I'm not sure I'll be particularly excited about this revitalization. I can't help but think that the magical girl genre has moved on to better places since Sailor Moon's first go-around.
Sailor Moon Gets Italian Game Makeover
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Oh PLEASE come back to everywhere else in the world.
Remastered too so we don't get incestuous cousins.
Remastered too so we don't get incestuous cousins.
Is it wrong that I want to know more?TheDude7053 said:Man we've seen some shit haven't weDaystar Clarion said:
This keeps looking more promising.
Fingers crossed it all goes well, and we might even get a new Sailor Moon series!
Fingers crossed it all goes well, and we might even get a new Sailor Moon series!
justnotcricket said:
Actually, anime haven't had a lot of success with girls here, and the only girls I know in the 20-30 range that have any sort of interest in Sailor Moon are the VERY otaku/nerd ones. By contrast, I'm positive that the DBZ and FotNS games that have come out in the recent years have fared quite well. Also keep in mind that gamer girls are even more uncommon in Italy than in the general population (as far as I can tell).Amund said:
True, but I don't think any Italian male could bear the shame of being discovered owning a Sailor Moon game...justnotcricket said:
I figure Salior Moon and co are due for a comback, its been almost 20 years since it first aired.
But Please, Please for all that is sacred make it more mature and not so heavily edited the next time around. This is 2011 not 1990
But Please, Please for all that is sacred make it more mature and not so heavily edited the next time around. This is 2011 not 1990
Yeah, that´s probably true.geldonyetich said:
But come on, it´s a classic.
One of the codifiers of the genre.
And it´s always nice to be able to look at where a genre came from and compare it to where it´s now.
And such a thing WOULD be discovered, seeing how most of those macho italians still live with their momViruzzo said:
(just kidding, I love you guys.
You are amongst my top 2 favorite neighbours in the EU.)
I guess I'm the only one who is uneasy about the revival mainly because...
There are no good games based off of anime...
Funny this should happen on this moment in particular. Some of my colleagues in college decided to watch the entire show all over again after all this time. I probably won't, but this'll sure be nice news for them.
A fellow Italian said that Sailor Moon isn't that popular in Italy and that the only women who are into it are the nerdy types. I think the opposite is true - when Sailor was first out, it was consedered quite successful - i remember reading newspaper articles about it. Both my sister and my female cousin were into it, and neither are nerdy types.
A lot of older anime from the 80's and 90's have been broadcast with success at the time in Italy and enjoy a lot more name recognition here than anywhere else in the West.
Every single Italian who is under 35 knows who Kenshiro (of Fist of the North Star) is!
And when Tatsunoko vs Capcom was announced, it was funny that most Anglosphere blogs said something like "who versus Capcom?" while in Italy it was "OMG it's Yatterman and Casshern versus a bunch of videogame characters" because those older anime characters are famous and beloved over here.
So Sailor Moon fits in that pattern - it's one of those older anime that are more popular in Italy than elsewhere outside of Japan - even if compared to other earlier shows, Sailor Moon is late enough to have been at least heard of in the English-speaking world.
A lot of older anime from the 80's and 90's have been broadcast with success at the time in Italy and enjoy a lot more name recognition here than anywhere else in the West.
Every single Italian who is under 35 knows who Kenshiro (of Fist of the North Star) is!
And when Tatsunoko vs Capcom was announced, it was funny that most Anglosphere blogs said something like "who versus Capcom?" while in Italy it was "OMG it's Yatterman and Casshern versus a bunch of videogame characters" because those older anime characters are famous and beloved over here.
So Sailor Moon fits in that pattern - it's one of those older anime that are more popular in Italy than elsewhere outside of Japan - even if compared to other earlier shows, Sailor Moon is late enough to have been at least heard of in the English-speaking world.
I hereby christen this the first meeting of the Secret Society of Bipolar Mercury Admirers.dalek sec said:*Draws chainsword* She's mine Latshaw...Tim Latshaw said:
Um I mean alright, hopefully this won't suck and it'll make it's way here to the US.
Really do have my fingers crossed in that this doesn't suck since Ban-Dai is making it.
The only thing that I keep thinking is how I'll hopefully watch and enjoy this.
Hey Toei and Funimation, how about you actually release Dragon Ball Z Kai in the UK? You have EVERYTHING you need! The English version and the TV channel! Don't hold out on us!
Calumon: Can we have Digimon Adventure and Tamers while we're at it Toei?
Hey Toei and Funimation, how about you actually release Dragon Ball Z Kai in the UK? You have EVERYTHING you need! The English version and the TV channel! Don't hold out on us!
Calumon: Can we have Digimon Adventure and Tamers while we're at it Toei?
It was actually my first anime. Of course at the time I didn't fully realize it was anime, I spent my mornings watching cartoons on YTV (one of very few english language channels available in Quebec at the time) and it was at one point along the line.Owyn_Merrilin said:
OT: Italy? Hmmm... how is anime doing in Europe? I mean, I know it's really caught on among the geek crowd (people who like things that nerds like but aren't as smart as nerds are) and I have to imagine the stoner crowd too (to a lesser degree) in North America, but what`s it looking like in Europe
