I know there is a lot of debate about the censorship that was done to Sailor Moon in the 90's English dub by DIC and the quality of their dub is not something I want to get into here. I just feel regardless of how you personally feel about DIC's dub of Sailor Moon that they at the very least deserve credit for making Sailor Moon as popular as it was in North America in the late 90's and early 2000's. The fact is the censorship choices were a necessary evil in order to be able to market Sailor Moon as a kids show here. Sailor Moon was aired heavily in syndication when it premiered here in 1995 and even though it was not initially popular in syndication this same dub was able to later air on Cartoon Network's kid friendly Toonami afternoon block and in Canada on YTV where it reached the highest level of popularity it has enjoyed here.
A lot of the merchandise from that era bears DIC's logo and there is no denying that their dubbed version of introduced a lot of people to Sailor Moon who later sought out the original Japanese dub and other versions of Sailor Moon. Had Sailor Moon been given an uncensored dub it would have not been able to air on TV and been given a direct to video release where it would have only developed a cult following through anime fans at the time. Whatever problems people have with DIC's dub they should atleast be thankful it exists because a lot of us wouldn't be here talking about Sailor Moon if it wasn't for that dub. DIC handled Sailor Moon a lot better than their dub of Saint Seiya in terms of exposure and merchandising and although DIC is now defunct they have earned an important place in Sailor Moon's history here.
A lot of the merchandise from that era bears DIC's logo and there is no denying that their dubbed version of introduced a lot of people to Sailor Moon who later sought out the original Japanese dub and other versions of Sailor Moon. Had Sailor Moon been given an uncensored dub it would have not been able to air on TV and been given a direct to video release where it would have only developed a cult following through anime fans at the time. Whatever problems people have with DIC's dub they should atleast be thankful it exists because a lot of us wouldn't be here talking about Sailor Moon if it wasn't for that dub. DIC handled Sailor Moon a lot better than their dub of Saint Seiya in terms of exposure and merchandising and although DIC is now defunct they have earned an important place in Sailor Moon's history here.
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