Team Angel (found American live-action adaptation pitch pilot of superheroine anime based on manga; 1998)
Before Sailor Moon came to the America, Americans tried to reboot the show with American teens. This first started out in 1993-1994 with the Toon Makers' live-action/animated show, Saban Moon. Though, this was later rejected in favor of a dubbed version of the Japanese anime. However, during Kotaku's search in finding the pilot for Saban Moon, they found and revealed that an second attempt to an American Sailor Moon was taped in 1998 called Team Angel.
Background
In 1998, for another attempt to an American adaptation of Sailor Moon, BANDAI's former presidents, Frank Ward and Dani Dave decided to do an live-action Sailor Moon-esque show without Toon Makers help called Team Angel. The show would've been about four heroic angels that live on another plant with mythical themes. Whenever danger was near on earth, The angels transported into the plant and prepare for the rescue between thieves and disasters.[1] The show was never materialized and the pilot was shelved and never released to the public.
Availability
In 2018, Kotaku's writer Cecilia D'Anastasio attempted to find the pilot to Saban Moon. After attempts of contacting personnel, she gotten contact with Frank Ward who funded the pilot and went up to meet with him. Miraculously, Frank managed to secure what he believed to be the Saban Moon pilot but instead shown the pilot to Team Angel which was what he believed what Cecilia was looking for.[2] Kotaku then uploaded the pitch pilot onto YouTube, rendering it found.
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See Also
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Miracle 4-D (partially found short film based on anime series; 2018)
- Sailor Moon (found Toon Makers' live-action/animated pitch pilot of superheroine anime based on manga; 1994)
- Sailor Moon (partially found unreleased full soundtrack of DiC English dub of anime; mid-1990s)
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References
- ↑ Sailor Moon News blog on Team Angel. Retrieved 06 Feb '24
- ↑ TV Tropes Article on Saban Moon which includes a section of Team Angel. Retrieved 06 Feb '24