Dear Chibi,
A couple of weeks ago, I bought a Eternal Sailor Moon Gashapon off a Sailor Moon toy collector and finally received it yesterday! yay~

Although I own many anime figurines and some gorgeous PVC statues, I always felt a little sad inside knowing that I didn’t own a single one from Sailor Moon ~ which is my favourite of all time. Sailor Moon merchandise was extremely hard to obtain living in Sydney, and for years everything was out of print. I’m so glad this came up for sale~ now I finally have something to display my love for the show :D

Dear Chibi,

After many months of anticipation, Sailor Moon The Movie (Independent Short) was finally released on youtube today! I was at work during the time it was announced, but I managed to sneakily watch it since I couldn’t wait to get home first.

Here’s the movie for those who haven’t seen it:

My expectations for this was incredibly high, so there was bound to be some disappointments. Below are some of my personal thoughts on the film:

I quite enjoyed the first half of the movie during the Silver Millennium~ the visuals were quite amazing  for a low budget film. I was surprised when the Moon Kingdom came up.  I also liked Queen Beryl. She looked awesome with her costume, props and make-up, though her voice echoed so much it was hard to understand what she was saying. Endymion and Serenity’s voices also sounded like it was recorded in a room, and that took away some realism.

I liked the opening credits when the music “Story” started playing. I was particularly fond of the Disney-ish/cell-shade shot (below)- it looked like a painting. I’m not sure that was intentional but I liked it as a standalone.

The little references such as the Sailor crystals falling into earth was a nice touch.

The dialogue could have been improved; it was kinda cheesy (especially when Endymion was speaking to Serenity) and it felt unnatural. I didn’t like Prince Endymion very much, he came off as rather…aggressive/cold.

I liked Serenity, but I couldn’t warm up to Bunny as much. She came out really whinny and her “I hate my life” part seemed out of character. Personally, I would have liked to see more of her innocence/naivety, which is a huge part of Usagi’s original character. I really liked Melvin! He was funny and I didn’t expect Eric to pop out all of a sudden XD~ He is quite charismatic, hehe :)

Naru was okay, a little over the top sometimes but I enjoyed her interaction with Bunny. Like a lot of other fans, I thought it was a bit strange they kept her Japanese name, but everyone else had westernised name. I would have preferred “Molly” instead. As far as minor characters go, I didn’t mind her or Motoki. I didn’t like the two FBI characters though, since they’re not part of the Sailor Moon plot (I’m not familiar with Sailor V). They had a decent amount of screen time (for such a short film) which could have been spent on more character development on important characters.

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Dear Chibi,

My good friend Marcus recently returned from his month trip to Hong Kong and Japan, and brought back so many goodies =DDD

MTR Classic Anime Souvenir Tickets featuring new Sailor Moon artwork!! These include three souvenir tickets with the Inner senshi, a ticket holder, and key-chain. These were only available in Hong Kong for a very limited time and were sold out so quickly! I’m so happy he managed to get them :D Then again, he did line up for them the day they came out. Oh so awesome.

Look at that SHIIINNNNY card in the middle o.o These cards are so nostalgic… I still have the ones I collected as a child sitting in my draw.

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Dear Chibi,
Today I created a Chibi Doll of Avery Danielle as Sailor Moon in “Sailor Moon the Movie” (Independent Short). I really like their costume design and the mask make-up is a great idea :)

You can adopt the Chibi Doll (Miniature version) from Chibi Land as well as the original Sailor Moon characters :) Hope you like it! Have fun.

Dear Chibi,

I’ve always loved checking out new Sailor Moon fan creations, whether it’s fanart, cosplay, webmanga, fansites, toys, films, anything! Considering how old the series is, it’s really amazing how strong and passionate the Sailor Moon fan community is today :)

With Sailor Moon’s 20th Anniversary just around the corner, I’ve decided to share a small selection of moonie projects that I like. There are a ton of stuff out there, so this is just a tiny glimpse of awesomeness :}

Sailor Moon Fimo GASHAPON by LolleBijoux

Sailor Shredded Moon wheat by Cycyn

Sailor Moon Biscuits by Lizzy

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Dear Chibi,

About a month ago, I received an email from Image Edizioni, an Italian company who produces “Sailor Bandz”- a new Sailor Moon merchandise which are basically moonie-flavored rubber bands! Now I have to admit, when I first saw the email I thought it was spam. I didn’t click on any links (incase it had a virus!) and took it to twitter to get some confirmation. It turns out it is genuine and several other Sailor Moon webmasters have been contacted. So I sent a reply to them and today.. I received this in the mail:

OMG. BANDZ GALORE XD I was all jumpy and giggly when I opened the package. I feel like a kid again :D I mean, they are just silicon rubber, but they’re moonie themed and they glow-in-the-dark and are glittery… :3 Plus, who doesn’t love freebies?

Brad of Moonkitty.net has also made a video about it here on youtube.

You can buy these from their e-shop or see all the different versions here. I’m not paid to write about this, getting free samples is just fun :D

Dear Chibi,

wheeee…moonie doodle =) Yes I know, it’s been like.. 3 months since I posted anything. Sorry >_< For the past 2 months or so I’ve been busy making a bunch of Chibi (Sailor Moon) Dolls for my website. You can check them out here.

Well, the above was a present for a online friend’s 7th year web anniversary. It was fun to draw. Rough, but still cute :3 I like it!