From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Chris Kern wrote:   
   > On 18 Aug 2006 12:28:37 -0700, leo86@my-deja.com posted the following:   
   >   
   >   
   >>I just thought of another question. Why was "Sailor Stars" never shown   
   >>in the U.S.? I have a vague idea of why (too dark, too sexually   
   >>ambiguous, etc.), but is there an authoritative answer anywhere? Did   
   >>anyone ever give an official reason for it?   
   >   
   >   
   > There is no authoritative answer.  The most likely answer, as in   
   > almost every case of this kind, is that the potential companies did   
   > not think it would be worth the money to bring the series to the US.   
   >   
   > There are rumors that Takahashi has basically disowned Stars due to   
   > changes from the manga and would not allow a dub to be made, but I   
   > find this a little hard to believe.  (I don't find it hard to believe   
   > that Takahashi dislikes the Stars anime, but it's rare for a mangaka   
   > to go so far as to actually block a dub or release of a series, and I   
   > don't even know if she would have the unilateral rights over the anime   
   > necessary to prevent that.)   
      
   I think you mean Takeuchi. ^_-   
      
   Anyway, that's the most recent rumor I've heard.  I can't help but   
   wonder if that didn't start happening around the time we couldn't get   
   episode 67 either (wasn't that also due to her not liking it?)   
      
   Also, Toei has a bit to do with this. They're certainly the reason the   
   rights aren't in the US anymore.  Basically, they were trying to start   
   their own US-side distribution, but screwed up royally with the two   
   shows they brought over.  Because they had planned on doing more, they   
   were less willing to grant rights, and had quickly snagged back the   
   Sailor Moon rights as soon as they could. At least, I believe that's the   
   reasoning suggested by Anime News Network.  It's probably just   
   specualation as well, but it does make sense, since Toei *did* try to   
   get into the American market without a middleman and did screw it up (I   
   can't remember which titles they attempted at the moment, but I know   
   they were ones I wanted to see until I heard bad things about them.)  Of   
   course, it could jsut be that no one wants Sailor Moon   
   anymore--althought Tokyopop specifically said at AnimeNext that they   
   want to get the manga back over here.   
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