Saban Moon: The Failed Project to Americanize Sailor Moon

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  • @RedBardIsCool
    @RedBardIsCool  2 года назад +221

    UPDATE: RAVEN--THE SAME RAVEN VOICING SAILOR JUPITER IN THIS VIDEO--FOUND SABAN MOON!!! GO WATCH IT:
    ruclips.net/video/0L67YFwnQCQ/видео.html

    • @melosunny
      @melosunny 2 года назад +9

      WOAAAH YOURE BACK

    • @galaxylynn4434
      @galaxylynn4434 2 года назад

      WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I already watched, fhhdsb I cried :>

    • @v_zach
      @v_zach 2 года назад +10

      Whoa. I saw this years ago and didn't realize Raven was in it.

    • @2500spartan
      @2500spartan 2 года назад +8

      I still feel like this isn't real lmao

    • @hotfart
      @hotfart 2 года назад +6

      I saw the pilot video as I was scrolling through RUclips and immediately thought of this video!!!

  • @Sateisa
    @Sateisa 5 лет назад +13030

    what do you mean? "go bleach your roots creep" is comedy writing gold!

    • @KhayJayArt
      @KhayJayArt 5 лет назад +810

      I mean, it DID make sense. The dude had white hair, so she assumed he bleached lol.

    • @linnylinlinlin
      @linnylinlinlin 5 лет назад +161

      I’ve watched all the clips the channel Sailor Moon Says has to offer and that quotation is the tip of the iceberg lmao

    • @Sateisa
      @Sateisa 5 лет назад +19

      @Lance of Duma Lol its cool! Great minds think alike.

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 5 лет назад +3

      😂 😂

    • @thoth7290
      @thoth7290 5 лет назад +105

      the sailor scouts must frequent r/rareinsults

  • @GizmoHibiki
    @GizmoHibiki 5 лет назад +5434

    "Go bleach your roots, creep!"
    She doesn't need the power of Mars to roast someone.

  • @lastlife0726
    @lastlife0726 4 года назад +3642

    "You're acting like a granola bar" is a pretty solid insult though

    • @leslieking9657
      @leslieking9657 4 года назад +17

      Tuxedo Mask what was the original.

    • @kcsophialorrainnebascos1679
      @kcsophialorrainnebascos1679 4 года назад +14

      What does that mean anyway?

    • @Ami_yamii
      @Ami_yamii 4 года назад +3

      Ha!

    • @noyes8882
      @noyes8882 4 года назад +55

      Thunderclap Z she’s calling him nutty since granola bars have nuts in them I guess

    • @astronights
      @astronights 4 года назад +4

      Connor Beith wants you to know you're the fabled granola bar.

  • @anenemystand5582
    @anenemystand5582 5 лет назад +6120

    "I'll give you a ride home on my motor cycle and make sure you go straight to bed."
    For a dub trying to erase any sign of same sex romance that was probably the most sexually suggestive sentence I've ever heard.

    • @byakuyatogami2905
      @byakuyatogami2905 5 лет назад +508

      Idk man sounds pretty gay to me

    • @TheRealHatsune
      @TheRealHatsune 5 лет назад +374

      You can give me a ride home and take me to bed any time Haruka.

    • @GTA2SWcity
      @GTA2SWcity 5 лет назад +111

      Showbiz is full of homosexuals, so it probably shouldn't surprise anyone that one skated through the censors with only slightly obscure language...but then again we were largely unaware of quite a lot back in those days as I recall. Especially regarding translations from jp.
      The trend is still there today, just waaaaay more blatant.

    • @sobersplash6172
      @sobersplash6172 5 лет назад +315

      @@GTA2SWcity the reason it's funny is because Haruka was gay as fuck in the original and literally had a girlfriend, but this English dub tried to make her straight by turning her girlfriend into her cousin.
      emphasis on _tried_

    • @lustsindark3998
      @lustsindark3998 4 года назад +23

      The Pearson above said u was a granola bar

  • @connorbeith3232
    @connorbeith3232 5 лет назад +5115

    I love how they took the "Sailor" part of Sailor Moon so literally that they ride on sailboats.
    Also the person below is a granola bar.

    • @TheThirdParty35
      @TheThirdParty35 5 лет назад +265

      Connor Beith go bleach your roots creep!

    • @MJN_SEIFER
      @MJN_SEIFER 5 лет назад +178

      Though I don't think I actually thought about it, the "sailor" part never made sense when I first got into it, because they weren't sailors, and I don't think I knew about "sailor uniforms" (Japanese school uniforms never looked like sailor outfits to me.) I probably just assumed "Sailor Moon" and "Sailor Scouts" were just names, and never thought about the meaning.

    • @devongene9584
      @devongene9584 5 лет назад +11

      ohh that's why ok

    • @valvic9803
      @valvic9803 5 лет назад +23

      They are dressed in sailor suits they are sailor suited soldiers

    • @Sorrowdusk
      @Sorrowdusk 5 лет назад +1

      *CRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGE*

  • @Touhou2006
    @Touhou2006 5 лет назад +3026

    Me: Mom, can I buy Sailor Moon?
    Mom: we have Sailor Moon at home.
    *Sailor Moon at home:*

    • @svimarie6844
      @svimarie6844 4 года назад +14

      Seelen Brecher*in Stop complaining and just keep scrolling ig

    • @Touhou2006
      @Touhou2006 4 года назад +1

      @Seelen Brecher*in no u

    • @CrayolaCoffeeBean
      @CrayolaCoffeeBean 4 года назад +6

      I meannnnn I think this comment is gold hahaha

    • @Raebeing
      @Raebeing 4 года назад +1

      @@CrayolaCoffeeBean funny but not gold

    • @CrayolaCoffeeBean
      @CrayolaCoffeeBean 4 года назад +1

      simplespect I disagree 😉✨ lol but whatever

  • @MxPokirby
    @MxPokirby 5 лет назад +2950

    In defense of the dub mentioned at the beginning...
    Calling someone a 'granola bar' is an amazing insult.

    • @IgnatianMystic
      @IgnatianMystic 5 лет назад +136

      It's r/rareinsults tier.

    • @mainstreetsaint36
      @mainstreetsaint36 5 лет назад +2

      @@ArmoredarmadilloX 🤔🤨😯😲🤯💀

    • @sky-sx5gt
      @sky-sx5gt 5 лет назад +11

      i died when she said that xD

    • @Thehouseoffail
      @Thehouseoffail 5 лет назад +62

      Sailor Moon “swears” became actual phrases where I lived. It taught us that anything can be insulting if it sounds like it should be.

    • @erosagape7944
      @erosagape7944 5 лет назад +47

      Especially "go bleach your roots creep" that hurts

  • @fantamoon847
    @fantamoon847 5 лет назад +4247

    Imagine if we got Saban Moon instead of the dub. That’d be insane

    • @nanachimakenshi2512
      @nanachimakenshi2512 5 лет назад +233

      It'd be so much weird confusion for folks later down the road.

    • @marywinchester1322
      @marywinchester1322 5 лет назад +323

      That would be sad getting a cheap knock off instead of the masterpiece that is the anime Sailor Moon.

    • @kyoyameganebereznoff
      @kyoyameganebereznoff 5 лет назад +138

      Fanta Moon I sorta wish we had somehow gotten both. It would be more Sailor Moon to watch and I love getting the opportunity to consume more Sailor Moon content even if it’s terrible (I’m currently collecting the Mixx Reads Smile Sailor Moon novels). Also, I like to laugh at terrible things.

    • @estellacomics5127
      @estellacomics5127 5 лет назад +161

      there might be an alternate timeline where that actually happened and it's getting a reboot by now... let that sink in

    • @Kodeb8
      @Kodeb8 5 лет назад +87

      I probably wouldn't have liked it honestly. Imagine what that would've done to the anime fandom outside Japan! Networks would just make some shitty Americanized versions of anime instead of airing the source material. Let's be glad this was never made, other wise we would've gotten another Wulin Warriors (look that up if you don't know what it is).

  • @JamesLawner
    @JamesLawner 5 лет назад +1447

    That footage looked so fake, it looks like a parody of Sailor Moon or something out of an alternate universe.

    • @dragonfye1
      @dragonfye1 4 года назад +86

      IKR!? That’s what I thought I was seeing, an alternate universe where there was no such thing as anime and sailor moon turned into...THIS. 😵 what a punch to the child hood! lol thank goodness this show never came to be. really makes you appreciate that old nineties Dic dub too huh?

    • @KazuhaEien
      @KazuhaEien 4 года назад +50

      It looks like the Baby-Sitters Club badly cosplayed Sailor Moon and made a cartoon out of it. Love that series lol

    • @Starphoenix
      @Starphoenix 4 года назад +40

      In an alternate universe, this came to fruition and lasted for a season, but had 51 episodes commissioned to terrify young children for decades to come. For fear of birthing something similar, the United States blocks all consumption of anime for the foreseeable future (even if Saban Moon was technically their idea). It is still used to present day as part of the CIA's special interrogation techniques in dealing with terrorists, and is only spoken of in hushed whispers and frightened rumors. The U.S. Government denies any involvement in its creation.

    • @KazuhaEien
      @KazuhaEien 4 года назад +6

      Starphoenix Lol wtheck

    • @ghazifavian688
      @ghazifavian688 4 года назад +5

      To be honest, i’m pretty sure if it got green lit. It would look much better than the pilot

  • @stewartskeel4404
    @stewartskeel4404 5 лет назад +2173

    "Go bleach your roots, creep," is actually extremely good tho

    • @crunchevo8974
      @crunchevo8974 5 лет назад +149

      That's something a granola bar would say.

    • @deltonsblackberries6031
      @deltonsblackberries6031 5 лет назад +30

      yeah, but the way she said it was kinda ugh

    • @TheHivesbane
      @TheHivesbane 5 лет назад +35

      It’s an iconic line from the dub.

    • @deltonsblackberries6031
      @deltonsblackberries6031 5 лет назад +6

      @@TheHivesbane still, I pay way too much attention to animation and voice acting in pretty much everything

    • @Awesomeasumpta13
      @Awesomeasumpta13 5 лет назад +13

      Yeah, even though the original dub wasn't good overall, it actually did have some pretty good lines that I still remember.

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 5 лет назад +1776

    “I’ll give you a ride home on my motorcycle and make sure you go *STRAIGHT* to bed”

  • @Mamenber
    @Mamenber 5 лет назад +1500

    The recording of the pilot literally looks like a horror ARG

    • @fiftyfuckingfeet
      @fiftyfuckingfeet 5 лет назад +52

      It was shown at some anime convention and that video was going around. I remember seeing it many years ago.

    • @thatoneartist24
      @thatoneartist24 4 года назад +26

      It’s the old dingy graphics and the pitch lowering.

  • @BenoHourglass
    @BenoHourglass 5 лет назад +1660

    Obama chuckled, "You mean the Chaos Emeralds?"
    Someone actually wrote that. That's amazing.

    • @callianr6980
      @callianr6980 5 лет назад +82

      Welcome to fanfiction.

    • @Khymeira
      @Khymeira 5 лет назад +32

      LMAO I had no idea that was the original. I saw an image of Lebron James saying the same thing with this hilariously evil smirk on his face.

    • @KazuhaEien
      @KazuhaEien 5 лет назад +3

      Lol

    • @s_c_u_m3172
      @s_c_u_m3172 5 лет назад +10

      ruclips.net/video/3tM0Sow-2r8/видео.html

    • @alphayun7401
      @alphayun7401 4 года назад +4

      queen barrel captured Uranus? oh no!

  • @doraeguyakaneddie6586
    @doraeguyakaneddie6586 5 лет назад +3784

    Rip Usagi she finally gave into her meth addiction

  • @brittanybethell242
    @brittanybethell242 5 лет назад +4250

    “Saban Moon” looks like She-Ra to me

    • @Masterge77
      @Masterge77 5 лет назад +220

      I was literally thinking the same thing, or at least one of those toyetic cartoons from the 80's.

    • @mpg01
      @mpg01 5 лет назад +47

      Yeah she really does.

    • @KazuhaEien
      @KazuhaEien 5 лет назад +16

      That's what I was thinking too.

    • @goodra999
      @goodra999 5 лет назад +24

      not the sjw she-ra one?

    • @mpg01
      @mpg01 5 лет назад +83

      @@goodra999 No, like, the original She-Ra.

  • @Jian13
    @Jian13 5 лет назад +1630

    "I'll give you a ride on my motorcycle and make sure you go straight to bed." 😏

    • @TheKawaiifan
      @TheKawaiifan 5 лет назад +218

      there is nothing straight about that line

    • @DemonicRemption
      @DemonicRemption 5 лет назад +22

      @@TheKawaiifan
      Indeed, because of that phrasing. xD

    • @tawnie9204
      @tawnie9204 4 года назад +18

      The VA has a sensual soothing voice. JS.

    • @oliviastuck7756
      @oliviastuck7756 4 года назад +27

      TheKawaiifan well that character was never straight

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 4 года назад

      Olivia Stuck yeah

  • @gamingguru2k6
    @gamingguru2k6 5 лет назад +783

    The Netflix adaption before Netflix adaptions.

    • @fernie-fernandez
      @fernie-fernandez 5 лет назад +19

      Should I mentioned that Netflix only publish the live-action Death Note, with one of the three film companies that made it was from China, in which they had a complicated relations with Japan...!?

    • @TheLUGIA06
      @TheLUGIA06 5 лет назад +25

      Don't give them any ideas. They will make Sailor Moon woke.

    • @fernie-fernandez
      @fernie-fernandez 5 лет назад +14

      @@TheLUGIA06 Wasn't it woke already with...Uranus and Neptune...!?

    • @claudecawley2888
      @claudecawley2888 5 лет назад +12

      @@fernie-fernandez Not by way of creating relatable and endearing characters that are related to previously alienated and isolated members of society, but by creating stock cutouts with superficial trappings of these groups that serve only as blunt weapons b deranged shut-ins on social media and mainstream political acitivists against society at large.

    • @madisonotken1310
      @madisonotken1310 5 лет назад +7

      @@claudecawley2888 English please, I'm stupid.

  • @globalhanta3323
    @globalhanta3323 4 года назад +751

    Saban Moon: "Fighting Love by Daylight, Winning Evil by Midnight!"

    • @timetraintripster1356
      @timetraintripster1356 4 года назад +84

      Globalhanta “Always Running from a Real Fight! She is the one named Saban Moon!”
      Sorry 😐

    • @KazuhaEien
      @KazuhaEien 4 года назад +6

      I'm wheezing lol

    • @gilado85
      @gilado85 4 года назад +4

      @@timetraintripster1356 lol!

    • @MahouKat
      @MahouKat 4 года назад +42

      @@timetraintripster1356 She'll always turn her back on her friends. She's never there to defend. She's one who we can never depend. She is the one named Saban...

    • @suzutsukis_gf9104
      @suzutsukis_gf9104 4 года назад +22

      @@MahouKat Saban Venus!, Saban Mercury!, Saban Mars!, Saban Jupiter!
      Sorry, I couldn't help it.

  • @superboy8127
    @superboy8127 5 лет назад +716

    "GO BLEACH YOUR ROOTS CREEP!"
    Every anime character with white hair feels personally attacked.

  • @ViviSectia
    @ViviSectia 5 лет назад +580

    I like that they took the sailor part much more literally than the original.

    • @AdamYJ
      @AdamYJ 5 лет назад +98

      That’s what I was thinking. They were going to have to do something to justify it since they didn’t have Japan’s unique taste in school uniforms to fall back on.

    • @maybellinelover
      @maybellinelover 5 лет назад +51

      I'm glad you made that comment cause it went over my head. I was sitting here wondering why we got ships.

    • @iTeacupPanda
      @iTeacupPanda 5 лет назад +5

      I hated them. Idk seemed more fitting for Power Rangers or something. Sailor Moon is a very flowery romanticized and magical series. Not so techy.

  • @TheDerrogative
    @TheDerrogative 5 лет назад +834

    That is my birthdate in the script. Me being born stopped this and I'm so sorry

    • @fiftyfuckingfeet
      @fiftyfuckingfeet 5 лет назад +174

      Don't be sorry, you prevented an atrocity. Just listen to the reactions of the people at that anime convention when the footage was shown.

    • @mm-xk2zl
      @mm-xk2zl 5 лет назад +87

      you stopped it and i love you

    • @hannasetiawan160
      @hannasetiawan160 5 лет назад +39

      Lmao, I'm thankful the show is failed

    • @KazuhaEien
      @KazuhaEien 4 года назад +67

      Actually, your birth was a miracle that stopped a disaster from occurring. Thank gyu for existing

    • @Sarika38
      @Sarika38 4 года назад +25

      Thank you! You saved everything!!

  • @caesertullo1824
    @caesertullo1824 5 лет назад +3847

    Americanize sailor moon? Just make the lesbians cousins. Done.

    • @GreenThingonTV
      @GreenThingonTV 5 лет назад +210

      Ever heard of "kissing cousins"?

    • @KhayJayArt
      @KhayJayArt 5 лет назад +545

      (Sweet Home Alabama plays in the distance)

    • @fernie-fernandez
      @fernie-fernandez 5 лет назад +52

      Caeser Tullo Should I mentioned Canadianization?

    • @Metphies-
      @Metphies- 5 лет назад +60

      Alabama 100

    • @gars129
      @gars129 5 лет назад +52

      Japan has always been perenially stuck in the 90s in LGBT rights

  • @BowserTheSecond
    @BowserTheSecond 5 лет назад +621

    Not gonna lie the backstory from the Saban Moon script is pretty interesting. I love the idea of Beryl being after the jewels of each planet instead of just the Silver Crystal.

    • @cheesescrazyfriend
      @cheesescrazyfriend 5 лет назад +91

      BowserTheSecond it's almost like they skipped to the plot of season 5 of the actual anime haha! They even got the Darien, prince of the Earth thing right

    • @97mizuno
      @97mizuno 5 лет назад +89

      "I love the idea of Beryl being after the jewels of each planet"
      Do you mean THE CHAOS EMERALDS?

    • @JadenYukifan28
      @JadenYukifan28 5 лет назад +21

      But, here's my question: How do they transform? You only see the girl who is portraying Sailor Moon just lift her arms into the air and magically become animated and a Sailor Scout.....

    • @donutchan8114
      @donutchan8114 5 лет назад +3

      @@JadenYukifan28 isnt that how the og sailor scouts do?

    • @tomatoisepic
      @tomatoisepic 5 лет назад +7

      Actually they had pens or brooches in sailor moon's case

  • @gummmie
    @gummmie 5 лет назад +481

    my psychiatrist: Saban moon Darien isnt real he cant hurt you
    saban moon darien:

  • @Pimpeaux
    @Pimpeaux 5 лет назад +1008

    Just imagine how different the meme landscape would be were it not for the prevalence of -good- -great- -bad- -uhh- taste.

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 5 лет назад +2

      hard to even imagine.
      Its hallrus tho that this would have cost more to make, and be less watchable because wouldn't have been any heart in it.

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes 5 лет назад +2

      Nekogami-Crystal h...hallrus?
      You mean hilarious?

  • @postpunk_cursed_cat8260
    @postpunk_cursed_cat8260 5 лет назад +149

    Saban Moon is so 90s it's rejected by the 90s

  • @lynnonsnow-healer942
    @lynnonsnow-healer942 5 лет назад +1034

    "Ever since you fell off the roof, you've been acting like a granola bar"....What does that even mean?!

  • @jamiedoesstuff5871
    @jamiedoesstuff5871 5 лет назад +2167

    Tbh I would watch the hell out of Saban Moon. It looks terrible and I adore terrible things.

  • @Xtunfisch
    @Xtunfisch 5 лет назад +209

    "Go bleach your roots creep" is an iconic line.

  • @anneleighsme6079
    @anneleighsme6079 5 лет назад +172

    It’s fitting that the smartest character on sailor moon would come up with such a great line as “ go bleach your roots, creep!”

  • @melissaredburm9483
    @melissaredburm9483 5 лет назад +883

    "We must save the jewels" she says
    "We must save the jews" I hear

    • @rorrim0
      @rorrim0 5 лет назад +69

      Well you cant do both.

    • @casteelsimp3539
      @casteelsimp3539 5 лет назад +31

      @@rorrim0 yeah either the jewels or the Jews

    • @jimmyclimer594
      @jimmyclimer594 5 лет назад +23

      The Jews of power? Lol.

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 5 лет назад +5

      @@rorrim0 oh god, that spicy humor
      that one got me laughing.

    • @aquariansage1451
      @aquariansage1451 5 лет назад +11

      Hitler: *triggered*

  • @rndmpinkiepie64
    @rndmpinkiepie64 5 лет назад +507

    I'm going to be honest, your recreation of the scene is possibly the best thing I've seen in my life

  • @Abocreature
    @Abocreature 5 лет назад +673

    "It's a solar eclipse!"
    they're on the moon that happens like once a day

    • @MeepChangeling
      @MeepChangeling 5 лет назад +105

      Nope. The moon is tidally locked. It rotates at the same speed it orbits, so the same side always faces Earth. The moon's seemingly quick orbit is the result of the Earths' own rotation. This means the moon has one solar eclipse a month, not once a day as it's only got the Earth between it at one point of its orbit around the earth. Actualy, it's less than once a month, because the moon dosnt' orbit on a flat plane, it's angled a bit. So the right time of the month has to line up with the slightly varrying speed of its orbit so the Earth is at the zero degree point of its orbit and... Look, it really only gets 2-4 of those a year, okay?

    • @Abocreature
      @Abocreature 5 лет назад +88

      @@MeepChangeling I am a failure and a shame upon my family for forgetting about the tidal lock

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 4 года назад +37

      @@Abocreature you reclaimed your honor by owning your mistake, friend.

    • @smort123
      @smort123 4 года назад +4

      @@Abocreature Seppuku is the word youre searching.

    • @NightmareRex6
      @NightmareRex6 4 года назад +3

      acualy thr whole symbol of sailor moon, moon is acialy a partial solar eclipse, only thign htat looks liek that large cressant shape.

  • @TheWanderingLPer
    @TheWanderingLPer 5 лет назад +738

    Sailor Moon:
    (She Knows)
    I don't know.
    Powerful script

  • @reijiminato8762
    @reijiminato8762 4 года назад +170

    Trivia: A cat that was supposedly used for the role of "Luna" was drugged a lot during the making of this (to make the illusion that it was "talking"). In turn, it was peeing all over the set

  • @dirkstrider657
    @dirkstrider657 5 лет назад +426

    WAIT.
    "GO BLEACH YOUR ROOTS CREEP"
    WAS ICONIC AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE!

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 4 года назад +3

      Dirk Strider me when I see people with roots

  • @xT0K0x
    @xT0K0x 5 лет назад +539

    Excuse you. "Go bleach your roots, Creep!" Is gonna be my new catchphrase.

    • @TheRealHatsune
      @TheRealHatsune 5 лет назад +6

      xT0K0x scream this at rude people with ombre hair

    • @tiffprendergast
      @tiffprendergast 4 года назад

      xT0K0x same when I see others with roots

    • @caught4k493
      @caught4k493 4 года назад

      xT0K0x instead of creep, I’m going to say bitch

  • @ishy858
    @ishy858 5 лет назад +311

    "Don't you mean Americanisation?"
    "It's called localisation, Mr Kaiba. Because I do declare there's only one country that matters when it comes to translating stuff."

    • @fernie-fernandez
      @fernie-fernandez 5 лет назад +10

      Ishy OQGX Should I mentioned Canadianization?

    • @dirkdiggler8093
      @dirkdiggler8093 5 лет назад +4

      I now have the immediate urge to marathon YGOA

    • @alexeysaranchev6118
      @alexeysaranchev6118 5 лет назад +6

      Now I want to see a Victorian British-themed localization of Sailor Moon.
      - Miss Hareshire, your Highness, would you please be so kind as to wake up and please save the people of Tokyoborough?
      - Not today, Oliver, I have piano lessons at noon!

  • @winterx2348
    @winterx2348 5 лет назад +173

    "It's a solar eclipse!" You...you're ON the moon...what

    • @karolnowak6423
      @karolnowak6423 5 лет назад +7

      You do realise, that solar eclipse only requires blocking the sun, right? There are periodic solar eclipses on the moon, it's the full moon.

    • @winterx2348
      @winterx2348 5 лет назад +42

      @@karolnowak6423 yeah which is why i'm confused that the characters are making such a big deal about it, because it happens once a month and is incredibly predictable. That's like the sun rising and us going "OH MY GOSH! IT'S A SUNRISE!"

  • @sketchflux
    @sketchflux 5 лет назад +839

    As someone who has studied animation and marketing for years and has known about Saban Moon’s existence since Rebeltaxi talked about it. Even if it did get greenlit, this Americanisation wouldn’t have taken off and an aspect of that actually comes with the character design and overall art direction.
    For one thing, this semi-realistic Filmation-like look was already phasing out by the time it was being pitched as animated shorts, shows and movies were already transitioning their artstyle back to something akin to the golden age (Roger Rabbit, Mighty Mouse, The Little Mermaid and the original Nicktoon trio specifically come to mind). No longer were cartoons about “toys first, then cartoon”, it was beginning to be more about being creator driven. Saban Moon probably wouldn’t have lasted long because it was using production practises that were beginning to be looked down upon as executives from other companies looked to the creators rather than the toys.
    Another aspect of the art direction that would’ve damaged the show’s chance of popularity is just how unappealing the character designs are. I call it “diet Filmation”. Yes, the style is comparable to He-Man and She-Ra, but the differences comes in that even with the limited movements the animators still added subtle facial expressions and expressive creatures and environments that would fit with the medieval fantasy aesthetic those shows were going for. Sailor Moon is also a fantasy, but it was different to that of He-Man. Sailor Moon was more science fiction with the fantasy aspects being more fairy tale like as opposed to being gritty like He-Man. Not to mention that the facial expressions on the Saban designs are non-existent and lack the personality of the original show and manga.
    A lot of Sailor Moon’s worldwide popularity comes in its unique mix between fairy tale fantasy and science fiction as well as designs that are both appealing to look at and emphasises on human expressions. Saban Moon lacks that in favour of a dated, robotic direction which wouldn’t have captured the hearts and imagination to it’s target audience the same way that the original show and manga have done.
    Thank goodness that English speaking audiences got the original product as opposed to this “diet Filmation” show.

    • @CristianMartinez-rg9sz
      @CristianMartinez-rg9sz 5 лет назад +12

      I just watched rebeltaxis video on worst redesigns.

    • @radiocalico9124
      @radiocalico9124 5 лет назад +4

      RebelTaxi sucks

    • @BATCHARRO
      @BATCHARRO 5 лет назад +10

      Reminds me of like Skydancers or Dragonflyz. Like cheap French animation.

    • @radiocalico9124
      @radiocalico9124 5 лет назад +1

      @Bird Brain the right opinion, only redditors like rebeltaxi

    • @tonycd5304
      @tonycd5304 5 лет назад +3

      @@radiocalico9124 oh God another person who believes in redditors have some say on RUclips.

  • @yesthatdash
    @yesthatdash 5 лет назад +197

    I think we dodged a bullet with this one.But could only imagine how it would have been received if it would have got greenlit.I'm sure plenty of people would be giving every episode the Rifftrax treatment.

    • @AngelMageKnight
      @AngelMageKnight 5 лет назад

      Yeah, we dodged a significant bullet here.

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 5 лет назад +232

    I swear to god I have seen merchandise for this as a child that I thought were chinese bootlegs.

  • @PsychoCrusher46
    @PsychoCrusher46 5 лет назад +320

    11:50 Queen Beryl and the evil forces of raw cookie dough.

    • @Sensko
      @Sensko 5 лет назад +8

      Raw cookie dough is too pure to ever fight for evil.

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 5 лет назад +5

      do not underestimate raw cookie dough.
      According to the CDC, each year up to 3,000 people die from raw cookie dough and even more get hospitalized from it.
      That stuff is pure evil, and it makes you fat too. :o

    • @NoReplyAsset
      @NoReplyAsset 5 лет назад +3

      don't underestimate the power .... of *salmonella*

  • @matildarose
    @matildarose 5 лет назад +187

    I felt so old when you had to explain cel animation and showed that footage of cels being sold.
    I remember looking at geocities pages on a dial-up connection just so I could copy the way cel shading looked.

  • @noxturne16
    @noxturne16 5 лет назад +139

    They did Darian so dirty... actually they did the whole thing so dirty

  • @no-man_baugh
    @no-man_baugh 5 лет назад +80

    Right when you said “he was no longer paying for the storage units”
    I 100% expected they’d end up on Storage Wars

  • @thechickengod
    @thechickengod 5 лет назад +142

    I about died at the Evangelion reference when they were talking about piloting the Galleon

    • @primusvsunicron1
      @primusvsunicron1 5 лет назад +5

      Usagi and Misato have the same voice actor in Japan

  • @Z-Man7
    @Z-Man7 4 года назад +57

    I'm old enough to remember when Sailor Moon aired on Toonami.
    People tend to rag on the old dub, but if it never aired on TV a lot of us probably wouldn't be here talking about anime.

  • @failboything
    @failboything 2 года назад +34

    you should know there's been an update to this! a youtuber called rey mona made a two part documentary and managed to get her hands on high quality (as high as you can for 90s stuff anyway) copies of the music video *and* the 11 minute pilot episode!

  • @DmonHiro
    @DmonHiro 5 лет назад +138

    Saban writers: So how bad do you want this to be?
    Sabad head: Yes.

  • @heinrichagrippa5681
    @heinrichagrippa5681 5 лет назад +246

    Wait, hold on. A solar eclipse... on the moon? Also, it's interesting that Mamoru's name getting changed to Darien apparently pre-dates the DiC dub. It makes me wonder who originally came up with it and how it remained his canonical English name even after being handed off to a Canadian company.

    • @Huckleberry87
      @Huckleberry87 5 лет назад +35

      A quick google search said that both Darien and Mamoru mean, roughly, "protector". I also always liked that Mamo's american last name was Shields.

    • @kagitsune
      @kagitsune 5 лет назад +22

      @@Huckleberry87 Aww, that is sweet. I did like the cleverness of some of the renaming. Usagi to Serena is actually pretty brilliant.

    • @aromaladyellie
      @aromaladyellie 5 лет назад +24

      The English names are all pretty clever. Serena came from Serenity, and from Selene, the goddess of the moon. Darien came from Endymion, the Japanese name of his past life. It also means "protector", apparently. The English names aren't terrible, it's stupid,how people hate them so much.

    • @sailorcat
      @sailorcat 5 лет назад +9

      @@aromaladyellie I have to disagree. What about the other names like Lita, Trista, Amara, Michelle, Molly...? They don't have fitting meanings like this, do they? And what about the stupid changes like Dark Kingdom --> Negaverse; Black Lady --> Wicked Lady; Kunzite --> Malachite (why another mineral?!) ? They could have just stayed the same! Or the attack names. Why did they have to change things like "Moon Tiara Action" into "Moon Tiara Magic"?

    • @junrosamura645
      @junrosamura645 5 лет назад +8

      @@sailorcat Negaverse much better than generic Dark Kingdom. I can't understand the hate but the voices and dialog for the dub is more memorable than the Japanese one.

  • @katherinealvarez9216
    @katherinealvarez9216 5 лет назад +256

    I was a little kid when I watched Sailor Moon, and I didn't know anything about LGBTQ and I kept forgetting the girls' names, but I knew Neptune and Uranus were dating.

    • @shinyminunthetheatregeek2036
      @shinyminunthetheatregeek2036 4 года назад +38

      Seriously. It's so ridiculous how people think that kids don't question anything or are able to figure these things out. That's the exact opposite what they do.

    • @hankypanda
      @hankypanda 4 года назад +8

      Same! I mean I was an avid fan but cringed at the non dubbed episode where minako and usagi are hounding her over being lovers with Neptune or not, presuming she’s a beautiful boy. why’d they have to be so dense? was it a product of its time? American cartoons for adults were immaturely obsessed with ignorant humor about being LGBTQIAU around that time, the late 90s. but at least the one in Japanese didn’t ERASE their lesbian relationship.

    • @TheLatinaBabyGurl
      @TheLatinaBabyGurl 4 года назад +7

      I remember feeling so gross that they made them cousins because it was so obvious they were dating and as a kid I literally thought they were lesbian dating cousins. I was like... why are cousins dating even remotely ok? It wasn't until I was older that I realized what they attempted.

  • @BluntmanEXE
    @BluntmanEXE 5 лет назад +229

    To be fair, the "cousins" thing wasn't DiC. It was Cloverway.

    • @Soufriere84
      @Soufriere84 5 лет назад +56

      You are technically correct (the best kind). DiC had nothing to do with Sailor Moon after R. They produced 65 episodes -- the syndication mandate -- then stopped. Canada's YTV had to finish dubbing R by themselves because DiC wouldn't. Cloverway (w/Geneon) produced S and SuperS. It just happened to be at the same studio DiC used, with similar writers.

    • @ashleychanforever
      @ashleychanforever 4 года назад +3

      Cloverway either dosen't know what Pride Month is, or they're homophobes that hate Pride.

    • @BluntmanEXE
      @BluntmanEXE 4 года назад +2

      @@ashleychanforever It's really not fair to judge the dub by modern standards. LBGTQ wasn't even a thing back then.

    • @ashleychanforever
      @ashleychanforever 4 года назад +1

      @@BluntmanEXE .
      Oh. It was just a joke.

    • @shinyminunthetheatregeek2036
      @shinyminunthetheatregeek2036 4 года назад +2

      @@ashleychanforever Oh thanks for this clarification I was about to make a fool of myself- [Saying this, I casually throw a large rock to the side]

  • @mnbuni8065
    @mnbuni8065 5 лет назад +312

    *Obama chuckled*
    *_"you mean the Chaos Emeralds?"_*

  • @tgdm
    @tgdm 5 лет назад +131

    My friend's pride and joy of his anime collection was a VHS recording of this thing when they showed it off at a con in the late 90s.

    • @CyberLance26
      @CyberLance26 5 лет назад +1

      I know there was cons for stuff like Star Trek, Star Wars and Superhero stuff back then but i did not think there was cons for things like anime and cartoons yet.

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion 5 лет назад +1

      @@CyberLance26
      My parents were involved in starting a con right around '98 and there were already other large conventions out of state at the time to loosely model it after.

    • @CyberLance26
      @CyberLance26 5 лет назад

      @@BonaparteBardithion Ok thats very cool.
      I did not think anime was popular enough in the west to have cons yet back then.

    • @sirgallant5000
      @sirgallant5000 5 лет назад

      @@CyberLance26 Even in post-commie, backwards 90s Poland we had a monthly anime magazine in the late 90s. Ordering VHS tapes from that magazine was pretty much the only way to get your anime fix.

    • @tgdm
      @tgdm 5 лет назад

      @@CyberLance26 Oh yes, they were very much around back then, just more niche. The largest one here in Texas, A-Kon, has been around since 1990.

  • @victoriaescobedo5458
    @victoriaescobedo5458 5 лет назад +475

    You know, making Sailor Neptune and Mercury "cousins" makes it even worse

    • @hortensetaylor5707
      @hortensetaylor5707 4 года назад +16

      Wait...WHAT

    • @luisalbertoarenasaraya4579
      @luisalbertoarenasaraya4579 4 года назад +18

      Kinky stuff.

    • @AmbiguouslyAnonymous
      @AmbiguouslyAnonymous 4 года назад +74

      I'm surprised no one else has pointed it out yet but it was Neptune and Uranus that were made cousins, not Mercury

    • @victoriaescobedo5458
      @victoriaescobedo5458 4 года назад +26

      @@AmbiguouslyAnonymous dang, i forgot that her sailor name was Uranus not Mercury. Thank you for telling me

    • @Mika-ul4jf
      @Mika-ul4jf 4 года назад +8

      It wasn't Neptune and Mercury,,, it was Uranus and Neptune

  • @draphking
    @draphking 5 лет назад +182

    "Go bleach your roots creep"
    Sorry but that's gold and is further evidence that Ami is best girl

  • @JangoTheBlueFox
    @JangoTheBlueFox 5 лет назад +96

    the tape containing the pilot episode was likely in that storage locker that the script and cells were found in. the script and cells were sold on Ebay by the person who bought the locker but nobody knows for sure if he sold the tape or just threw it away since Ebay records don't go back that far.

  • @Educatedunhousedperson
    @Educatedunhousedperson 5 лет назад +450

    I'm not mad at them for putting in a black character and a disabled character, though.

    • @sophier3088
      @sophier3088 4 года назад +36

      I mean they did put a lesbian couple 😄?

    • @hmshood9212
      @hmshood9212 4 года назад +20

      That’s the most ‘90s thing ever

    • @gabrielfernandez7375
      @gabrielfernandez7375 4 года назад +14

      In those times it wasn't mandatory

    • @chewtag
      @chewtag 4 года назад

      I am

    • @sophier3088
      @sophier3088 4 года назад +6

      @@kittykat8485 most old animes don't even put LGBTQ members so eh 50%

  • @ham2629
    @ham2629 5 лет назад +80

    Okay but "go bleach your roots creep" is the best line in the dub.

  • @SaveMeMoon
    @SaveMeMoon 5 лет назад +68

    Hey! They actually use the part about the inner soldiers being princesses of their own planets! The 90's anime didn't even keep that in, so good on you Saban! You had something at least!

    • @StarFighters76
      @StarFighters76 5 лет назад +1

      Actually it was kept in. When the Scouts learned about their past, one of the cats (I seriously can not remember if it was Luna or Artemis who said it), said they were all princesses of their respective planets, but also part of Serenity's court.

  • @stahppls2293
    @stahppls2293 5 лет назад +128

    "GO BLEACH YOUR ROOTS, CREEP" is top notch writing

  • @oofoofontheroofurmum5131
    @oofoofontheroofurmum5131 5 лет назад +159

    Excuse you. Acting like a graola bar is pure genius

  • @clamscram4603
    @clamscram4603 5 лет назад +370

    More like Sa-BAN this from my life

    • @runeanonymous9760
      @runeanonymous9760 5 лет назад +15

      Don’t blame Sagan for this! Saban made some of the most faithful broadcast anime dubbing of its time! ... which really isn’t saying all that much, but name one kids’ anime dub from the late nineties/early 2000s to keep most characters’ names, and the thing set in Japan! They barely censored anything, even used death in places where “destroyed" would arguably work pretty well, seeing as, as Digimon, their bodies are literally destroyed. They didn’t even cut out the guns! They made sure to say that they were loaded, despite it not making any sense for them to be not loaded, but the guns got to (sorta) stay!

    • @clamscram4603
      @clamscram4603 5 лет назад +6

      @@runeanonymous9760 Ok, you've shown me the light.. I know now that Sangan from Yugioh is not to blame here... Amazing...

    • @GokuSS400
      @GokuSS400 5 лет назад +4

      @@runeanonymous9760 BEGONE!!! I BANISH YOU TO THE SHADOW REALM!!!

  • @DoinItforNewCommTech
    @DoinItforNewCommTech 5 лет назад +40

    I swear in the early 2000s a friend of mine showed me the original footage of the Saban Moon trailer (not the recording of the projection here). I swear it must still exist somewhere.

  • @perrt4126
    @perrt4126 5 лет назад +43

    I love how the way we got those cells were because that guy got arrested

  • @jinxinglife7394
    @jinxinglife7394 5 лет назад +576

    Japan: *makes sailor moon*
    America: *makes saban moon*
    Japan:do I look LIKE A JOKE TO U?!?

    • @BonaparteBardithion
      @BonaparteBardithion 5 лет назад +18

      Japan made Power Puff Girls Z, so I think they're even.

    • @andrejg4136
      @andrejg4136 5 лет назад

      They also made a toku Sailor Moon, that was actually quite faithful, costume issues aside

    • @stuff2959
      @stuff2959 5 лет назад

      Dude your a granola bar

    • @stuff2959
      @stuff2959 5 лет назад +1

      Dude your a granola bar

    • @kidd9936
      @kidd9936 5 лет назад

      We hit em twice so, yeh

  • @Firedemon72
    @Firedemon72 5 лет назад +138

    how did you get access to the 2025 netflix remake of sailer moon

  • @creampop8553
    @creampop8553 5 лет назад +245

    What could possibly be a worse “localization” than Diesel?

    • @niconicokms1424
      @niconicokms1424 5 лет назад +21

      Creepopolous It’S aN eNeMy StAnD

    • @GreenPhoenix91
      @GreenPhoenix91 5 лет назад +3

      Doozy bots it almost ruined gundam in the west.

    • @InfernoDragon1
      @InfernoDragon1 5 лет назад +2

      Triceratops91 yeah, that was a real doozy of a localization nightmare.

    • @crypticbeast1013
      @crypticbeast1013 5 лет назад +16

      Diesel wasn't even a localization, It was a knock off

    • @channelwithout
      @channelwithout 5 лет назад +2

      What the heck is "Diesel"?

  • @montec6113
    @montec6113 5 лет назад +263

    You should get in touch with Kenny Launderdale, maybe he could get a copy

  • @blackphoenix77
    @blackphoenix77 5 лет назад +29

    *"Cosmic Jewels?" Obama chuckled. "You mean the Infinity Stones?"*

  • @majuskulle
    @majuskulle 5 лет назад +52

    " Go bleach your roots, creep! "
    That's iconic lmaoo

  • @merrittanimation7721
    @merrittanimation7721 5 лет назад +87

    7:53 "Like Mr. Rogers, Comedic"
    WHAT

  • @milliewayz3327
    @milliewayz3327 5 лет назад +57

    "Ever scince you've fell off the roof you've been acting like a gRanOla Bar"

  • @FanosSlapVt
    @FanosSlapVt 5 лет назад +61

    3:20 can we agree that is straight ballsy to have not only a wheelchair bound CHARACTER, but a SCOUT as well? Like holy damn that must've been a tough sell.
    Also really Magic you can't fix that? really? magic?
    Common Magic. You're magic. Give her Feet.

  • @mary34channel
    @mary34channel 5 лет назад +31

    Ah yes, Saban Moon
    I remember accidentaly stumbling into that con footage while I was looking for the Japanese live action adaptation (you know back then when the youtube recommended tab didn't suck). I still hope we might see that pilot one day but probably unlikely. Shame, it would have been a fun time.

  • @PhoenixFireKMS
    @PhoenixFireKMS 5 лет назад +20

    I actually really like the Saban Mercury character concept! The only other magical girl I know of that uses/used a wheelchair is Mimori Tougou from Yuuki Yuuna, and she was “cured” of being disabled by the end of the show :/ (as a disability rights advocate and special ed teacher, I was really disappointed by how Yuuki Yuuna treated disability in general)

  • @CRANTIME
    @CRANTIME 5 лет назад +94

    Oh no! not evil splotches!!! the scourge of the galaxy...

  • @fuyuseetaa
    @fuyuseetaa 4 года назад +9

    That guy laughing in the background of the leaked footage spoke to me on a spiritual level lol. I'm intrigued by this as much as anyone else, but I'm glad for what we got.

  • @SpookyDeerArt
    @SpookyDeerArt 4 года назад +8

    "take this rose! a symbol of my-
    yeast infection? try monistat!"
    such good ad break placement

  • @rkgk1517
    @rkgk1517 5 лет назад +30

    The fact that Saban Moon didn't come to fruition is kind of a bummer for the person who came up with the concept, given how successful the live-action PGSM ended up being in Japan. Also kind of cool to see diverse scouts (even in the ridiculous 90's way)

  • @c.i.b.3104
    @c.i.b.3104 5 лет назад +13

    This is priceless. I cried tears, especially because of the brilliant male voice actor.
    Kudos to the awesome artwork, too.

    • @RedBardIsCool
      @RedBardIsCool  5 лет назад +3

      I showed this comment to Dylan and it made his day!!

    • @d-manxd007
      @d-manxd007 5 лет назад +4

      Hi! I'm Dylan, thank you! :)

    • @c.i.b.3104
      @c.i.b.3104 5 лет назад +1

      😄
      You're both very talented. Looking forward to more videos!

  • @moonkingdomify
    @moonkingdomify 5 лет назад +19

    "I'll take you home on my motorcycle and make sure you go straight to bed." I don't know, that still sounds like she's hitting on Rei, just failing at it.

  • @fableSimmer
    @fableSimmer 5 лет назад +43

    “Go bleach your roots, creep!” Is my new favourite insult. 😂😂😂😂
    Omg this was perfect. The voice acting and art was so amazing. The Jinkx Monsoon killed me.

  • @Huhwhubwauh
    @Huhwhubwauh 5 лет назад +14

    The script was written an entire week before the day of my birthday, love that for myself

  • @KhayJayArt
    @KhayJayArt 5 лет назад +284

    The DiC dub was alright. Terri Hawkes did an awesome job as Sailor Moon and she gives her a lot of personality. This, however, is a sin.

    • @fernie-fernandez
      @fernie-fernandez 5 лет назад +18

      Khadijah Johnson I feel like DiC and Nelvana’s dubbing If anime’s don’t get much love, since most of the localization from there Canadianization...
      Also from DiC’s Sailor Moon, Stephanie Morgenstern as Sailor Venus and the late Dennis Akiyama as Kunzite truly nailed their character.

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes 5 лет назад +2

      How she got the role is upsetting tho

    • @iTeacupPanda
      @iTeacupPanda 5 лет назад +9

      I loved the OG dub Sailor Moon.
      I hate how people always shit on the dubs, especially older ones. All the main scouts voices suited them perfectly. Trouble only came for Molly and characters not around long. The Voice actors gave them character.
      and you need character and personality. Or else you end up with the raw suckage that is Crystal.

    • @SuperMorgasaurus
      @SuperMorgasaurus 5 лет назад

      Nameless Pharaoh how did she get it? I tried googling it and couldn’t find what would be upsetting

    • @ParisWrightxo
      @ParisWrightxo 5 лет назад

      Joseph Joestar how’s that? :o

  • @greenapple9477
    @greenapple9477 5 лет назад +18

    This show feels like it was a step back in time; at least a full decade.

  • @carlwheeze753
    @carlwheeze753 5 лет назад +21

    “Every since you fell of the roof you’ve been acting like a *confusion* G R A N O L A B A R”
    What do you mean bad writing that’s perfect

  • @MiharuTheFox
    @MiharuTheFox 5 лет назад +17

    You're probably the only person I know who's used clips from Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein in an unrelated video. You get major points for that.

    • @RedBardIsCool
      @RedBardIsCool  5 лет назад +3

      Hell yea! I LOVE the Universal monster movies! :D

    • @DarkMirria1
      @DarkMirria1 5 лет назад +1

      I love that movie! :D It’s funny when he’s trying to tell his buddy that Dracula is in the coffin or somewhere else. XD

  • @kisesakusaku
    @kisesakusaku 5 лет назад +64

    The world wouldn't know about Sailor Moon according to 90s babies today if it weren't for the DIC Sailor Moon dub, and instead grew up by this well... Interesting product.

    • @tgnoat910
      @tgnoat910 5 лет назад

      @Nia (Espurr) Meowstica
      Why would the world wants to know about 13 years old girl who wants to suck 20 years old man’s di@k!!?
      This anime did have so many fu@ked up sh@ts even back in the day, such as nudity, sexu@lized designs for the sailors and enemies and even some minor characters, very badly character development, bad story writing and more!!
      Sad fact: Sailor moon’s main successor was its toys, that explains how the franchise is well known!! Many people hated the anime because of its poor writing!!
      Toei animation redeemed themselves by making alternative 90s magical girl anime that fixed every problem that sailor moon had, it’s called Ojamajo Doremi!!
      It’s not just a better version of sailor moon 🌙, it’s more than that and it’s surprisingly became my favorite anime of all the time!!
      The anime is not just a generic magical girl who wants to archive her wishes, it’s more than that!! But sadly, people still worship sailor moon🌙 and never gave Ojamajo Doremi a chance to shine to this day until two months ago because toei finally announced something so great about that anime and guess what is it!!? There will be an upcoming third movie for that anime and not only that, there’re shorts releasing every week!!

    • @thevoicesaysimalmostoutofm5710
      @thevoicesaysimalmostoutofm5710 5 лет назад

      @@tgnoat910 It's shocking to see what is kid friendly in Japan. The girls in pokemon have bigger breasts and they've shown 2 deas bodied on the manga. Even shit like One Piece is considered a kids anime.

    • @BlackCroft666
      @BlackCroft666 5 лет назад

      @@thevoicesaysimalmostoutofm5710 well apparently japanese people aren't as perverted as the west. Apparently they can seebeyond well -uild bodies.

    • @BlackCroft666
      @BlackCroft666 5 лет назад +2

      @@tgnoat910 1. Sailor Moon is 14 and her love is not physical.
      2. F*cked up sh*t? I don't know what you snowflake few as f*cked up. There are far worse cartoons out there made by western companies. Back in the day there were lots of weird work arounds though "to protect the children". There was no sexualisation. You didn't see anything from the characters. They just had normal human anatomy and even that got cesored in some places. Like swinsuits. Don't you dare seeing drawn characters in swinsuits. Character development was slow but quite well for that time (nowadays there is none at all). You could watch the characters grow and learn about themselves and their abilites. The script was repetitive some times but hey, most shows back than had similar plots.
      3. Sad fact? Strange it was a very popular show with tons of fans and people watching the show world wide in front of all 1998. There were exclusive conventions and bands. That it sold toys, too, makes it even better. People bought merch of the show and still do.
      4. it is NOT a generic magical show. it is the GRANDMOTHER of magical girls shows. It made the genre popular.
      The anime already has its successfull remake. It already has three movies. You are just full of hate and not up-to-date.
      Someone doesn't see what is good even when its in their face. Go whining somewhere else.

    • @LenaleeLee
      @LenaleeLee 5 лет назад

      That would depend on the country. In the Netherlands we had a Dutch dub that got translated from the German dub that got translated directly from the Japanese original. Sadly only one season, but at least it was all pretty much the same as the original apart from Usagi being called Bunny.

  • @chantalperez7815
    @chantalperez7815 5 лет назад +171

    This was available online a few years back, I have watched the horror that is Saban Moon (it's really, really, reaaalllly bad lol). I can't for the life of me find it again, must have been at least some 10 years ago I saw it. I am wondering whether I have the energy to cybersleuth to try and find it again X-D

  • @buffysummers5828
    @buffysummers5828 5 лет назад +240

    The idea of a main character being a handicapped hero would of actually been so progressive.

    • @BlackCroft666
      @BlackCroft666 5 лет назад +50

      Given it was developed in the 90s "the time of the Tokens 1" they actually had given her a personality and character. Nowadays in the era "the time of the Tokens2" it would be simply about "Look at me I am DiSaBlEd!".

    • @yourlocalasshole352
      @yourlocalasshole352 5 лет назад +17

      In Yuki Yuna is a Hero, there is a magical girl named Togo Mimori, who has a wheel chair

    • @eggzs6727
      @eggzs6727 5 лет назад +21

      @Chris Manaloe what is the alternative? what is the difference between a genuine character and a token character and when will we get to a point in time where you can have a black/gay/disabled character without people automatically jumping to the conclusion that they're a "token character", i don't get it. U either have diversity or you dont, I don't see the issue with "tokenism" when the alternative would have been all white, able bodies characters

    • @Pandaman64
      @Pandaman64 5 лет назад +19

      @@eggzs6727 I'd say there are levels though, yeah? Like, if the token person's only noteworthy trait is being a token we can agree that's pretty shit.
      No diversity

    • @eggzs6727
      @eggzs6727 5 лет назад +5

      @@Pandaman64 yeah that's very true! I don't really think I've seen a lot of token characters for the sake of token characters- most of the time they are well developed or as developed as the rest of the characters in the franchise, people just like to kick up a fuss about it because it's not what they're used to. I think we're in a very transitional period now when it comes to cinema and in a few years time it won't be as much as an issue. We also definitely need more franchises and original content that feature a diverse range of ppl as leads
      My brain automatically jumped to group movies like the new powerangers and charlie's angles and ghostbusters that feature p diverse casts but I guess in romcoms and such, 'token' support characters are pretty prevelant

  • @JetJenkins
    @JetJenkins 5 лет назад +80

    So weird to have Blasted Salami as the narrator at the end. I feel like he's about to tell me what Sailor Mars' 10 frame punish is or something.

  • @ThePiquedPigeon
    @ThePiquedPigeon 5 лет назад +36

    "You top-place-on-the-worst-dressed-list"
    Ok, that was really funny!! xD

  • @TheAmazingSpiderPunk
    @TheAmazingSpiderPunk 5 лет назад +22

    I always love looking up info on this cursed piece of media!! Thanks for this video 💜

  • @Kawayoporu
    @Kawayoporu 5 лет назад +110

    Interesting, that Saban Moon would of be like She-Ra or Jem of the Holograms kind of in Sailor Moon version!

  • @morikessler4536
    @morikessler4536 5 лет назад +29

    I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. That rehash of the Saban Moon script is cringingly epic.

  • @Animefreaknya
    @Animefreaknya 2 года назад +13

    Hey folks for those interested RUclipsr Ray Mona unearthed the pilot and music video! Go check out her channel for the documentary on how she got it!

  • @changlord1377
    @changlord1377 5 лет назад +39

    On that point everyone was on drugs. Oh god