From: MrShoujo@webtv.net   
      
   "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...."   
      
   Of course you mean Takeuchi Naoko-sensei. ^_-   
      
   2 explanations have been offered:   
      
   Toei / Cloverway wants more money than anyone wants to pay to license   
   Sailor Stars.   
      
   Toei / Cloverway doesn't want to hurt Sailor Moon's "family friendly"   
   image that it has now due to subject matter (like the outfits of the   
   Starlights and that they're girls masquerading as a boy singing group -   
   very common takarazuka kind of thing in Japan but probably very hard to   
   understand if you don't know what the hell is going on) found in Stars.   
   This one is kinda self-defeating - if Toei pulls all the licenses, that   
   removes Sailor Moon from having any kind of image at all! So this point   
   becomes moot anyway, and we see no reason why Stars shouldn't be   
   licensed. I doubt that Takeuchi has any say in this matter, but of   
   course Episode 67 is an exception. Other rumor of Episode 67 - the   
   Japanese licensor didn't want the native audience to import Region 1 DVD   
   sets into Japan, so one episode was forced to be left out. Heh,   
   enterprising fans that we are, we could easily get the proper high   
   quality digital source and re-burn the right DVD with that episode   
   inserted. ^.^   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)