Sailor Moon Uncensored

July 25th, 2010 Dan - Sailor Moon Classic complete! And more
Well the day has finally come. It has been years and I apologize for it, but after graduating college and getting some things from my parents last weekend, this weekend I have finally finished up the first season. Episodes 41, 42, 43, and 44 are now complete and added to the site. Yeah, I was shooting for yesterday to those who saw my slightly hidden messages, but after hours of note taking, then editing them as I put them in the database, I practically passed out midway through 44. Being that I still had to write summaries and two cent boxes, I decided to sleep and start anew today. I am very happy to say that today, after nearly 15 years the first season has now been completely exposed with all the changes that were made in its travel across the ocean. That take a big load off my back. ^_^
From here, obviously season 2 is next, as I work to complete the meat and bones of the site. There will also be some other changes I've been working on the past few weeks that will eventually be seen. I clearly need to revamp the links page, been messing around with code for affiliates now that I'm getting back to being involved in the SM online scene again, spelling and grammar checks abound, etc. Lots to do, but I felt finishing the first season was top priority. One thing I did do today was make a trip to the present and create a facebook fan page for the site for people who want to get updates and whatnot on their feed, maybe more in the future, who knows? So expect to see changes around here, and Sailor Moon R will be started in August. This weekend I am going to Otakon, so between work and packing for the weekend, I will not be able to start the season. If any of you are going, my badge will have MarioKnight on it and I'll be everywhere essentially.
Until more things happen here, please enjoy the newly completed first season of comparisons!

April 12th, 2010 Dan - North American comback much more possible
Details in this news post, basically for the first time in 5 years, Sailor Moon has a chance of being brought back to North America. Read the article for details.

November 18th, 2009 Dan - Code fixed
I was able to find some time after work today to look for solutions and have the main site up and running. Still have to redo some code in the admin center so that can work correctly, but I can still do stuff without it so I can put that off for a bit. I apologize for having nearly nothing up for the past few days because of this.
Also, the RSS feed has been changed, please use the link to the new feed to continue to receive updates from your RSS feedreaders.

November 15th, 2009 Dan - Servers upgraded, fixes soon
Our webhost has implemented some upgrades that rendered some of my older code obsolete, making much of the site unviewable at this time. Please bear with me as I fix the code, probably not until Thursday or Friday sadly as I have a lot of work to do for school as it's the final week in my quarter and I'm working full time on top of that.

May 20th, 2009 Dan - Another poll, another hope
While no new comparisons are ready at this time, today brings the first new news for Sailor Moon in nearly two years. Read this news article to see info of another official poll Sailor Moon is a part of, and please vote to help a rebirth happen. Continued support from the fans will have to pay off sometime.

August 6th, 2008 Dan - Happy 8th Anniversary SMU! ^_^
I know it's hard to believe, but it's now been 8 years today that SMU has been up and running! ^_^ It has been quite a good time over the years. There's been some ups and downs, in which we've been clearly in a down period for some time now, but it's good to see that even in the down, SMU is still holding along well. Even with little updates in the past year and a half, we still have quite a good amount of content, and we have a nice community going on in the forums. Not too many SM-based sites can say that they've been around for 8 years, and it's nice that we can say that we have been and still have room to grow.
Sadly, I don't have any actual content for our 8th anniversary. For those of you who don't read the forums, my life has been a hell of a roller coaster. You'll see that my last content update was back in September 2006. As much as I hate to admit going so long without adding a comparison or anything, the stats don't lie and that is the case with me. This point in time for me was really the last time I've had much free time. Not long after this, I had taken a second job at my EB GameStop (my name for the company, especially since my store was an EB before the merger) for a little extra cash plus benefits. Not to mention I always work two jobs for Christmas season anyways. In the then-new year I got moved to another store in my main job (Taco Bell) where things just began to fall apart professionally and personally for me. Professionally it wasn't working out for me in my new store and causing just too much stress, personally I was going through rough times with my then-girlfriend. Both of these factors took up so much time and energy, I put an end to both in April, ending my relationship and leaving the bell on good terms, taking my vacation time for the year in my last paycheck.
While I was still working at the game store, I knew that I wasn't making enough and wouldn't get enough hours to live off of, so I took a job at a warehouse. While it kept me afloat well, I just could not physically make minimum numbers there after a few months, and made the choice to leave on my own terms, rather than drag it out and wait for the numbers to actually matter a couple months later. I had just got a promotion at the game store which the pay and hour increase would still allow for me to pay my bills, though obviously not much for extra spending, which was fine for me. Around this time (fall 2007) I had learned of a hit on my credit from a past debt and was starting to prepare to start tackling it a month or so after being working only the one job. But on my last day at the warehouse, I got a call from a lawyer, so my plans quite clearly changed, with me giving him all my spare money at that time and setting up a plan for the rest. I had to sell a good chunk of my stuff (thankfully I have a chance to reclaim some of it working in a game store) and go back to working two jobs, returning to the first bell I worked at, in my mall.
I got my debt cleared up within the time alloted to avoid legal issues while juggling around my other bills. At the start of this past April, I made the switch of working full-time at the bell and part-time at the game store. The EBGS home office was giving my store very little hours to work with, and I just couldn't stay afloat. At this same time, I was asked if I wanted to run the bell as my DM was shifting some people around and my store was going to be without one. At first I accepted and got a nice raise to be an acting-GM to compensate until it would be official. Within weeks I had finally caught up with my financial troubles. In May I was really close to getting the perfect job for me, a sales representative in the Syracuse area for Nintendo. But regardless of all the work I had been doing the past couple of years to fix my mistakes, I couldn't be hired there not because I wasn't good enough, but their insurance would not add me onto their plan with 2 moving violations within a 5 year period, even though none were current. Had I only had one I'd be there right now. Thank you right eye contact for popping out of my eye for the first time I can remember while driving during nighttime, though still allowing me to see the road lines well but tricking me into thinking I was going the speed limit while I was really going 10MPH over. -_- However because of me not getting the job for that reason, knowing if not for that I'd be working for the current worldwide leader of video games, it gave me confidence that I haven't had in quite some time. It made me realize that I can do much better for myself than working two jobs at a local mall. I couple weeks later I began enrollment in ITT Tech as I have a campus nearby, so I can finally get some sort of degree in something I want to do, and be able to market myself even better for future jobs than I already can. If I almost got into Nintendo with no degree, imagine where I can go when I have a degree.
So where I stand now is in about a month, I will be returning to school. While I'm not looking forward to a bunch of schoolwork again, I am looking forward to having that work be mostly stuff I can enjoy. The two most important things I'm looking forward to is having direction and structure again. Barring my three months at the warehouse, my work schedule has been anything but set in place, so knowing exactly when I'll be going to class and when I'll be working during each quarter means I can effectively plan my time better than I've been able to. As for direction it's good to finally me moving in one.
As for how this has to do with the site, well, I would hope that it gives you a better idea of why I haven't really been doing much during that period of time. I'm the kind of person who wants everyone to have an idea of what's going on, rather than just a generic update saying that times have been rough for me for a couple years making it hard for me to do things here. I think y'all deserve to hear why since you've hung around so long, though I do apologize for its length. I can't promise you when I will have more comparisons or other updates added on here, but I can say that I am in a much better position to get things done here and elsewhere which I haven't been able to say for a good while. I was really hoping to have some more comparisons done for today, but they didn't get done. Currently, I'm on a nice 9 day vacation. Not getting paid for it kinda sucks, but at the same time, I haven't taken an actual significant break from anything for nearly two years. My body has been wearing itself down physically and mentally, and anybody who has seen me in person the past two weeks or so that knows me decently well can tell this with a quick look. I'm taking these first couple of days just to get some much needed rest and relaxation, trying to avoid doing anything that requires much use of my body or mind. I will then be going to Otakon for the weekend, to get some much needed time out of my area and do things to enjoy myself. I have a few free days after Otakon, and we'll see how I'm feeling those days in regards to what I want to do for them.
Thank you all for your patience in this long road for completion of the site. I hope y'all enjoy what will be coming as we work towards actually finishing up the comparisons. And if any of you will be at Otakon, I look forward to meeting anyone willing to meet me. My badge name is Narsk, and I'll be around various places there (most of which will likely be the game room, I still can't get over the face that there's that big a room just for games o.o;; ), wearing a messenger bag with Inuyasha on it, having Sailormoon SuperS phone tags hanging off the top section alongside a Phoenix Wright plushie hanging the same way, with various FMA and gaming pins, and whatever other accessories I happen to purchase at the con. Hopefully I'll see some of you there, and afterwards we might finally see some life again here. It's been a good 8 years here on SMU and I will not let it die.

August 13th, 2007 Dan - Vote Sailor Moon in Toei's poll!
We have been given a chance to have our voices heard. Toei is holding a poll of shows American fans want to see come over here, and Sailor Moon is on the list. More details as well as a link to the poll can be found in the latest news article.

July 25th, 2007 Dan - The ray of hope shines just a little brighter....
Building on yesterday's news, another tidbit has come through from Anime Central earlier this year. Click the link or go to the news section to see.

July 24th, 2007 Dan - Sailor Moon to make a comeback?
Sadly there's no comparison today, however this should change fairly soon. I've finally made it so I'm working one job 30 - 40 hours a week, which frees up a lot of time and gets rid of a lot of stress for me. I can't say exactly when right now, but having time and motivation at the same time now, finishing up the first season fairly soon looks very feasible.
But that is not why I update today. Over at Otakon this weekend, it looks like there is a little news tidbit that shows that Sailor Moon has not been forgotten by companies and is still being pursued. Click the link or go to the news section for more, and hope along with me that something comes out of it.

July 5th, 2007 Dan - Million milestone ^_^
Hihi everyone! As you may or may not have noticed, about a month and a half ago, SMU finally achieved what few fansites manage to do, and that is make the 1,000,000 hit milestone. ^_^ I am very happy to see this milestone be hit, especially in a period of time where content updates to the site have been quite slow and well past the peak years ago.
Speaking of content, all I have is an update to my section in the About Us page of the site, which was really outdated. o.o;;; I really wanted to do more for the milestone, but it happened when I was in a job transition, and since then the amount of days I've had off between the two jobs can be counted on one hand. I wanted to finish up the first season and announce the milestone at the same time, but it just proved too much for me, and I didn't want to waste any more time to announce it. I am hoping to actually do that soon, but I refuse to set a timeframe up as of yet. If I can manage to make it so I only work one job I might start setting up timeframes again, but right now working ~60 hours a week just drains me. @_@
Anyways, happy million SMU, and here's to a million more! *raises beer bottle* ^_^

May 2nd, 2007 Tiff - OMG a Tiff update?!
>_>; so this isn't a big deal or anything, but since my "About Us" section was in HUGE need of updating, I went ahead and re-wrote it. XD;; enjoy!

December 5th, 2006 Dan - Forum Registration Re-opened
Due to issues of multiple spambots and such, many of you have probably noticed that forum registration has been closed for a couple of months. I have been planning and working on a method to keep them from getting in, and have completed this, so forum registration is open once again!
When a new user wants to sign up for the forums, there is a new link labled "Forum Account Request Form" alongside the "Register" link. This new link will open a new window with a short simple form to fill out, with just your username, email, birthday, and a validation code to prove you are not a spambot. Once this has been filled out and submitted, you can still make an account like normal. As soon as an admin notices the new account, they will check to be sure that a request form for the account was filled out, and then activate your account while sending you an e-mail stating that they can now access the forums. This will take no longer than a day or two for activation to occur. If a few days pass with nothing happening, please contact me immediately.
This new addition to the system does two things. As already mentioned, this extra setup will keep spambots away, giving us more control of the accounts activated. Because the form isn't part of the phpBB registration process, the form won't be filled out by the spambots, therefore any account they might make will be deleted after the two day rule (which is now modified to if an account here is made but no request form is filled out for that account within two days, it get's deleted). The second is that this finally forces users to input their birthdays in their profiles, as entering your birthday is a required part of the new form. This makes our lives a TON easier for trying so hard to enforce it, and will be lessannoying for everyone else from having to see a mod post about not entering your birthday in. Everybody wins.
With all that said, time to celebrate the re-opening of registration and to prepare to meet some more new people! ^_^

November 13th, 2006 Tiff - A Christmas Gift
=D OMG, an update from Tiff! The Christmas spirit bit me in the ass, like it always does, and I felt compelled to make the layout Christmas-y. And so I bring you the SMU Christmas layout. I created the buttons myself, made from a Sailor Moon Artbook image, from which I edited the chibi senshi from. The chibi Usagi is taken from a Sailor Moon Channel splash page. It took me about three evenings, and I'm quite proud of it. This is my gift to the fans, new and old. Thank you for your years of visits. Happy Holidays! (Oh, and our beautiful Christmas logo was made last year by forums member NameGoesHere, the winner of last year's Christmas logo contest. =D)

September 6th, 2006 Dan - Comparisons for 38 - 40 posted
It's been a slow month here on SMU I know, and even slower with stuff coming from me. But I can't have y'all loving Bob more than you do me, so I have made up from my lost time in one day. Behold! Comparisons for episodes 38, 39, and 40 have been completed. That's right, three comparisons for today, and now only four more left until the completion of the first season. It's taken way too long for us to finish this season, but we shall finally do it soon. I'm going to try to up my speed at getting these done, and with Bob working on them too, we shall have this season done in no time, and finally move onto R.
Onto other things, it would appear that I haven't talked about Project WikiMoon here yet. I thought I did, but I was mistaken. In any case, WikiMoon is a Sailormoon wiki that was started late this spring to become a comprehensive database for everything Sailormoon in the world, fandom included. We're nearing 1,500 articles as of right now, and have the potential for so many more. The beautiful thing is that being a wiki, anyone can contribute to it, hence why we've gotten so much done with it so far. I highly recommend going to WikiMoon for any info that you may want to see about SM, and I'd love it if anyone could contribute into it. We've got a great thing going so far, and I want to see it not lose any steam and continue to grow! ^_^

August 7th, 2006 Bob - Episode 46 Posted
Episode 46 has been posted for your viewing pleasure! Yay! No more ridiculously hard comparisons anymore! Wheeee! I will be working backwards until SMC is finished. So the next comparison from me should be 44. Expect that soon.
PS - I'm totally beating Dan as far as comparison writing goes. Go me! (granted, I have been on like a 3 year leave of absence x_x;;;;;;;;; Oh well!) Enjoy!

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	July 25th, 2010	Dan - Sailor Moon Classic complete! And more Well the day has finally come. It has been years and I apologize for it, but after graduating college and getting some things from my parents last weekend, this weekend I have finally finished up the first season. Episodes 41, 42, 43, and 44 are now complete and added to the site. Yeah, I was shooting for yesterday to those who saw my slightly hidden messages, but after hours of note taking, then editing them as I put them in the database, I practically passed out midway through 44. Being that I still had to write summaries and two cent boxes, I decided to sleep and start anew today. I am very happy to say that today, after nearly 15 years the first season has now been completely exposed with all the changes that were made in its travel across the ocean. That take a big load off my back. ^_^ From here, obviously season 2 is next, as I work to complete the meat and bones of the site. There will also be some other changes I've been working on the past few weeks that will eventually be seen. I clearly need to revamp the links page, been messing around with code for affiliates now that I'm getting back to being involved in the SM online scene again, spelling and grammar checks abound, etc. Lots to do, but I felt finishing the first season was top priority. One thing I did do today was make a trip to the present and create a facebook fan page for the site for people who want to get updates and whatnot on their feed, maybe more in the future, who knows? So expect to see changes around here, and Sailor Moon R will be started in August. This weekend I am going to Otakon, so between work and packing for the weekend, I will not be able to start the season. If any of you are going, my badge will have MarioKnight on it and I'll be everywhere essentially. Until more things happen here, please enjoy the newly completed first season of comparisons!
	April 12th, 2010	Dan - North American comback much more possible Details in this news post, basically for the first time in 5 years, Sailor Moon has a chance of being brought back to North America. Read the article for details.
	November 18th, 2009	Dan - Code fixed I was able to find some time after work today to look for solutions and have the main site up and running. Still have to redo some code in the admin center so that can work correctly, but I can still do stuff without it so I can put that off for a bit. I apologize for having nearly nothing up for the past few days because of this. Also, the RSS feed has been changed, please use the link to the new feed to continue to receive updates from your RSS feedreaders.
	November 15th, 2009	Dan - Servers upgraded, fixes soon Our webhost has implemented some upgrades that rendered some of my older code obsolete, making much of the site unviewable at this time. Please bear with me as I fix the code, probably not until Thursday or Friday sadly as I have a lot of work to do for school as it's the final week in my quarter and I'm working full time on top of that.
	May 20th, 2009	Dan - Another poll, another hope While no new comparisons are ready at this time, today brings the first new news for Sailor Moon in nearly two years. Read this news article to see info of another official poll Sailor Moon is a part of, and please vote to help a rebirth happen. Continued support from the fans will have to pay off sometime.
	August 6th, 2008	Dan - Happy 8th Anniversary SMU! ^_^ I know it's hard to believe, but it's now been 8 years today that SMU has been up and running! ^_^ It has been quite a good time over the years. There's been some ups and downs, in which we've been clearly in a down period for some time now, but it's good to see that even in the down, SMU is still holding along well. Even with little updates in the past year and a half, we still have quite a good amount of content, and we have a nice community going on in the forums. Not too many SM-based sites can say that they've been around for 8 years, and it's nice that we can say that we have been and still have room to grow. Sadly, I don't have any actual content for our 8th anniversary. For those of you who don't read the forums, my life has been a hell of a roller coaster. You'll see that my last content update was back in September 2006. As much as I hate to admit going so long without adding a comparison or anything, the stats don't lie and that is the case with me. This point in time for me was really the last time I've had much free time. Not long after this, I had taken a second job at my EB GameStop (my name for the company, especially since my store was an EB before the merger) for a little extra cash plus benefits. Not to mention I always work two jobs for Christmas season anyways. In the then-new year I got moved to another store in my main job (Taco Bell) where things just began to fall apart professionally and personally for me. Professionally it wasn't working out for me in my new store and causing just too much stress, personally I was going through rough times with my then-girlfriend. Both of these factors took up so much time and energy, I put an end to both in April, ending my relationship and leaving the bell on good terms, taking my vacation time for the year in my last paycheck. While I was still working at the game store, I knew that I wasn't making enough and wouldn't get enough hours to live off of, so I took a job at a warehouse. While it kept me afloat well, I just could not physically make minimum numbers there after a few months, and made the choice to leave on my own terms, rather than drag it out and wait for the numbers to actually matter a couple months later. I had just got a promotion at the game store which the pay and hour increase would still allow for me to pay my bills, though obviously not much for extra spending, which was fine for me. Around this time (fall 2007) I had learned of a hit on my credit from a past debt and was starting to prepare to start tackling it a month or so after being working only the one job. But on my last day at the warehouse, I got a call from a lawyer, so my plans quite clearly changed, with me giving him all my spare money at that time and setting up a plan for the rest. I had to sell a good chunk of my stuff (thankfully I have a chance to reclaim some of it working in a game store) and go back to working two jobs, returning to the first bell I worked at, in my mall. I got my debt cleared up within the time alloted to avoid legal issues while juggling around my other bills. At the start of this past April, I made the switch of working full-time at the bell and part-time at the game store. The EBGS home office was giving my store very little hours to work with, and I just couldn't stay afloat. At this same time, I was asked if I wanted to run the bell as my DM was shifting some people around and my store was going to be without one. At first I accepted and got a nice raise to be an acting-GM to compensate until it would be official. Within weeks I had finally caught up with my financial troubles. In May I was really close to getting the perfect job for me, a sales representative in the Syracuse area for Nintendo. But regardless of all the work I had been doing the past couple of years to fix my mistakes, I couldn't be hired there not because I wasn't good enough, but their insurance would not add me onto their plan with 2 moving violations within a 5 year period, even though none were current. Had I only had one I'd be there right now. Thank you right eye contact for popping out of my eye for the first time I can remember while driving during nighttime, though still allowing me to see the road lines well but tricking me into thinking I was going the speed limit while I was really going 10MPH over. -_- However because of me not getting the job for that reason, knowing if not for that I'd be working for the current worldwide leader of video games, it gave me confidence that I haven't had in quite some time. It made me realize that I can do much better for myself than working two jobs at a local mall. I couple weeks later I began enrollment in ITT Tech as I have a campus nearby, so I can finally get some sort of degree in something I want to do, and be able to market myself even better for future jobs than I already can. If I almost got into Nintendo with no degree, imagine where I can go when I have a degree. So where I stand now is in about a month, I will be returning to school. While I'm not looking forward to a bunch of schoolwork again, I am looking forward to having that work be mostly stuff I can enjoy. The two most important things I'm looking forward to is having direction and structure again. Barring my three months at the warehouse, my work schedule has been anything but set in place, so knowing exactly when I'll be going to class and when I'll be working during each quarter means I can effectively plan my time better than I've been able to. As for direction it's good to finally me moving in one. As for how this has to do with the site, well, I would hope that it gives you a better idea of why I haven't really been doing much during that period of time. I'm the kind of person who wants everyone to have an idea of what's going on, rather than just a generic update saying that times have been rough for me for a couple years making it hard for me to do things here. I think y'all deserve to hear why since you've hung around so long, though I do apologize for its length. I can't promise you when I will have more comparisons or other updates added on here, but I can say that I am in a much better position to get things done here and elsewhere which I haven't been able to say for a good while. I was really hoping to have some more comparisons done for today, but they didn't get done. Currently, I'm on a nice 9 day vacation. Not getting paid for it kinda sucks, but at the same time, I haven't taken an actual significant break from anything for nearly two years. My body has been wearing itself down physically and mentally, and anybody who has seen me in person the past two weeks or so that knows me decently well can tell this with a quick look. I'm taking these first couple of days just to get some much needed rest and relaxation, trying to avoid doing anything that requires much use of my body or mind. I will then be going to Otakon for the weekend, to get some much needed time out of my area and do things to enjoy myself. I have a few free days after Otakon, and we'll see how I'm feeling those days in regards to what I want to do for them. Thank you all for your patience in this long road for completion of the site. I hope y'all enjoy what will be coming as we work towards actually finishing up the comparisons. And if any of you will be at Otakon, I look forward to meeting anyone willing to meet me. My badge name is Narsk, and I'll be around various places there (most of which will likely be the game room, I still can't get over the face that there's that big a room just for games o.o;; ), wearing a messenger bag with Inuyasha on it, having Sailormoon SuperS phone tags hanging off the top section alongside a Phoenix Wright plushie hanging the same way, with various FMA and gaming pins, and whatever other accessories I happen to purchase at the con. Hopefully I'll see some of you there, and afterwards we might finally see some life again here. It's been a good 8 years here on SMU and I will not let it die.
	August 13th, 2007	Dan - Vote Sailor Moon in Toei's poll! We have been given a chance to have our voices heard. Toei is holding a poll of shows American fans want to see come over here, and Sailor Moon is on the list. More details as well as a link to the poll can be found in the latest news article.
	July 25th, 2007	Dan - The ray of hope shines just a little brighter.... Building on yesterday's news, another tidbit has come through from Anime Central earlier this year. Click the link or go to the news section to see.
	July 24th, 2007	Dan - Sailor Moon to make a comeback? Sadly there's no comparison today, however this should change fairly soon. I've finally made it so I'm working one job 30 - 40 hours a week, which frees up a lot of time and gets rid of a lot of stress for me. I can't say exactly when right now, but having time and motivation at the same time now, finishing up the first season fairly soon looks very feasible. But that is not why I update today. Over at Otakon this weekend, it looks like there is a little news tidbit that shows that Sailor Moon has not been forgotten by companies and is still being pursued. Click the link or go to the news section for more, and hope along with me that something comes out of it.
	July 5th, 2007	Dan - Million milestone ^_^ Hihi everyone! As you may or may not have noticed, about a month and a half ago, SMU finally achieved what few fansites manage to do, and that is make the 1,000,000 hit milestone. ^_^ I am very happy to see this milestone be hit, especially in a period of time where content updates to the site have been quite slow and well past the peak years ago. Speaking of content, all I have is an update to my section in the About Us page of the site, which was really outdated. o.o;;; I really wanted to do more for the milestone, but it happened when I was in a job transition, and since then the amount of days I've had off between the two jobs can be counted on one hand. I wanted to finish up the first season and announce the milestone at the same time, but it just proved too much for me, and I didn't want to waste any more time to announce it. I am hoping to actually do that soon, but I refuse to set a timeframe up as of yet. If I can manage to make it so I only work one job I might start setting up timeframes again, but right now working ~60 hours a week just drains me. @_@ Anyways, happy million SMU, and here's to a million more! raises beer bottle ^_^
	May 2nd, 2007	Tiff - OMG a Tiff update?! >_>; so this isn't a big deal or anything, but since my "About Us" section was in HUGE need of updating, I went ahead and re-wrote it. XD;; enjoy!
	December 5th, 2006	Dan - Forum Registration Re-opened Due to issues of multiple spambots and such, many of you have probably noticed that forum registration has been closed for a couple of months. I have been planning and working on a method to keep them from getting in, and have completed this, so forum registration is open once again! When a new user wants to sign up for the forums, there is a new link labled "Forum Account Request Form" alongside the "Register" link. This new link will open a new window with a short simple form to fill out, with just your username, email, birthday, and a validation code to prove you are not a spambot. Once this has been filled out and submitted, you can still make an account like normal. As soon as an admin notices the new account, they will check to be sure that a request form for the account was filled out, and then activate your account while sending you an e-mail stating that they can now access the forums. This will take no longer than a day or two for activation to occur. If a few days pass with nothing happening, please contact me immediately. This new addition to the system does two things. As already mentioned, this extra setup will keep spambots away, giving us more control of the accounts activated. Because the form isn't part of the phpBB registration process, the form won't be filled out by the spambots, therefore any account they might make will be deleted after the two day rule (which is now modified to if an account here is made but no request form is filled out for that account within two days, it get's deleted). The second is that this finally forces users to input their birthdays in their profiles, as entering your birthday is a required part of the new form. This makes our lives a TON easier for trying so hard to enforce it, and will be lessannoying for everyone else from having to see a mod post about not entering your birthday in. Everybody wins. With all that said, time to celebrate the re-opening of registration and to prepare to meet some more new people! ^_^
	November 13th, 2006	Tiff - A Christmas Gift =D OMG, an update from Tiff! The Christmas spirit bit me in the ass, like it always does, and I felt compelled to make the layout Christmas-y. And so I bring you the SMU Christmas layout. I created the buttons myself, made from a Sailor Moon Artbook image, from which I edited the chibi senshi from. The chibi Usagi is taken from a Sailor Moon Channel splash page. It took me about three evenings, and I'm quite proud of it. This is my gift to the fans, new and old. Thank you for your years of visits. Happy Holidays! (Oh, and our beautiful Christmas logo was made last year by forums member NameGoesHere, the winner of last year's Christmas logo contest. =D)
	September 6th, 2006	Dan - Comparisons for 38 - 40 posted It's been a slow month here on SMU I know, and even slower with stuff coming from me. But I can't have y'all loving Bob more than you do me, so I have made up from my lost time in one day. Behold! Comparisons for episodes 38, 39, and 40 have been completed. That's right, three comparisons for today, and now only four more left until the completion of the first season. It's taken way too long for us to finish this season, but we shall finally do it soon. I'm going to try to up my speed at getting these done, and with Bob working on them too, we shall have this season done in no time, and finally move onto R. Onto other things, it would appear that I haven't talked about Project WikiMoon here yet. I thought I did, but I was mistaken. In any case, WikiMoon is a Sailormoon wiki that was started late this spring to become a comprehensive database for everything Sailormoon in the world, fandom included. We're nearing 1,500 articles as of right now, and have the potential for so many more. The beautiful thing is that being a wiki, anyone can contribute to it, hence why we've gotten so much done with it so far. I highly recommend going to WikiMoon for any info that you may want to see about SM, and I'd love it if anyone could contribute into it. We've got a great thing going so far, and I want to see it not lose any steam and continue to grow! ^_^
	August 7th, 2006	Bob - Episode 46 Posted Episode 46 has been posted for your viewing pleasure! Yay! No more ridiculously hard comparisons anymore! Wheeee! I will be working backwards until SMC is finished. So the next comparison from me should be 44. Expect that soon. PS - I'm totally beating Dan as far as comparison writing goes. Go me! (granted, I have been on like a 3 year leave of absence x_x;;;;;;;;; Oh well!) Enjoy!