Why a live action Sailor Moon mixed with new animation instead of the original anime?
RS: Well, eventually they did use the original anime which was a deal that was struck with Bandai and DiC. But this was a concept created by Renaissance Atlantic which I think you and I are in agreement that would have probably been more successful…at least here in the United States and probably throughout Canada, Europe, and South America. AF: I agree the live action pilot did have a lot good concepts in it especially some of the vehicles and such. And it would have hit off well with the live action segment that was alive at that time and a lot of girls would have especially tuned in to it just to catch it. RS: Actually, I wrote the pilot script which was, if you’ve only seen two minutes…there was an actual pilot [written] with the input from both Bandai and Renaissance. And I think Renaissance and Toon Makers, more than anyone else, really felt that we had something that…at least at the time when that was done…which I guess I have to remember back… we did it in 93… 94…
