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   From: sailorterra@gov.crystaltokyo.jp   
      
   Phoenix  wrote:   
   > The Wanderer wrote:   
   > >SailorTerra wrote:   
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   > For myself, I think Sailor Moon is still very popular. Here are a   
   > couple of indicators. My son and I had visited Japan over the summer   
   > and checked out Akihabara during our trip. One of the shops there had   
   > sailor senshi outfits on display in their main display window. I took   
   > this photo just because I found it so touching that they had arranged   
   > Uranus and Neptune's costumes so lovingly.   
      
   My experiences here are the same. SailorMoon fans are legion here. These   
   people don't fluxuate or waver. They buy, and so the merchandise is   
   sold. In Ikebukuro, the dates on the PGSM stuff was 2007/2008. And Akiba   
   only touches two categories: brand new and stuff that has a guaranteed   
   profit margin. I cannot get KOR stuff in Akiba, too few fans for it to   
   be profitable. Since there has been no new SailorMoon since PGSM, it   
   logically follows the Akiba shops consider SM a profitable mainstay.   
      
      
   > Back then (late 90s), I would usually get about 2000   
   > items returned for that search. Today I tried it again for the first   
   > time in years and got back 1400 items. That sounds about right to me.   
      
   With the amount of merchandise in Japan, that does not surprise me, and   
   is further evidence Wanderer is being overly pessimistic.   
      
   > That being said, there is just not much to talk about any more. Two   
   > years ago, I was a major contributor to the 200 days of Sailor Moon   
   > and the 51 days of PGSM that took place right here on afs-m. That was   
   > so much fun that I still read over the old posts once in a while. If I   
   > thought there would be a significant turnout, I'd kick it off again.   
   > Or maybe we could do the same thing, but with the manga this time.   
      
   Since I had not read the manga since when mixx and smile screwed up my   
   subscriptions, and I now have the ability to read my Japanese manga in   
   Japanese, I would be all for this. Toss on the Sailor V manga too for   
   good measure.   
      
   > There's not going to be any new content, so if we're to make anything   
   > interesting of this, it will have to be something that we organize   
   > ourselves.   
      
   Precisely my point. If we all step up and offer to do just one thing   
   each, I think we can still enjoy fandom has.   
      
   I've offered to take over the FAQ, phoenix is talking about running a x   
   days of y, LeVar is writing more BSSO, anyone else wanna step up?   
      
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