for all that she has brought to us, Moonies, and to this world. Sailor Moon 🌙 has changed my life since I was a preteen, my son is a fan, and we'll be Moonies for life!!
yess, she has done so much, very thankful for her work!
Funny that she loved Candy Candy manga.
The opening of Anime "Candy Candy" was sung by Mitsuko Horie, 90's anime Voice of Sailor Galaxia.
What a beautiful connection ❤
Sailor Moon has changed my life in so many ways. Usagi has taught me to be more kind and empathetic in my life. I hope Naoko realizes just how many hearts Sailor Moon has touched and how many lives she has changed with her creation.
This has changed many lives, including mine. I’m 37 and I’ve love this show and series since I was 10 years old ❤ Thank you for sharing this with the world 😊
I didn't realize how she has stayed involved. It took me awhile to warm up to crystal but the new movies look amazing
I first started watching Sailor Moon in '95. It wasn't until four years later I watched it again and I was hooked. I never read the manga, just watched the anime. I admit that I never watched a series about junior high school girls who transformed to become super heroines, like Superfriends. I didn't know that Naoko based this series on her childhood background about parents she earned a degree in chemistry and based on minerals and gemstones and using her neighborhood she grew up in and empowering women as main protagonist. I can't believe that the male editors didn't want her series publish, but she proved them wrong. I still can't believe how the American version changed about Haruka and Mitcheru's releationship about being lgbtq and avoiding controversy surrounding their homosexuality. I enjoy the live action version in 2003 when I watched the series from my anime club at UT Arlington. I was really hooked into the series and I enjoy how she went deeper in the characters based on the manga instead of anime re make. I would like to meet her at a anime convention in Texas someday.
Sailor Moon was my starter for Japanese anime. If it wasn’t for Sailor Moon I would have never gotten into Japanese anime. Till this day it’s still my favorite anime of all time.
Correct
As a little gay boy growing up in a toxic religious environment… Sailor Moon basically saved my life… I do mean that literally.
I'm sorry but happy to hear something was able to help so much ♥️
your first part was unnecessary and only gave in to the stupid stereotype that you can't like Sailor Moon as a guy unless you're gay.
@@sandiego2380 @sandiego2380 That's not what I said, AT ALL. Seriously, the fact that that's your interpretation of my comment says more about your own prejudices and perceived stereotypes than anything. Sailor Moon depicted queer characters in animation all the way back in the early 90's (no matter how much DiC and the US censors tried to cover it up), something that was unheard of in animation at the time. Those of us who could read between the lines (consciously or unconsciously) got comfort from watching it because of that. We didn't get representation in pop culture, let alone shows I was allowed to watch. So yeah, I latched onto Sailor Moon as a young queer kid, and it helped me through some very dark times.
Let me make this quite clear: *YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIKE ANYTHING YOU WANT, WHOMEVER YOU ARE, AND NO ONE CAN JUDGE YOU FOR IT."*
Your comment implying that my own lived experience is somehow invalid because it plays into what can only be your imagined stereotype is dismissive, insulting, and offensive. The only thing giving into stereotypes here is that someone on RUclips gets butthurt about something that doesn't affect them in the slightest and feel the need to throw out an inane comment trying to tear someone else down.
@@sandiego2380 almost as if different people regardless of identity will have an attachment to something in their own specific way 😭 anyway, SM really helped me as a queer kid too, and still does as an adult
Me too!!!
Yoshihiro and Naoko are an amazing couple that are so legendary from their young success to being young prodigies with such incredible taent.
I bought the sailor moon manga with the French flaps, and it is beautiful! It’s giant, has glossy pages, and has some colored pages. Sailor moon gave me a lot of comfort during the pandemic. I was sick, and in the hospital most of the time, chronic illness, and it was nice to fall into the world of sailor moon.
Be a Pharmacist as a day job until your manga takes off. Good life fatherly advice, Mr. Takeuchi.
Excellent video! I appreciate seeing the manga before Naoko was famous. I have admired her since I saw footage of her in that awful biased NBC Dateline report in 1995. Their typical "fake news" reporters praised Barbie dolls and dismissed Sailor Moon's worldwide popularity.
Thanks so much!
Accept the things you cannot change, have the courage to change the thing you can and have the wisdom to know the difference.
love this!
@@themangoose The Serenity Prayer is a sign that somethings are about to happen in the Sailor Stars manga and upcoming Cosmos that will lead consequence of their actions of their downfall and fixing things that could lead to something the are the same or different which is up to Sailor Moon to decide in order to save the Universe and everyone its all up to her to fix things. Sailor Stars arc manga is considered to be the darkest and best arc just like Justice League Dark Apoklyps War their both have the same the heroes lost and the villains win but the heroes fight back to win the battle but sadly the damages is done and Theirs only one way to fix everything but that could cause the world to end up completely different or history will repeat which is the hero's decision and what the Serenity Prayer means.
I don't think she said this did she? 😅
@@KendallFalk No but I can feel when I hear the words of not only Serenity but others like they said in the Manga and crystal like Prayer, Courage, Wisdom and doing somethings though that is the right thing but ended wrong that lead to consequences doing something you cannot change but I see Sailor Moon and her friends won't give up by having courage and wisdom of love they can become better stronger they can win and save the universe, make everything right and always protect does they love.
When I see the Sailor Moon Cosmos part 1 poster online I see it remind me of the Avengers Infinity War poster were Galaxia seen above holding a Star Seed is just like Thanos seen above holding the Infinity Gauntlet and this feel Infinity War and Endgame all over again, Cosmos is going as Epic as does films.
Realized all my psychedelic trips were just sailor moon revisits
I wish sailor moon had silver/white hair and the colors were pastel! It would have been perfect!! sad they scrapped it :
If I had the opportunity to meet Naoko Takeuchi, I would say to her: thank you so much for Sailormoon. I will always love her. She is a part of my life and always will be a part of my life. Arigatō
i wish she would continue the sailor moon story line there is so much to do
i found sailor moon for the first time in 2014 and since then its always been a big interest of mine, im super greatful that sailor moon exists
Thank you Naoko for childhood! Tones of love! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
What a... LEGEND!!!!
She's the best!
I adore Sailormoon and have since I was a 6 year old boy. I didn't care; I got some stuff about it but my rebuttal was how detailed and pure it is. I learned a lot of things from Sailormoon. I don't think I would even be alive today without Sailormoon either. I hope to actually at least write a letter to Miss Takeuchi!
wow i was turning 6 i to watched it were you born in 1989 like me
@johnnyboy-ws3we exactly! Wow that's awesome
@johnnyboy-ws3we exactly! Wow that's awesome
@@exileayahika yesh have you also watched pokemon and digimon to
@@johnnyboy-ws3we no, but my brother likes them. I also translate Sailormoon, I put a couple clips up if you're interested
loved this video essay so much, I've been a big fan of Naoko Takeuchi for a while and really enjoyed seeing how you talked a lot about how her career started and Sailor Moon came to life! Such a detailed and lovely video, thank you so much for compiling so much information, it was fun to watch and easy to follow (also I'm impressed that you also showed the snippets of Takeuchi and Togashi drawing each other in their manga panels, I've caught quite a few Sailor Moon references in HxH too!)💜
thank you soo much for watching, means a lot! She's such an inspiration ✨
I really owe my life to Naoko. She has no idea. Hopefully one day I can thank her
Omg thank God for that editor shutting down the live-action movie at the time. Ain’t no way it wouldn’t have been as*. Even now it’d be difficult.
I think what Naoko Takeuchi created was a Masterpiece, regardless the Original Sailor Moon Dub had it’s ups and downs, the Live Action one from 2003 was only Season 1 based (Happy 20th Anniversary to PGSM from 2003 BTW 🥳🎉🌙). And Viz definitely had an improvement on the voice actors, and getting the lost episodes and the Season 5 Dub for the Original 90s Sailor Moon out in the Early 2010s, plus doing a Reboot Series that was shorter and 8n higher quality animation. So Thank You Naoko Takeuchi for creating Sailor Moon, an anime that would change the World that was a Masterpiece by all means, and Happy 31st Birthday/Anniversary to Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon in 2023 this year 🥳🎉🌙, and Happy 20th Anniversary to PGSM as well 🥳🎉🌙. May Sailor Moon live on as a Legendary Anime in History, Thank You Naoko Takeuchi for creating this Masterpiece 😌🙏🌙🌹
She was truely revolutionary. ✨
I remember reading sailor moon when I was a teenager and I fell in love with it and now I'm a adult and I love ahojo and josei manga
Yess it opened up a whole new world! 😄✨
I love this series so much. I got a tattoo of all the Sailor Senshi’s planet symbols on my arm 🥰
dude, this video is crazy underappreciated, lots of good info in here.
I grew up on the dic version and became a fan of sailor moon. I seen the original Japanese version back in 08 or 09 and saw the viz version. Looking back on it now I wish I grew up on the viz version.
The Viz dub should have aired in the 90s and 2000s.
If only these editors foresaw 2010 onwards where silver blond became a thing
Love your essay and she changed the magical girl genre and I'm so glad I watch her creation.
thank you so much and agreed! She is the best!! (:
I'm glad RUclips recommend your channel on my feed! This video is very concise and well made! Thank you so much! It's so nice to know more about the mangakas. 🥰
Thank you so much for checking it out!! 😄
Awesome videos as always man! I'm loving these short documentaries
Thanks Soo much!! I'll try to make them more consistently! 😄
I love these kinds of videos , please do more :-) Awesome work you did with this and the ONE video 👏👏🙌🙌
thank you soo much, that means a lot! (:
Watched a video of yours for the first time today (your most recent, vlog 10) and really enjoyed the tone as well as the variety of books you talked about. I ordered the first big omnibus edition of Sailor Moon for my daughters birthday, and it arrives tomorrow. This video on the creator really hit the spot, and was very well done. Keep it up, and thanks!
Thanks so much for checking out the channel! I hope she enjoys the story, it's a great one!!
I wish she would find the inspiration to make future series that will surpass Sailor Moon.
That was super informative. You made a very good video!
Thanks so much!
Thank you for making this. Now I love her even more, I cried
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ,🥰
Although I'm not a fan of mainstream Shojo manga, I make an exception for Sailor Moon and its predecessor, Codename Sailor V. I really enjoy this genre about strong heroines battling evil forces, girl empowerment, vitality, and comedy. I have fond memories of the DIC tv series(dubbed) in the mid 90s, but I'd prefer to watch the original Japanese version, English subtitled. As it should be seen.
Special thanks to Naoko Takeuchi for making her dream a reality for her readers worldwide. If I could meet this renowned mangaka, I'd say, "Domo Arigato Gosaimas!"
🥰😺😸👍👍❤
I used to watch sailor moon on early morning and begging my grandma to play sailor moon on our dvd player also our neighbor's start to complain why is it noisy in our house
and explain that i watch sailor moon in early morning😄♥️
I am a guy and i have been a Moonie for many years and i will continue to be a Moonie forever. 😊
She is soo kind and sweet
i love sailor moon as a kid it's apart of my childhood
Yess it's the best! ✨
I'm so happy about the mention of Takarazuka, only seen it twice and at the nose bleed level. Just so were clear I'm a 60 plus US male that had Raiders season tickets till they went to Las Vegas.
Ahh I'd love to see it as well! Good art and storytelling has no limits to age haha keep enjoying what you like! 😄
I just hope we get to see Sailor Moon cosmos before long. There's been no mention of the international release only the Japanese release and it's already in theatres. I hope she didn't forget about us.😢
Sailor moon é uma obra prima que nunca será esquecida ❤.
The GOAT
i love sailor moon series that was my 1st anime show i watched since i was starting 1st grade elementary school and i was getting into anime i been a huge anime fan ever since oh man i still like sailor moon i even did 2 drawing's of series i am doing a new butt sadly i put it on hold
well researched and very informative 👍 im japanese, born and raised in japan., but i didn't know much about the manga or the mangaka 🙃🙃🙃
Thank you so much that means a lot!! 🙂
I remember watching Sailor Moon back in 96 on USA network. I didn’t really like it (or I didn’t have an opinion on it? I don’t remember) as I was just 9-10 year old boy who disliked “girlie” things. But when it came to Toonami, I would watch it and I enjoyed it. At that time, I became fascinated with anime and I was desperate to watch any anime (as we didn’t have hi-speed internet yet so no video websites). I also watched it because it came on before DBZ. But yea, Sailor Moon is such a great series. Love it.
Sailor Moon is my favorite thing ever.
When it comes to anime my number 1 favorite is Sailor Moon 🌙
Takeuchi is my fave human ever! Ty for normalizing queer people and many others for us millennials
the latest English dub is pretty good tbh. Been watching it recently.
This anime, along with dragon ball, deserves its popularity.
I don't know why she's got to be so reclusive, like Masamune Shirow is. You don't see people like Rumiko Takahashi or Hayao Miyazaki hiding under the radar. Because of the lack of public exposure we know very little about her and what she's doing now
No doubt she worked hard, but the truth is this was around the time when the manga industry was relatively in a "blank slate", where any new archetype introduced that were previously unknown to the industry would be welcomed. To put it simply, she introduced a concept that was fresh at the time and it clicked with consumers, thus making a name for herself in a time when the masses were relatively open minded compared to modern days. Today however, the industry is so saturated with various archetypes that any derivatives would not have the same effect as it once did, or rather it has to be judged on more than just the archetype itself to be deemed worthy of interest
Looks like Takeuchi shares some similarity with Megumi Hayashibara. They both knew what they wanted to do in life, but their parents asked them to learn a more conventional trade because there's very little stability in a career as a mangaka/seiyuu. So they heed their parents wishes and got normal jobs, but still continued to pursue their original career at the same time, and eventually their original career paid off big time and they end up ditching their normal jobs and went on to become famous in their respective fields
As for the purposed Hollywood adaptation, Osano is basically saying western mindset is incompatible with the Japanese counterpart, given that the west had already altered her original work once just to fit their social norms
"The demands seemed to never stop" That's the unfortunate reality of being a mangaka, once you stop you'll quickly find yourself becoming yesterday's news. This industry is cutthroat and unforgiving, there are too many newcomers looking to make a name for themselves, and they are not apologetic for taking your place in order to achieve their own goals
My sister and my cousin are like that anime of the sailor moon since I was a kid, it was a Best anime cool kids over the decade.
Actualy the Toei part they met her and her publisher and told her if you make it a "sentai" we... make it an anime... it was Toei who asked her to add more characters.. because Toei wanted it to be like the "Super Sentai" tokusatsu series
Based
Sailor 🌕, like its 💝 everyday.
I can't wait for the cosmos movie :)
Umino-kun still winning!
And it somehow even got a live action adaptation, Bishojō Senshi Sailor Moon, in 2003.
So Kenji, Ikoku and Shingo Tsukino were named after Naoko Takeuchi’s family. That’s interesting.
Naoko Takeuchi We support from Republic of Philippines 🇵🇭 of 美少女戦士 セーラームーン Bishōjo Sensei Sērā Mūn or Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon aired in TV5 in 1995
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In Germany, it first aired in 1995. They only changed Usagi's name to Bunny, the other cast , including Usagi's family name, stayed the same.
They did say that Haruka and Michiru were cousins, but did not censor out love so it felt as if both of them were trying to camouflage in front of others(as in of fear of backlash of friends) and not to censor out LGBT. Ever since the first episode, it was my dream to live in Japan - and I am living here today !
Speaking of fighting for your dreams!
(oh, no erased Japanese on shops, flags etc. as well)
I watched Sailor Moon alongside Dragon Ball Z and Moble Suit Ggandom
I'm a fan.
I've got Sailor Moon Crystal. But I'm working on Sailor Moon Super at the moment
Nice video in 90s I still remember Sailor moon I love watching Dragon ball BTX and Yuyu Hakusho etch, back then the gender is pretty more isolated base on gender if you're a boy watching Sailor moon aside super Boik and saint tale, they make of fun you by saying you are girly😅, I'm your new your sub now👍🏻
Fan since 1995 🥰
Yes!! ✨😄
And you’re telling me, not in ANY of those years, that she never got at least a touch of inspiration from Phantom of the Opera?
I have my doubts.
Next make some Berserk manga videos.
The uncut dub fixed the censorship. English dubs are more,accurate now.
I watched for transformation scenes as a child 😂 that's all i remember.
And Musicals... Musicals also helped Sailor Moon get popular
At first I was like "Oh what's this cartoon?" When I was still a youth but now this is really meaningful it kinds gives off vibes like an independent woman who will fight for what's right and that means a lot due in the past many women we're seen as mere "Properties" (In peoples ways in the past basically "girls belong in the kitchen and need to be obedient to their husbands), to this day that still is around but people now fight back.
I hope this wasn't pffensive I'm just praising the work this also kinda shows representation of lgbtq
I'm just going to say it. Usagi having silver hair is dumb, and they were right not to go with it.
By the way originally American audiences weren’t upset only 10 years later as cultural tides changed. Dic dub was great though and made anime popular through diverse voices and amazing music….the new dub missed the fact that American voices and music preferences are different then Japanese
Hypocrisy here. Dic/Cloverway dub gave people the wrong idea of what the franchise was and almost destroyed the reputation of it . The VIZ 90s dub restored the franchise’s reputation and popularity and it had better voice actors and kept the original soundtrack and dubbed everything: the seasons, episodes, movies, and specials.
I wish I met Naoko Takeuchi so I can ask whether she would except my spin-off idea of Sailor Moon called the Doctor Society and one of my male superhero I named is Dr. Trench who is the doctor associated with the rivers, seas, oceans, and lakes and he wields a trident made out of an indestructible metal called Paternium (named after Shazam’s infamous weakness, Eternium)
0:25 Надо было эту мангу выпустить в 1988 году, чтобы советские пионеры смогли почитать этот шедевр.
What is the female version of a CHAD? That is what Takeuichi is❤
Hulk versus sailor moon, based on how they were made. & I bet her kids are going to be the Joe Hill of Japan.
SHES SOO
Yeah, I'm sure the relationship between Uranus and Neptune is why people got hooked on Sailor Moon...🙄
wasn't it a reader who asked her to put the characters in sailor suits?
I'm happy Sailor Moon got localized. I feel sorry for many countries making a mockery out of this woman just because Sailor Moon was too Japanese. Not only that, it looked too weird for many countries back then and those mean censors had to ruin it because it looked too strange for kids. I'm happy Viz gave penance to Sailor Moon because it offended many fans seeing gay men being portrayed as tomboy character just because America and certain other countries was homophobic.
Not the stock footage 😭have some respect for your craft. It’s not like there is a lack of sailor moon images