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| − | | Title = Sailor Moon the novel 1: A Scout is Born | + | | Title = Sailor Moon the novel #1: A Scout is Born |
| Author = [[Stu J. Levy]] | | Author = [[Stu J. Levy]] | ||
| Type = [[Sailor Moon the Novels]] Novelization | | Type = [[Sailor Moon the Novels]] Novelization | ||
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| − | '''''Sailor Moon the novel 1: A Scout is Born''''' was a book published by | + | '''''Sailor Moon the novel #1: A Scout is Born''''' was a book published by Mixx Readz in April 1999 in USA. It was a retelling of [[Crybaby Usagi's Magnificent Transformation|episode 1]], [[Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Youma Mansion|episode 2]], and [[Mysterious Sleeping Illness! Protect the Girls' Hearts in Love|episode 3]] from the [[Sailor Moon (anime)|original Japanese anime]], but it used the [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|English dub]] names. The action was the same, but some new dialogue was added. |
| − | The novel had | + | The novel had 12 chapters. Each anime episode was covered in 4 chapters. It was told in third person by an omniscient narrator, but only the thoughts of [[Usagi Tsukino|Serena Tsukino]] were told. |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[Gurio Umino|Melvin]]'s last name was given as "Grier" instead of Butlers, his last name in the [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|English dub]]. |
| − | *[[Motoki Furuhata|Andrew]] | + | *[[Motoki Furuhata|Andrew]] was given the last name "Foreman" in the novel; in the dub, he never received any. [[Yuuji Kimura]] never had any dub name, but was given the name Tim House. |
* Five of [[Usagi Tsukino|Serena]]'s female classmates were given full names: June Chin, Kim Matthews, Lisa Brownridge, Rica Kelton, and Tina Marin. | * Five of [[Usagi Tsukino|Serena]]'s female classmates were given full names: June Chin, Kim Matthews, Lisa Brownridge, Rica Kelton, and Tina Marin. | ||
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* The male teacher from the episode [[Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Youma Mansion]], whom the rebellious boys throw stones after, was named Mr. Olsen. | * The male teacher from the episode [[Punish Them! The House of Fortune is the Youma Mansion]], whom the rebellious boys throw stones after, was named Mr. Olsen. | ||
| − | * | + | * In contrast, all three [[Monster-of-the-day|Monsters-of-the-day]] were nameless and referred to as "witches". |
| − | * The presenter "[[Jadeite|Jay Dight]]" of the radio program [[Midnight Zero]] had received a love letter from a "Carrie in Northridge". | + | * The presenter "[[Jadeite|Jay Dight]]" of the radio program [[Midnight Zero]] had received a love letter from a "Carrie in Northridge". It was a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northridge,_Los_Angeles,_California Californian community Northridge] where the author [[Stu J. Levy]] was born and founded the company [[TokyoPop]]. It is also a possible indication that Levy considers the settings of the novels [[Azabu-Juuban|Crossroads]] to be located in America. In books of the series written later by [[Lianne Sentar]], she would establish that Crossroads lies in [[Japan]]. |
* As episode 2 was skipped by the first English dub of ''Sailor Moon'', this novel was the first official North American depiction of its narrative. | * As episode 2 was skipped by the first English dub of ''Sailor Moon'', this novel was the first official North American depiction of its narrative. | ||
[[Category:Books]] | [[Category:Books]] | ||
