Sailor Moon fans have waited a long time to get their hands on some shiny new goods out there that are going to hit that sweet spot. We talked back in the middle of July about what the tentative first press Japanese DVD/BD limited editions were going to look like as we got a pink shadowed image that you can see below that hinted at what was to come. Now that’s been updated with the finalized items and they’re definitely going all out – and giving Viz Media a limited edition to aspire to when they get to releasing it here.
The series is set to debut its first volume in deluxe form a month ahead of the regular editions starting on October 15th, 2014 and November 12th, 2014 respectively. Releases will continue through to the end of 2015 to get it all out there. Each volume will contain two episodes of the series. Information on the first volume is that on-disc extras will include an audio commentary, the clean opening and closing and the TV spots.
The limited edition version will come with first press edition materials of an original charm, a booklet, a box and an illustrated digipak. With the charm, you get more more pieces for the bracelet with each new installment released.
The series is priced at 8,100 yen for the first deluxe edition and the final volume while ongoing Blu-ray editions will be priced ta 7,200 yen for its thirteen volume run. The regular edition Blu-ray’s will be priced at 4,860 yen each and the DVD releases are priced at 3,780 yen each.
Directed by Munehisa Sakai at Toei Animation with Yuji Kobayashi doing the scripts. Yuki Sako joined the team as the character designer, whose recent works include Majestic Prince. Yasuharu Takanashi is serving as the composer, having worked on some big franchise including Fairy Tail and Precure. Art direction is being done by Takashi Kurahashi and Yumi Hosaka, both of which worked on Gatchaman Crowds and Mononoke. The soundtrack is set to be produced by King Records, which means we should be getting plenty of clips and samples of everything once they start to the marketing side as they’re very involved on that front. Momoiro Clover Z is performing the theme song.
Plot concept: Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess.
Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold….
Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess…!?
[Source: TFP Forums]
