Full details after the jump
San Francisco, CA, June 17, 2014 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of
manga and anime in North America, celebrates the triumphant return of
the SAILOR MOON anime series with a host of fun activities for SAILOR
MOON Day, taking place on Saturday, July 5th during the 2014 Anime Expo.
The
2014 Anime Expo is North America’s largest anime convention, attracting
more than 61,000 fans and attendees annually, and will be held July 3rd –6th at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. Full details are available at: www.anime-expo.org. VIZ Media will be located on the main convention floor in Booth #1601.
VIZ Media marks its acquisition of the iconic fantasy anime series with a SAILOR MOON Official Panel on Saturday morning at 10AM in LP1. Hosted by the company’s Senior Manager of Animation Marketing, Charlene Ingram, and SAILOR MOON Associate Producer, Joshua Lopez, the panel will reveal for the first time the brand new cast for the freshly produced English dub and premiere the first two dubbed episodes. SAILOR MOON fans attending this official panel will get a special premium poster while supplies last! Following
the Official SAILOR MOON Panel, there will be a special showing of
subtitled episode one of the all-new series, SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL, in
Video 1 at 12:00 Noon. The series launches on July 5th in Japan, and fans in the United States may catch the simulcast on NeonAlley.com and Hulu, with new episodes debuting each Saturday.
Fans can also look forward to a special voice cast autograph session taking place at 1:00PM in the afternoon in the Anime Expo autograph area, and a cast photo opportunity with the official Sailor Guardian Cosplayers from American Cosplay Paradise at 2:45PM in the VIZ Media Booth #1601. To round out the day’s activities, be a part of the largest gathering of SAILOR MOON cosplayers and fans in North America at 3:30PM
in the Main Events Hall (LP1, Petree Hall). Bring your Sailor Guardian
finest and you just might end up a part of an upcoming SAILOR MOON video
release!
If you can’t make the official Sailor Moon Day activities on July 5th,
VIZ Media will also be running a special SAILOR MOON event at their
Anime Expo booth for the entirety of the convention. Find one of the
official Sailor Guardian cosplayers at booth #1601 for information on
how you can get a limited premiere event memorial coin!
VIZ
Media has licensed all 5 seasons of the original SAILOR MOON anime
series (rated ‘TV-14’), spanning 200 episodes, as well as all three
feature films. Included is the long-running show’s fifth and climactic
final season “Sailor Stars,” which has never-before been licensed
for North American release. As part of the return of the series, VIZ
Media is producing a fresh and uncut English dub with an all-new voice
cast, will present SAILOR MOON for the first time digitally, and also
plans DVD and Deluxe Blu-ray edition sets for release in time for the
2014 holiday season.
Saturday, July 5th, 10:00am SAILOR MOON OFFICIAL PANEL
Room LP1 (Petree Hall)
Join
Charlene Ingram, VIZ Media’s Senior Manager, Animation Marketing, and
Joshua Lopez, Associate Producer, for the exclusive world premiere of
the all-new, uncut English language premiere of the legendary anime
series, SAILOR MOON! The session also will introduce the cast and screen
the entire first two dubbed episodes of the newly re-mastered anime
series. Immediately following the premiere, there will be a very special
Q & A session with the animation team and the cast and a special
premium poster for attendees, while supplies last!
Saturday, July 5th, 1:00pm SAILOR MOON CAST AUTOGRAPH SESSION
Anime Expo Autograph Area
Stop
by the VIZ Media booth and pick up your very own SAILOR MOON full-color
poster, personally signed by the new Official English voice cast!
Saturday, July 5th, 2:45pm SAILOR MOON CAST PHOTO OPPORTUNITY
VIZ Media Booth #1601
Fans
can take photos of the talented new Official English voice cast for
SAILOR MOON with the Sailor Guardian cosplayers from American Cosplay
Paradise in a special session!
Saturday, July 5th, 3:30pm SAILOR MOON Cosplay Gathering
Room LP1 (Petree Hall)
Bring your Sailor Guardian finest and be a part of North America’s largest SAILOR MOON cosplay and fan gathering!
