I don't think there's any denying that there were a lot of bizarre aspects to Sailor Moon's initial run in the US such as the Dic Dub itself and that marathon which featured an actress named Tia Browsh as host dressing up in a Sailor Moon costume. But for me the most bizarre was Toon Makers version of Sailor Moon (more famously referred to as Saban Moon).
As most here know Toon Makers was initially in a bidding war with DIC to get Sailor Moon in the mid 90's but unlike DIC instead of doing a dub of the anime they wanted to do their own original thing with it and create a show that would be a live action/animation hybrid. A pilot was shot but before the production could move forward DIC won the rights to Sailor Moon and Toon Makers scraped their version of it.
All that has surfaced was a short music video comprised of footage from the pilot that was shown at a con in the late 90's. Someone in the audience had a camera with them and filmed the showing and it is this person's footage which is the only existing footage of this online.
I was actually wondering if anyone heard if the pilot was ever found or if there is any chance it will ever be released in some form?
As bad as it is I still want to see it just for curiosity's sake and to see how very different Sailor Moon could have been had DIC not won the rights. We never got to see Mamoru/Prince Endymion or Queen Beryl in the music video clip even though animation cels of them from the pilot exist.
Another thing I was curious about (and that has never been answered) is why the animation was so terrible?
Even for 1995 the animation looked dated and it looked like a Filmation cartoon from the 80's.
In the animated footage Sailor Moon even looks just like She-Ra.
I would think had the pilot picked up it would have been given a bigger budget and had animation that was more passable for the mid 90's.
Is anyone else interested in seeing this pilot?
I really hope it surfaces.
As most here know Toon Makers was initially in a bidding war with DIC to get Sailor Moon in the mid 90's but unlike DIC instead of doing a dub of the anime they wanted to do their own original thing with it and create a show that would be a live action/animation hybrid. A pilot was shot but before the production could move forward DIC won the rights to Sailor Moon and Toon Makers scraped their version of it.
All that has surfaced was a short music video comprised of footage from the pilot that was shown at a con in the late 90's. Someone in the audience had a camera with them and filmed the showing and it is this person's footage which is the only existing footage of this online.
I was actually wondering if anyone heard if the pilot was ever found or if there is any chance it will ever be released in some form?
As bad as it is I still want to see it just for curiosity's sake and to see how very different Sailor Moon could have been had DIC not won the rights. We never got to see Mamoru/Prince Endymion or Queen Beryl in the music video clip even though animation cels of them from the pilot exist.
Another thing I was curious about (and that has never been answered) is why the animation was so terrible?
Even for 1995 the animation looked dated and it looked like a Filmation cartoon from the 80's.
In the animated footage Sailor Moon even looks just like She-Ra.
I would think had the pilot picked up it would have been given a bigger budget and had animation that was more passable for the mid 90's.
Is anyone else interested in seeing this pilot?
I really hope it surfaces.