Resources and Links
This section contains resources and links. I've tried to include material in this directory that is not only informative, but is also of historic and/or cultural interest to Sailor Moon fans, some of which is not generally found on other web sites.
Resources
Theresa Martin's translation of the Sailor Moon OP song, Moonlight Legend (Romanji-English).
Highly recommended is Maiko Covington's fascinating first-person account of everyday high-school life in Japan.
This is a press release highlighting the licensing and merchandising plans from DIC, the company that brought Sailor Moon to the North American audience. It's obvious they were hoping to duplicate BANDAI's remarkable marketing successes with the series. Needless to say, they fell somewhat short.
The transcript of a radio interview on "As it Happens", from 2/21/95, in which the participants discuss the as-of-yet unreleased NA Sailor Moon series. It's really hard to resist commenting on this dribble, but suffice it to say, it would be difficult to figure out what show they were talking about had it not been mentioned by name. Get out the Tums before you read it ^^;;
Ken Arromdee's Sailor Moon FAQ contains a lot of information about the series... mostly with a NA slant. Note that I have converted all the ROT13 text portions to regular text.
An article from the old rec.arts.anime news group. This brief, but very informative, Sailor Moon FAQ was posted just after the series debuted by Maruyama Fumitsuna.
Hitoshi Doi's Sailor Moon page, where you can find a wealth of info about the series.
Recommended Anime Sites
Anime-Seiyuu Info Page - Info about hundreds of anime shows and seiyuu.
60's Anime - A look at early anime.
Ben's Minky Momo Page - Lots of material.
The Gundam Project - Well-organized and extensive.
The Hayao Miyazaki Web - Miyazaki's movies.
Legendary Idol Eriko - Comprehensive look at the series.
Macross Compendium - The Macross series.
The Minky Momo Home Page - Everything about Minky.
Oniisama e... Image Gallery - Great gallery for fans of the series.
Rabi's Card Captor Sakura Page - Lots of info on all aspects of the series.
Raqueta de Oro - Ace o Nerae!
Tezuka Osamu World (Official Site) - Devoted to the manga no kami-sama
The White Pages - Weiß kreuz
Japanese Language and Culture
Japan Travel Information - Lots of cultural info, and not only for travellers.
Jim Breen's Japanese Page - A wealth of language info, on-line dictionary, and ftp server with word processors, dictionaries, etc, you can download.
Japanese Cuisine - Lots of recipes and related info.
Shiki Internet Haiku Salon - Lots of excellent info, for beginning to advanced readers.
The Shoujo Manga Home Page - A cultural look at the genre.
Schauwecker's Guide to Japan - A guide to contemporary and traditional Japan. Includes information on many subjects, images, links, and a pen-pal forum.
U.S. Library of Congress Country Study - Japan - An exhaustive look at Japan, its history, culture, society, etc.
Web-based Translator - Type the URL of a Japanese HTML document, and it will be translated into English (works about as well as similar programs).
Recommended Japanese search engine - Search those Japanese web sites the standard search engines miss.
Anime Music & J-Pop Links
The Akino Arai Archive - An English discography/fansite dedicated to the one and only Akino Arai
Animex On-line Magazine - Nippon Columbia anime singers
Artist Official Site - Collection of over 200 links to J-Pop artist's official web pages.
Bandai Music Hotline - Official Web Site
Bonsai's JPOP Pages - A great place to begin your J-Pop searches.
E.M.U - Midorikawa Hikaru, Okiayu Ryoutarou, Hayashi Nobutoshi, Ishikawa Hideo and Sakaguchi Daisuke
Alinda Sue's Yoshiki Fukuyama site - Devoted to the man who does the singing voice for Macross 7's Basara Nekki
Hyper Show-Biz Links - Lot and lots of mostly J-Pop links.
IDOLPICS.scan - 1000s of hi-quality scans. Suzuki Ami, Morning Musume, Hamasaki Ayumi, and dozens more!
J!-Ent Celebrity Link Base - Lots of info, including a link collection of Japanese entertainment personalities, including many J-Pop singers.
J-Pop Database - Capsule entries on many J-Pop singers.
Jpopmusic.com - J-Pop Community message board
Megchan no Shumi - J-Pop lyrics, translations, and tracklists.
Oricon Entertainment Site - J-Pop link collection
Pony Canyon - Official Web Site.
Snowzine - Japanese Entertainment Magazine.
Sony Music Online - Official Web Site.
Starchild - (King Records) Official Web Site.
Toshiba-EMI - Official Web Site.
Victor Entertainment - Official Web Site.
Zetima Online - Official Site.
Other Interesting Sites
Amber Anime Archive - High-quality scans from a variety of anime series.
CD Japan - The online store for anime and J-Pop video and audio. If you can't find it here, you probably can't find it at all.
M's Factory - Dress up your Windows and Mac desktops with custom icons, wallpaper, etc.
Windows House - Home of the great freeware program, WinBack Scratcher, with which you can tweek your Windows settings, change system icons, and more.
Post Pet - Official Site - A really fun e-mail program! This is a very popular program in Japan, but hasn't caught on yet in the US.
JavaScript Made Easy - Dress up your web site with hundreds of copy-and-paste JavaScript routines!
Digital Rights
Spyware List - Is that program you just installed sending out personal info without your knowledge? Check their huge list, and find out. A must visit!
Digital Consumer.org Home Page - Protecting fair-use rights in the digital world.
Fat Chucks Corrupt CDs - All about copy-protected CDs. Which CDs are protected? Lots of info and links.
Boycott-RIAA.com - The title says it all.
