I think it's safe to say there's a merchandising boom:![[Image: 041.jpg]](http://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/041.jpg)
Collect
all of the different packaging!
Just in
case you haven't read it, a link to the RPG of champions, Senshi:
The Merchandising.
I'd just like to note
that my opinions aren't really clouded by nostalgia. I watched
classic Sailormoon for the first time 2-3 years ago, in the Japanese
language. What I was expecting was an anime adaptation closely following the manga, what I got was an animated manga. The "adaptation" part was mostly missing.
series, just to see where the story went. But I don't think the new series would have captured my imagination afterwards -- I probably would have just thought about it vaguely once in a while, rather than toy with the idea of writing a fic in the universe. The filler was a large part of the appeal: these girls might be superheroes or reincarnated goddesses, but ultimately they're still teenagers dealing with just growing up in addition to saving the world. Growing up is hard enough.
And somehow I rest easier in a world where the future Queen and her court are likely to start bickering over who ate the last croquette.
-- ∇×V
Collect
all of the different packaging!
Just in
case you haven't read it, a link to the RPG of champions, Senshi:
The Merchandising.
I'd just like to note
that my opinions aren't really clouded by nostalgia. I watched
classic Sailormoon for the first time 2-3 years ago, in the Japanese
language. What I was expecting was an anime adaptation closely following the manga, what I got was an animated manga. The "adaptation" part was mostly missing.
OpMegs Wrote:This is kind of a master course on the value of filler.Very much this. I probably would have continued watching had I not seen the original
series, just to see where the story went. But I don't think the new series would have captured my imagination afterwards -- I probably would have just thought about it vaguely once in a while, rather than toy with the idea of writing a fic in the universe. The filler was a large part of the appeal: these girls might be superheroes or reincarnated goddesses, but ultimately they're still teenagers dealing with just growing up in addition to saving the world. Growing up is hard enough.
And somehow I rest easier in a world where the future Queen and her court are likely to start bickering over who ate the last croquette.
-- ∇×V