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Announced earlier in the year, Sailor Moon is having a delectable crossover with the Meiji confection brand. Now, fans across the world can order theirs and satisfy their Sailor Scout sweet tooth.

Featuring the franchise's heroines on the box art, as drawn by creator Naoko Takeuchi in the same style as her original manga, these Sailor Moon chocolates come in a variety of types and flavors. Once only available at a museum exhibition in Japan, the fact that the sweet treats are being sold internationally proves how hungry fans of the franchise still are. Sailor Moon products are just some of the items available on the website, with several other anime goods also found there.

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Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon delights fans with the original manga, anime show and now, new mystery boxes, containing 5-8 premium items for U.

Sailor Moon follows Usagi Tsukino, a high school girl who dons the persona of Sailor Moon to fight the forces of evil attempting to destroy Earth. As the reincarnated Princess Serenity from the Moon Kingdom, Sailor Moon possesses the Legendary Silver Crystal, which grants her the power to stand against the overwhelmingly deadly forces conspiring in the darkness. Together with her Sailor Guardians and her stalwart allies, Sailor Moon seeks to bring love and justice to the cosmos.

However, some of Sailor Moons fights come with a potent emotional charge, as either her opponent is someone she cares for or the context comes with weighted heartache. From Sailor Moon forced to fight her own future daughter to Sailor Saturn sacrificing herself to defeat Pharaoh 90, these fights comprise the saddest showdowns Sailor Moon has to offer.

Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus vs. Eudial Season 3, Episode 21, The Death of Uranus and Neptune:...

Sailor Moon CrystalSeason 3 does an amazing job at listening to its viewers and improving its animation style, as well as doing a great job at retelling the "Infinity Arc" story. With barely any time to breathe from the events that occur in the "Black Moon Clan Arc," the "Infinity Arc" jumps right into the next villain that threatens to destroy Earth for the sake of power: Pharaoh 90 and the Death Busters from the Tau System.

In this arc, new Sailor Guardians are introduced as well, such as Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, as well as the reincarnated version of Sailor Pluto and the short-lived debut of Sailor Saturn, who awakens amid the final battle. With these new Sailor Guardians come brand-new battles and attacks that viewers haven't seen before, and they make for some amazing fight scenes. The new Sailor Guardians are a mysterious group, since for a long while,...

June 30 is not only the official birthday of Sailor Moon; it's also the annual real-life celebration of International Sailor Moon Day. To commemorate the occasion, a talented anime cosplayer magically transformed herself into an alternative version of Sailor Mercury.

An anime cosplayer named Olga (@/carioka_go) celebrated International Sailor Moon Day 2024 by dressing herself up as Ami Mizuno, better known to the world as Sailor Mercury. However, this isn't the more traditional cosplay of Sailor Mercury. The punk rock version of the character is instead based on fan art by an artist named @/soo_k_0070 on Instagram. In addition to Sailor Mercury, @/soo_k_0070 drew several alternative versions of the Pretty Guardians, such as Sailor Neptune and Uranus, Sailor Pluto and Sailor Moon herself with Black Lady -- the adult, evil version of Chibi Moon.

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Quick Links Sailor Uranus & Sailor Neptune's Romance How Do Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune Define Their Relationship? Sailor Moon's Censorship Attempted to Change Their Relationship Sailor Moon Isn't the Only Queer Magical Girl Anime Sailor Moon features multiple queer characters and the iconic duo Sailor Uranus and Neptune, paving the way for LGBT+ representation in anime. The relationship between Haruka and Michiru challenges gender and sexual norms, with Haruka being portrayed as gender-fluid or genderqueer. Despite censorship attempts in the past, Sailor Uranus and Neptune remain one of the most popular queer couples in anime history.

Recently, cartoons like Adventure Time, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and Steven Universe have featured queer women falling in love with one another, but they are far from the first to do so. Sailor Moon, a common source of inspiration for all three, wasn't the first to do this, either. However, it...

The three Ancient Weapons in One Piece hold a significant amount of power. While one of them has already been revealed, the other two are still shrouded in mystery.

Spoiler Alert!One Piece spoilers ahead

The Ancient Weapons have been categorized as weapons of mass destruction. The World Government blew up Lulusia with Uranus and Pluton is said to have enough power to blow up an entire island in a single shot.

But what if one old character from One Piece can control one of the Ancient Weapons to aid Luffy?

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Uranus is the Ancient Weapon that still needs clarification in One Piece. While its powers have already been exhibited, readers are yet to know it completely. York stole a piece of the Mother Flame and handed it over to the World Government which used it to fuel Uranus.

In the latest One Piece chapter, Vegapunk revealed that Joy Boy had meant to pass down the Ancient Weapons to the next generation. He also added that because of this reason, he could no longer tell if Joy Boy was a good or bad entity.

Afterall, why would anyone in their right mind want to pass down deadly weapons unless they want to continue the trend of violence? Yet, a theory states that Joy Boy’s intentions were the exact opposite.

Why did Joy Boy Want to Pass Down the Ancient Weapons?

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Any kind of machinery is a tool with no good or evil intentions. The Ancient Weapons are feared because they are in the hands of an exploitative and oppressive World Government. However, in the hands of those who want to protect the world, they could turn into something else altogether.

One of the major appeals of One Piece is the careful setup of mysteries that won't be revealed until decades later. The whereabouts and true form of the final Ancient Weapon, Uranus, remain unknown, but recent theories suggest it may be connected to Imu's secret weapon. Imu's identity and motivations are still a mystery, making them one of the biggest enigmatic characters in One Piece.

One of the biggest trademarks of One Piece is its penchant for setting up mysteries. The series will often set up mysterious bits about its characters or worldbuilding that won’t be resolved until years or decades after the fact, and paying attention to the development of each mystery makes their eventual reveals all the more satisfying.

There are certainly a lot of mysteries in One Piece, and sure enough, some are far bigger mysteries than others. Even as it enters its final saga,...

Another actress has come forward accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. French star Florence Darel says the movie mogul relentlessly pursued her in the mid ’90s and then propositioned her in a hotel room while his wife at the time, Eve Chilton, was in the room next door.

“I was in shock. I was in shock,” Darel, 49, tells People about the alleged incident. “I was astonished. When you have someone so physically disgusting in front of you, continuing and continuing as though this was all perfectly normal… What happened to me may not be illegal but it was inappropriate. Very inappropriate.

Michel Galabru (right) and Louis de Funès in 'Le gendarme et les gendarmettes.' 'La Cage aux Folles' actor Michel Galabru dead at 93 Michel Galabru, best known internationally for his role as a rabidly reactionary politician in the comedy hit La Cage aux Folles, died in his sleep today, Jan. 4, '16, in Paris. The Moroccan-born Galabru (Oct. 27, 1922, in Safi) was 93. Throughout his nearly seven-decade career, Galabru was seen in more than 200 films – or, in his own words, “182 days,” as he was frequently cast in minor roles that required only a couple of days of work. He also appeared on stage, training at the Comédie Française and studying under film and stage veteran Louis Jouvet (Bizarre Bizarre, Quai des Orfèvres), and was featured in more than 70 television productions. Michel Galabru movies Michel Galabru's film debut took place in Maurice de Canonge's La bataille du feu (“The Battle of Fire,...

Fabrice Luchini is one of those French film stars known in America seemingly only to lovers of French film, for performances in Moliere, Intimate Strangers, Uranus and many others. He's always a marvel of economy, evincing surprise, anger, cunning, disappointment - all with just a flicker of an eyebrow or a minute down- or upturn of the lips. He gets a deliciously full-bodied role in Anne Fontaine's The Girl from Monaco, as the fulcrum in a seesaw tale of lust and loyalty. Luchini plays attorney Bertrand Beauvois, a criminal defense attorney defending the mother (Stephane Audran, still ravishing at 76) of a mobster from a murder charge in Monaco. Because of the high-profile nature of the case, the mobster assigns Bertrand an around-the-clock bodyguard (Roschdy Zem) to drive him and keep track of him while he's in town, which Bertrand resents, feeling...

Oscar-winning French director Claude Berri has died from a stroke at the age of 74.

The filmmaker, actor, screenwriter and producer was admitted to a Paris hospital on Saturday night with a "very serious neurological condition" after suffering from a blood clot on the brain.

He spent the remainder of the weekend under observation in the intensive care unit, but was pronounced dead on Monday, his agent has confirmed.

A statement released by his publicist simply reads, "Claude Berri died this morning at La Salpétrière Hospital in Paris of a stroke."

Born in Paris in 1934, Berri started his career as an actor, starring in movies by Claude Chabrol, before moving behind the camera.

He was best known for his producing role on Roman Polanski's award-winning 1979 film Tess, and picked up an Academy Award for his short film Le Poulet in 1966.

Berri was also noted for his work on 1986 movie Jean de Florette, 1990's Uranus, and Germinal - the most expensive French feature film ever made at the time of its release in 1993.