The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club's 10th Newsletter!!!

The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club's 10th Newsletter!!!!! Contents: 1. Yamucha's Picture For This Issue 2. The Fan Club's Award of Creativity 3. Tatsuyo's Picture of This Issue **New** 4. Our Comments 5. Yamucha's Quiz (Q & A) 6. Fan Fics 7. Cheryl's Find it & Found it Columm 8. Cheryl's Moon Beam of The Month Article 9. Cheryl's Merchandise that you might not have 10. Sailor Zen's Anime Review 11. Mako-chan's Columm 12. Sailor Says **New** 13. Heavenshine's Fanfic Review **New** 14. Yamucha's Question Corner **New** 1.Yamucha's Picture of the Week:

2. The Fan Club's Award of Creativity: Okay this issue's winners are: For the week of April 13-19 Sailor Pheonix's Spiffy Sailor Moon Stuff http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/4961/ and Sailormoon Dream World http://welcome.to/dreamworld And for the week of April 20-26 Hotaru's Sailor Senshi Universe http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Dojo/1540/ and Sailor Moon's World http://www.angelfire.com/wv/SayorMoon 3. Tatsuyo's Picture of The Week:

4. Our Comments: Okay update for this issue we have 400 members in the Fan Club and 54 pages in the webring but some of the pages still don't have the webring html on them so if you have a page in the webring and you didn't get the html for it just e-mail me at: yamucha@gvn.net and I'll send it to ya. Also I would like everyone to welcome three new additions to the Fan Club's newsletter they are; Tatsuyo, Cataluna, and Heavenshine. Tatsuyo will be having his own picture of the week, Cataluna who is part of the SOS Team will have a columm with the latest news on Sailor Moon and Heavenshine will be reviewing Sailor Moon fanfics on the net. Anyways some other news starting next month the fanclub will be moving to a new server at http://www.sailormoon.org/ so the page will have awhole new look and new additions which should be pretty cool. Also after the move is complete our first contest will finnally begin!! So stay tune for details :) Since this is our 10th newsletter I wanted to add as much as possible so we have two fanfics instead of one and ten questions in the Quiz. Okay one more thing there will be a meeting of the Fan Club on saturday May 9 on both icq and in the parachat on the Fan Club's page starting at 3pm (Pacific time) and ends whenever :) Cataluna: A great newsletter with lots of views and fun things and those who have Cartoon Network on cable and not getting Sailor Moon on it, ring the cable company and bug them! 5. Yamucha's Quiz (Q & A): Answears: 1. How many youmas did Jadite use in the short time that he fought agianst the Sailors? There where seven youmas 2. What are the names of the monsters who fought agianst the Sailors in Day of Destiny? The Doom and Bloom Girls 3. How many times did Serena use the Luna Pen in the first season? About six times 4. How many think that Zosite does look like a girl despite the fact that in the japanese version it's a he? Well since no one said anything about this I'll just say that yeah Zoisite does look like a girl 5. What is the one transformatio when Usagi uses the pen that the NA version cut? The time where she transformed into a rocker type chick with long green hair Questions: Okay since this is the 10th issue we've decided to have 10 questions instead of five so enjoy! 1. In the first epsiode of R what does Serena blame her dream on? 2. What is the name of the episode that the Moon Light Knight appear in? 3. Who is the star in "Kindergarten Chaos"? 4. Where did Luna and Artemis find the entrance to the Negaverse? 5. What are the original names of the Ayakashi sisters? 6.Which Sailor Moon series has the most episodes? 7. What was the name of the villian in the Sailor Moon SuperS Movie? 8. What was the name of the fairy who helped ChibiUsa in the Sailor Moon SuperS Movie? 9. In which episode of Sailor Moon Sailor StarS does Seiya gets a pie smashed in his face by ChibiChibi? 10. Who is Chibi-Chibi? **Both manga and anime version apply** 6. Fan Fics: Okay this issue we have two fanfics the first is done by Ukyo ½ Sailor Mars vs. Goku (In Which Hope is Everything) and the second part of last issue's story written by Cataluna: MoonLight Densetsu 7. Cheryl's Find it & Found it Columm: THE FIND-IT COLUMN by Cheryl P. I have volunteered to help fan club members to locate merchandise that they want to buy. Since the last newsletter, here are a few "Found-Its" This time around, Heavenshine wanted to find some particular manga series. She will be able to surf these great web sites: 1. The Place one great store! Not only do they have lots of manga, they also let you have the option of ordering Japanese Manga or English-Translated Manga! In addition, you can find great Sailormoon and Dragon Ball merchandise there. The Place: http://www.the-place.com/ The Place is not just for manga - - - they also have a variety of anime tapes, cds, laser discs, and many other items reflecting the pop culture of Asia. Check it out for some interesting browsing. 2. The second site I would recommend for manga is: Greentea Agency: http://www.netlaputa.or.jp/~pangaea/greentea/ainimemanga/index.html (Thanks, Jesse, for telling me about this vendor a while ago!) This looks like one of the best sources for new and also some used manga! Almost any manga request could be filled here, and very happily I might add! Some of the great offerings are as low as $4 each! Enjoy browsing! 3. Although the prices are higher than Greentea's, I feel inclined to mention the following site in case you can't find your heart's desire anywhere else: Hitokiri Bathow-Sai no Manga Service: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/7935/ This online store cuts you a break when you order in quantity. Many popular series are listed, but the author asks you send requests for any manga you don't see on his list because he is only showing you a small sample of what he actually offers. This might be a good place to inquire about some very hard to find or rare manga, eh? Hope this is helpful! Please send your Found-It Requests to: CherieBebe@aol.com PLEASE PUT "FIND-IT" IN THE SUBJECT LINE - - - thank you! Cheryl P. 8. Cheryl's Moon Beam of The Month Article: MOON BEAM CENTRAL by Cheryl P. For each issue of the newsletter I will present at least one MOON BEAM - a web site suggested for your surfing pleasure. For this issue, I highly recommend: For issue #10, I have found two unique web sites: Many of you cruise through some choice anime pages via the Anime Turnpike. I think that you are also likely to bookmark this web site: THE ANIME POWERHOUSE: http://tap.animeonline.org/ This is a fun page with links to info on some of my second favorite series (Key the Metal Idol and Devil Hunter Yohko - - - Sailormoon will always remain my all-time fav). There are pages describing: the Laws of Anime; What Is Anime?; History of Anime; What Is Manga?; You Are An Otaku If; and many others. Let me warn you ahead of time - - - when you read some of these pages, you will find it very hard to stop laughing! The info is clever and fun to read. One of my fav links is Anime Sayings, in which some odd/humorous quotes from specific series are found. I love the way the entire web site is put together, and surfing here can give you so much useful knowledge and so many laughs at the same time! ****************************************************** My second "must see" is: Yuu Watase's Fushigi Yuugi: http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/tarot/78/indexx.htm This has my vote for one of the most charming and entertaining Fushigi Yuugi web sites you will find. The sound file on the main page is so pretty that you will enjoy surfing there even if you are reading about Fushigi Yuugi for the first time. Also, I love the option of choosing to surf in English or in Chinese so that the author can reach more fans (very thoughtful!). The author has a very brief but excellent summary of the storyline and main characters. Just enough is mentioned to give you an idea of what the story is about, but the summary will not spoil any of the surprise twists in this series. There are links to a Juke Box page, a page with info about the OAVs, a gallery, and much more. One unique feature was a link to see what the characters think of themselves. Another was a page with a clever game (not a computer animated game but an illusion to decipher - - - thank goodness the answer was linked to the page!). I have recently enjoyed watching this entire series and will start to watch it all over again very soon! I am choosy about my anime, and I don't feel that way too often about a show. Enjoy! ************************************************************************ 'TIL NEXT TIME, CHERYL 9. Cheryl's Merchandise that you might not have: MERCHANDISE THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE by Cheryl P. AS I COME ACROSS MORE UNCOMMON OR NEW MERCHANDISE, I WILL LET YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT IT! HERE IS THIS ISSUE'S REVIEW: SAILORMOON EXCELLENT PETITE FIGURES: I was recently lucky enough to find a really first-rate comic book/collectibles shop in Negajersey (heh heh heh) and was "over the Moon" (pardon the pun) to find genuine Japanese Sailormoon merchandise! There was not much available at that time, but the clerk assured me that the Sailormoon merchandise sold out quickly and the owner of the store stocked a variety of items. I was amazed to see a pink box with a familiar face staring out of the cellophane window - Sailor Mercury (spelled as Sailormercury on the package). Afraid to ask the price, I got my nerve up and was told "$18"! Considering the back of the figure was stamped "1993", that was more than reasonable! I looked closely at the figure of Sailormercury. It was only about four inches tall, but it was perfectly detailed. The facial expression, as well as her pose, really captured the spirit and personality of Mercury. What appeared to be a trading card next to the figure was actually a stand on which she is to be displayed. The package cleared stated that it was a Bandai product, not one of the copies of Sailor Moon figures which, I have heard, can be found occasionally. There was another Petite Figure, of Sailormars, on the check-out counter. I was fascinated that you could see details such as the bow on the back of her senshi uniform under her flowing hair! What a beautifully executed figure! On close inspection, I noticed that the figure was also hand-painted. This was a plus, considering all of the times I resisted buying a figure because I dreaded the task of painting it. I have read about Excellent Petite Figures, but would have gotten some long ago if I had known how well made they are and how closely they resemble the anime versions of our favorite team. They would be a highlight of anyone's collection. 10. Sailor Zen's Anime Review: Sailor Zen's Anime Review Volume 4 Hi! Welcome to another installment of my Anime Review. In this installment I will review volume four of Oh! My Goddess (We are almost done with this one! only one more volume!) Well, for those of you who haven't read my article (shame on you) Oh! My Goddess is about a college freshman at Necomi Tech. who one day while dialing out for dinner got connected to the Goddess Help line! The rest is anime history. Well here is an update for
those of you who missed the last installment: K now has a new member of his household, Belldandy's little sister Skuld! Who by the way supposedly hates Keiichi's guts (This episode proves different) And now on with today's story!
Weird things are happening, snow in summer only at the temple, strange bugs appearing all of a sudden, and they all the weird things happen as soon as Bell and K are together. Skuld soon finds out the source of the problem, whenever Keiichi and Belldandy gfet together, a warp hole opens and bugs escape, causing trouble. Belldandy and Keiichi are forbidden by Skuld to be near each other, which causes conflict and heart break for both Belldandy and Keiichi. What will happen to Belldandy and Keiichi? Can Skuld and Urd figure out a solution?
And what is that tree? Find out in the next volume of Oh! My Goddess. Make sure not to miss this series! 11. Mako-chan's Columm: OK, here it is, my second article: Mako's Pointless Paragraph Serena, Amy Anderson, Raye Hino, Lita and Mina as opposed to Tsukino Usagi, Mizuno Ami, Hino Rei, Kino Makoto, and Aino Minako? What was D.I.C. thinking?! I mean, not only do the Japanese names sound better, but the one that stayed the same (Rei) had a prettier spelling in Japanese. At least the Japanese names have meaning. The D.I.C. Sailor Scouts don't even all have last names! I know the show was aimed at little kids, even if that made sense, the names aren't that hard to say! And why is it that D.I.C. Sailor Moon is aimed at little kids? How could they take such a beautiful cartoon and censor it down so much that anti pages were created, based on this adaption! So the poll of the week could have many options, but I'll go with my first thought: What names are better, the Japanese or English? E-mail your vote to kinomako@hotmail.com . I hope it isn't too corny! 12. Sailor Says **New**: Sailor Says 13. Heavenshine's Fanfic Review **New**: *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hi, everyone! *s* I'm Dara, a.k.a. Heavenshine, and this is my first column for the Newsletter. I am going to review Sailormoon fanfiction to benefit your reading pleasure. As we all know, many people have at one point or another written a story based on our beloved show. Which is cool, because that's a way of expressing one's devotion/love to this great show. Y'know, it's mind-boggling to think about the vast choices available to you! For example, some fics include new characters, while others take place in an alternate time frame. Heck, I even read a story that was all about *writing* a good Sailormoon story! (And it was actually quite amusing. ^^) Unfortunately, only a handful of stories out there are truly worth reading. Now, just to let you know, I'm not using this column to vent. I will *never* put an author down, or rant about how awful so-and-so's fanfic is. That's callous, and quite simply, mean. It is my mission to tell you about the really great stories, the ones that make you laugh out loud, or cry in sorrow. So, with that said, on with the show! For this edition, I would like to bring to your attention three (not so short) stories by the talented minds of Jackie Chiang, Richard Lawrence, and Pandora Waldron (respectively). And, quite conveniently, all of these stories can be found in my Fanfiction Archive "Insanity at a Glance" is Chiang's tale about a certain Aino Minako, and the events that lead up to, and occur after, her stay at a mental institution. To be fair, this story is not for the faint of heart, and quite possibly not for most Sailorvenus fans, because Minako is cast in the unpleasant role of a psychopath. When I read this story, I went through a gamut of emotions: pity, horror, and anger I remember most vividly. Minako suffers a heart-wrenchingly traumatic experience, but she is unable to cope with her loss. Enter madness, as she twists the event to her own purposes, with rather bloody results. This is a suspense/slasher tale at its best, and it will leave you shaking, and asking, as Minako does "Urges" is Lawrence's story about Mizuno Ami before she moved to Tokyo. And, no, the title does not imply anything ecchi, for those of you who might be thinking that way. :p Quite the contrary, in fact. This is a masterful weaving between the fantasy world that goes on inside Ami's head, and the constraining reality she lives in. I think this is a story most of us can relate to: the *urge* to mingle with other people, tell off the peers who make fun of us, defy controlling parents, and just scream and act silly and be free. Ami desires all of this; however, she feels unable to break the mold that she's been placed in, that of a bookish, shy (and to her mother, obedient) genius--but the shell is starting to crack. We dart back and forth between how Ami wants to react to the situation presented her, and how she really handles it, until finally the threshhold is crossed with an interesting resolution. I really liked "Urges"! I am not a big fan of Mizuno Ami/Sailormercury, but Lawrence presents her in such an appealing--and empathic-- manner that I couldn't "put it down", so to speak. ^^ A must read! I love all of Pandora Waldron's works, but "Queen of Diamonds" is an especially favorite piece of mine. Why? There are so many reasons, but the main one is that Mamoru is written as an *actual human being* for once. Have you ever noticed that in most fanfiction he is treated either as "Usagi's soulmate", or "Tuxedo Kamen", but he doesn't have much personality beyond those two traits? Well, he does now! This story takes place during the SMR season of the manga, and is about a disturbingly life-like dream Mamoru has concerning Prince Dimando and Neo Queen Serenity, and his reaction to it. This is a killer story, and I wish that I could begin to write about it in as many glowing and illlustrative terms as the other two. But I am about to be kicked off the computer, so it's best that I wrap this up! Well, this was pretty fun, and I look forward to writing again next time. I hope you'll bear with me! Until then, read all the cool fanfiction out there that you can, and if you have any suggestions for a fanfic that I should review, e-mail me at meden@cybertron.com , with Fanfic in the subject. But I must ask you not to suggest your own work, for practical reasons. Okay? Good! Bye now--and keep reading! 14. Yamucha's Question Corner **New**: Okay in this new section I will be asking members of the fan club about what they think of the OSMFC and Sailor Moon in general: Cataluna says: "Oh I love Sailor Moon even doing something to show my appreiciation of it! The fan club is very informative, I mean a newsletter given out, chats (though sometimes get out of hand and off the topic) but great with contacting other Moonies ^_^ a bit like SOS only informal." Twinks says: "I think the fan club is a great idea!! We should have more meetings/get togethers and activities, for the members though. It might make it more original, you know what i mean? =) And I think Sailor Moon is the only show in the world able to bring so many people together.. people of all cultures, and ages.. even gender has a limited role in the love for it. It doesn't matter who you are. If you have any sort of sense to watch it, you can find an element in the story to your liking and enjoy it for what it is." Dippy® says: "I think that well, the FanClub is awesome. And Sailor Moon is very neat and interesting." Ukyo ½ says: "Hmm....The fanclub is well organized <not like SOME fanclubs I'm in> the newletters are fun to read, it's one of the best clubs I've seen! And I'm not pulling your leg! I like....it becuase it's a super hero cartoon for females..not like Batman and Spider man etc. well known comedy, not too serious <what I like> and carfree like...a show for allll ages it's very helpful as it teaches about respect and care in some ways." Iron Mouse says: "Hehehe i love sailor moon.. you really have to ask this? hehehe and the fan club so far is the best ive seen, well you know how there are alot of clubs and mailing lists, and they say they are gonna send all this stuf.. and they never get around to it? well i like the way this club doesnt do that, but they dont send way to much either. " This Newsletter was created by: Yamucha President of The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club Sailor Zen Editor In Chief of The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club's Newsletter Cheryl P. Head Reporter of The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club's Newsletter Tatsuyo 2nd Vice President of The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club Mako-chan Colummist of The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club's Newsletter Cataluna New's Reporter for The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club's Newsletter Heavenshine Fanfic Reviewer for The Obsessed Sailor Moon Fan Club's Newsletter