the AFSM microFAQ 07-01-06
Robert Maxwell
alt.fan.sailor-moon micro FAQ
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Revision 6.49 June 04, 2005
A hyper-linked version is available at:
http://www.anime-faqs.org/usenet/sailormoon/afsm.htm
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Another round of:
DVD/Video updates (Section 09)
Links updated, finally. (Section 06)
New Live Action Sailor Moon Information (Section 05-A)
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Contents
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01-- About the micro FAQ
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01-A Basic Info
01-B History of the micro FAQ
02-- Introduction to alt.fan.sailor-moon
03-- General newsgroup Etiquette
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03-A Binaries
03-B Typing in all Caps
03-C Replying to posts
03-D Spam, Trolls and misdirected posts
03-E Test Posts
03-F Brackets,[]
04-- Posting Guidelines for alt.fan.sailor-moon
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04-A Posting to AFSM
04-B Language and Subject Matter
04-C X-rated or Hentai Sailor Moon
04-D Spoiler info
04-E Requesting info
04-F Trolls
04-G Indicators used on AFSM
05-- Frequently Asked Questions
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05-A New Live Action Sailor Moon Series
05-B [OW!] Otaku Wars! - What was it?
05-C Moonie Code - What is it, and how do I configure it?
05-D #AFSM - What is it, and how do I join?
05-E Arty Pin Update
06-- Related Web Sites
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06-A Sailor Moon Information
06-B Sailor Moon Merchandise
06-C Sailor Moon Music
06-D Sailor Moon Manga
06-E Sailor Moon Multimedia
06-F Sailor Moon Images
06-G Sailor Moon Fan Fiction
06-H Finding Sailor Moon Sites
06-I Sailor Moon on TV
06-J AFSM Related
07-- Related newsgroups
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07-A Discussion
07-B Binaries
07-C Adults Only
08-- Fansubs/Fandubs
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08-A About Subs and Dubs
08-B Where to get SM Subs and Dubs
09-- Sailor Moon Videos and DVDs
10-- Acronyms, Slang, Emoticons, et cetra
11-- Acknowledgements
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01-- About the micro FAQ
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01-A Basic Info ------------------------------------------------------
The Micro FAQ is posted monthly to alt.fan.sailor-moon on the 1st of the
month, and can be found on the web at:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/afsm
The purpose of the micro FAQ, or uFAQ, is to lead new arrivals to the group
into the right direction and provide the regulars with a small, handy
resource of information about Sailor Moon and the group itself.
An update detailing changes and new information is posted to the group just
before the weekly posting of the uFAQ, in a separate thread, to keep those
who have read the uFAQ up to date.
It is important to note that the uFAQ is not intended to answer ALL
questions, just the most common ones. For more information about Sailor
Moon, try the FAQs and sites listed in section 06-A.
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Please mention the uFAQ to anyone who might need it.
Suggestions and corrections for the uFAQ are always welcomed.
01-B History of the micro FAQ ----------------------------------------
The uFAQ was created in February 1997 by Rick Sammartino in an effort to
provide posting guidelines for the group as well as answer the many
questions specifically about alt.fan.sailor-moon which were all beyond the
scope of Ken Arromdee's huge Sailor Moon FAQ.
02-17-97 - Rick first posted the uFAQ to the group.
06-18-97 - The uFAQ became available as a website hosted by Henry D. Archut
(Racso) with Rick's approval.
12-09-98 - Rick asked Racso if he could take over the uFAQ as he no longer
had the time to give it the care it needed.
01-01-99 - Revision 2.0. Not many changes, Racso gave a little of his own
flavor to the uFAQ.
06-25-99 - Revision 3.0. Most of the uFAQ is re-written.
05-25-00 - I, Robert Maxwell, take over the uFAQ with Rick's consent, and
Racso's belated approval.
07-28-00 - Revision 4.0. The uFAQ is posted to AFSM for the last time and is
replaced by the AFSM FAQ and the Sailor Moon Reference Guide.
08-18-00 - Posted as AFSM FAQ for the first time after 5 revisions.
01-07-01 - Renamed to [AFSM] New User's Guide. Updated copyrights (English
and Kanji). Added "Welcome to Sailor Moon" link.
12-07-01 - New User’s Guide, Welcome to Sailor Moon, the Sailor Moon
Internet Guide, and the Sailor Moon Video Guide are merged back together and
restored as Revision 6.0 of the micro FAQ.
01-27-02 - Long overdue website links update started. a.b.p.s-m and two
other sites remain unknown. All others updated or deleted.
02-25-04 - Another overdue link update and, yes, I forgot to note various
lesser updates like PGSM, down here, so, it hasn't been two years since the
last update. ^^;;
03-13-04 - DVD and Video section updated, finally.
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02-- Introduction to alt.fan.sailor-moon
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Welcome to Alt.Fan.Sailor-Moon.
This newsgroup was created by Ken Arromdee on July 25, 1995. Here is Ken's
Control Message which created the group:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/afsm/cmsg_newgroup.htm
Within this group we discuss pretty much anything to do with the Japanese
anime Sailor Moon. This includes the original Japanese series, the North
American adaptation, the live action version, the musical theatrical
versions (sera myu), the manga (comics), fanfics, conventions, and so on.
New people are always welcome, so please come in and make yourself at home.
AFSM can be one of the more active newsgroups, so if you want to keep up
with us, you'd better check back often. ^_^
If you are new here, keep in mind that you do not have to jump right in. It
is actually good practice with any newsgroup to simply lurk for a while in
order to get the feel of it, rather than just barging in. With any newsgroup
that you are new to, simply reading several posts will give you a pretty
good idea of how things go there.
When you feel comfortable, and you would like to make your presence known to
the group, then feel free to make an introduction post. It is up to you, you
can post a simple "Hi, I'm new", or you can post a full fledge intro telling
us a little about yourself and perhaps a bit about how you became interested
in Sailor Moon. We are always happy to know when new people arrive in the
group.
Although AFSM is not moderated, we as a whole ask that new arrivals please
follow the posting guidelines contained within this FAQ.
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03-- General newsgroup Etiquette
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The guidelines in this section are common in most discussion groups.
For primers and beginner information about Usenet, try the Usenet Info
Center Launch Pad: http://metalab.unc.edu/usenet-i/
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03-A Binaries --------------------------------------------------------
This is a 'discussion group', only text based posts are allowed. This means
no pictures, programs, word processing documents or HTML. There are many
reasons for this, but 2 main ones. First, Internet providers don't need to
provide a lot of space for discussion groups since they are intended to be
text based. If large binary files start appearing then there will be less
space available for the discussions, which tend to expire much sooner.
Second, some people's newsreaders either download the whole group at once or
their readers simply won't handle binaries. Either way, it is a great
inconvenience to them.
This does not mean that we do not want to see your pictures, we just prefer
that you not post them to AFSM. Instead, either post them to a binaries
group, or place them into your own web space and post a message to AFSM
telling us where they are.
Related binaries groups:
alt.binaries.pictures.sailor-moon
FAQ: http://members.fortunecity.com/abpsm/faq.html
(Anime, Manga, and Fanart)
alt.binaries.multimedia.sailor-moon
FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/abmsm-faq.htm
(Audio and Video Clips)
03-B Typing in all Caps ----------------------------------------------
Typing in lower case is much more pleasant and easier to read. If you type
everything in upper case, people will think that you are yelling at them.
This applies to the Subject Line, also.
03-C Replying to posts -----------------------------------------------
When replying to a post, you should quote the parts that you are referring
to so that people know what you're talking about.
Don't quote a big post and add only a line or two of your own. Edit the
quote to remove un-needed parts, but indicate that you did it. A common way
to do this is simply to put <snipped> where the text was, although the
signature of the quoted should _not_ be snipped or otherwise altered.
Replying to a post by simply saying "Me too" doesn't add anything to the
discussion. If the reason was to be added to a list, it's better to contact
the person directly by email.
Don't make it look like someone said something that they didn't, or that
someone else wrote what you're referring to.
If there are replies, read them before posting your own, as what you want to
say or ask may have already been done by someone else earlier.
If you are replying to a cross posted message, remove the groups that are
not necessary to your reply, if possible.
03-D Spam, Trolls, and misdirected posts ------------------------------
Spam:
Spam is usually an ad of some kind for something that has nothing to do with
the group it is posted in.
Troll:
A troll is someone posting a message solely for the purpose of starting an
argument. They often cross post messages to groups that have nothing to do
with each other just to start a flame war between them. You have no idea how
easily it is done. It would be far more difficult for them if everyone would
ignore such posts.
Misdirected Posts:
These are sent by people, for example, who want to talk about sailboats.
It is in our best interest not to reply to such posts, this way they will
disappear from our group faster. Replying to Trolls only encourages them to
post more. No matter how funny you think your reply might be, please just
let it go.
As SuperSteve said when he left the group...
"'abuse@server' is the ultimate answer to trolls, not replying."
03-E Test Posts -----------------------------------------------------
If you need to test your newsreader or server, please use a test group
rather than AFSM: alt.test
03-F Brackets, [ ] ---------------------------------------------------
Many posts use text within brackets to identify special kinds of posts. This
helps people find certain posts, as well as ignore others. There are
examples of these below in section 04-G.
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04-- Posting Guidelines for alt.fan.sailor-moon
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04-A Posting to AFSM -------------------------------------------------
All posts in this group should be Sailor Moon related in some way. If a
thread drifts away from the topic of 'Sailor Moon', it should then be marked
[OT]. This lets people know that the post is about something other than
Sailor Moon. Many people use the [OT] indicator to filter out off-topic
posts, so please only use [OT] and not things like: [Sorta-OT], [99% OT],
[OTish], otherwise their newsreaders will not filter them out.
Try to refrain from cross-posting. If you reply to a message that was
cross-posted, remove the groups that are not necessary.
04-B Language and Subject Matter -------------------------------------
There are a lot of younger readers in this group. Although it is not
moderated, please try to remain civilized. If you write something with
strong language, or with sexual insinuations, please mark the subject with a
rating: [PG-13], [R].
04-C X-rated or Hentai Sailor Moon -----------------------------------
There are fan made X-rated images of Sailor Moon on the Web. This group
neither condones nor opposes it. Please don't discuss this subject here. For
such discussion, try either of these:
alt.hentai.sailor-moon
alt.binaries.hentai.sailor-moon
alt.sex.fetish.sailor-moon
04-D Spoiler info ----------------------------------------------------
If asking about, or referring to, any episode or manga where you might give
away some of the story, you *MUST* place this, [Spoilers] in the header
along with your topic. DO NOT put spoiler information in your topic. It is
also helpful to put:
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
S
P
A
C
E
before your spoiler information. The whole point to this is, so that people
who don't want to know what happens in the story, before they get a chance
to see it, don't. Remember, people are becoming fans of Sailor Moon every
day, so please give them a chance to see it unspoiled.
Spoilers include all major plot points and season endings. Generally, if
it's a major event, then it's a spoiler. If it's something that you saw or
heard about, as it pertains to the story, that made you SO excited that you
couldn't wait to talk about it, then it's probably a spoiler.
04-E Requesting info ------------------------------------------------
There is a good chance that whatever you have to ask about has already been
asked countless times before on this group.
There are places where you can find info a lot faster than asking on AFSM,
here are a few:
General Info about Sailor Moon:
The Sailor Moon FAQ:
http://www.rahul.net/arromdee/
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/smfaq.htm
The Sailor Moon Miscellany FAQ:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/afsm/sm-misc-faq.htm
Hitoshi Doi's Sailor Moon Encyclopedia:
http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/smoon.html
Finding Web Sites:
Karl's Unnecessarily Long Sailor Moon Link List:
http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/knzarysk/smlinks.html
Google - Search the web:
http://www.google.com/index.html
Try searching Usenet for answers to your other questions:
Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/
The purpose of providing you with these other options is to make you aware
of faster ways to find the info you need as it can take time for someone to
answer you on AFSM.
When you do post a request on AFSM, remember to be polite and do not use
caps. Never demand an answer. The nicer you are, the more likely people will
try to help you out.
04-F Trolls ------------------------------------------------------------
It can not be stressed enough: Do not reply to trolls.
04-G Indicators used on AFSM -------------------------------------------
When writing an identifier or indicator, please remember to use brackets and
not parentheses or anything else. Doing so will help the people who filter
certain kinds of posts.
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[AFSM]
Use this when your post is about the people in the group itself.
[eBay], [FA]
For sale on eBay or another auction website.
[Fanfic]
This identifies that this post is a story based on Sailor Moon, written by a
fan.
[FSC]
"Future Sailor Cabinet". A long running, original Sailor Moon parody:
http://westwood.fortunecity.com/hermes/490/fsc/
[FS], [FT], [FS/T], [WTT]
For sale and/or trade.
[MSOC]
Mad Scientist Otaku Cabal.
[News]
If you see new information (not rumor) about Sailor Moon.
Please check to see if your news has been posted earlier, before you post
it.
[OW!]
Otaku Wars! For more info, see section 05-B below.
[OT]
off-topic. Anything you post that is not about Sailor Moon or AFSM should be
marked with this indicator.
**Please remember that posts are either on-topic or off-topic, not in
between, not almost, not 99% this way or that way. Your post is either one
way or the other, so please do not use things like: [Sorta-OT], [99% OT],
[OTish], etc. This is asked because many people use [OT] to filter out
off-topic posts, if you use anything other than [OT], the filters won't
catch it.
[PG-13], [R]
Shows that the content of the post isn't for younger readers.
[PGSM]
The live action version of Sailor Moon.
[POLL]
A poll obviously. This is to gather the preferences and opinions of those on
the newsgroup. It's also a great way to generate more discussion. All are
welcome to respond.
[PSA]
Public service announcement.
[RANT]
A (usually very long) essay-like post or complaint.
[Update]
the twice-monthly FAQ update information posting.
[WWW]
Web page announcements, URL updates etc.
[WTB]
Wanted to buy. Request for information.
[make your own]
If you don't see an identifier that suits you, make up your own. Keep it as
short as possible and be sure to use brackets: [ ].
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05-- Frequently Asked Questions
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05-A New Live Action Sailor Moon Series ----------------
On October 4th, 2003, a new live action season of Sailor Moon began in
Japan. The story started from the beginning with Queen Beryl and the Dark
Kingdom and at first more closely follows the manga rather than the anime.
The season was 50 Acts (episodes) long, which is common with live action
sentai (Power Rangers-type) shows, plus both a sequel DVD-only Special Act
and a prequel Act Zero starring Sailor V. As far as it coming to the English
world, a show starring a bunch of real, teen-aged Japanese girls is not
likely to make it to television but, might be released as subtitled-only
DVDs, although no one has announced this.
The series has already been encoded as raw Japanese, as a parody fansub, and
a straight fansub. The encodes are available from various sources.
A current list of download options are at:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/PGSM/.
The latest translated PGSM news releases in the archives of:
http://www.genvid.com/
PGSM Cast Information:
http://www.genvid.com/PGSM/cast/
PGSM Episodes in Screen cap Format:
http://www.genvid.com/serecindra/
Lastly, the new Official "Engrish" translation of "Bishoujo Senshi
Sailormoon" [BSSM] is Pretty Guardian Sailormoon [PGSM].
05-B [OW!] Otaku Wars! What was it? ----------------
Essentially, the OtakuWars! was the ultimate, on going parody of the many
arguments between Sailor Moon fans over which of the Sailor Senshi is truly
the best. Each character within the Otaku Wars was loosely based on his or
her author. The Otaku Warriors are banded together in factions like
'Amichanians' and 'Minakochanians'. The factions fight each other in
humorous and often illogical ways to be the victorious faction and to prove
that their Senshi is the best.
Of course things are not always so simple, as individuals within these
factions are often plotting with their own agendas in mind. Also there comes
unexpected alliances and almost always some kind of outside threat that the
warring Otaku must deal with. After reading a few OW! posts you might find
yourself hooked on the always developing story and crazy Monty Python like
humor.
It all started back on January 26, 1997 when Jet Wolf, a fan of Hino Rei,
stated that she was "secretly plotting to topple the Empire of Ami Fans."
Belial, who just so happened to be an Ami fan, mocked Jet Wolf's statement.
It was basically started out as your typical "Who is the best Sailor Senshi"
argument, until a Minakochanian Warship fired a video tape into the ground
between Belial and Jet Wolf. Thus began the wars.
Peace was declared on the private Otaku Wars! mailing list in August of
2003, resulting in mass retirement of characters. A few characters have
refused to fade away and the [O2] disturbances have been recently occurring.
Below are links to the OW! FAQ and a Writer's Guide:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/otakuwars/wg/owfaq.txt
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/otakuwars/wg/
More related pages are listed below in section 06-G.
There are two other fan-fiction groups that occasionally post to
alt.fan.sailor-moon:
Mad Otaku Scientist Cabal [MSOC] is a semi-role-playing /
semi-goofing-off-together group with a shared interest in not just mad
science and mad scientists but learning and intellectual pursuits in
general. Role-playing sessions, when they are held, consist of more-or-less
spontaneous plotlines played out using a combination of our own characters
and mad scientists borrowed from various anime. (Our staff includes such
noted minds as Tomoe Souichi and Habuki Washuu, among others.)
When not engaged in role-playing, the MSOC communicate primarily via an
email mailing list and the IRC channel.
For more information on MSOC, please go to their website:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~tsouichi/
Neo Future Sailor Cabinet is a parody fan-fiction based loosely on the
Sailor Moon anime, created by Takeuchi Naoko. It started its run in October
1999 on the newsgroup, and it's still going strong with three major stories
and another in progress as of this writing. Approximately four authors have
written stories so far. They are continually posted to the newsgroup upon
completion.
For more information on NeoFSC, please go to their website:
http://westwood.fortunecity.com/hermes/490/neofsc/
05-C Moonie Code - What is it, and how do I use it or decode it? -------
Created by Tolaris, the Moonie Code is a way of describing your personal
feelings towards the series to others. Many posters have it included in
their sig, but it is not required to have one in order to post. The code
looks similar to this...
MoonieCode(1.12.05)
SM:4+[5]m+F:sMe[++]Sa>[+]:vPp[+]Ir[+]:aNa[++]Di[+]:pS[+]Gx
X:*****[*]:a4r|58s|161d:m13r|27s
P:a36:s511:w138:f[+]:eBr:hBrm:t[-]:cWh:bO-:*Sg:y31%:r+|+
How to make one in English:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/7933/mooniecode.txt
How to make one in German:
http://www-pi.informatik.uni-siegen.de/zoeller/sailormoon/code.htm
The new Senshi Codes:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/senshi-codes.htm
05-D #AFSM - What is it, and how do I join? --------------------------
#AFSM is the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel for members of
alt.fan.sailor-moon, available on Esper.Net
If you already have IRC client software, enter #AFSM in the join channel
form, as it will not be on the channel list, until you have joined #AFSM. If
you don't have an IRC client, you can download one from these web sites:
For Windows (non-AOL) users:
http://www.mirc.com/
AOL users:
http://www.sandnet.net/aol.htm
Mac users:
http://www.ircle.com/
Primary IRC servers:
+ chocobo.esper.net + Sacramento, CA, USA Ports 5555, 6666, 6667, 6668,
6669, 7000
+ cosmos.esper.net + San Diego, USA Ports 5555, 6666, 6667, 6668, 6669, 7000
+ dream.esper.net + Austin, TX, USA Ports 5555, 6667, 6668, 6669
+ neskaya.esper.net + Seattle, USA Ports 5555, 6667, 7000
European Union:
+ damocles.esper.net + Helsinki, Finland Ports 5555, 6660, 6661, 6662, 6663,
6664, 6665, 6666, 6667, 6668, 6669, 6670, 7000
+ excalibur.esper.net + Belfast, NI, UK Ports 5555, 6666, 6667, 6668, 6669,
7000, 8000
Australia:
+ bean.esper.net + Perth, WA, AU Ports 5555, 6667
Related websites for #AFSM:
#AFSM FAQ:
http://www.buckeyeweb.com/laurenmichelle/AFSM/AFSM/AFSM-IRC-FAQ.txt
YahooGroup Email Newsletter for #AFSM:
http://www.egroups.com/group/AFSM-IRC
Please note that you can't join the eGroup until you have been to the IRC
channel and talked for awhile.
Step by Step instructions for mIRC on how to join #AFSM:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/join.htm
Uses images to aid joining the secret channel.
05-E Arty Pin Update -------------------------------------------------
The AFSM Pin, Second Edition, is now available at:
http://www.erols.com/ericoxf
You can see the Arty Pin at:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/arty-pin.jpg
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Images of the original Luna Pin:
Photograph of the Luna Pin to scale:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/lunapin.jpg
Design Proof (Drawing) of the Luna Pin:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/lunapinproof.htm
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06-- Related Websites
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06-A Sailor Moon Info
06-B SM Merchandise
06-C SM Music
06-D SM Manga
06-E SM Multimedia
06-F SM Images
06-G SM Fan Fiction
06-H Finding SM websites
06-I Sailor Moon on TV
06-J English Scripts
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06-A Sailor Moon Information -----------------------------------------
The Sailor Moon FAQ:
http://www.rahul.net/arromdee/
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/smfaq.htm
The Sailor Moon Miscellany FAQ:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/afsm/sm-misc-faq.htm
A nifty FAQ by Edward Chang.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Online Encyclopedia:
http://www.tcp.com/doi/smoon/smoon.html
Hitoshi Doi's informative Sailor Moon Site.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Official Home:
http://sailormoon.channel.or.jp/
Takeuchi Naoko' Official Website for all versions of Sailormoon sponsored by
Bandai. (Japanese Only.)
Sailor Moon Uncensored:
http://www.smuncensored.com/
A comparison of the dub edits and the original episodes.
Warriors of Legend:
http://www.warriorsoflegend.com/
A book about Sailor Moon and life in Japan and understanding its culture.
Save Our Sailor (SOS) Campaign Headquarters:
http://www.iwaynet.net/~sos/sos.html
Contains some useful information.
SOS Toronto:
http://sailormoontoronto.tripod.com/
An informative site.
YesterdayLand's Sailor Moon Pages:
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/saturday/sa1570.php
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Another Story RPG:
http://www.fantasyanime.com/animerpgs/pssm.htm
An excellent guide to the classic SM Video game with links to the game and
SNES Emulators.
06-B Sailor Moon Merchandise -----------------------------------------
The Selling of the Moon Princess:
http://www.kanegon.com/sailormoon.htm
A fan's guide to Japanese SM Toys
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/
You can buy Sailor Moon videos and books here.
Kodanclub.com:
http://www.kodanclub.com/
English website and store of the original publisher of Sailor Moon.
Tokyopop.com:
http://www.tokyopop.com/
Mixx's anime and J-Pop store.
06-C Sailor Moon Music -----------------------------------------------
Beej's Compleat Sailor Moon CD List:
http://www3.telus.net/public/tuxbeej/
All you ever wanted to know about Sailor Moon CDs!
Lyric Moon:
http://plaza.ufl.edu/cli/lyricmoon/
Lyrics in both Romaji (Japanese) and English.
Sailor Music Archive:
http://mp3.sailormusic.net/
By free snail mail subscription only.
the sailor moon episode center:
http://taryuu.com/smec/
Featuring "The Real SugaBayBee" by Rini's new voice actress.
06-D Sailor Moon Manga -----------------------------------------------
A new version of the original Japanese version is being released with a
larger size with more chapters per volume. Takeuchi Naoko has added new
covers and updated the art through the manga series with a little
revisionist history to make the story flow better and to keep the uniforms
more consistent with the anime.
Tokyopop.com:
http://www.tokyopop.com/
The website of Sailor Moon's English publisher. (Formerly Mixx.)
06-E Sailor Moon Multimedia -------------------------------------------
Usenet Newsgroup:
Alt.Binaries.Multimedia.Sailor-Moon
FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/abmsm-faq.htm
Haplo's Sailor Moon Clip of the Week:
http://www.haplo-anime.com
Video Clips, .mp3's, and more.
MarioKnight's Bishoujo Online:
http://mkbo.smuncensored.com/
All fansubbed episodes available for download (plus Laser Disc covers)
Aluminum Studios:
http://www.aluminumstudios.net/amv/
Anime music videos information.
RendeCo:
http://www.rendeco.com/
Sailor Moon Music Videos.
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The following come from alt.binaries.multimedia.sailor-moon
Episodes 1 - 19, 21-23, 34 & 35, 45 & 46, Sailor Moon R 1 & 2, all the
SuperS Specials, Ami no Hatsukoi (Ami's First Love):
http://www.shoujoanime.net/
Sailor Moon R Movie, Ami-Chan No Hatsukoi (Amy's First Love) ~ Special:
http://www.projectanime.com/sailormoon/sm-movie.htm
Chibi-moon vs. Godzilla, Gundam Wing, Jaws:
http://tcpo.imess.net/anime/
Clips of attacks, transformations, etc.:
http://www.senshiavi.com/
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Subway/5440/
Music Players:
Slayers, still tons of Sailormoon and Gundam Wing, Rayearth, Ranma 1/2 and
more!:
http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=kaseino
faster connections
http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=cheebs
slower connections.
Sailor Jupiter's Movie Archives:
http://www.Geocities.com/Tokyo/Garden/6846/movie.html
Solitaire for Windows - Sailor Moon Edition:
http://www.lupinencyclopedia.com/avrc/game/273.php
Other downloads:
http://www.venus.dti.ne.jp/~jbe00071/gmindex.htm
Two on-line games involving Sailor Saturn, similar to the "Bop-a-Mole"
arcade game:
http://sw.senshi.tripod.com
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Another Story RPG:
http://www.fantasyanime.com/animerpgs/pssm.htm
An excellent guide to the classic SM Video game with links to the game
06-F Sailor Moon Images ----------------------------------------------
Bianca's Sailor Moon Gallery:
http://www.mamoru.net/
A very nice image gallery.
Alpin's Sailor Moon Archive:
http://www.moonlightprincess.com/
Over 3000 images of the senshi.
Moonlight Dreams:
http://www.geocities.com/mlight_dreams/
Lady Silver Senshi's site has over 1000 images.
the sailor moon episode center:
http://taryuu.com/smec/
Wallpapers, Fan Art, and more stuff.
MediaMiner's Anime Fan Art:
http://www.mediaminer.org/fanart
A collection of Fan Art from many anime series.
From the members of alt.binaries.pictures.sailor-moon
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Princess Serena's Mega-Site:
http://www.emeralyte.com/
Galleries of all "Scouts" and three webring links.
Blue Angel Samui's Sailormoon Image Gallery:
http://www.angelicdream.com/smg/
Featuring Manga/Artbook Images and Holiday themes.
Sailor Moon Images:
http://www.anipike.com/smimage.html
Anime Turnpike's link page for many more websites.
06-G SM Fan Fiction --------------------------------------------------
The Heart of the Flames:
http://www.jetwolf.com/
Jet Wolf's handy work.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Orion:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ldbouyer/orion/
LeVar Bouyer's impressive, and well known undertaking.
A Sailor Moon Romance:
http://www.moonromance.net/
An archive of romantic SM fanfiction by various authors.
The Best Sailor Moon Fanfiction on the Net:
http://serenity.ottawa-anime.org/
Over 140 SM fanfics by more than 70 authors.
The SM Crossover Archives:
http://www.smcrossover.com/
An archive of fanfics with SM and other anime characters.
Fanfic.net:
http://www.fanfiction.net/
Over a thousand SM fanfics and many types of fanfics.
MediaMiner's Anime Fan Fiction:
http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic
A collection of Fan Fiction from many anime series.
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AFSM-related Fan Fiction:
net.Edo:
http://westwood.fortunecity.com/hermes/490/fsc/
Jason Howe's FSC Archive.
The Otaku Wars! FAQ by Mister K:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/otakuwars/wg/owfaq.txt
The Otaku Wars! Writer's Guide Archive:
http://www.angelfire.com/anime/otakuwars/wg/
Otaku Wars! Information Page:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Ring/4563/ow/ow.html
Jason Tucker's informative OW! site.
The Otaku Wars! Archive:
http://home.mindspring.com/~owarchive/index.html
Archive of the first 300 OW! posts maintained by the Happy Hindu.
06-H Finding SM Sites ------------------------------------------------
Karl's Unnecessarily Long Sailor Moon Link List:
http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/knzarysk/smlinks.html
If it is related to Sailor Moon, then you can find a link to it here.
Anime Web Turnpike:
http://www.anipike.com/
Tons of anime links separated into categories.
Anime Pitstop:
http://www.animepitstop.com/
An anime search engine.
The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever:
http://www.expage.com/SailorVenusGalaxy
See the worst (and the best) Sailor Moon sites. [Updates have stopped but,
still fun.]
06-I Sailor Moon on TV -----------------------------------------------
Other than the new live action version currently being re-shown on Japan's
TBS (see 05-A above), there is currently no Sailor Mon anime showing
nationally in Canada or the United States. Old DiC dubbed episodes may be
showing on local TV stations.
TV Guide Entertainment Network:
http://www.tvguide.com/
Use their search engine to find out if Sailor Moon is on near you.
06-J English Scripts -------------------------------------------------
Annapuma's Script Crypt:
http://www.gsoftnet.us/ScriptCrypt/sm.html
Translated Scripts for all 200 episodes and the movies.
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07-- Related News Groups
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07-A Discussion ----------------------------------------------------
alt.anime.shoujo:
For the discussion of any girl's anime and manga.
rec.arts.anime.misc:
FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/raam/welcome.htm
Sailor Moon is brought up occasionally here, but it is mostly shonen group.
07-B Binaries --------------------------------------------------------
alt.binaries.pictures.sailor-moon:
This is the place to post or request SM Pics.
FAQ: Original copy is missing in action.
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/abpsm-faq.htm
ncf.sigs.radio-tv.sailor-moon:
Rarely used sister Group to ABPS-M.
FAQ: Please refer to the alt.binaries.pictures.sailor-moon FAQ
alt.binaries.multimedia.sailor-moon:
For AVIs, MOVs, RMs, MP3s, etc.
(Be sure to read the FAQ before downloading.)
FAQ: http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/abmsm-faq.htm
alt.binaries.pictures.anime:
Another place for SM pics. If your server doesn't carry abps-m, it will
probably carry this one.
FAQ: http://anime-nl.net/abpafaq.html
alt.binaries.sounds.anime:
A place to post and request SM MP3s, RAs, and WAVs.
FAQ: http://anime-nl.net/absa
07-C Adults Only -----------------------------------------------------
alt.sex.fetish.sailor-moon:
FAQ: http://home.ctctel.com/jukelin/asfsm_faq.htm
A place for the discussion of the smuttier side of Sailor Moon fandom.
alt.hentai.sailor-moon:
FAQ: http://home.ctctel.com/jukelin/ahsmfaq1.html
This was created to get away from the Spam that plagues ASFSM. Most spammers
look for 'sex' but not 'hentai' for their target groups.
alt.binaries.hentai.sailor-moon:
FAQ: http://home.ctctel.com/jukelin/ABHSM_faq.htm
For the posting of sexually explicit Sailor Moon fan art.
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime:
FAQ: http://members.Tripod.co.uk/ABPEA_FAQ/
For the posting of sexually explicit anime fan art.
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08-- Fansubs / Fandubs
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08-A About Subs and Dubs ---------------------------------------------
A fandub or fansub is a copy of an original anime release that has either
been dubbed into another language, or given subtitles in another language.
These copies are made by fans for fans and are not for sale or rent. Any
prices mentioned should be strictly for the cost of the blank tape shipping,
and a little extra for other related costs. Below is a short list of places
where you obtain copies of fansubs and fandubs.
Please beware of bootleggers. These are people making copies of fansubs and
selling them for jacked up prices. Often they remove from the copy whatever
details they can of who actually subbed, and/or originally distributed the
tapes.
Most online bootlegging happens on auctions like 'eBay' http://www.ebay.com/
. You can also find over-priced copies at your local comic shop or video
rental.
The distributors listed below are the real deal, you can make requests from
these people with confidence in their pricing.
08-B Where to get SM Subs and Dubs -----------------------------------
On VHS Video:
VKLL's Fansub Page:
http://www.spots.ab.ca/~lamv/
Val Lam is a very popular Sailor Moon fansubber. From him you can request
the last season and the SuperS specials.
The New Fandub Page:
http://home.inforamp.net/~crs1822/fandub/
Distribution for the New Sailormoon, now in the hands of the Professor.
The Sailor Moon R Movie Fandub:
http://www.nerv03.com/
They are awaiting your request.
Anime Distribution Page! (Glen A. Pearce) [VKLL tapes here]:
http://www.autobahn.mb.ca/~glenap/sm_tapes.html
He has both the VKLL fansub, including the Sailor Stars season, and the
FANDUB. He also has the Saban Moon Trailer and can put it at the end of a
requested tape, if you ask him.
Glass Rose Distribution [VKLL tapes here]:
http://www.destinyofroses.org/glass/
A well liked distro, who is awaiting your demands.
Phoenixanime [VKLL and new dub tapes here]:
http://www.phoenixanime.com/anime.htm
Phoenix has a wide assortment of Sailor Moon tapes available, as well as
other anime. Please e-mail Phoenix before ordering.
The Fansub Web Ring:
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=fansub&list
A path to finding most any fan subbed video.
Anime Web Turnpike subs directory:
http://www.anipike.com/fansub.html
Contains a list of dozens of sub distros.
Fansub.Net:
http://www.fansubs.net/
The Anime Fan and Fansubber Resource Network.
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on VCD:
Currently no distros as the last two are gone.
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09-- Sailor Moon Videos and DVDs
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The first two seasons of Sailor Moon began their release on November 21,
2000 with the first eight English-dubbed episodes (4 per video tape) from
ADV Films. These contain episodes previously unreleased on video* and would
total 20 tapes for the entire first and second DiC/English seasons. DVDs
versions of the first two seasons were released later on 13 six episodes
discs. Finally, box sets of the first two seasons were released with the
first Japanese voice with English subtitles DVDs, although episode 67 was
not included do to licensing problems (which was alleged to be Naoko not
liking the episode and invoking her right to make it 'not exist anymore').
In mid-March 2004, ADV Films announced their license for the first two
seasons was coming to an end on April 1st. Sadly, this was not an April
Fool's joke. What this means is ADV will not be able to accept any more
orders or re-orders from its business or other customers. This does not mean
the first two seasons will disappear on 04/01. What is on the shelf will
remain for sale after the first of April until it sells out.
The next two seasons (SM S and SM SuperS) started releasing February 6, 2001
by Pioneer Video. Pioneer, or Geneon as it is now known, released these in
three formats: English dubbed and edited VHS; Japanese Dialogue with English
subtitles VHS; and on DVD with both the edited English dub and the un-cut
subtitled versions. The DVDs contain 7 episodes on each disc and is
collectively called the Heart Collection (SMS) and the Pegasus Collection
(SM SuperS). As of January 2004, Geneon has started re-releasing the DVDs as
part of their 'Geneon Signature Series' for US $10 less than the original
release.
The three Sailor Moon movies were released by Pioneer in 2000 and later in a
box set. Like the Heart Collection above, Geneon (Pioneer) has re-released
the movie DVDs separately and boxed as part of their 'Geneon Signature
Series' at a lower price.
There are currently no plans for the final season (Sailor Moon Sailor Stars,
or simply "Stars") to be dubbed. The primary rights holder for Sailor Moon
in North America is now Cloverway, a division of Toei Animation, the
producer of the original Japanese Language anime.
* In 1997, Buena Vista, a division of Disney, released 6 two-episode tapes
of selected first season episodes and later a box set of the "Doom Tree" arc
from SMR. These previously released episodes were re-released as part of ADV
Films package.
Please note that "previously not released" means first and second season
episodes not already released by Buena Vista, it doesn’t mean the handful of
skipped episodes from those seasons.
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10-- Acronyms, Slang, Emoticons, et cetra
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On occasion you may encounter words or symbols you will not recognize. Some
of it will be acronyms, romaji (translated Japanese), slang of various
types, or emoticons. Collectively, they may be thought of as AFSM-speak. A
guide to some of the terms is available here:
http://www.geocities.com/willrobsm/afsm/a-speak.htm
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11-- Acknowledgements
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Most of the information provided in this FAQ was gathered from either posts
from alt.fan.sailor-moon, or direct suggestions from the subscribers of the
group.
A big thanks goes out to the following people for their assistance and
suggestions for the micro FAQ over the past few years:
Sailor Jessica Rabbit
Steve Allen Richards
Aaron Maupin
Nightman
TuxedoWolf
Sailor Sucky
Bob Terrell
-=Jet Wolf
Jerry Shaw
Brad Lascelle
Ariana
Alex C. Lau
Andrea Doolan
Jadeite 2
Cernovog
Pixie Princess
Conrad Knauer
ekapshi ;o)
Eric Olsson
Stéphane Dumas
Idyl
Phoenix
Natalya Fox
Mary Kita
Andy Hock
Kisai
SenshiNeko
Dragons81
Eterna
The Evil Professor Chronos
Bridgewalker J, the Chestnut Cockatiel
Jason Howe
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Thanks to all who have assisted me:
Jen Davidson
Scott Delahunt
Digital_merc®
Andrea Doolan
Stéphane Dumas
Farix
Gramarye
GreenClue
Robert Hutchinson
Hydrus
Jagged 615
Kionon
Korb
Mord
Ian Motter
Neolexor
Neo Sailor Khyron
Pablo
Matthew Patterson
Phant(asm)
Phoenix
Glen A. Pearce
queenie
Kirk Rende
Royal Orange
Sailor Alpin
Sailor Naboo
SenshiNeko
Jerry Shaw
Alex Taylor
ths1138
Eldrick Tobin
Veronica
and
........A special thanks goes out to previous keepers of the FAQs.........
Ken Arromdee - the creator of AFSM and the original FAQ
Rick Sammartino - the creator of the uFAQ for AFSM
Henry Archut - who took over the uFAQ from Rick from 12/09/98 - 9/10/99
Lauren Michelle - who took over the job of the Friday posting of the uFAQ
R. Serena Wakefield - who graciously agreed to mirror the uFAQ
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All corrections, suggestions, and updates for the uFAQ should be replied to
the uFAQ posting or sent to...
Rob Maxwell
robu...@excite.com
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alt.fan.sailor-moon micro FAQ:
©1997-2006 Rick Sammartino
©1999-2006 Henry Archut
©2000-2006 Rob Maxwell
Sailor Moon ©1992-2006 Takeuchi Naoko, Kodansha, TV Asahi, Toei Animation
Live Action Sailor Moon ©2003-2006 Takeuchi Naoko / PNP · CBC · CAZBE ·
ToeiAG · dentsu · Toei
Azurite
horribly out of date, and I don't think anyone actually updates it, just
reposts it... or maybe a bot reposts it. Most of the links DO NOT work.
Is it ever going to get fixed, do we need volunteers to check the thing
out and revise it... what?
I'll help.
~Azurite
Sunnie
I've sent emails to the sending address to get information updated and
nothing has happened. Not really sure what can be done.
Sunnie
Robert Maxwell
"Sunnie" <sunni...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:nvqdnQBgave2kTrZ...@comcast.com...
The main problems are the fact that so many of the links are dead and
require quite a lot of time to check out and attempt to replace and a lack
of significant free time on my part.
-Rob
>
> Sunnie
Sunnie
I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to sound as negative as it probably
did. ^^; More along the lines of letting the person know that a few
emails were sent, and that nothing had changed yet. Believe me, I
understand busy-ness. ^_^
Sunnie
Azurite
> The main problems are the fact that so many of the links are dead and
> require quite a lot of time to check out and attempt to replace and a lack
> of significant free time on my part.
Like I said in my OP, I'd certainly like to help out if it's needed.
~Azurite
Stephane Dumas
"Robert Maxwell" <robu...@excite.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
12ajovk...@news.supernews.com...
> The main problems are the fact that so many of the links are dead and
> require quite a lot of time to check out and attempt to replace and a lack
> of significant free time on my part.
>
> -Rob
>
copies of dead sites located at the Internet archive, like for example FSC
(Future Sailor
Cabinet)http://web.archive.org/web/20050220133921/http://westwood.fortunecity.com/hermes/490/fsc/
and the SM episode Center
http://web.archive.org/web/20020131180136/http://taryuu.com/smec/
>>
>> Sunnie
>
Stéphane Dumas
Chris Kern
<robu...@excite.com> posted the following:
>The main problems are the fact that so many of the links are dead and
>require quite a lot of time to check out and attempt to replace and a lack
>of significant free time on my part.
One question I have is whether this group even needs a regularly
posted FAQ anymore, no matter how correct or current. It's basically
a dead group, despite the mini-revival of this 200 days of sailor moon
thing. We don't have people coming in here asking any FAQs, and
everyone who's posting now is aware of the information in the uFAQ.
-Chris
Azurite
> copies of dead sites located at the Internet archive, like for example FSC
> (Future Sailor
> Cabinet)http://web.archive.org/web/20050220133921/http://westwood.fortunecity.com/hermes/490/fsc/
> and the SM episode Center
> http://web.archive.org/web/20020131180136/http://taryuu.com/smec/
>>> Sunnie
> Stéphane Dumas
That wouldn't work, as the Web Archive links all produce a 400 Bad
Request. If the sites are dead, the information should be found elsewhere.
While the question of even having a FAQ is certainly a good one, I do
find it a helpful resource from time to time. If you look at ANY of the
"current" Sailor Moon fandom FAQs (not even the ones exclusive to AFSM),
they all possess bad information and dated links as well.
This is more of an effort to prove the fandom isn't entirely dead, even
if it's just a small group of us here on AFSM.
~Azurite
Stephane Dumas
"Azurite" <irvin...@sbcglobal.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
ZEJqg.126821$dW3....@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> As for the dead links, I taught of an idea, how about linking to back-up
>> copies of dead sites located at the Internet archive, like for example
>> FSC (Future Sailor
>> Cabinet)http://web.archive.org/web/20050220133921/http://westwood.fortunecity.com/hermes/490/fsc/
>> and the SM episode Center
>> http://web.archive.org/web/20020131180136/http://taryuu.com/smec/
>>>> Sunnie
>> Stéphane Dumas
>
> That wouldn't work, as the Web Archive links all produce a 400 Bad
> Request. If the sites are dead, the information should be found elsewhere.
>
overloaded then we got sometimes a "400 bad request"
Stéphane Dumas
Stephane Dumas
>> That wouldn't work, as the Web Archive links all produce a 400 Bad
>> Request. If the sites are dead, the information should be found
>> elsewhere.
>>
> The main trouble is this site got lots of trafic or their servers got
> overloaded then we got sometimes a "400 bad request"
>
> Stéphane Dumas
back-up of Starfox's commemorative SM page as a tribute to its former home
page
http://web.archive.org/web/20000304192913/www.starfox.simplenet.com/sailormooncommemorative.html
Stéphane Dumas
J. M. Howe
Reports of my death are greatly exagerated . . . and probably far too
celebrated. The FSC and NeoFSC Archives are alive and well, even if
perhaps they themselves aren't. New copies of them can be found at
http://70.156.184.19/fsc/index.html and
http://70.156.184.19/neofsc/index.html respectively, as well of the rest
of my site that was at Xoom years back, but the official re-release isn't
until Wednesday the 19th. I'm also fairly certain the FortuneCity archives
are intact, at least they were the last time I checked.
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