Jun. 17th, 2019

So Sailor Stars Part 1 finally will make it's North American, English video debut tomorrow, though you can stream it on TubiTV subtitled only if you're Canadian right now. It's something that 20 or even 10 years ago seemed impossible. While they could get try to hide the LGBT content in the first seasons by switching the gender (or assigned gender anyway) of Zoicite, and Fisheye, and have Uranus and Neptune be cousins (which just made it so much worse!) There was no cost effective way of hiding the Starlights while not butchering the source material (a trio who shift from masculine to feminine bodies... feminine bodies in bikinis*). But now in the age of streaming, and the internet Sailor Stars can find it's audience without having to obey the rules of broadcast television.
The Sailor Stars Manga on the other hand... the Starlights' gender is unambiguous, and fixed... But what the anime and manga do have in common, is that they both start with the death of Tuxedo Mask....
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*Not to mention the entire last episode involving lots of (barbie doll) nudity.
Royal Justice
Jun. 17th, 2019 09:38 pmBefore Greg Rucka, turn of the century Wonder Woman was...not bad, actually. In #162 and #163, Diana and Aquaman team up to solve a murder. Or rather, a lot of murders. Of children. So, if that isn't your thing, look away now.
( God Complex )
This story was written by Ben Raab with pencils by Derec Aucoin and was published in 2000.
( God Complex )
This story was written by Ben Raab with pencils by Derec Aucoin and was published in 2000.

