Sailor Business

A new challenger appears! Errr...rather, a new Scout appears! That's right--this episode, Sailor Jupiter comes thundering in, taking on 3/4ths of the fights in this fisticuff-packed episode before she even has super powers! Plus, the negaverse has a whole new objective for Jordan, Chris, and special guest Laura Hudson to discuss! This one has it all--from sexism to erased butts!

It all comes down to this! The love of a middle school girl get weighed against all the rewards of the Dark Kingdom as we sort out the Nephrite/Naru situation once and for all! Hey...we never discussed their couple name...I am thinking "Narite"? That or "Nephru". Anyway, everything BUT that will be discussed with writer Karen Healey and put to be once and for all this week!

It's been simmering in the last few episodes, but in this episode and the next, the Naru/Molly and Masato Sanjoin/Maxfield Stanton/Nephrite/Nephlite plot finally comes to a rolling boil! First up, how can Usagi tell her bestie she has a crush on an evil mineral man from under the ground? Thankfully, Jordan and Chris are re-joined by writer Karen Healey to work it all out! They'll solve this, right?

We've discussed this episode a few times before on the show, but now it's finally here--the notorious Princess's Ball episode. Chris and Jordan discuss it in all its teen-creeping, parasol-sailing, juice-swigging, out-making glory alongside animator Brianne Drouhard! Come along and solve the final mystery of the century with the Princess of Ivanovich and Countess Popover!

For fans of meta (not to be confused with fans of metal) (also not to be confused with meta-fans, who would, themselves, be doing their fanning in a meta-way) this is the episode for you! That's right--it's an anime about making anime, and Chris and Jordan brought in animator Brianne Drouhard to watch it with them! Listen along and learn how to put love in Sailor V's hips!

Man-oh-man, this may just be the strangest episode of Sailor Moon ever created. The scouts are on summer break and decide to take a taining trip to the beach! And end up in a haunted hotel. Staffed by monsters. WHAT?!? Don't worry, Lianne Sentar of Sparkler Monthly and writer of the Sailor Moon english novelizations is here to help Jordan and Chris make sense of this mess! Plus--a creepy psychic girl! This has it ALL!

This is it: the episode we've all been waiting for. After months of discussing her works, Jordan and Chris are finally joined by the author of the Sailor Moon novelizations, Lianne Sentar of Sparkler Monthly! And if that isn't exciting enough, the episode she's joins them for is particularly bananas--featuing Nephrite's evil scheme to impersonate Tuxedo Mask and break hearts! You're invited!

Who's afraid of creepy "French" dolls? It turns out, almost everyone...except the characters on Sailor Moon, for some reason. That's right--the creepy dolls are not the threat this week, they're just there to up the stakes for aneight-year-old's love story. Jordan and Chris are again joined by terrific author Karen Healey to wade into Shingo's romance...and the horrifying poppets that accompany it.

Did someone say "Scouts on Film"? That's right--this episode Usagi/Serena gets the modeling bug, and we alternately learn that beauty is more than what's on the outside, that Serena brays like a hyena, and that she is more beauiful than any other girl, depending on which version we're discussing. Thankfully, we are joined by the terrific author Karen Healey to sift through the nonsense! Join us, won't you?

We're back after a week off for Thanksgiving...and just in time for the wedding event of the year! That's right--this time, the scouts are wedding crazy in a somewhat non-feminist way, and we've got cartoonist Katie Skelly back again to watch along! Plus: find out what happens when Serena faces a spider monster!

What's this? Sailor Business's two most hated characters are...going on a date?!? That's right--Rei and Mamoru begin their romance this episode...and Chris starts to like them?!? I know, I know--it's all so unbelieveable, you have to join Jordan and cartoonist Katie Skelly to listen and hear it for yourself! PLUS: another secret romance comes to light in the novelization!

Jadeite's dead--errr...eternally sleeping--but who cares? As our new villain, Nephrite, points out...Jadeite sucked! Jordan and Chris are joined this week by Rocket Girl artist Amy Reeder, with whom they discuss revolutionary new techniques in tennis, differing philosophies in energy collection, and patterns for Sailor Moon Sweaters. Follow the bouncing ball!

Oh man--this is a big one! Not only is it the last Jadeite episode of Sailor Moon, it's also a big Mamoru-jerk episode! And let em tell you, if you're afraid of airplanes--specificially of being run over by them as they drive along on the groud--then this is a real scary one! Once again Donna Dickens of Hitfix joins Jordan and Chris, thie time revealing that--SCANDAL--she is one of those mythical Usagi-haters we've heard so much about!

Will it be adventure on the seas or cruise blues when the Sailor Scouts actually do some sailing? Usagi wants to go on a romantic cruise, but guess what? It's a negaverse plot. And even worse for her is her friend Rei. This time, Donna Dickens from Hitfix joins Jordan and Chris to horrify them with true stories of teenaged girls' behavior. Come sail away with us!

We're up to three Sailor Senshi on our team, so what better way to celebrate than to go to a theme park where 50 people have gone missing! New member, Sailor Mars, continues to be unecessarily mean to our beloved Sailor Moon, but once again, we've got Betty Felon to come to her defense! But, hey! Aren't you a little old to belistening to a cartoon podcast?

The episode everyone's been waiting for...the introduction of a new character to the Sailor Moon universe, a character that will change the shape of the series forever. From that introduction, there can be no doubt in your mind who I mean...Lisa Brownridge! Oh, and Sailor Mars joins the team. Don't worry, Betty Felon is back again to defend Rei from the savage judgments of Jordan and Chris.

EVERYONE--no time to listen to this episode right now because THERE IS A SALE AT THE CLOCK STORE! Once you've all stocked up on 3-7 clocks, join us and Dr. Devon White (Jordan's wife) as we discuss the singular Moon/Mercury buddy scout episode of the series! Who tied a clock to Luna's back? What makes Usagi the prefect scout? What is a "double Archie"? Find out this episode!

Could the new smart girl at school really be a monster? Or could it be that the girl who looks just like the blue Sailor Scout in the intro of the show might really be an ally of some sort? That's right--this week, we get to the introduction of Sailor Mercury, and we've brought Dr. Devon White (Jordan's wife) along for the ride! Join us, and learn the true secret of how to be good at video games!

Who doesn't want to be famous, am I right? Obviously, being super-stars is something we at Sailor Business are intimately familiar with...but now we get to watch Usagi and friends attempt to become Cinderellas in her last solo adventure of the series! Jeanine Schaefer joins us once again to talk fanfic, glass slippers, thought circuits, and, of course...acting sorry.

Yet another episode not originally brought over to the United States--presumably because US kids would not be sophisticated enough to appreciate jazz music. We're joined by comic book editor and cat fan Jeanine Schaefer to discuss smooth jazz, hot musicians, and how to blow off creepers who give you damp flowers on your birthday. Pretty informative!