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A Sailor Moon topic and I was unaware of it!? Man I need to visit more often! D:

Anyhoo...it's really a variety of reasons why SM's not been renewed. A lot of it is because Naoko was burned by Cloverway (who had a hand in all four seasons) AND Mixxzine (who apparently treated her terribly when she came to San Diego in 1998 - hence it is likely that is why Tokyopop didn't start renegotiating new rights until the CEOs who were involved with that debacle were kicked out, back in 2008). It wasn't just the money, it's the fact there's no guarantee she and her license won't be treated like crap over here (because let's face it, she is filthy stinking rich and even if she wasn't, she has a filthy stinking rich husband who takes care of her and her son, so she doesn't actually need money). Funimation is certainly trying, and I did talk to their guy at Otakon; he explained that was one of the major reasons why they were trying really, really hard to not let the license go back to the US just yet.

There's also another reason which might actually be advantageous to us: this. On top of re-releasing the entire series remastered, there is apparently a huge gathering on December fifth with the original five voice actresses for the first time publicly in years, and traditionally, December is usually when the companies in Japan announce new shows, particularly animes...given it's still two years before the actual anniversary of either the manga or anime, the timing seems miiiighty fishy. Or maybe I'm the type of optimist who has to cross their fingers on this one. We'll see.