September
5th
Virtual Live Stream Event Includes Real Time Q&A And Trivia
Contest With Valuable Prizes
San
Francisco, CA, September 2, 2014 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of
manga and anime in North America, invites fans to celebrate the very
special premiere of the re-mastered classic SAILOR MOON anime series
Episodes 1-4 – featuring the brand new English cast – available
to stream on Neon Alley and Hulu beginning Friday, September 5th
at 8:00pm (PST). Exclusive dubbed episodes will be available for a
limited time only!
Fans
are invited to join company members as VIZ Media and Neon Alley
present Moonlight Party: A Celebration
of SAILOR MOON Reborn! The virtual
“slumber party” will take place as an unique live stream event on
VIZ Media’s YouTube channel at: http://bit.ly/MnLtPty95
beginning at 8:00pm (PST) on Friday,
September 5th.
Viewers
can simultaneously watch the live, uncut SAILOR MOON Episodes 1-4
during their premiere on Hulu and join the VIZ Media staff on its
YouTube channel for a lively evening of witty commentary, inside
facts and tons of fun from the company’s headquarters in San
Francisco.
Throughout
the Moonlight Party
fans may submit their SAILOR MOON questions via YouTube in the
comments sections of the livestream, on the official VIZ
Media Facebook page, and
Twitter by using the special hashtag, #MoonlightParty for a real-time
Q&A with VIZ Media staff that will run throughout the event. Fans
can interact with members of the VIZ Media SAILOR MOON team, which
will be participating in the live stream to answer questions and
offer lively commentary and little known information about the series
and the premiere episodes. A SAILOR MOON trivia contest also will
take place and fans are invited to participate and submit answers via
Facebook and Twitter to win special prizes. Sailor
Moon fans nationwide are also encouraged to share pictures from their
own Moonlight Parties by using the hashtag #MoonlightParty on their
favorite social media platforms.
VIZ
Media’s first-ever Moonlight Party
kicks off the premiere of a host of new SAILOR MOON content that will
air exclusively on Neon Alley and Hulu beginning in September for a
limited time. In addition to the premiere of Episodes 1-4 on Friday,
September 5th,
viewers can catch more of SEASON 1 of the classic, uncut SAILOR MOON
featuring the new English dub as Episodes 5-23 become available to
stream beginning at 12:00am (PST) on Sunday, September 7th.
Brand new subtitled SAILOR MOON Episodes 35-36, which present the
entire Sailor Guardian team together as one for the first time, along
with the Princess they seek, also will premiere on Hulu and Neon
Alley, for a limited time only beginning at 12:00am (PDT)
Monday, September 8th
to celebrate the weekly Monday.
Fans
can also catch the brand new SAILOR MOON reboot – SAILOR MOON
CRYSTAL – with the premiere of Episode 5 (subtitled), which
introduces the fan favorite character Makoto
Kino, Sailor Jupiter, on Hulu and Neon
Alley beginning at 3:00am (PST) on Saturday, September 6th.
“The
first weekend in September will deliver plenty of excitement to anime
fans with a chance to join us for our first-ever Moonlight
Party, celebrating the premiere of
the uncut re-mastered SAILOR MOON English dub,” says Charlene
Ingram, Senior Manager, Animation Marketing. “We also will be
sharing fun facts about the production, giving out prizes for a
special SAILOR MOON trivia contest and having fun with viewers
nationwide as we celebrate the return of this legendary anime series.
We hope this also might inspire some fans to share in the fun and
join us with SAILOR MOON Moonlight
Parties of their own!”
The
smash hit SAILOR MOON anime series is inspired by the bestselling
manga (graphic novel) series created by Naoko
Takeuchi (published in North America by Kodansha). In the series,
Usagi Tsukino is a clumsy but kindhearted teenage girl who transforms
into the powerful guardian of love and justice, Sailor Moon. Meeting
allies along the way who share similar fates, Usagi and her team of
planetary Sailor Guardians fight to protect the universe from forces
of evil and total annihilation!
SAILOR
MOON Set 1 limited edition DVD/BD combo pack and standard edition DVD
will be released on November 11th,
2014. Preorders are now available.
For
more information on SAILOR MOON,
or other award-winning anime titles from VIZ Media, please visit
www.VIZ.com.
About
VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha
Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co.,
Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for
English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom,
Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and
INUYASHA, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family
friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy
fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as graphic
novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable
and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more
about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.
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