Here are Naoko's end-of-volume notes:
What she actually wrote, according to the French translation:
Tokyopop didn't translate the second page for some reason. So, from the French...
So yeah, I'm gonna give Tokyopop a D for accuracy here. (Stop using Naoko's notes to market your crap!)
What she actually wrote, according to the French translation:
Here is the fourth arc of Sailor Moon. I've heard a lot of people ask, "What about Uranus? And Neptune? Can't we see them [again]?" These new soldiers have really become very popular (yet in the TV version of Sailor Moon SuperS they were just cast aside... I was very saddened, sniff!).
I entrust the TV version to a team of specialists but I'm often shocked by what I see... But, my gosh, these soldiers seem to please everyone. So much the better... I've come to feel the same way. I would love to receive help with this fourth arc. Sailor Moon is a long series (and it's not over yet...) and these new soldiers aren't going anywhere. Be patient and keep reading the new volumes. Don't forget to watch Sailor Moon SuperS on TV either...
Diana finally appeared on the show. I'm so happy and I'm impatiently waiting for her to get more screen time.
Have you heard the ending theme song for Sailor Moon SuperS? ("We'll Go As Ourselves...") I like it myself... I wrote the lyrics and it's finally just the way I wanted it... I'm delighted. It's an image song for the soldiers. Learn it and sing it...
Last night I went to a Korean spa with my friend, Wataru Yoshizumi, author of "Marmalade Boy." I love getting exfoliated! All my worries about love, work, and all my other little troubles were scrubbed off along with the dead skin... We chatted until the early hours of the morning and I felt completely relieved.
I often get depressed and cry. When that happens, I go to someone I love and party all night long, or I read a lot until I fall into a deep sleep. Only then do I feel better... (I also feel good when I drive...) How simple, right?
The summer left me tired, but now I'm ready to go twice as hard. So read volume 13 (oh! oh! the 13th one already!) and write to tell me what you think.
Tokyopop didn't translate the second page for some reason. So, from the French...
This 12th volume is a bit different from what I've done so far. I decided to change the atmosphere...
In the last two volumes, I had drawn a lot of little rabbits and they were hugely successful... I don't know why!
Typically, the actress who provides the voice for Sailor Moon, Kotono Mitsuishi, doesn't give me her opinion on the manga that serves as the basis for the TV show, but here she sent me a congratulatory fax. (By the way, since we haven't had a chance to see each other recently, are you okay?)
I was delighted! I then received by fax lots of imitations of my little rabbits! Finally!...
In the "Sailor Moon SuperS" movie, which comes out in winter 95, Ami, Rei, Minako, and Makoto don't appear much, but I can't wait to see it all the same. In July the production went by without a hitch... This production was done without me; I just put forward some character designs... It seems to me that the story will be excellent and funny, entirely to my taste... You will see!
The film is made up of two parts. "Ami's First Love" appears in the July issue of Runrun magazine...
As for the third page:This is an original illustration drawn for the third Sailor Moon art book. You see, today I'm doing my best to draw something new ...
I received the first issue of the Hong Kong edition of Nakayoshi. With it they offered not only a mechanical pencil and a pencil case with the likeness of Sailor Moon on them (everything was done by Nakayoshi), but also colored pencils and a ruler... What luxury!! Some color pages of the magazine even reproduced Sailor Moon derivative products on different paper from the rest!
See you in the 13th volume! Thanks for reading me. I love you. Naoko Takeuchi.
So yeah, I'm gonna give Tokyopop a D for accuracy here. (Stop using Naoko's notes to market your crap!)