Netflix has launched a brand new clip from Sailor Moon Everlasting that exhibits how the anime went from storyboards to a completely animated film.
Netflix has launched a brand new video displaying how a number of scenes from Sailor Moon goes from storyboards to tough animatics to accomplished animation.
The brand new clip was launched to the official Netflix Anime account on YouTube. The behind-the-scenes look options a number of scenes from Half 1 of Sailor Moon Everlasting, together with the introduction of the Amazoness Quartet and Usagi and Chibiusa’s encounter with a tiger. The clips function every scene seamlessly reworking from black and white sketches to completely coloured and animated footage.
Each elements of Sailor Moon Everlasting have been launched on Netflix earlier this yr. The films start shortly after the place the third season of Sailor Moon Crystal left off, with Usagi, Mamoru and Chibiusa searching for out a pegasus named Helios, who appeared to Chibiusa in a imaginative and prescient. Quickly after, the villainous Useless Moon Circus quickly arrive on Earth, and start inflicting issues for Usagi and the remainder of the Sailor Troopers.
Sailor Moon Everlasting was first introduced in 2017 on the official Sailor Moon twenty fifth anniversary web site. Each elements of the film have been directed by Chiaki Kon, who beforehand directed the third season of Sailor Moon Crystal, and has additionally labored on quite a lot of different anime collection tailored from shojo and josei manga, together with Nodame Cantabile and Chihayafuru. The film additionally options the return of character designer Kazuki Tadano, who labored on the unique Nineteen Nineties Sailor Moon anime adaptation. Collection creator Naoko Takeuchi supervised the films’ manufacturing, which was dealt with by Studio Deen and Toei Animation.
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Sailor Moon was first revealed in Japan in 1991, and was one of many first shojo anime collection to be localized and broadcast in the US and Canada. After growing a small however devoted cult following in syndication, Sailor Moon gained mainstream consideration when it, alongside different iconic 90s anime collection corresponding to Dragon Ball Z and Cell Swimsuit Gundam Wing, have been featured on Cartoon Community’s Toonami block. The collection is usually cited as one of the influential shojo and magical woman collection of all time. English pop star Dua Lipa just lately paid homage to the collection in her newest music video, “Levitating,” which was made with a crew of Japanese animators and recreates the look of the unique Nineteen Nineties Sailor Moon anime.
The unique 1992 anime collection may be streamed on Hulu. The anime collection was rebooted in 2014 with Sailor Moon Crystal, which is a extra devoted adaptation of Takeuchi’s unique manga. Crystal is out there for streaming on Netflix and Crunchyroll. The Sailor Moon Everlasting films can be found for streaming solely by Netflix.
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