Sightings

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Singer: Rivers Cuomo (lead singer of the band Weezer)

Rivers is apparently a Sailor Moon fan as he owns not one, but TWO guitars which feature Sailor Moon stickers. One features the Inner Senshi in kimonos (located near the bottom of the guitar base) and the other features the Sailor Moon logo (just above his thumb on his Fender Stratocaster).

Thanks SOS, Miss Kitty Fantistico, and Novadestin!
Band: The Chubbies

The band, which consists of Christene Kings on drums and Jeannette Kantzalis doing guitar/vocals, made a punk rock cover of the English theme song for their CD 'Play Me.' It was released on August 27, 1996 and the track is called 'Sailor Moon.' It's number 4 on the CD and runs 01:18 minutes long. Also, while the majority of the lyrics are pretty similar, they did change them (last pic).

Download it here! Thanks SOS!
Band: Barenaked Ladies

The song 'One Week' holds a very special place in Sailor Moon sighting history. Not only did it fueled the Barenaked Ladies to stardom in the USA, but it also fueled the concept that is Sailor Moon sighting (it certainly began my interest in it!). It is definitely one of the first sightings in the USA and the biggest sighting of its time, people to this day hear the song and go "hey they mentioned Sailor Moon!".

Ed Robertson (2nd pic), one of the founding members of the group, wrote the ideas for the non-rap 'choruses' with the concept being the structure of a fight where the protagonist knows they are wrong and is just trying to save face. He wanted to come up with a rapping verse for the song but all attempts failed. Bandmate Steven Page suggested he simply improvise the rap as the two commonly did onstage every night. Robertson heeded the advice and set up a video camera. He improvised the song at a slower pace to make rhyming easier and arrived at about four minutes of rap. He sent it to Page who told him not to change a word. Two minutes of the improvising was almost directly compiled (with very little, if any, tweaking) into the verses of the song. As it is improvised, it is not intended to directly have any relation to the plot of the chorus sections.

The lyrics which pertain to the sighting read: "Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon, Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes, That make me think the wrong thing." The interesting part about these lyrics is that they are the only time when any part of the improvised lyrics have a relation to the chorus plotlines, as the line suggests that the "anime babes that make me think the wrong thing" might've been part of the reason for the argument.

The song is number one on their July 7, 1998 CD 'Stunt' (running for 02:52 minutes) and recently the band has also made an acoustic version. Download both versions of the song as well as the music video here. Thanks SOS, Novadestin, and Wikipedia!
Band: U2

Released in November 2002, their 'The Best of 1990-2000' CD featured a sighting in the booklet that came with it. The booklet has photos of the band in different locales and on the eighth page there is a shot of them in front of a poster for the Sailor Moon R movie.

While it doesn't say explicitly, it seems obvious that this picture was most likely taken in Japan during their 1992-1993 Zoo TV Tour. The tour ended in Tokyo, Japan on December 10, 1993 and the movie was released on December 5, 1993. What's most interesting about this sighting is the choice of using the image of a Sailor Moon poster instead of say, the Tokyo tower (which most people would not recognize), as 'proof of travel & acclaim' in Japan. It's as if the band were saying, "Hey look everyone! We're in Japan! Can't you tell?"

Thanks SOS, clownpuncher20, and Wikipedia!
Singer: Sifow

'Gal Son Anime Trance Party' is a compilation CD/DVD set that was apparently self made by Sifow and her friends. On it, Sifow does a techno remix of Moonlight Densetsu. It was released on September 28, 2005, the song is track 2, and it runs 04:03 minutes long.

Download the song and the music video here. Thanks Novadestin!
Idol: Shoko Nakagawa

Known as Shokotan the Otaku Idol, Shoko is a big fan of Sailor Moon and is responsible for tons of sightings all on her own. As a multi-talented woman, she is an idol, a singer, a model, a comedian, a TV personality and presenter, an actress, a seiyu (voice actor), and an illustrator. She is also good friends with both Chieko Kawabe, who played Naru Osaka in PGSM and Sailor Mercury in many Sera Myu, and Jyoji Shibue, who played Tuxedo Kamen in PGSM.

She has cosplayed at various events as Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Chibi Moon. From March to May 2009, for her 'Magical' tour, she wore two dresses modeled after (meaning not exactly the same) Sailor Moon, one like human Luna's dress and the other like Princess Serenity's. She has a black, albeit male, cat named Luna whom she often jokes with on her blog about how Luna should give her magic items and powers. She is also constantly doing Sailor Moon's signature pose for pictures (even when she is cosplaying as a character from another anime!).

She released a mini-album on May 02, 2007 called 'Shokotan Kaba- ~Anison ni Koi o shite.~' which covers anime songs. The 2nd track is 'Otome no Policy' from Sailor Moon R and it runs 03:14 minutes long; Luna makes an appareance in the accompaning booklet too. She also did a live cover of 'Moonlight Densetsu', that featured four Sailor Mercury's and two female Tuxedo Kamen's, but I can't find any info about when it occurred sorry!

And on top of all that, she and her cosplaying ways have become so popular that someone even released a look-a-like porn movie of what is supposed to be her dressed as Sailor Jupiter!

Pictures: Shoko, a picture of human Luna she drew, Chieko Kawabe and Jyoji Shibue, her various cosplays, Magical Tour DVD cover, human Luna dress, Princess Serenity dress, post from her blog on her cat Luna, her posing, Anison ni Koi o shite covers (I don't know what the difference is between the two), a shot from her Moonlight Densetsu live performance, and the porn movie cover.

Download both songs and the live performance here. Thanks Moon Chase, Kotaku, Shoko Nakagawa Fanclub, and Novadestin!
Group: Idoling!!!

This Japanese female idol group, created by Fuji TV in October 2006, has their own program in which they do skits and musical numbers. In their 351st show on May 15, 2008, they preformed the song 'Moonlight Densetsu'. The participating members were Sayaka Kato, Rumi Koizumi, Mai Endo, Phongchi, Rurika Yokoyama, Hitomi Sakai, Ami Kikuchi, Hitomi Miyake, and Michelle Miki.

Download this episode here. Thanks Novadestin, Wikipedia, and Acchi Muite Pie!


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