The toy came from an original Toon Makers design the vehicle never appeared in the original Japanese series. One curious remnant of Toon Makers' involvement with Sailor Moon was the Moon Cycle toy sold by Bandai in the U.S.
SAILOR MOON EPISODES ENGLISH DUB SERIES
In the end, Bandai decided to go with DiC as the licensee, simply because it was much cheaper for them to import, dub, and edit the series than for Toon Makers to produce all their filmed segments. Although the pilot appears heavily influenced by Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993) (including the word "morph" in the lyrics), Saban was not involved at all. Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars continue. The trailer, which was taped off the screen at the time and the footage since circulated on the Internet, has come to be known as "Saban Moon" by some fans, because of the mistaken belief that the Saban Company was involved in the making of the pilot. Release Date: Advisory Rating: TV-PG Episodes: 23 Produced by: Sailor Moon (English Dub). In this version, Luna was a white cat, the scouts were of mixed races (one girl was even wheelchair-bound), and the team flew through space on "space sailboards." A two-minute trailer for this version of Sailor Moon was shown at Anime Expo in 1995, and was met with scorn and derision from the fans present. The first English dubbed version of the series was produced by DIC Entertainment, DiC then owned by The Walt Disney Company and Optimum Productions, DIC acquired the rights to the first two seasons of Sailor Moon, from which they cut a total of six episodes (five from the first season and one from the second season) and merged the final two episodes of the first season into one.
When Bandai was shopping around for American licensees for Sailor Moon, one prospective licensee, Toon Makers, created a pilot that combined live-action footage with CG and completely new cel animation. During the process of adapting the first season of the Sailor Moon anime for an English speaking audience, five episodes of the original Japanese version. Viz notes that the above trailer features a preview of the voice actresss for Sailor Moon in the new dub.Original manga creator Naoko Takeuchi will personally approve the new dubs cast.