Tokyo Game Show has recently taken place; the major Japanese video game companies were showing their upcoming releases. If there was a Sailor Moon game coming out for Wii and produced by Namco/Bandai, it would have been on the Namco/Bandai list of upcoming games at the show. To our knowledge, it it is absent.
While we have reported whatever information we've been given about about a possible Wii game coming out, right now all we have to go on is what Yes Asia has said, which is not a lot of evidence for its existence. Although anything is possible, if this rumor were try we would have expected the game to at least be mentioned as an upcoming release by the purported publisher.
In other news, Geneon appears to be exiting the American anime scene. Last month they announced a deal whereby ADV would take over distrobution, now that deal has been cancelled. Geneon is letting go of most of its staff and is becoming an effective non-entity in the US anime market. While this is sad news for the anime industry, and while Geneon released the Sailor Moon films, Sailor Moon S, and Sailor Moon SS seasons on DVD several years back, we feel their absence is largely irrelevant to the potential for Sailor Moon's relerease in the US. Recent indications from Toei are that they're gung-ho on doing things themselves (and via broadband).
Regardless, this is a sad day for the US anime industry; one of its longtime stalwarts is departing. We wish Geneon's staff the best of luck in finding new positions.
Last, Sailor Moon Channel has updated with Act 6 of their animated "Prism Channel " Manga.
I'm amazed by the efforts that Sailor Moon fans have made to get out the vote for the poll. Sailor Moon rose above all comers, getting two out of every three votes cast! The final results show Sailor Moon with 2535 votes out of 3979 cast, well ahead of second place winner "Digimon." If you voted in the poll, and/or told friends etc. to vote too, great job!
I hope that through this survey, Toei and other anime companies can get an idea of how strong the love for Sailor Moon is among English-speaking anime fans, and that we can see Sailor Moon's return to these (and other) shores in the near future.
Update: 8/16 - 5:30pm EST - ANN bumped the poll back to the homepage twenty minutes ago.
Have you voted in the official Toei poll on which series Toei should make available for subtitled download? Sailor Moon is on there. Don't miss this opportunity!
Sailor Moon already has a huge lead thanks to the efforts of fans like yourself, with over 60% of voters checking the series. I'm awed by the efforts the Sailor Moon fan community has made to get out the vote. Great job!
The poll probably isn't going to last for much longer. Soon it'll be off the ANN front page, so Sailor Moon has an even better chance to blow the competition away. Keep asking other fans to vote in the poll if they haven't already. Toei is the poll's sponsor and are checking to see what market there is for their video-on-demand service, so this is the best chance to make sure Toei's staff knows how much Sailor Moon is loved outside Japan.
Also, Sailor Moon Channel has updated. The fifth act of their animated version of the Sailor Moon manga, "Prism Channel," is ready.
So go vote! Tell every forum, newsgroup, friend, family member, etc., to check "Sailor Moon" on that poll. Watch the results here.
There are a number of questions left unanswered, such as whether it'd be a completely new translation. What's most important right now, though, is that fans make their voices heard.
From September 1st, "Toei Animation's BB Premium 'All You Can Watch' Pack" will begin, allowing viewers on Plala Network's set-top-box video service for FLETs customers, "4th Media," to watch Toei's animation programming via a monthly subscription service [rather then pay for episodes individually].*
*The video service they speak of, 4th Media, is a television service that sends the signal via broadband and hooks up to a set top box. FLETS is a broadband provider.
The Toei Animation BB Premium 'All You Can Watch' Pack has some 15 titles and over 1,000 episodes in a monthly package, including "Fist of the North Star," "Ge ge ge no Kitaro," and "Sailor Moon." Each month, 2 titles and roughly 100 episodes will be rotated in.
The package is available for those subscribing to the regular and lite plans. The monthly cost is 1,554 yen [$13.10], with no application fees.
June News Update Written By: Jay 2007-06-16 23:39:16 Slowing sales have hit Toei animation's profit margins according to Variety.
May News Update Written By: Jay 2007-05-22 19:00:00 In the recent week there's been a bit of a stir caused by an ANN news story; it seems Amazon was selling a bootleg DVD set of Sailor Stars as official. They've since removed the offending item. Read More About May News Update...
When contacted about the item in question, YesAsia has twice responded that the item is indeed shipping, per information received from "their supplier." One response you can see here at our forums, another one was given to sailordees at Moon Chase. At the very least, then, the listing is not a mistake in YesAsia's product directory, and they do believe such a game is going to be released this year.
Tokyo Game Show has recently taken place; the major Japanese video game companies were showing their upcoming releases. If there was a Sailor Moon game coming out for Wii and produced by Namco/Bandai, it would have been on the Namco/Bandai list of upcoming games at the show. To our knowledge, it it is absent.
In other news, 
I'm amazed by the efforts that Sailor Moon fans have made to get out the vote for the poll. Sailor Moon rose above all comers, getting two out of every three votes cast! The