Toei vs. DiC
2002 Calendars
And the winner is.....
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January/February
January & February
March/April
March & April
May/June
May & June
July/August
July & August
September/October
September & October
November/December
November & December

All images courtesy of Toei Animation.

Both Toei Animation & DiC Entertainment continue to publish and/or license Sailor Moon calendars even though neither one has produced or dubbed any episodes for years.

Toei's calendar features brand new art which is considered a plus in the Japanese market. The design emphasis on the "Sailormoon Super" season is because repeats of those episodes are scheduled to be aired in Japan during 2002.

DiC's calendar features scenes and promotional art (previously produced by Toei) which is considered a plus in English speaking markets. DiC's 2002 effort represents a leap in quality and marketability from previous years. Once again published by Entertainment Calendars, LLC; the 2002 DiC calendar may actually appeal to older fans for the very first time.

Also for the first time, fans should take note how DiC has exercised an option for additional rights to characters, scenes & images beyond the first 2 seasons of episodes it dubbed. DiC had lost this option and only sought to regain it after Cloverway sealed a deal to dub additional seasons for the Cartoon Network in the United States. Initially, DiC wanted these rights only for licensing more toys to Irwin.

The Toei calendar should soon become available from all the usual online sources such as Fujisan.com, The Place, Animenation, and Doki Doki Station (owned by one of our members). The calendars should also soon be available at Kinokuniya locations in the United States. (But be forewarned, they always sell out fast!)

The DiC calendar is currently available online at Calendars.com and should soon appear on Teenie Bop Shop.com. The calendar should also become available within the United States and Canada at Virgin Records and Suncoast stores. If you should not see it, please order it!

Toei's TV Animation Calendar
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Every year Toei also puts out a TV Animation Calendar which usually includes shows which don't get their own calendar (and ones that do). The month of December has characters from Sailormoon. (They also, barely, show up on the cover.)

And for those interested in the history of Henshin Magical Girl shows..... January is "Motto! Oja Majo Doremi" (More! Little Witch Doremi) directed by Takuya Igarashi who was an Assistant Director and then later a Director of some of the Sailormoon productions; June is the remake of "Himitsu no Akko-chan" (notice the Sailor V-like character?) where Akko can transform into different people with the help of her little make-up mirror. Sound familiar?

Special thanks to Joe Inks for reminding us about this separate calendar!

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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December

Cover image courtesy of Calendars.com
All other images courtesy of Teenie Bop Shop.com.




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