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I hear what you're saying. I have to call my Japanese friend Jimmy because it's just so jarring to hear a name in a different language. Edit: Mostly, I don't understand what your argument actually IS if not "Foreign names are weird and everyone should have normal names because this is America" Waffleman_ fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Aug 7, 2016 |
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END ME SCOOB posted:That rabbit hole cut both ways. I don't know if the major site that considered the Japanese version "non-canon" is still around, but christ almighty. Nangbaby/"We Want Serena?" I think she's still around. I know she went off on this huge rant when Viz started dubbing the series about how the new dub was erasing her childhood and that she knows Sailor Moon better than Naoko Takeuchi and such.
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Instant Sunrise posted:Nangbaby/"We Want Serena?" I think she's still around. I know she went off on this huge rant when Viz started dubbing the series about how the new dub was erasing her childhood and that she knows Sailor Moon better than Naoko Takeuchi and such. That is totally her, thank you. I couldn't remember the name to google her, and anything I put in just got me weird results.
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Aug 7, 2016 01:02
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Waffleman_ posted:I hear what you're saying. I have to call my Japanese friend Jimmy because it's just so jarring to hear a name in a different language. Clearly you don't hear. There's nothing wrong with having a name that's not English. At all. When everyone is speaking English with no distinct foreign accent, you don't expect to hear a Mamoru (or Francois, Javier, Fuad, Thilo, or Thamer). That's all. EDIT: VVVV Exactly. It's nothing you don't get used to, it's just weird at first. Rabbi Raccoon fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Aug 7, 2016 |
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Aug 7, 2016 01:12
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Waffleman_ posted:I hear what you're saying. I have to call my Japanese friend Jimmy because it's just so jarring to hear a name in a different language. I kind of see where Rabbi Racoon is coming from. I'm waiting for Kekkai Sensen's dub because it takes place in NYC with a bunch of characters with English names, so it can be a little odd to hear it in Japanese. Same reason why Baccano!'s dub is so good, imo. Still, I don't think it's a good reason to change character's names and completely scrub all Japanese references from the series. "A little odd until you get used to it" is not a big deal. At the end of the day, it's no different from everyone in Gladiator, for example, speaking in English. Or should I be annoyed they all have Latin names, but aren't speaking Latin? Basically, I don't mind localization, but changing names and scrubbing out all Japanese references from a Japanese TV show that takes place in Japan is going too far.
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I guess it's just a viewpoint I can't see because it's never really bothered me that much either way.
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Aug 7, 2016 01:25
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Anyone remember Mr T vs Everything? There were apparently two Sailor Moon ones. http://hamburgsteak.sandwich.net/mirrors/mr_t_vs/MrTEverything.html
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Aug 7, 2016 01:37
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Senerio posted:Anyone remember Mr T vs Everything? Sailor Moon Ate My Balls also had a prominent online presence. You are a true archaeologist, those are the beforetimes. Nobody had Something Awful, it was just the untamed wilderness of Geocities.
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Aug 7, 2016 01:45
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I'm so glad this thread is recapping the poo poo I did when I was a dumb kid. Got me looking at all the lovely websites I can remember. Highlights: Apparently Alien Adoption Agency is still open. There are still a bunch of low quality tripod sites still up somehow. Sailor Energy still exists, for your lovely fanart needs. http://www.sailorenergy.net/TheRealm.html
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Aug 7, 2016 02:03
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Or when people would sign their posts with long strings of something that looked like they smash their face in their keyboards that was supposed to summarize what they had seen/read and what characters they liked and hated.
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Aug 7, 2016 02:11
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I don't think the new dub is bad, it just, you know, sounds like every other dubbed thing.
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Senerio posted:Sailor Energy still exists, for your lovely fanart needs. The fact that this website was updated two months ago, but still looks like this is a dagger in the heart of my inner web designer.
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END ME SCOOB posted:That is totally her, thank you. I couldn't remember the name to google her, and anything I put in just got me weird results. And not only is Nangbaby still around, now her batshittery comes with extra racism (while claiming it's actually Naoko Takeuchi who is the racist, by writing the original version). The explosion of crazy when Crystal started up was awe-inspiring in its terribleness. As far as other terrible fan stories go, I would like to remind everyone that Sailor Moon And The Seven Balls is a thing that existed. And had a sequel. Everyone owes it to themselves to try to watch that and lose SAN, at least once! But not while at work. Oh my loving god, not while at work.
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Aug 7, 2016 03:35
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As a warning: The Seven Balls is pornography
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Aug 7, 2016 04:10
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I had a friend who continually tried to claim that Seven Balls was the origin of Sailor Moon.  Needless to say we aren't friends anymore.
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My worst Sailor Moon fan story goes like this, I used to be a pro wrestler-in-training back when I was about 20 years old, and I had to drive 12 hours with a bunch of super manly men all steroided up on testosterone to a few shows up north near Fort St. John in BC, Canada and brought the CD sleeves I had in my car to listen to on my Discman. I forgot that I put all the old Sailor Moon Drama CDs and the English Sailor Moon soundtrack CD from Rhino in it. When someone wanted to borrow a disc from me, they found them, and proceeded to torture me for the remaining 7+ hours by forcing me to wear a pink tutu and high heels (don't ask where they came from... that's another story altogether) and made me karaoke the songs until my voice gave out. Suffice it to say... I suffered for Sailor Moon that day...
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Here's a fan story that totally for real happened Does evil exist? The university professor challenged his students with this question. Did Neo Queen Serenity create everything that exists? A student bravely replied, "Yes, she did!" "Neo Queen Serenity created everything?" The professor asked. "Yes sir", the student replied. The professor answered, "If Neo Queen Serenity created everything, then Neo Queen Serenity created evil since evil exists, and according to the principle that our works define who we are then Neo Queen Serenity is evil". The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Silver Millennium was a myth. Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a question professor?" "Of course", replied the professor. The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?" "What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's question. The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-460 degrees F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat." The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?" The professor responded, "Of course it does." The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present." Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have already said. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man's inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil." To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of Queen Serenity. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of Neo Queen Serenity. Neo Queen Serenity did not create evil. Evil is not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have Neo Queen Serenity's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light." The professor sat down. The young man's name? King Endymion, the ultimate Sailor Moon fan
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Dariusknight posted:My worst Sailor Moon fan story goes like this, I used to be a pro wrestler-in-training back when I was about 20 years old, and I had to drive 12 hours with a bunch of super manly men all steroided up on testosterone to a few shows up north near Fort St. John in BC, Canada and brought the CD sleeves I had in my car to listen to on my Discman. I forgot that I put all the old Sailor Moon Drama CDs and the English Sailor Moon soundtrack CD from Rhino in it. When someone wanted to borrow a disc from me, they found them, and proceeded to torture me for the remaining 7+ hours by forcing me to wear a pink tutu and high heels (don't ask where they came from... that's another story altogether) and made me karaoke the songs until my voice gave out. The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Games > Let's Play! > Sailor Moon: Another Story - I suffered for Sailor Moon that day...
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Dariusknight posted:My worst Sailor Moon fan story goes like this, I used to be a pro wrestler-in-training back when I was about 20 years old, and I had to drive 12 hours with a bunch of super manly men all steroided up on testosterone to a few shows up north near Fort St. John in BC, Canada and brought the CD sleeves I had in my car to listen to on my Discman. I forgot that I put all the old Sailor Moon Drama CDs and the English Sailor Moon soundtrack CD from Rhino in it. When someone wanted to borrow a disc from me, they found them, and proceeded to torture me for the remaining 7+ hours by forcing me to wear a pink tutu and high heels (don't ask where they came from... that's another story altogether) and made me karaoke the songs until my voice gave out. You, sir, have lived a very interesting life and I am impressed.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:You, sir, have lived a very interesting life and I am impressed. There's an ancient Chinese curse that applies to my life, "May you live in interesting times." My life has been interesting yes... it's not exactly a GOOD thing though.
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Dariusknight posted:My worst Sailor Moon fan story goes like this, I used to be a pro wrestler-in-training back when I was about 20 years old, and I had to drive 12 hours with a bunch of super manly men all steroided up on testosterone to a few shows up north near Fort St. John in BC, Canada and brought the CD sleeves I had in my car to listen to on my Discman. I forgot that I put all the old Sailor Moon Drama CDs and the English Sailor Moon soundtrack CD from Rhino in it. When someone wanted to borrow a disc from me, they found them, and proceeded to torture me for the remaining 7+ hours by forcing me to wear a pink tutu and high heels (don't ask where they came from... that's another story altogether) and made me karaoke the songs until my voice gave out.  This post... Wow.
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Tbh all that comes to mind when I think of bad sailor Moon fanfic is the insane amount of nms porn people seem to crank out for this series. Though I always get a chuckle out of the sailor Moon x dbz crazies.
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Nomadic Scholar posted:Tbh all that comes to mind when I think of bad sailor Moon fanfic is the insane amount of nms porn people seem to crank out for this series. Though I always get a chuckle out of the sailor Moon x dbz crazies. Bad porn fanfic is some of the most hilarious poo poo on earth sometimes, especially when the descriptions were silly. There was another fanfic I MSTed that was Venus/ Mars fic that used the phrase "perfectly rounded thighs" at least fifty times. To this day, I will sometimes just remember that phrase and chuckle.
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Nomadic Scholar posted:Tbh all that comes to mind when I think of bad sailor Moon fanfic is the insane amount of nms porn people seem to crank out for this series. Though I always get a chuckle out of the sailor Moon x dbz crazies. Agreed on this. Nothing says "I hate these characters and want them to suffer" like the multitudes of 'Rape (either by monster or old gross men)', 'Mind Control/Mind Break' or 'Transformed into a monster' doujin works that exist out there. I can still faintly see the image of Mako having been turned into a loving pig-monster. 
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RMZXAnarchy posted:Agreed on this. Nothing says "I hate these characters and want them to suffer" like the multitudes of 'Rape (either by monster or old gross men)', 'Mind Control/Mind Break' or 'Transformed into a monster' doujin works that exist out there. I can still faintly see the image of Mako having been turned into a loving pig-monster. There was a period of time where I would look up weird porn to see how far down the rabbit hole went, and I found out that was part of a series with each of the sailor scouts. This one was in a format of 1 pic to a page of words describing what led to the picture. I really wish I could unsee a lot of what I've come across for a chuckle.
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For me Dr. Thinker will always be the quintessential Sailor Moon fanfic writer. May the phrase "out pooped sailor mercury" never be forgotten.
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I have heard of the Oscar stories, but never read them, thank goodness.  I don't really have any bad Sailor Moon stories, but I did make my own OC do not steal Sailor Senshi when I was 13. I had tons of Sailor Moon cards I got from the local Sanrio store (aka bootleg VHS/toy central), so I was able to emulate the art style and costumes. Before I knew there were outer senshi, I called her Sailor Saturn. Once I found out Sailor Saturn exists, I changed the name to one of Saturn's moons instead. After a couple of years, I decided that I really liked the character, so I disconnected her from Sailor Moon and made up an original story universe for her.  A friend of mine was way more influenced by Sailor Moon growing up, so she actually threw a "ten years of Fandom" party with a Sailor Moon ice cream cake from DQ and we watched some of our old favorite episodes on DVD. That was really fun. I think that party was nearly ten years ago. I guess time for another party soon!
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Seyser Koze posted:For me Dr. Thinker will always be the quintessential Sailor Moon fanfic writer. Gyra famous on Amy. The best part about Dr. Thinker is that he's actually the exact opposite of awful fandom. Yeah, he's pretty blatantly not a native english speaker, but he's also an astoundingly good sport when it comes to critique and mocking of his work. Hell, he might actually be doing the bad grammar on purpose later on down the line.
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Unfortunately my genuine best worst fan story is that this translation patch exists.
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Oh gods, this just came back to me. I read a fanfic one time, it had Sailor Moon in it, but, it was a huge "seemingly every anime on Toonami at the time, except DBZ" crossover. It had a number of the pilots from Gundam Wing and some of the Sailor Scouts end up at the Masaki shrine from Tenchi Muyo. At some point, Serena and Heero Yui ended up as a couple, and she turned into a nigh-emotionless monotone assassin type like he was. I swear, at some point she pulled a gun on Mars or Kiyone or somebody. I think the one thing it somehow didn't have was a self-insert character.
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Hey all, I just got back from GenCon and found a lot of Sailor Senshi cosplay, since it's relative to the thread I figured I'd make an album of it somewhere to share. I tried to get shots of all them all but sadly the singular Mars and Uranus cosplayers I had been told were wandering around eluded me. No one knew of any Neptune at the con that day, however I heard one was there on Friday. I also, of course, got shots of many many other cosplays, since there were many amazing ones there, about 150 pictures in all, but that doesn't belong here. If y'all are interested in seeing them I'll get an album together tomorrow, on Imgur or something probably, once I settle in. Let me know. Gigify fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Aug 7, 2016 |
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I know a terrible Sailor Moon fanfic that will probably be stuck in my head forever because I actually read it when I was fairly young. In it, Prince Diamond uses his mind control to rape Serena who then runs off to the U.S. To have the resulting child. Thinking back on it now I didn't even think of the creep factor of Diamond being a grown-rear end man and Serena still being in middle school. The internet has ruined me.
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The early fandom cringe stuff I would have posted has already been mentioned, so I don't really have anything new to add to bad fan stories. Most of my interactions have been pretty positive. On the other hand the latest Moon Animate Make-Up is out and it's great, except for a few of the weird parts (like the two or three panty shots). This time it's a Japanese audio track and not a DiC dub which kind of makes it less funny but there's still a bunch of good bits in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1kBZTBxE1c
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I was kinda meh on the first one and this one was more of the same. Some of the shots are truly awful looking (especially that one right in the middle of Usagi's transformation) plus for a thing all about redrawing shots in their own styles there was a surprising amount of scenes drawn like they're in a different series. At the same time however it's obvious a lot of effort went into making it so uhh good? They should've stuck with DiC dub though honestly.
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Aug 8, 2016 02:33
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Sailor Moon and Gundam Wing wound up a popular crossover topic. I remember it had its own topic on fanfiction.net before the crossover section was a thing
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Fang Blade Havoc posted:It's me, I'm the horrible fan story Rabbi Raccoon posted:Here's a fan story that totally for real happened Instant Sunrise posted:Nangbaby/"We Want Serena?" I think she's still around. I know she went off on this huge rant when Viz started dubbing the series about how the new dub was erasing her childhood and that she knows Sailor Moon better than Naoko Takeuchi and such. You three need to pick a Scout for me who doesn't have "Moon" in their name, thanks muchly
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Oh hell, I remember Oscar and Dr. Thinker and now remembering OTHER bad fanfic has reminded me that Gonterman existed. I need brain bleach.
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Aug 8, 2016 09:30
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Let's give Pluto a chance to stretch her legs
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Aug 8, 2016 12:49
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Let's give the best girl, Venus, a chance for the spotlight.
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