Sailor Moon Cosmos Releases in Theatres
Plus PGSM's Keiko Kitagawa returns to the Sailor Moon franchise
Hey there, Sailor Moon fan!
What an exciting month June has turned out to be for Sailor Moon news! Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos Part 1 is now showing in theatres in Japan with Part 2 still on track to premiere at the end of this month on the 30th.
While most had assumed that all of the casting announcements for Sailor Moon Cosmos had been made, the fandom was rocked this week by the reveal that Keiko Kitagawa would be voicing the role of Sailor Cosmos in Part 2.
You can watch the announcement video below though note that it contains some spoilers for those that haven’t read the Sailor Moon manga.
Also worth checking out is this cute photo of Keiko with Kotono Mitsuishi, the Japanese voice actress who plays Sailor Moon in both the original 90’s anime and the new Sailor Moon Crystal productions.
Keiko Kitagawa is known to fans for playing Sailor Mars in the 2003 live-action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon TV series. It’s curious that PGSM is turning 20 this October though it’s unknown if Keiko’s casting in Cosmos is related to it or not. Still, it’s great to see that she still has a fondness for the franchise and is open to returning for some projects.
A full trailer for Sailor Moon Cosmos Part 2 was released after Part 1 debuted in Japanese theatres. It features loads of new footage though, like with the above video, also contains some major spoilers. You’ve been warned.
In addition to the above two videos and the Keiko Kitagawa announcement, the official music video for Sailor Moon Cosmos’ main theme, Moon Flower, also dropped.
Rather surprisingly, the Moon Flower music video boasts entirely new animation with original Sailor Guardian characters. Check it out.
Daoko’s Moon Flower is also available to listen to on Spotify here.
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In other Sailor Moon news:
The Banpresto Princess Pluto Bandai Spirits Q posket Version A and Version B figures are now available.
The Banpresto Princess Saturn Bandai Spirits Q posket Version A and Version B figures will follow next month.
The USA is getting a full season Blu-ray box set of the third season of the 90’s anime, Sailor Moon S.
90’s English Sailor Moon voice actress, Terri Hawkes, recently won Best Supporting Actress at LA Web Fest 2023.
Linda Ballantyne, the 90’s voice for Serena in Sailor Moon S and SuperS, will be at Colorado Springs Comic Con in August.
Naoko Takeuchi recently created some new artwork for Chanel Magazine. A fan scanned the new artwork which can be viewed here.
A Japanese fan has claimed that, at the Chanel event where these images debuted, Naoko Takeuchi said that she has some ideas for future Sailor Guardian characters. This report has yet to be confirmed by anyone else though so right now I’d class it as a rumour.
That’s all of the big news for now. I’ll check back in next week with even more Sailor Moon news so make sure to subscribe if you haven’t already.
Until next time,
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~ Brad
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