Vince Corazza, the voice of Alan Granger as well as one of the three voices of Tuxedo Mask will be appearing at the Toronto Sailor Moon Celebration on Saturday, July 9th at the Ontario Science Centre.

We previously announced that Jennifer Cihi will be performing a live concert and that we have four lovely cosplay guests and the wonderful Tony Daniels was our first announced voice actor guest for this year.

We’ve also shared a video message we received from Tony Daniels on social media, which is embedded below in case you haven’t watched it yet:

Additional activities have also been announced for the event, including…

A video game area, “Game Center Crown” which is brought to you by the Toronto Gaymers

A dance party brought to you by Kawaii Bass

And a Masquerade Costume Contest, hosted by Bear Sailor Moon

You can now register to be in the cosplay contest here. Bear Sailor Moon is organizing this event and will be able to answer any questions you may have about the logistics of the contest. Entries will be judged by our cosplay guests Yume, Kitsurie, Jelly Cosplay, and Ammie Cosplay.

More to be announced soon!

For more information and to see the latest updates about the Toronto Sailor Moon Celebration, please check out the official website and the Facebook event page.

We are currently in our pre-registration period, where tickets are $20 each until one week before the event. At the door, tickets will be $25 each. We also have discounts for children (6-11 year olds are $5 off and children 5 and under are free). Convention attendees also receive discounted parking at the Science Centre and, if you would also like to check out the exhibits, you will be able to purchase discounted admission to the exhibits as well.

For the press release about this event, please click here.

In case you missed the announcements on our Twitter feed and on our Facebook page, the Toronto Sailor Moon Celebration is returning for a second year! This year’s event will be Saturday, July 9th at the Ontario Science Centre. Activities will be running n our event space from 11am to 8pm.

This year we will have Jennifer Cihi, the original singing voice for Sailor Moon in the DiC/Cloverway dubs. She even recorded a special message for the fans!

Jennifer will be available for autographs, a Q&A, and a live concert! It’s going to be a lot of fun, don’t miss this rare appearance in Toronto.

We will also be having the wonderful Tony Daniels return as a voice actor guest. Tony’s key roles in the original English dub included Jedite, Wiseman, and baby Jordan. We will have a video message from him for you soon as well!

Tony will be available for autographs, Q&A, and photo ops. He doesn’t venture to Toronto events often, so this is a great time to meet him.

We also have four fantastic cosplay guests! These beautiful ladies will be hosting panels about how to make a sailor fuku, makeup for cosplay, and even wig styling!

From Cosmeko, we have Yume and Kitsurie:

We also have the lovely Jelly Cosplay:

And returning for a second year, the wonderful Ammie Cosplay:

And for the first time we will also be having a real Masquerade!

Our cosplay guests of honour will be judging cosplay entries in multiple categories on a point system. We will be selecting up to three winners (depending on the number of entrants) who will receive awesome prizes. All costume levels and ages are welcome. And last but not least, our master of ceremonies for the Masquerade is the fabulous Bear Sailor Moon.

For more information and to see the latest updates about the Toronto Sailor Moon Celebration, please check out the official website and the Facebook event page.

We are currently in our pre-registration period, where tickets are $20 each. At the door, tickets will be $25 each. We also have discounts for children. Convention attendees will receive discounted parking at the Science Centre and, if you would also like to check out the exhibits, you will be able to purchase discounted admission to the exhibits as well.

Stay tuned for more updates! We will be announcing additional guests and providing more details about panels and activities leading up to the event. It’s gearing up to be a really fun event and I hope that if you can make it you will venture over to the Science Centre on July 9th.

Hi there, readers! Here are some updates about the English language voice actors before I head off to Sakura Con later this week.

Liza Balkan will be directing “Dustings” (which she also created) at the Canadian Stage Festival of Ideas & Creation. The festival runs from May 9-21 with most events being free and open to the public. Fans can catch “Dustings” on Saturday, May 21st at 6:30 p.m. at the Berkeley Street Theatre in Toronto. It is described as “The dust we collect. The dust we let go of. The dust we hold on to. These are excerpts of a larger project in development by creator/director Liza Balkan and Composer Glenn James. The entry point for this particular excerpt is familial flotsam and jetsam and the rest is… history.” (from CanadianStage.com)

Spyburbia is a new TV series about a team of spies posing as an ordinary family. The animated series is currently in pre-production. It features Susan Roman (Sailor Jupiter) as the voice of Mom and Vince Corazza (Alan/ Tuxedo Mask #3) as the voice of Jay-R.

Tony Daniels (Jedite/Wiseman) plays Fred in the animated series Stella and Sam, which premiered in January. The series is about “Stella, the irrepressible redhead, and her slightly apprehensive little brother [who] take on the wonders of the world and explore the endearing, intimate scenes of young childhood.”(description from IMDb)

Stephanie Beard (Rini #2) has been busy! She appeared in an episode of Darla, a satirical web show, as a “Stacey” (the type of woman that Darla considers unusually cruel and self-centred). The series is about a nerd named Darla who is a serial killer that takes out annoying females in her neighbourhood (description from IMDb). Fans can catch the episode featuring Stephanie here.

Phase One of Operation Moonrise will be posted later tonight! In the meantime though, we have a special treat for you all! In another special Moon Chase exclusive, Roland Parliament (Melvin, ADR Director) shares some of his experiences on the show , hardships, and some really great stories! Roland has since gone on to teach acting at many schools and venues all across Canada, and also directed the upcoming animated film Ferretina (which features many Sailor Moon voice actors). The following, are his thoughts on the series in his own words.

My favorite episode is “Tuxedo Melvin” (of course) and also the episode when Nephlite died. Mary Long had everyone in the control room in tears over her performance in that one. Very moving.

My favorite parts were working with some fabulous actors especially Terri
Hawkes, Tony Daniels and David Fraser who are VERY creative, and Jeff Lumby
who is very funny. I also loved working with the engineer Sal Grimaldi who
could almost read my mind and was a great guy. I agree that the music was first rate. I also loved the team camaraderie with the cast that existed despite the fact that many of them never met each other until the wrap party!

I also loved the system we used to record known as the “Rhythmoband”. It was
weird at first, but once you got the hang of it it was a lot like Karaoke.
It would be too expensive to do it that way today. We would probably use the
“beep” system which is much more tedious and not nearly as much fun.

What I didn’t like was working 14-16 hours a day continuously for over 4
months. I didn’t eat right, I didn’t sleep right, I got very little exercise
and I got bad eye strain as I was parked in front of bright TV monitor all
the time checking for sync. I got very ill after it was all over and it took
a year before I felt right again. Even though I’d love to direct again, I
wouldn’t work like that again.

I think the episodes I directed turned out so well because I tried to make
it fun for everyone with jokes and wisecracks, and I let the actors have a
lot of freedom. Because they were all so good (excellent casting on Nicole’s
part) they really didn’t require much direction and they appreciated being
allowed to interpret as they saw fit.

We’d like to take this time to thank Roland Parliament for his support of this site! We are all hoping for a re-dub that while somehow fixes mistakes in the past, still retains it’s original charm. The campaign will begin this evening, keep your eyes peeled on the site!

EDIT: The survey has been posted! CLICK HERE!

Now it’s time for the whole staff of Moon Chase to take a nap. We’ve worked non-stop for the last few days on all of this zzzzzz…

Ferrets Anyone?

Ferretina has been on my radar since 2003, and year after year I had heard a rumor that it was going to be released. Unfortunately, this film took a very long time to animate, and information on it was scarce, aside from a few promotional images on animators’ portfolios, and brief mentions of it on Roland Parliament’s (Melvin and ADR director), Terri Hawkes’ (Sailor Moon #2) and Stephanie Beard’s (Rini #2) webpages. A few days ago, we stumbled upon a newly resurrected website for the movie, and we were astounded by the images we have seen! Up until now, the only information I had was that the movie was about a family of ferrets, it was produced in New York and Toronto, and that Roland Parliament directed and starred as Fritter the Field Mouse, Stephanie Beard played Souffle, and Terri Hawkes played Roxie. Well, now that the website is up, we can definitely confirm that several VAs are in the film (though we wonder where Terri’s credit went). Jeff Lumby (Professor Tomoe) plays Stretch, Tony Daniels (Wiseman) plays Goulash, Julie Lemieux (Sammy, Peruru) plays Izzy, Susan Roman (Sailor Jupiter) plays Archer, Jennifer Gould (Himeko Nayotake, Sailor Saturn) plays Garlika, and Stephanie Beard plays Souffle! If you do not wish to be spoiled, we advise you NOT to click on synopsis. This looks like it could be a very heartwarming film, and is poised to put Canada on the map for voice talent! We’re also curious if this Michael Eisner listed on the credits is the same Michael Eisner who once was the CEO of The Walt Disney Company. Other Canadian stars include Patrick McKenna, better known as Harold from the Red Green Show (which also starred Jeff Lumby) and Mark Ellis of Canadian television fame, who is better known as Stephanie Morgenstern’s (Sailor Venus) husband. We hope to bring you more information on this as soon as we know, but we have a feeling that a release for this movie is just around the corner!

And Speaking of Stephanie Morgenstern…

It appears that her and Mark’s pilot has been successful in their pitch to CTV and has been given picked up for a 13 episode run on CTV! Though it seems the title has been changed from Critical Incident to Sniper. We wish both of them the best of luck with this new venture which begins shooting in the Spring of this year.

All in all, the VAs have started 2008 with a bang! This is shaping up to be a very good year for the stars of Sailor Moon!