About the "Saban Moon" pilot

[stormyserenity]

I must admit, this awful thing interested me. Scoping out all the info available did not answer my curiosity. So I emailed the fellow from the animefringe article, Rocky Solotoff. So here is some new info about the “saban moon” pilot

Comments

[birthdaycake]

UGHHH JUST RELEASE THE PILOT SO WE CAN HAVE OUR 17 MINUTES OF BLISS/MOCKERY, PLEASE.
It's doing no good just sitting somewhere rotting away, untouched.
We are talking about comedic gold here. Come on.

[alkahestapeiron]

XD This!

Although, rights aside, that's probably a big reason why they wouldn't release it. . .

[stormyserenity]

*laugh* My thought exactly, but I can't figure out how a poor shmuck fan can make it happen! There's gotta be a way...

[kinomiyamichiru]

Much as "Sweet Valley High" meets "She-Ra" is not my idea of "Sailor Moon",I would like to see the entire 17-minute ep.

[thecombatbutler]

WHAT IS THIS SABAN MOON THING? :O

[wenchfaery]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Hge38AkFg

Warning: It's AWFUL.

[roxyk630]

It will probably never be released due to the rights issue. Saban doesn't/didn't own the rights to the US release. DiC had already purchased the US release rights, and I believe Toei owns the Japanese animation rights, Bandai owns toys and distibution/merch rights, and Kodansha has the publication/manga rights. Tokyopop HAD the US manga publication rights, but recently Kodansha retracted all publication ties with Tokyopop. I'm assuming Kodansha will be looking into distributing their own comics thru a Kodansha USA or a new distributor. Unless, I'm mistaken, the rights still lie with those groups. But usually the red tape alone will keep it in an archive. XD;;; And as no one will approve that pilot to be made? It, thankfully, will never be seen.

[lostinhersong]

I will never make fun of the dub ever again after seeing that...
That is my vowel.